ALL NEW IOS 14.5 FEATURES RELEASED

Apple has released iOS 14.5, iPadOS 14.5, macOS Big Sur 11.3, watchOS 7.4, and tvOS 14.5 as the series of new software updates for its devices. Although all these new updates bring a list of features to offer advancements to compatible Apple devices, the most notable and prominent in the series is iOS 14.5. The latest iOS update brings the ability to unlock your iPhone using an Apple Watch while wearing a face mask. The update also carries the option to let users decide whether they want Siri to speak in a female voice or a male one when the phone is first set up. The iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5 also introduce the anticipated — the controversial — App Tracking Transparency that lets users control which apps should be allowed to track their activity across other apps and websites for offering personalised ads and sharing data with third parties.

What's new in iOS 14.5
One of the much-awaited features that iOS 14.5 carries is the ability to use your Apple Watch to unlock your iPhone when wearing a face mask. This is an advancement that has come almost a year after Apple brought a faster passcode prompt to ease unlocking of a Face ID-equipped iPhone while wearing a face mask. Users just need to glance at their iPhone, with the Apple Watch on their wrist, unlocked, and in close proximity to the iPhone. A haptic feedback will arrive on the Apple Watch, indicating unlocking of their iPhone.

The new feature essentially disables Face ID on the iPhone X and later models when they detect the user is wearing a face mask and has a compatible Apple Watch on their wrist