How to Set Up Every iOS 14.5 Feature Worth Knowing About
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It’s been just over a week since iOS 14.5 debuted, and we’ve spent a chunk of time going over the most interesting features the operating system has to offer. This is one update I wouldn’t wait to install, if for nothing else than it’s the only way your iPhone will tell you if someone has slipped an AirTag tracker into something you’re carrying around.
But once you chug through the download and installation process, you might feel a bit lost. After all, it’s not like Apple opens up a big “here’s what we added” window to kick off your brand-new iOS 14.5 life. To help with that, here’s a roundup of all of the major features, settings, and hidden gems that are worth knowing about. May it tide you over until iOS 14.6 which you can already start playing with right now, if you’re feeling ambitious.
How to Automatically Set Your iPhone Screen Orientation for Every App in iOS 14.5
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Apple has added a few helpful new Shortcut actions to iOS 14.5. We’ve previously talked about one, which lets you drop a new “Take Screenshots” action into any of your programmed Shortcuts. Joining it is a a new action for your device’s
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In iOS 14.5, Apple has released three new actions to Shortcuts to extend the app s functionality, including setting Orientation Lock, using Take Screenshot as part of a flow, and changing cellular settings for 5G as well options for Dual Sim users.
This adds to Shortcuts list of over 300 existing built-in actions– here s what the new actions add to the set:
Orientation Lock
Set Orientation Lock allows Shortcuts users to programmatically turn On, turn Off, or Toggle the device setting for Orientation Lock, either disabling it to allow the screen to rotate when the device is turned or enabling it to keep the screen locked in a single orientation; the Toggle option switches it from the current setting when used.
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Apple earlier with iPadOS 14 added an Apple Pencil feature called Scribble , which lets users write in any text field on the iPad, with the handwritten text then converted automatically into typed text. When Scribble first launched, it was only limited to the English and Chinese languages. According to MacRumors, with the beta installed on an iPad, users in these countries can now write in their
native languages. Enabling a language is done through the Keyboard section of the Settings app.
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iOS 14.5. The second version of iOS 14.5 beta with build number 18E5154f is available for download via an over-the-air update and both users and developers who have opted for the beta program can access it in the phone s Settings.