There was no applause when iOS 14 was introduced in the Steve Jobs Theater in Apple Park this week, but that wasn't due to a lack of excitement. Rather, social distancing left each presenter by themselves onstage for Apple's online-only WWDC.
Upcoming changes to Apple's mobile OS include the App Library, which allows for an A-to-Z view of all installed apps but also separates them into category boxes. Widgets also get their time to shine; move them around and nestle them among app icons.
Messages have made a significant shift, with Slack-like inline responses in group messages and the ability to @-reply specific contacts. There's also a feature cribbed from WhatsApp—the ability to pin a conversation to the top of all chats.
Apple Maps, meanwhile, has been made more friendly to bikes and electric vehicles with detailed information about routes for each, while Siri is a more subtle onscreen presence now. Oh, and your Memoji can now look more like you than ever, with age options and the addition of today's accessory of the moment: the face mask.
A developer beta was released on Monday, a public beta arrives next month, and the full launch is expected in the fall. Here are your options for checking out iOS 14 now.
If you want to be the very first to try out iOS 14, join the Apple Developer Program.
The program is designed for app developers—individuals and companies. If you're in it just to get the latest iOS, provide your Apple ID and some basic information about yourself, and pay the membership fee of $99 per year.
A note of caution, though: since you'll have an early version of iOS, you'll face bugs that are more than the minor annoyances you're used to on stable versions of iOS. The entire point of developers having the software is to test it out with their apps, so you might find that some of your apps become unusable or that you lose information. Make sure you're comfortable with that before signing up. Or install the dev version on a second, non-primary iOS device.
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