Earlier today, Apple released the fifth beta of iOS and iPadOS 14 to developers. It’s quite a minor update, with very few noticeable changes but performance and battery life improvements are expected.
We’ve recapped some of the changes in iOS 14 Beta 5 and will continue to update this page when more are discovered.
- Changes to folder dimensions (may be a bug)
- New time picker, a mix between old slider and new input button
- Hide the ‘Hidden’ album from Photos app in Settings
- Add Home app to Control Center
- Widget popup asking for location access
- Improved performance and snappiness
- Haptic Touch animations faster
- Page dots raised on home page (similar to early betas)
- Smaller home widget icons within Control Center
- Weather widget improved yet again, quicker refresh time
- New Shortcuts splash screen
- More glyphs and symbols in Shortcuts
- Bedtime Mode UI improved on lockscreen
- Background app responds to music art in Music app
- Bolder icons in Music app
- Remove from Featured Photos option in Photos app
- iOS 14 wallpapers in Light/Dark preview in Display & Brightness
- Siri results view improved with Display Zoom
- UI and icon changes on Battery graph in Settings
- Option to enable Exposure Notifications in Settings
- Prompt to choose region for Exposure Notifications
- New description for Magnifier in Settings
- Text changes in Magnifier
- Visual arrow indicator change when UI is minimised
- Emoji Search algorithm improved, more accurate results
- Photo preview UI in Messages made smaller
- ‘Recently Used’ unknown bug for Siri fixed
- Privacy Report in Safari shows number of trackers blocked in menu
- Navigation bar icons updated in Home app
- New Apple TV icon in Automation section of Home app
Widgets
- Size of text in Tips widget slightly larger
- Calendar widget updated with lighter background and larger ‘no more events’ text
- Notes background made darker in Dark Mode
- Very large size for the News widget, only available in Today/Widget view
- Widget popup asking for location access
- Organisation of News widgets changed
- Organisation of Clock widgets changed
