I have contacted Apple and will update this post if I receive a response. While I would expect Apple to prioritize an urgent iOS 14.5.1 update to address these problems. You can read more in my iOS 14.5 upgrade guide. Users are also reporting bugs that turn Apple Podcasts into a “mess” as well as isolated incidents of high battery drain, connectivity issues, unlocking delays and app crashes. However, in most cases, users are not being able to access the new option even when the two situations mentioned by our sources do not apply to them.”Īs such, the site concludes: “Unfortunately, if you’ve already updated to iOS 14.5 and are seeing the grayed-out tracking toggle, there’s not much you can do at the moment”.įrustratingly, the problems with ATT are far from the only issues affecting iOS 14.5. Oktay Evinĩto5Mac reports that according to their own “sources with knowledge of the situation, the tracking option should come grayed out by default for Apple IDs of which the owner is under the age of 18 or for devices with an MDM profile that restricts the ‘Allow Apps to Request to Track’ settings. The topic has also taken over several Reddit threads.Īpple's new App Tracking privacy feature was introduced with iOS 14.5 but it is broken or disabled. I went to Settings > Privacy > Tracking and "Allow Apps to Request to Track" is toggled off but it won't let me turn it on. “Hey I just updated to iOS 14.5 and have not gotten any prompts about allowing apps to track. but no app tracking questions are asked!” - source “Well, updated to IOS 14.5, Removed the Facebook app, reinstalled it …. “Dear App Tracking toggle and Personalized Ads toggle are grayed out on my iPhone!! Please release an update like iOS 14.5.1, please!!!” - source The majority find that ATT either fails to identify a single app that tracks user behaviour (and we already know some of the world’s biggest apps are major offenders) or the feature is disabled completely and cannot be enabled. So keep an eye on my Forbes' page.Īffected iPad and iPhone users are facing multiple issues with the new service. I will have a review of iOS 14.5.1 and feedback from earlier adopters live tomorrow afternoon. Also as mentioned, the company's support document did not explain the issues many users were experiencing so it is good to see a fast tracked release. With this in mind, I expect an iOS 14.5.1 bug fix release to be released sooner rather than later.Ġ5/03 Update: As expected, Apple has now rushed an iOS 14.5.1 update out with a dedicated fix to address this problem. A more plausible explanation appears to be a connection with Personalized Ads which was spotted by iOS developer Dave Verwer and has also been championed by others. This adds useful context but it does not correlate with wide number of user complaints being reported on social media. Apple has finally released iOS 14.5 after a protracted beta testing period. If your Apple ID was created in the last 3 days.If your Apple ID is managed by an educational institution or uses a configuration profile that limits tracking.For users with child accounts or under age 18 by birth year, signed in with their Apple ID*.And it's so valuable to that they're willing to spend all this money, accumulating it and analyzing it, but we still own it," he said. Ritchie said consumers have the right to keep private or to share mobile phone and browsing data. If we think of it in a consumer-centric way, have just had unfettered access to our data forever and it's built up almost an entitlement to ownership of who we are and what we do online," he told CBS News. Apple's policy is fair for both advertisers and consumers, said tech analyst Rene Ritchie. □- Jason Kint April 17, 2021ĪdWeek, a trade publication for the advertising industry, recently surveyed a number of small business advertisers and reported that "nobody really knows" what to expect from the iOS changes. Pro tip: if you own an iOS device, next week is likely to bring you the most significant improvement in digital privacy in the history of the internet.
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