154 - WWDC Overload iCloud+, Privacy and More - With Guests Jeff Gamet and Kelly Guimont

The latest In Touch With iOS with Dave and Warren we are joined by Kelly Guimont and Jeff Gamet.  #WWDC21 is all the talk we love Live Text! iOS has 2 betas will iOS 14.7 Beta 2 and iOS15 was released this week. The iPad finally has Widgets on the home screen and the app library with app shelf . Great new privacy stuff added including iCloud Private Relay @davehamilton has a great article with an in depth review of this . iCloud+ and so many new privacy features at no cost and more.

The show notes are at InTouchwithiOS.com


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News

The news this week was #WWDC21 and what new things were released. We dig into this in the topics. 

Topics

Kelly and Dave review the WWDC predictions they gave from last week’s episode. 

Beta this week  iOS14.7 Beta 2 is still out and should be released soon. Meanwhile iOS15 and PadOS15 was announced at WWDC this week. It's a developer beta only and Apple will release the public beta in July. We talk about iOS15 iOS 15 Preview - Features and iPadOS15 iPadOS 15 Preview - Features what's exciting and what to look forward to as a few of us have it installed. iPadOS15 finally has widgets and Apple Library with a shelf stack plus the new live text feature. 

Apple Seeds First Beta of watchOS 8 to Developers

Apple Seeds First Beta of tvOS 15 to Developers

Apple Seeds First Betas of iOS and iPadOS 15 to Developers

iOS 15 Compatible With All iPhones That Run iOS 14

iOS 15 Preview - Apple 

iPadOS 15 Preview - Apple 

watchOS 8 Preview - Apple 

WWDC announcements were great but it was quite a bit to take in. 

We discuss

SharePlay

FaceTime

Live Text

Visual Look Up

iPadOS15  added Widgets to home screen, App Library,  and App Shelf Stack

Weather App more features added from Dark Sky App could Dark Sky days be numbered?

Here are some of the items we discuss beyond the OS releases. There are many features we may miss this week look to see us discuss in future shows. 

Privacy

iCloud+

• iCloud+ Pricing is same its all included
• Account recovery Add recovery contact list and call them and get code.
• Digital Legacy Program,  so when someone passes this gives loved ones access to their iCloud account
• iCloud Keychain Gets Time Based One Time Passwords
• 3 weeks of free access to iCloud storage when migrating a device. 
• Mail Privacy Protection
• Hide my Email creates unique random email sends to your email.
• HomeKit Secure Video does not go against storage and unlimited cameras.
• Private Relay - Insures privacy Traffic is encrypted.
• iOS 15 'iCloud Private Relay' Feature Won't Be Available in China, Belarus, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and More
• iCloud+ to Let iCloud Mail Users Personalize Their Email Domain Name

Our friend Dave Hamilton from Mac Observer's Mac Geek Gab wrote this exciting article about iCloud Privacy Relay. Digging into Apple's iCloud Private Relay and we give our thoughts on this topic. 

Our Host

Your Host Dave Ginsburg  is an IT Professional With over 22 years experience working with Mac and Windows as well as iOS devices. He is also President of The Suburban Chicago Apple Users Group


About our Guests

Kelly Guimont writes for The Mac Observer and is the host of The Daily Observations Podcast. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram @verso

Jeff Gamet is a podcaster, technology blogger, artist, and author. Previously, he was The Mac Observer’s managing editor, and Smile’s TextExpander Evangelist. You can find him on Twitter and Instagram as @jgamet and YouTube https://youtube.com/jgamet

About our Co-Host

Co-Host Warren Sklar @Wsklar is an IT Consultant and moderator of the Mac To The Future FaceBook Group with over 3000 members talking about all things Apple. Request to join this group to be among people who love Apple.