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

Christian Zibreg ∙ July 10, 2020

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.

Video: hands-on with all the changes and new features in iOS and iPadOS 14 beta 2

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated June 11, 2025

Apple yesterday seeded second betas of iOS 14, iPadOS 14, tvOS 14, watchOS 7 and macOS 11.0 Big Sur. With most of the attention focused on the iOS and iPadOS software, we thought you might appreciate a little hands-on video walkthrough showing you all the major new features and enhancements that we've managed to discover in the second betas so far.

Alexa for iPhone gains voice activation, but it’s hardly hands-free as Amazon is calling it

Christian Zibreg ∙ July 8, 2020

Amazon is allowing users of its Alexa mobile app to use the smart assistant without having to touch the Alexa button at the bottom control bar for voice control. However, the online retail giant calling this feature "hands-free" voice activation is stretching it a bit.

Second developer betas of iOS/iPadOS/tvOS 14, watchOS 7 and macOS 11.0 Big Sur available

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated June 14, 2024

Apple today seeded second developer betas of the iOS 14, iPadOS 14, macOS 11 Big Sur, watchOS 7 and tvOS 14 updates ahead of public testing opening later this month. The latest betas arrived more than two weeks following the inaugural developer releases, which became available following Apple's successful virtual WWDC 2020 keynote talk, held on June 22.

iOS 14 finally brings emoji search to iPhone, iPadOS 14 adds emoji popover to iPad

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated August 12, 2020

iOS 14 has brought a handy emoji search option that has long been included in the Mac operating system, but it doesn't work on iPadOS 14 because it uses a different approach.

Watch iDB’s hands-on video walkthrough of the top 50 new iOS 14 features coming to iPhone

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated July 10, 2020

With Monday's Apple keynote behind us, we're already in the third day of the WWDC 2020, which means the iDB team has had a decent chance to spend some quality time with the betas by now. We've tried out all of the latest improvements that Apple showed off during the pre-recorded keynote or mentioned in developer documentation and on its website.

More privacy for you: iOS 14 also warns you when an app is using your iPhone camera

Christian Zibreg ∙ June 24, 2020

Another privacy-enhancing feature brought out by the iOS and iPadOS 14 updates makes it so you can easily tell whether some app is currently shooting video with your device's camera.

iOS and iPadOS 14 alert you via a notification when the AirPods battery gets too low

Christian Zibreg ∙ June 24, 2020

iOS and iPadOS 14 are packed to the gills with a myriad of little tweaks and features that didn't even get a proper mention during the pre-recorded WWDC 2020 keynote talk, including a new battery notification that alerts you when you need to charge your AirPods.

iOS 14 brings QuickTake recording and Camera app video toggles to older iPhones

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated August 26, 2020

The useful QuickTake feature plus changing video recording resolution and frame rate via dedicated toggles within the Camera app are now available on older devices as well.

iOS 14’s new orange light warns you when an app is using your microphone

Christian Zibreg ∙ June 24, 2020

In iOS and iPadOS 14, you'll see a handy new orange light indicator in the status bar of your iPhone and iPad whenever an app happens to be using your microphone.

Here’s how iOS and iPadOS 14 let you limit Photos access to specific images and videos

Christian Zibreg ∙ June 24, 2020

One of the new features in iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 brings stronger privacy to the Photos app via the ability to give apps access to specific images and videos rather than the entire library.

iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 system requirements: Are these updates compatible with your devices?

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated July 7, 2020

Want to know whether your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch meets the hardware requirements necessary to run the iOS 14 or the iPadOS 14 software update? If so, then be sure to consult this Apple-sanctioned device compatibility list for the iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 software updates.