Apple Seeds iOS 14.6 and iPadOS 14.6 Second Release Candidates to Developers for Testing

Apple on Friday seeded the second Release Candidates of its new iOS 14.6 and iPadOS 14.6 updates to developers for testing. The new seeds come just five days following the first Release Candidates of iOS 14.6 and iPadOS 14.6.

iOS 14.6 and iPadOS 14.6 are expected to be released very soon, and Apple has already seeded the first betas of iOS 14.7 and iPadOS 14.7 to developers.

Beta and RC builds are available to developers through the Apple Developer Center or over the air on the devices with the proper configuration installed.

iOS 14.6 and iPadOS 14.6 both add support for Apple Music features, including Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos and Lossless Audio.

The beta also includes a new feature that allows an email address to be entered as a contact method for Lost Mode in place of a phone number. In iOS 14.5, there is no option to use an email, with Apple only allowing for a phone number.

Apple’s full release notes for the update are below:

Apple Card Family
– ‌Apple Card‌ can be shared with up to five people, including anyone 13 years or older in your Family Sharing group
– ‌Apple Card‌ Family adds support for families to track expenses, manage spending with optional limits and controls, and build credit together

Podcasts
– Subscription support for channels and individual shows

AirTag and Find My
– Lost mode option to add an email address instead of a phone number for AirTag and Find My network accessories
– AirTag will show the partially masked phone number of the owner when tapped with an NFC-capable device

Accessibility
– Voice Control users can unlock their ‌iPhone‌ for the first time after a restart using only their voice

This release also fixes the following issues:
– Unlock with Apple Watch may not work after using Lock ‌iPhone‌ on Apple Watch
– Reminders may appear as blank lines
– Call blocking extensions may not appear in Settings
– Bluetooth devices could sometimes disconnect or send audio to a different device during an active call
– ‌iPhone‌ may experience reduced performance during startup

As usual, MacTrast and Apple both warn users to not install any betas or Release Candidates on their daily driver iPhone or iPad, instead only install betas on a device set aside for testing purposes.