iOS 14.5 & Co.: Eighth beta released

Apple released the eighth beta of iOS 14.5, iPadOS 14.5 and macOS Big Sur 11.3 to registered developers and volunteer testers this evening.

Apple has now released the eighth beta of iOS 14.5, iPadOS 14.5 and macOS Big Sur 11.3 publishedNew versions of tvOS 14.5 and watchOS 7.4 are still pending. The company switched to a weekly update schedule three weeks ago. The updates can be downloaded as usual via the Developer Center or optionally over-the-air. The new iPhone operating system contains some new features, adjustments to data protection and fixes a number of bugs. The new features include changes to the "Find My" app, more security in iMessage, additional languages for Scribble in iPadOS 14.5 and more emojis.

iOS 14.5: More data protection and privacy

In addition, there is a big change in the area of data protection. As a reminder:

After the release of iOS 14.5, all apps that access an iPhone’s advertising identifier “IDFA” will have to obtain the user’s permission before allowing tracking for personalized advertising.

If the new versions contain any changes worth mentioning, we will report on them separately as usual. (Photo by Denys Prykhodov / Bigstockphoto)

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The build numbers are:

• macOS Big Sur 11.3 beta 8 (20E5231a)
• iOS 14.5 beta 8 (18E5199a)
• iPadOS 14.5 beta 8 (18E5199a)

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