Apple has officially released iOS 14 beta 5 and iPadOS 14 beta 5 to developers. This week’s update brings a few minor but notable changes to the iOS 14 experience, including bringing back the scroll wheel for pick times and a new Apple News widget option.
iOS 14 beta 5 and iPadOS 14 beta 5 are fairly large updates in terms of download size, and come in at almost 2GB and almost 4GB respectively for most users. The updates have the build number 18A5351d.
In addition to the fifth developer beta of iOS 14 and iPadOS 14, Apple also released watchOS 7 beta 5 to developers today. There is no new macOS 11 Big Sur developer beta yet, but it could come later this afternoon. Furthermore, we expect new public betas from iOS 14, iPadOS 14, macOS 11 Big Sur, and watchOS 7 later this week.
If you spot any changes in iOS 14 beta 5 today, like Apple’s other new betas, please let us know in the comments below or on Twitter @ 9to5Mac. Read on as we round up everything we’ve found so far.
What’s new in iOS 14 beta 5?
- One of the changes introduced in iOS 14 is the new time picker that closes the iconic scroll wheel. iOS 14 beta 5 brings the wheel back … sort of. Here’s what it looks like in action:
- There’s also a new “Tall” widget for Apple News in iOS 14 beta 5. This widget is exclusive to the “Today” screen on the left side of iOS or iPadOS. It can not be added to your home screen. This widget increases the number of Apple News widgets to seven and the headlines for Top Stories, For You and Best of Apple News +.
- In the Settings app, you can now disable the hidden album in the Photos app. Open Settings, scroll down to Photos and search for “Hidden Album.”
- Apple says, ‘When enabled, the hidden album will appear in the Albums tab, under Utilities. The hidden album is always available in the image sticker.
- New “Availability Alarms” for COVID-19 Exposure Notifications
- Apple states: “Receive a notification when exhibit notifications are available in your current region. Your region is determined by your iPhone and does not let you leave your device. ”
- New to board process for COVID-19 exposure notifications in the Settings app:
- New app clip test options for developers in Settings
- New location access widget application:
- Hotkey app has a new “What’s New?” splash screen at first launch:
- Widgets are now blocked when a parent app is blocked with Screen time
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