In Touch with iOS 164 - Face ID a Mask and No Apple Watch Needed - With Guest Holden DePardo
The latest In Touch With iOS with Dave and Warren we are joined by guest Holden DePardo. Leaker Jon Prosser reports Apple is working on FaceID while using a mask built in without needing the Apple Watch. There is a iOS permissions list and Jamf put together a paper on this makes you aware of app permissions. Google pays Apple $15B to be default search. Tips on how you send a scan from iPhone or iPad right to your Mac and YouTube premium has a setting so PIP is on when navigating away from the app plus more.
The show notes are at InTouchwithiOS.com
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Topics
Beta this week. iOS15 Beta 7 was released this week.
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Dave has YouTube Premium and it's so nice not to have to watch all those ads. They finally give you PIP on your iPhone. YouTube Premium Subscribers Can Now Use iOS Picture-in-Picture: Here's How and you do need to change it in your YouTube settings.
Leaker Jon Prosser reports that Apple is working on a new Face ID that is mask-compatible How cool would that be? We had a listener question on how you do it now: Unlock your iPhone with Apple Watch when you're wearing a face mask We forget that Apple enabled this in iOS 14 and how important it is to know you need an Apple Watch for this to work.
iOS Permissions were added in iOS 14.5 and Jamf wrote up a great blog post on what Apps ask for in permissions. What are the iOS permissions that your favorite apps don't need? Jamf knows. Do we all say don’t allow apps to track or give them permissions?
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Our Host
David Ginsburg is an IT professional supporting Mac, iOS and Windows users and his wealth of knowledge of iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Apple TV.
Visit the YouTube channel https://youtube.com/daveg65 and find and follow him on Twitter @daveg65.
About our Guests
Holden DePardo studies computer science and the co-host of Networked Podcast. Twitter: @holdendepardo Check out his latest episode on notes and iOS15 focus mode. https://apple.co/2Zp5OIp
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.