Apple seeds iOS 7.1 beta 4 : here is what’s new

Ladies and Gentlemen boys and girls and all those who are interested in iOS 7 Beta. Apple has just seeded its fourth beta to its developers.The update, which carries the build number 11D5134c, can be downloaded OTA or via Apple’s developer center. Keep in mind that you need to be an apple developer to get this.

This beta build comes just 2 weeks after Beta 3 was released by apple which brought about a number of UI changes including a new dialer, less vibrant icons for Messages, Phone and FaceTime apps, and more…

The beta is available for compatible iPhone, iPad and iPod touch models.And as always, we welcome you to let us know if you find anything that we may have missed by either e-mailing us at preet@itechnoblog.com, or leaving us a comment on the change or changes below.

What’s new in iOS 7.1 beta 4

As we continue to dig through the new information in iOS 7.1 beta 4, we’ll be listing any notable changes we find below:

New slide to unlock animation (Power Off as well):

Slide to unlock glows following improper swipe when there’s a pending notification:

Speed and performance improvements

New voice gender for Siri UK on iPad

The Photos app icon is also flattened (now all we need is a Game Center icon)

Here's the full Changelog:

Changelog:

Notes and Known Issues

The following issues relate to using iOS SDK 7.1 beta 4 to develop code.BluetoothKnown Issue

32-bit apps running on a 64-bit device cannot attach to BTServer.CFNetworkNotes

A compatibility behavior has been added to address an issue where some web servers would send the wrong Content-Length value for “Content-Encoding: gzip” content. Previously,NSURLConnection and NSURLSession would send a “network connection was lost” / NSURLErrorNetworkConnectionLost (-1005) error in this situation.

The compatibility behavior applies only if the Content-Length value exactly matches the expanded gzip’d content. It won’t apply for “off by 1” or similar miscounting.MessagesFixed in iOS 7.1 beta 4

Messages no longer indicates a send failure immediately after sending.SafariNotes

A property, minimal-ui, has been added for the viewport meta tag key that allows minimizing the top and bottom bars on the iPhone as the page loads. While on a page using minimal-ui, tapping the top bar brings the bars back. Tapping back in the content dismisses them again.

For example, use

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