iOS 14.7 — Bugs Fixes and Features — Tech News

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4 min readJul 24, 2021

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Apple releases iOS 14.7 (Final candidate software or FCS) to the public on July 19 2021 and this latest version is available for all iOS 14 supportable devices. So if you have iPhone SE or 6s or 6s plus, you will be able to install this update. iOS 14.7 is available for worldwide users. If you have not updated it yet, go to your Setting and go down to General. And from General, go to Software Update, and here, you can be able to find the latest update.

But if your device still has not received the iOS 14.7 update yet, go into the automatic update and turn it off and check again. Then you can see the latest iOS 14.7 available to your device and you will be able to install it. This specific update comes as very roughly 4.58 GB and it may depend on your device what version your device will receive. And also this update needs a WI-FI connection as well.

As far as overall performance, stability and security will have some significant improvement with this update. And the battery life seems to be much better compared with the previous. However, there are some things that aren’t fixed yet. Such as green tint and there is no specific improvement for green tint. But iOS 14.7 is not available for iPad yet and it’s only available on developers and beta testers. But in the previous version, Apple released the iOS version at the same time for all devices, and this time for iPad, the iOS update will be late and they haven’t mentioned the reasons yet. However, they did release watchOS 7.6, tvOS 14.7, and HomePodOS 14.7 to the public.

iOS 14.7 — Bugs Fixes

If you can look into the build number by going to settings and general, from the general you can see the build number as 18G69. And this specific build number is on a digit newer than the last one. 18E199. So we can assume they must have found out about bugs they needed to fix.

With iOS’s latest update, now you can share your playlist on your music player. In the previous version, this could sometimes disappear. And now Apple may solve it properly.

They also fixed the issues from Dobly Atoms and apple music which unexpectedly lost audio playback. This happens when you are using Airpods and listing to music, it would stop after a couple of seconds. With the iOS 14.7 update, this issue is no longer available.

Another issue was found out if your battery had an issue and needed to replace and the battery service message disappears after the reboot. With iOS 14.7 battery service massage is keeping appearing until you replace it. This will help to perform the battery at its peak capability.

Another issue Apple resolved is accessibility and braille display. Apple finds out that a braille display can show invalid information when you are composing mail messages. This issue will also be resolve after the update of iOS 14.7.

When you are using a USB Type-C to 3.5mm headphone jack adaptor or any adaptor, audio could be skipped. So with the latest iOS version, this issue is resolve.

Also fixed WI-FI bugs. Such as a present sign in your WI-FI will of course your network settings not work properly. The only way to fix this problem is to reset your network settings. with the latest iOS version, this issue will also be resolved.

iOS 14.7 — What’s new?

Key Features and Enhancement.

New modem update to improve your connectivity. This version fixes any issues you had with the previous version.

Support for MagSafe battery packiOS 14.7 version requires in order to properly function the MagSafe battery pack and comes with a magnet for the back of the iPhone. You can charge it via plug into your lightning cable and it will reverse wireless charging back into the battery pack. So far no reverse wireless charging for anything else

Apple card family with merging Apple cards — New features come for your wallet and not you have the option to combine the credit limit and share one co-owner account by using an existing apple card. So you can share credit with others from the co-owner card to build your finances or combine more accounts easily.

HomePod timer management — Now you can be able to set the timer for HomePod or HomePod mini.

Weather with air quality information- With iOS 14.7 updates, the weather app comes with air quality information in a specific country. But these features are available for Canada, France, Italy, Netherlands, South Korea, and Spain.

Updated Podcast — Under the library, now you can see “Followed and All”. Also, you can switch between Podcast views. To find it, go into your podcast, then go into your library. Under the library find the shows, and from here you will find the Followed and All option.

The New security update for different versions. Click this link for security update details. new security features and updates of iOS 14.7 and iPadOS 14.7

Originally published at https://www.technews-blog.com on July 24, 2021.

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