How long does the BET-test program of IOS updates last? Well, for annual major updates, this period is set at a mark of 2.5-3 months, the intermediate versions are usually tested by no longer a month, and small patches of security in most cases simply immediately go into the release. Interestingly from this point of view, intermediate updates, because during their testing they should receive 5-7 assemblies, but sometimes they make exclusion from our own rules, for example, as in the case of iOS 14.4.
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Today, January 21, Apple released the third beta version of iOS 14.4 for developers. However, the assembly received not the number "3", as usual assumed in such cases, and the designation RC. We understand what is new to us update, and where is the ordinal designation.
What is iOS Release Candidate
RC is a reduction from Release Candidate. This designation means the same thing that the Golden Master in its time meant. This is an assembly that goes immediately before the update release and contains all the same innovations that will be in the final version.
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As a rule, the update goes to a public space for all users in a week or less after launching RC assembly, but since they have an identical ticket number, then by and large with RC on the release can not be updated.
What's new in iOS 14.4In iOS 14.4, not so many innovations, as in iOS 14.3, although it belongs to the number of so-called functional updates:
- Improved iPhone and HomePod Mini interactions through chip U1;
- Mentioning the possibility of changing headband on Airpods Max;
- Simplified shift of wallpaper in authorem through fast teams;
- Management system touch using VoiceOver mode;
- Correction of system bugs and critical vulnerabilities;
- Notification of the use of the non-original camera module;
- A new type of training in Apple Watch called "It's time to go through";
- Ability to specify the type of the connected Bluetooth device to correctly measure the volume level.
When iOS 14.4
As you can see, from the point of view of the content of iOS 14.4 and the truth is difficult to attribute to functional updates. In my opinion, Apple clearly could implement all these innovations, having released some small security patch relating to the third order. But, probably, Kupertino knew what they did, and therefore it is possible that the true goal of the IOS 14.4 exit, which will be released next week, we will find out a little later.
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It is much more interesting that Apple plans to release iOS 14.4 into the release after only two stages of beta testing. The fact is that the RC version is difficult to attribute to a full-fledged stage, because by the time its release the update already includes all the planned innovations and corrections and will not change to the release. The only thing that cloudly justifies Apple is a testing time, which lasted about two months.