iOS 14

Here’s what’s new in iOS 14 beta 3

Earlier today, Apple seeded the third beta of iOS 14, iPadOS 14, tvOS 14, and watchOS 7 to developers. And while there are plenty of new features and additions coming to the operating systems later this year, Apple is making some key changes in iOS 14 (and iPadOS 14) with the latest beta, too.

iOS 14 wallpaper gradient inspirations for iPhone and iPad

Apple promotional wallpapers are the most popular images we post on an annual basis. Everything from media event invitation wallpapers to images found on the Apple home page that never make it to the iOS release.

Today, we are excited to share Apple-inspired wallpapers which design is based on the iOS 14 reveal at WWDC 2020. There are twelve different iOS 14 wallpaper inspirations for download, all uniquely built from the iOS 14 experience video.

PinHeads WhatsApp ports iOS 14’s conversation pinning UI to WhatsApp

At the start of the month, we showed you a jailbreak tweak called PinHeads by iOS developer Ahmad that ported iOS 14’s conversation pinning capabilities in the Messages app to pwned iOS 13 devices. It was such a hit in the jailbreak community that we quickly saw competing tweak releases aiming to bring the same functionality to users’ handsets. Unfortunately, conversation pinning for third-party messaging apps seemed to be largely ignored… at least until now.

PinHeads WhatsApp is another new jailbreak tweak, also by iOS developer Ahmad, that brings iOS 14-esque conversation pinning capabilities to the third-party WhatsApp Messenger app. As shown in the screenshot examples above and below, the interface is heavily inspired by iOS 14’s native implementation, and as you might come to expect, the tweak’s behavior can be configured depending on the user’s own personal preferences.

Video: Here are 10 awesome but hidden features for your iPhone in iOS 14

Apple yesterday dropped the iOS 14 public beta. Now tinkerers, power users, enthusiast or just about anyone, really, can take the software for a spin and check out all the goodies (an iDB video recently highlighted the 50 major new features in iOS 14). Since iOS 14 ended up being packed with a myriad of quality-life improvements, we've decided to put together another video highlighting ten great new hidden features that Apple didn't discuss at the WWDC.

Valentine brings iOS 14’s updated Calendar icon to jailbroken devices

Apple first demoed iOS 14 at WWDC 2020 and showcased a number of the operating system’s upcoming changes. Hiding behind the scenes, however, were a plethora of smaller changes that were seemingly too tiny to mention on stage. One of those changes included an updated and more aesthetically pleasing Calendar app icon.

If you’re jailbroken on iOS 13, then you’re probably hesitant to upgrade to iOS 14 this Fall, and understandably so. Fortunately, the community is bringing several of iOS 14’s unique features to pwned iOS 13 devices. One of the latest of such add-ons is a free jailbreak tweak dubbed Valentine by iOS developer ArtikusHG, which ports iOS 14’s new Calendar app icon to jailbroken iOS 13 handsets.