
However, if your app requires continuous recording, there is a method to override it. iPads with the Smart Folio closed will now automatically mute the microphone.If your app uses the random advertising identifier, you’ll need to start asking for customer permission to enable it. Additional privacy with tracking opt-in.Privacy-related updates to the iOS 14.5 SDK may be motivation enough to make the upgrade to Big Sur.

Given the current state of the world, the feature that will get the most attention is a Face ID workaround for Apple Watch users who are wearing a mask, but iOS 14.5 does make updates that will impact developers in other ways as well. This method also allows for an assert statement after the test fails.

However, ensuring that every developer on your team is working with the minimum required hardware for Big Sur, and making any peripheral upgrades to your CI build environment, such as upgrading your ESXi version if working with VMware, can stack up to make this a non-trivial change.

If you want to run Xcode 12.5, you’re going to need Big Sur.
