The HomeKit Secure Video feature is getting a substantial upgrade in iOS 14 thanks to a new face-classification function for identifying individuals and family members on camera footage.
Night Shift, a feature that automatically adjusts a display's colors to the warmer end of the spectrum to ease a user's eyes, is apparently coming to Apple's HomeKit framework for certain connected home accessories, such as smart lights, thanks to an upcoming iOS 14 update.
Aside from other discovered features, leaked iOS 14 code has indicated that the next iPhone SE, tentatively named "iPhone 9", might use a fingerprint sensor for biometrics and add support for the Express Transit feature for quickly paying for rides without validating with Touch ID.
An alleged code leak for iOS 14 that has been making rounds today apparently includes strings and mentions which suggest that Apple may be working on a brand-new remote for its Apple TV media streamer that could potentially replace the oft-criticized Siri Remote.
Code strings uncovered from the iOS 14 code that Apple has been testing internally apparently confirm that the next iPad Pro will rock the same triple-lens rear camera as the current iPhone 11 Pro smartphones, consisting of wide-angle, ultra-wide and telephoto lenses.
Moving right along with the next beta version of its popular operating systems, Apple is preparing the software ahead of a public launch.
It was only last month that Pwn20wnd released an updated version of the unc0ver jailbreak with official support for iOS 13.0-13.3 on a plethora of different device types. Unsurprisingly, it wasn’t long before CoolStar began hyping Chimera13 – a project that was expected to add similar device and firmware support to the Electra Team’s competing jailbreak solution.
But citing a series of Tweets shared by Electra Team lead developer CoolStar on Tuesday, it seems that Chimera13 won’t be released to the general public after all:
Apple is said to be working on a new framework in iOS 14 that would permit developers to provide custom text-to-speech synthesizers to replace iOS's default speech voice.
Apple is rumored to be extending iOS's optical character recognition (OCR) features to bring new PencilKit capabilities to apps that would permit customers to easily convert any piece of handwritten content into standard typed text before it's sent.
Apple is reportedly testing several new features for its iMessage system that may or may not be introduced as part of the upcoming iOS 14 software update.
Newly discovered icons in iOS 14 code apparently indicate that Apple might be working on a brand new fitness app that will permit users to download guided workout videos.
Most iPhone and iPad users rely on iOS’ native App Switcher for fast-paced app-to-app multitasking, but if you wanted something a bit less intrusive (and perhaps even more aesthetically pleasing), then you might enjoy a newly released jailbreak tweak called Switcher by iOS developer neoish.