Apple iOS / iPadOS 17.4 Developer Preview Beta 4 released: Introducing new welcome screen, intuitive display of battery health

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According to news on February 21, Apple today pushed the iOS/iPadOS 17.4 developer preview Beta 4 update (Build version number: 21E5209b) to iPhone and iPad users. This update is separated from the last release. for 7 days.

The new features of the iOS 17.4 Beta 4 update are as follows:

New welcome screen

When users restart the iOS 17.4 system for the first time, they will see a new welcome interface with your personal avatar on it.

Updated Battery Health Menu

Apple has updated the "Battery" menu to allow users to more intuitively understand the current battery health status of their iPhones, and has added a new display of battery status, such as "Normal". Click this menu to display detailed battery health information such as maximum capacity percentage and number of charge cycles. Previously, the number of charge cycles was only visible in the device's About menu. Note: Based on user feedback, the number of charge cycles and the new Battery Health menu should be exclusive to iPhone 15 series models. Interestingly, this update coincides with Apple’s news of improved iPhone 15 battery health. The system shows it takes 1,000 cycles before battery health drops to 80%, up from 500 previously.

New CarPlay Dashboard Information

For drivers of certain cars, CarPlay now includes a new option to display information about upcoming operations through a "new instrument cluster experience." Apple explains: “In iOS 17.4, for vehicles that support CarPlay, Apple Maps will bring users a new dashboard experience that displays information about upcoming operations. Users can click on the top right of the Maps home screen to Map configuration button to switch the desired display type between the main screen and the dashboard screen".

Other details:

Third-party app markets:

Developers can have multiple markets, and users can set a default market for Spotlight and Siri. After deleting a market, all applications in the market will be deleted.

Battery Settings:

Introducing how software and hardware systems can help deal with the impact of battery aging on performance.

Video reactions

are off by default in some cases, possibly set by the developer, and the user can choose to turn them back on.

Shoot Space Video:

Provides detailed information about shooting, including that 3D video takes up approximately twice as much space as 2D video.

Apple Wallet:

New permissions to provide anonymous transaction data to Apple

Apple Podcasts:

The "Now Playing" bar can now float, similar to the visionOS UI.

How to upgrade iOS / iPadOS / watchOS / macOS development version and public beta version?

To upgrade iOS/iPad OS 17 developer preview and public beta, please refer to the experience shared by friends: Experience Post 1||Experience Post 2||Experience Post 3||Experience Post 4. Starting from iOS/iPadOS16.4 Developer Preview Beta 1, you need to register for the Apple Developer Program. After registration, open the system [Settings] [Software Update] to see the upgrade option. Note that your iPhone or iPad must be logged in with the same Apple ID you used to sign up for the Apple Developer Program in order to see the upgrade option in settings. In future versions of iOS and iPadOS, this new setting will be the way to enable developer previews and public betas, and configuration profiles will no longer grant access.

Attached is the Apple iOS firmware download history:

"Apple iOS/iPadOS/macOS firmware download/update log"

Attached is the iOS/iPadOS 17 release history:

2024-02-14: iOS 17.4 Beta 3 (21E5200d )2024-02-09: iOS 17.3.1 (21D61)2024-02-07: iOS 17.4 Beta 2 (21E5195e)2024-01-26: iOS 17.4 Beta (21E5184i)2024-01-23: iOS 17.3 (21D50)2024-01-18：iOS 17.3 Release Candidate (21D50)2024-01-10：iOS 17.3 Beta 3 (21D5044a)2024-01-04：iOS 17.3 Beta 2 (21D5036c)2023 -12 -20: iOS 17.2.1 (21C66)2023-12-13: iOS 17.3 Beta (21D5026f)2023-12-06: iOS 17.2 Release Candidate (21C62)2023-12-01: iOS 17.1.2 (21B101 )2023-11-29: iOS 17.2 Beta 4 (21C5054b)2023-11-15: iOS 17.2 Beta 3 (21C5046c)2023-11-10: iOS 17.2 Beta 2 (21C5040g)2023-11-08: iOS 17.1.1 (21B91)2023-10-27: iOS 17.2 Beta (21C5029g)2023-10-18: iOS 17.1 Release Candidate (21B74)2023-10-11: iOS 17.1 Beta 3 (21B5066a)202 3 -10-05: iOS 17.0.3 (21A360)2023-10-04: iOS 17.1 Beta 2 (21B5056e)2023-09-28: iOS 17.1 Beta (21B5045h)2023-09-23: iOS 17.0.2 (21A350)2023-09-22: iOS 17.0.1 (21A340)2023-09-13: iOS 17 Release Candidate (21A329)2023-08-30: iOS 17 Beta 8 (21A5326a)2023-08- 23: iOS 17 Beta 7 (21A5319a)2023-08-16: iOS 17 Beta 6 (21A5312c)2023-08-09: iOS 17 Beta 5 (21A5303d)2023-07-26: iOS 17 Beta 4 (21A5291h )2023-07-06: iOS 17 Beta 3 (21A5277h)2023-06-22: iOS 17 Beta 2 (21A5268h)2023-06-06: iOS 17 Beta (21A5248v)If you find more new Content, you can put forward your findings in the submission or comment area~

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