iOS 14 Beta 6 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

[Banglazed]

iOS 14 Beta 6

Release Date ― August 25, 2020
Build Number ― 18A5357e
Darwin Kernel Version ― 20.0.0: Mon Aug 17 09:09:54 PDT 2020; root:xnu-7195.0.41~15

iOS 14 Beta 6 Release Notes

New Features & Changes

• App Library section "Lifestyle" renamed "Other"
• App Library section "Photo" renamed "Creativity"
• Large (4 story) News widget can only be added from the dedicated Widget area. (Previously, it would allow you to add from Home Screen, but could only be placed in widget area)
• Beta Feedback app moved to "Other" library section
• It is no longer possible to have a blank Home Screen page. Unknown if this is a bug or by design
• Ability to rate and add photos to some POIs on Apple Maps

New Issues

• Tapping top-left app icons in App Library sections occasionally fails to register/open app
• "Centre_txt" shown when connecting AirPods and AirPods Pro

Remaining Issues

• Dynamic Wallpaper is not dynamic on Lock Screen only
• Clock widget still showing incorrect time
• Shortcuts app fails to activate Airplay 2 (e.g. Sonos) devices when activated in Siri
• Shortcuts app unable to turn WiFi off. ("Could not run set Wi-Fi - there was a problem communicating with the app")
• Refreshing App Store updates after updating apps causes the refresh to hang
• iTunes Store Genius page layout broken on iPhone
• On some iPads, Music crashes when you bring up current song info sheet
• iPadOS deletes synced music playlist after a period.

Resolved Issues

• Significant Locations doesn't show any locations but locations are there on MacOS beta (tested on 11Pro)
• Stocks app missing charts on the home page
• Camera focus issue is fixed

Additional Notes

• Developers and testers can still report bugs using the hidden Feedback app by entering the following in Safari URL:

  applefeedback://

• iOS Release Notes
• iOS Beta Release Notes
• Deleting built-in app can affect system functionalities and Settings app. To restore affected functionalities, download the deleted built-in app back to your device.

Spoiler: Modem Firmware

• Intel iPhone 11/Pro/Max/SE 2020: 2.00.01
• Intel iPhone XR/XS/Max: 3.00.01
• Qualcomm iPhone 8/8 Plus/X: 6.02.01
• Intel iPhone 8/8 Plus/X: 3.50.04
• Qualcomm iPhone 7/7 Plus: 7.10.01
• Intel iPhone 7/7 Plus: 4.01.02
• iPhone SE: 9.60.00
• iPhone 6S/6S Plus: 7.70.00 and 8.02.01

Spoiler: Carrier Version

United States

• Verizon - 42.0 (iPhone 11 Pro)
• Visible (MVNO Verizon) 34.0
• Verizon (iPad) - 41.0
• T-Mobile - 41.7.30
• T-Mobile (iPad) - 34.5
• AT&T - 41.7.54 and 42
• 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 - 42.0
• Xfinity Mobile 41.7.11

United Kingdom

• EE - 41.0
• BT-UK MVNO on EE- 41.0
• Three - 41.7.9
• iD Mobile MVNO on Three - 36.5.4
• O2-UK - 36.0
• Vodafone UK - 40.0
• Virgin Mobile MVNO on EE- 39.5

Germany

• Vodafone.de - 42.0
• Telekom.de - 40.0
• O2-DE - 40.0

Australia

• Optus - 42.0
• Telstra - 41.7.10
• Vodafone AU - 41.7.5

Belgium

• Orange B - 32.5.7
• BASE - 33.0
• Telenet - 38.0
• Proximus - 41.7.2

Canada

• Videotron - 41.7.4
• Rogers - 41.0
• Fido - 38.0
• Bell - 42.0
• Telus - 32.5.12
• Freedom Mobile - 34.0
• Fizz - 41.7.4
• Virgin Mobile - 42.0

France

• Bouygues Telecom - 40.0
• Orange France - 31.5.1
• Orange Morocco - 31.5

Netherlands

• KPN -

Southeast Asia

• Singapore Singtel -
• Philippines Globe - 42.0
• 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 - 42.0
• Swisscom - 41.0

Ireland

• Eir - 33.5
• Vodafone IE - 38.0

Turkey

• Turkcell (Lifecell) - 36.5.5
• Vodafone TR - 32.0
• Turk Telekom - 32.0

Poland

• T-Mobile -
• Orange - 32.0
• Play - 31.0

Portugal

• Vodafone P - 40.0

Greece:

• Cosmote - 38.0

India

• Airtel - 42.0
• Jio - 42.0
• Vodafone Idea - 41.7.5
• Idea Cellular - 40.0

Mexico

• Mexico - Telcel - 35.0

Guatemala

• TIGO GT - 42.0.1

Other

• Docomo - 32.5.10
• AlwaysOnline -

 

[macintoshmac]

IPSW on dev portal already. That's quite fast!

 

[HylianKnight]

I know this is probably old news but I just discovered it...

Why has Apple limited widgets on iPad to the today view. There is so much more screen real estate than the phone, I just can't make sense of it. Any insight?

 

[kmod75]

When we will get public beta?

Most likely, same time tomorrow. Slight chance this afternoon now that they've gone to weekly for devs.

 

[eicca]

I know this is probably old news but I just discovered it...

Why has Apple limited widgets on iPad to the today view. There is so much more screen real estate than the phone, I just can't make sense of it. Any insight?

I want to know why they removed the text selection magnifying glass and called it a new "feature," or why Disney disbanded the single most successful entity of the Star Wars franchise (Lucasarts) and handed it all over to the renowned disaster known as EA. But, here we are.

 

[jahin17]

So are we going to one week cycles now?

 

[boxermansr]

WatchOS beta is out as well.

 

[macintoshmac]

So are we going to one week cycles now?

Looks like it...

 

[Eksoccer99]

So are we going to one week cycles now?

I think most likely.

 

[s2mike]

Feedback app no longer sits alone in an “Other” folder in the App Library

 

[XxAnonymousxX]

I hope this fixes the text message delay when you start typing in iMessage

 

[s2mike]

Weather widget is still a degree off from the actual Weather app data for me.

 

[gwang73]

Significant Locations is working now and all my locations are showing up again.

Verizon Carrier update to 42.0 and 11Pro Modem FW is now 2.00.01.

Updated Wiki.

 

[ediks]

is the mirror camera option back in settings for iphone X and older?

 

[dannyyankou]

I don’t know if there’s automatic switching yet with AirPods, but they connect a lot faster if you disconnect and reconnect them again.

 

[Bobout]

Weather widget is still a degree off from the actual Weather app data for me.

Yep mine is also one degree hotter..on the bright side at least its updating and working somewhat now

 

[batting1000]

Weather widget is still a degree off from the actual Weather app data for me.

Same. And since beta 1, the low and/or high temp is constantly off by 1 degree as well.

 

[batting1000]

Weather widget is still a degree off from the actual Weather app data for me.

Reboot fixed it

Edit: Then it just went back to the wrong temps again lol

 

[jarman92]

I know this is probably old news but I just discovered it...

Why has Apple limited widgets on iPad to the today view. There is so much more screen real estate than the phone, I just can't make sense of it. Any insight?

I think the running theory is that the widgets would need to dynamically resize depending on orientation, and that there would be too many size options.

 

[SumYoungGai]

Can someone please check if the battery is still misaligned in Control Center? Not able to install at this time

 

[JetBlack7]

Tomorrow.

Is that a rumour or a fact? xD

 

[TimFL1]

I think the running theory is that the widgets would need to dynamically resize depending on orientation, and that there would be too many size options.

That‘s probably the real reason, the official one by Craig himself is that they‘re „very happy with the current widget sidebar in iPadOS and didn‘t even think about changing that up, it works great the way it is“.

Wouldn‘t expect widgets to happen on the home screen for iPadOS 14.

 

[itsmilo]

German weather got weather warnings now.

 

[Enjoylife1788]

Preparing update has become much slower in iOS 14 than iOS 13. Don’t know what’s changed.

 

[Dwood1970]

Is that a rumour or a fact? xD

That’s consistently how it has been. The day after the developer beta the public beta comes out unless there is something wrong with the beta. Not a guarantee though because Apple doesn’t have a definitive schedule for the beta releases.