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The iOS 14.5 developer and public beta includes a number of notable features and changes. There’s the ability to unlock iPhone with your Apple Watch when Face ID detects you’re wearing a mask, over 200 new emoji, iPhone 11 battery recalibration, and new Siri Voices. Let’s look at how to install the iOS 14.5 beta and watchOS 7.4 beta to get access to all the useful new features. Update 4/2…

With the latest Pixel phones now a few months old and the next generation not due for a few more, Google ads are less focused on the device and more about how easy a switch is. Following the ASMR-esque “mindful” video in March, the latest shows the process while mixing in some karate. Like before, it starts with inserting your SIM and turning on the Pixel. After following the onscreen…

With the last major overhaul in 2019, Google simplified the Home app to have two primary screens from four. Google Home now has settings to customize the “Feed” tab to “choose the types of events” that can appear. Widely rolled today, there’s a new button in the top-left corner at the top of Google Home’s second tab. The “Feed customization settings” page starts with “Whole…

A temporary issue is preventing developers from downloading the latest iOS and iPadOS 14.5 beta and watchOS 7.4 beta today. The bug isn’t impacting the macOS developer beta or any of the public betas at this point. A variety of users have shared on Twitter this morning that an error is preventing them from downloading the iOS 14.5 developer beta 6. When trying to install the profile from…