iOS 14.4 Beta was out: New Features, Updates and resolved issues. totoodo

December 19, 2024 TOTOODO

Apple seems to be working continuously to be the best with the latest features and updates for Apple Devices. Back to Back Apple is trying to release the new OS updates to the market. We have just seen just a couple of days back iOS 14.3 was released officially, soon after that iOS 14.4 beta version was released for the developers to work out on the new features and updates. Developers can now download the beta version of iOS 14.4 and can test with their devices. Today in this article I am going to give you full details of iOS 14.4 Beta Version till date. 

Along with iOS 14.4 Beta Version Apple has also released iPad OS 14.4 Beta 1, tvOS 14.4 Beta 1 & watchOS 7.3 Beta 1

How to Download and Install iOS 14.4 Beta Version?

To install iOS 14.4 beta version. Follow the below steps

  • Go to Setting
  • Go to General
  • Choose Software Update
  • Here you can see Beta version of iOS. Just Click on Download and Install. Wait till it gets installed
  • Or else you can wait till Automatic Updates are triggered and installed the latest version of iOS

New Features in iOS 14.4.

1. Direct Touch Apps for Voice Over.

VoiceOver received a new Direct Touch Apps feature, which will allow VoiceOver users to control an app directly without requiring more interaction. A similar feature already exists for direct typing input on the keyboard within apps, but this seems like it will take that one step further, lending VoiceOver users more flexibility within selected apps. To enable this option 

  • Go to Settings
  • Go to Accessibility
  • Click on Voice Over
  • There is a new option called Rotor Actions
  • Click on Direct Touch Apps

Here you can select the applications which you want to control with your voice.

2. Hands free play in HomePad Mini from your iPhone.

If you move a media-playing iPhone closer to the HomePod mini, you’ll feel the device’s Taptic Engine go to work. At first, force feedback is subtle, but as you move your iPhone closer to the HomePod mini, the feedback ramps up. To go along with the force feedback, visual flair is employed as well. When it senses an iPhone close by, the HomePod mini LED illuminates. As you move closer, the light grows in intensity.

A visual notification appears on the iPhone end in the form of a banner. The banner shows the name and location of the HomePod mini, along with a HomePod glyph, miniature album artwork, artist, and track title. Music can be transferred both ways — from the HomePod mini to the iPhone, or from the iPhone to the HomePod mini. A Transfer to iPhone or Transfer from iPhone button appears at the top of the Handoff interface, but functionality has been hit or miss for me thus far.