News & Reviews:   iOS 14

It's been two weeks since iOS 15 got released globally. However, it was reported that not many iPhone users have adopted the new operating system when compared to iOS 14. In fact, it is lower and slower than last year's figures.

A few weeks back, Apple launched Spatial Audio and Lossless Audio for Apple Music. Now that the company has paved the way, other companies are looking to add similar features to their apps. One of them happens to be an iOS app for Netflix.

As you may know, our personal data isn't all that private these days. It's a given that many tech companies hoard our data, but it's bad when they do it poorly. For instance, it was found that iOS 14 might have some bad data privacy practices.

Apple's emphasis on security is one of the selling points for their products. However, sad things can still happen as it is reported that dozens of iPhone users have had their devices hacked by receiving just a text on iMessage recently. According to the source, these users are mostly journalists from a reputable media company Al Jazeera.

Finally, Spotify have rolled out their Spotify widget for iPhone users to add it on their home screen. There are 2 different sizes of Spotify widgets which are small and medium.

That's right, people. iOS 14 is now available to download globally and you should be able to find the update in your iPhone settings. However, during the Apple Event just yesterday (1AM, 16 September), the developers were only notified to submit their app optimization review to Apple in view of iOS 14.

Today, Apple have finally released the first public beta test for the iPhones, iPads as well as those who have an Apple TV. Interested users can now try out the new iOS 14, iPadOS 14, and tvOS 14 via the download link here, however, macOS 11 Big Sur and watchOS 7 are not available yet. 

The latest iOS 14 has been in beta testing by developers about two weeks ago, bringing a lot of new features and revealing issues like the clipboard snooping. Now, Apple is ready for the second beta phase and has announced that iOS 14 beta 2 can be installed through an over-the-air update.

In this age of the internet, privacy and security are major concerns. So when it was reported that iOS apps were caught accessing clipboard data, it's understandable that people were more than worried. Most companies have already fixed or started to fix this issue, however, with Reddit and LinkedIn the next to do so.

Last week, users of iOS 14 beta have gotten notifications alerting them that TikTok was trying to access their clipboards. Not only the doing has invaded users' privacy, but it also exists as a possibility to cause users' data being stolen by someone else. After that, TikTok has immediately submitted a new update to the App Store to fix the issue. However, it turns out that TikTok is not the only app accessing users' clipboards.