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iOS 14.2 Release Candidate ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

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OS 14.2 Release Candidate

Release Date ― October 30, 2020
Build Number ― 18B91
Darwin Kernel Version ― 20.1.0: Thu Oct 22 12:48:29 PDT 2020; root:xnu-7195.42.1~1

Apple's release notes for the update are included below:

iOS 14.2 includes the following improvements for your ‌iPhone‌:
- Over 100 new emoji, including animals, food, faces, household objects, musical instruments, gender-inclusive emoji, and more
- Eight new wallpapers in both light and dark mode versions
- Magnifier can detect people nearby, and report their distance using the LiDAR sensor included in iPhone 12 Pro and ‌iPhone 12 Pro‌ Max
- Support for iPhone 12 Leather Sleeve with MagSafe
- Optimized battery charging for ‌AirPods‌ to slow the rate of battery aging by reducing the time your ‌AirPods‌ spends fully charged
- Headphone audio level notifications to alert you when audio level could impact your hearing
- New ‌AirPlay‌ controls to stream entertainment throughout your home
- Intercom support with ‌HomePod‌ and ‌HomePod mini‌ using ‌iPhone‌, ‌iPad‌, Apple Watch, ‌AirPods‌, and ‌CarPlay‌
- Ability to connect ‌HomePod‌ to ‌Apple TV‌ 4K for stereo, surround sound, and Dolby Atmos audio
- Option to provide statistics about Exposure Notifications, without identifying you, to participating Public Health Authorities
This release also fixes the following issues:
- Apps could be out of order on the Home Screen dock
- Camera viewfinder may appear black when launched
- The keyboard on the Lock Screen could miss touches when trying to enter the passcode
- Reminders could default to times in the past
- Photos widget may not display content
- Weather widget could display the high temperature in Celsius when set to Fahrenheit
- Next-hour precipitation chart description in Weather could incorrectly indicate when precipitation stops
- Voice Memos recordings are interrupted by incoming calls
- The screen could be black during Netflix video playback
- Apple Cash could fail to send or receive money when asked via ‌Siri‌
- Apple Watch app may unexpectedly close when opened
- Workout GPS routes or Health data are prevented from syncing between Apple Watch and ‌iPhone‌ for some users
- Audio is incorrectly labeled as “Not Playing” in the ‌CarPlay‌ Dashboard
- Devices could be prevented from charging wirelessly
- Exposure Notifications is disabled when restoring ‌iPhone‌ from iCloud Backup or transferring data to a new ‌iPhone‌ using ‌iPhone‌ Migration
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There are also separate release notes for iPadOS 14 with iPad-specific changes such as camera improvements for the iPad Air's camera, which is gaining A14 photography features that were also brought to new ‌iPhone 12‌ models.

iPadOS 14.2 includes the following improvements for your ‌iPad‌:
- Over 100 new emoji, including animals, food, faces, household objects, musical instruments, gender-inclusive emoji, and more
- Eight new wallpapers in both light and dark mode versions
- Magnifier can detect people nearby, and report their distance using the LiDAR sensor included in iPad Pro12.9-inch (4th generation) and ‌iPad Pro‌ 11-inch (2nd generation)
- Scene Detection in Camera uses intelligent image recognition to identify objects within a scene and automatically improves the photo on ‌iPad Air‌ (4th generation)
- Auto FPS in Camera automatically reduces the frame rate when recording video to improve low light capture and to optimize file size on ‌iPad Air‌ (4th generation)
- Optimized battery charging for ‌AirPods‌ to slow the rate of battery aging by reducing the time your ‌AirPods‌ spends fully charged
- New ‌AirPlay‌ controls to stream entertainment throughout your home
- Intercom support with ‌HomePod‌ and ‌HomePod mini‌ using ‌iPhone‌, ‌iPad‌, Apple Watch, ‌AirPods‌, and ‌CarPlay‌
- Ability to connect ‌HomePod‌ to ‌Apple TV‌ 4K for stereo, surround sound, and Dolby Atmos audio
This release also fixes the following issues:
- Camera viewfinder may appear black when launched
- The keyboard on the Lock Screen could miss touches when trying to enter the passcode
- Reminders could default to times in the past
- ‌Photos‌ widget may not display content
- Weather widget could display the high temperature in Celsius when set to Fahrenheit
- Voice Memos recordings are interrupted by incoming calls
- The screen could be black during Netflix video playback
- Apple Cash could fail to send or receive money when asked via ‌Siri‌
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New Issues
  • Double click to pay animation bar sometimes goes crazy and fills the right edge of the display, bouncing erratically. (iPhone 12 Pro, maybe others)
  • Long-press on a widget followed by choosing “Edit Home Screen” intermittently fails to reveal the + and “Done” buttons in the top corners (iPhone 12 Pro). Doing the same on an app icon or longer press (wait for edit/wiggle mode) seems to work normally.
  • Airplay is broken for Airport Express devices. They are no longer seen.
Remaining Issues
Resolved Issues
  • Fixes the update iOS notification bug

Additional Notes
  • Qualcomm iPhone 12/Pro: 1.14.05
  • Intel iPhone 11/Pro/Max/SE 2020:
  • Intel iPhone XR/XS/Max: 3.01.01
  • Qualcomm iPhone 8/8 Plus/X:
  • Intel iPhone 8/8 Plus/X:
  • Qualcomm iPhone 7/7 Plus:
  • Intel iPhone 7/7 Plus:
  • iPhone SE:
  • iPhone 6S/6S Plus:

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  • United States
    • Verizon - 44.0.1
    • Visible (MVNO Verizon) 34.0
    • Verizon (iPad) - 41.0
    • T-Mobile - 43.7.2
    • T-Mobile (iPad) - 34.5
    • AT&T - 44.0
    • AT&T (iPad) - 37.0 (b6)
    • FirstNet - 41.7.8
    • FirstNet (iPad) - 41.7.6
    • Cricket - 40.5.2
    • MetroPCS -
    • U.S. Cellular - 32.5.9
    • Sprint - 40.0
    • TracFone/Straight Talk/Walmart Family Mobile - 44.0.1
    • Xfinity Mobile 42
  • Australia
    • Optus - 44.0
    • Telstra - 44.0
    • Vodafone AU - 44.0
  • Belgium
    • Orange B - 32.5.7
    • BASE - 33.0
    • Telenet - 38.0
    • Proximus - 41.7.2
  • Canada
    • Videotron - 44.0
    • Rogers - 41.0
    • Fido - 38.0
    • Bell - 44.0
    • Telus - 32.5.12
    • Freedom Mobile - 42.0
    • Fizz - 44.0
    • Virgin Mobile - 44.0
  • France
    • Bouygues Telecom - 40.0
    • Orange France - 44.0
  • Germany
    • Vodafone.de - 42.0
    • Telekom.de - 40.0
    • O2-DE - 40.0
  • Greece:
    • Cosmote - 38.0
  • Guatemala
    • TIGO GT - 44.0
  • India
    • Airtel - 42.0
    • Jio - 42.0
    • Vodafone Idea - 41.7.5
    • Idea Cellular - 40.0
  • Ireland
    • Eir - 33.5
    • Vodafone IE - 38.0
  • Mexico
    • Mexico - Telcel - 35.0
  • Morocco
    • Orange - 44.0
  • Netherlands
    • KPN - 42.0
    • Vodafone NL - 42.0
  • Poland
    • T-Mobile -
    • Orange - 32.0
    • Play - 31.0
  • Portugal
    • Vodafone P - 40.0
  • Southeast Asia
    • Singapore Singtel -
    • Philippines Globe - 42.1
    • Philippines Globe (iPad) - 38.0
    • Philippines Smart - 40.0
    • Thailand AIS -
    • Malaysia Umobile - 33.0
    • Malaysia Maxis -33.0
    • Malaysia Digi -
    • Malaysia celcom -
    • Hong Kong - 32.0
  • Sweden
    • Comviq -
    • Tre - 31.0
  • Switzerland
    • Salt - 44.0
    • Swisscom - 41.0
  • Turkey
    • Turkcell (Lifecell) - 36.5.5
    • Vodafone TR - 32.0
    • Turk Telekom - 32.0
  • United Kingdom
    • EE - 43.7.1
    • BT-UK (MVNO on EE)- 43.7.1
    • Three - 42.0
    • iD Mobile (MVNO on Three) - 36.5.4
    • O2-UK - 36.0
    • Giffgaff (O2 MVNO) - 41.0
    • Vodafone UK - 40.0
    • Virgin Mobile (EE MVNO) - 39.5
  • Other
    • Docomo - 32.5.10
    • AlwaysOnline -
 
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They’re changing the way they call those. It’s not GM (Golden Master) anymore, they will use a more common term in software dev: RC (Release Candidate)
 
mppn said:
They’re changing the way they call those. It’s not GM (Golden Master) anymore, they will use a more common term in software dev: RC (Release Candidate)
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This makes a lot of sense; "Golden Master" only makes sense for physical software releases, where you would have a literal final version of the installation disk that would go to the duplicating house.

And in turn, this stemmed from the music industry, where it would refer to the master used to create the stamping plates to manufacture LPs.
 
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mppn said:
They’re changing the way they call those. It’s not GM (Golden Master) anymore, they will use a more common term in software dev: RC (Release Candidate)
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The two terms are different.

An RC build is a beta that is being considered for GM. A GM is the release build of the software.
Historically Apple has not issued RC builds publicly.
 
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WaruiKoohii said:
The two terms are different.

An RC build is a beta that is being considered for GM. A GM is the release build of the software.
Historically Apple has not issued RC builds publicly.
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So do we know for sure which this is ?
 
boxermansr said:
Odd seeing an IPSW already there in the developer portal for the 12 Pro Max, (they usually wait at least until the device is out).
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They want to be ahead of the game this time before the phones release so developers can test their software or what ever I guess
 
I don’t see the term GM returning as companies are moving away from terms such as master/slave etc. Github did the same as changes the repository name to main rather than master.
 
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