Leaked iOS 14 Build Hints at Unreleased Apple Hardware and Software Features

News outlet 9to5Mac, which tracks Apple news, has gotten hold of an iOS 14 build that uncovers a range of hardware details and software features that Apple intends to reveal later this year. The devices are: 1. An upcoming iPad Pro will include three cameras -- like the iPhone Pro -- plus an additional time-of-flight sensor for help with AR.
2. An iPhone with Touch ID is in the works. This is presumably the lower-end iPhone 9 or iPhone SE 2.
3. A new Apple TV box is in the works along with a new Apple TV remote.
4. AirTags, Apple's rumored Tile-like item tracker, will have user-replaceable batteries. Software features: 1. The iOS home screen will get a new list view, letting you more easily find and filter through your apps. It's not clear exactly where this screen will appear, but it'd offer a major change from the grid.
2. A new AR app will let you point your phone's camera at objects in the real world and have the phone display more information about what you're seeing. At an Apple store, for instance, it could display pricing information and product features. Apple is reportedly working with Starbucks to support the feature, too.
3. Third-party apps will be able to integrate wallpapers into the wallpapers section of the Settings app. This should make it easier to switch wallpapers and could finally open dynamic wallpapers up to outside developers.
4. HomeKit will be able to change the color temperature of lights throughout a day to match the sunlight.
5. An accessibility feature will let phones identify sounds like alarms and doorbells for people with hearing loss.

Time of Flight sensor

[SuperKendall]

I figured the Flight sensor was to have the device scream for itself when dropped.

What has yet to be revealed, is the new hardware for the Fight sensor response.

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[sabbede]

I figure it is what the name suggests - a real boon for competitive iPad Frisbee, the latest, greatest, and most accurately named E-Sport.

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[hawk]

It's for AppleCare--they use it to figure out how hard it was thrown when you get frustrated with the &%*^)_) thing . . . :)

hawk

Oh

[TFlan91]

3. Third-party apps will be able to integrate wallpapers into the wallpapers section of the Settings app. This should make it easier to switch wallpapers and could finally open dynamic wallpapers up to outside developers.

Oh the courage...

When will we see something truly new/revolutionary...

Question

[93 Escort Wagon]

"2. A new AR app will let you point your phone's camera at objects in the real world and have the phone display more information about what you're seeing."

Will this also work on, say, women?

I'm asking for a friend.

Will it be open for all?

[DontBeAMoran]

A new AR app will let you point your phone's camera at objects in the real world and have the phone display more information about what you're seeing. At an Apple store, for instance, it could display pricing information and product features. Apple is reportedly working with Starbucks to support the feature, too.

Hopefully they will publish the specifications so that anyone can easily do something. It would be fun to make AR objects for my own house, for example.

The real fun, however, will begin once Apple comes out with their AR glasses. AR stuff via the display of a phone or a tablet feels constrained.

Re: Will it be open for all?

[SleepingEye]

So the new os will have Google lens, Google glass, and that's it? Sounds innovative again

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[CanadianMacFan]

There's already a development library for AR so I'm guessing that this app has been built with that and they have built up the capabilities of the library for the next version of Swift.

Though it actually sounds more like they create something with their Machine Learning development library so that it learned to recognize a lot of real world items and their qualities

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[ArchieBunker]

The last real breakthrough in technology was the semiconductor. Everything since then has been incremental improvements.

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[Conservative Male]

The last real breakthrough in technology was the semiconductor. Everything since then has been incremental improvements.

Hopefully, given enough time and effort, they will be gradually improved until they are fully conductive.

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[sabbede]

+1 for exceptional wisdom.

compact is done

[returnOfEssreenim]

And the new Iphone SE2 is not a compact phone, probably it will be 50% heavier than the SE and significantly bigger. If I wanted a brick, I could just buy from non Apple phone vendors.

New Apple TV remote?

[AnonCowardSince1997]

Hope it works on the current Apple TV. It’s a nice device, pity about the remote. It’s crap.