Apple recently released a beta update for iOS 13.5, which we could rather call "pandemic iOS update", instead of the version "iOS 13.5 Public Beta 2".
The new version of iOS includes the first version of the API developed in partnership with Google, in which confirmed contacts with COVID-19 are tracked, and those with whom they came into contact in the last 14 days will be notified about this. An API for which the two CEOs from Apple and Google agreed to develop and implement it on both iOS 13 and Android 11.
The API will be available starting today, May 1, 2020, and for government institutions whose developers will be able to come up with new ideas for improvement and develop applications to alert the population.
Settings for COVID-19 Exposure Notifications are available in Settings > Privacy > Health > COVID-19 Exposure Notifications.
Another novelty of iOS 13.5 is related to facial identification. Face ID is a measure of biometric security very strong, but in this period the world is very closed respiratory protection mask on the face. Unlocking the iPhone or making payments via Apple Pay can no longer be done with Face ID if at that moment I was wearing a mask.
Apple has slightly modified this technology, and if at the time of unlocking we have a mask on our face, instead of Face ID, the screen will automatically activate where we enter the password / unlocking PIN of the iPhone.
Unlocking will be done automatically with Face ID when we are not wearing a respiratory protection mask.
iOS 13.5 Public Beta 2 is available to all users who have iPhone or iPad devices enrolled in Apple Beta Software Program.
Soon, this update will be received by all owners of iPhone devices compatible with iOS 13.
