Massive iOS 14 leak outlines key features, from trackpad support to AR

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Enlarge / The iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max running iOS 13. (credit: Samuel Axon)

Over the past few days, two Apple rumor sites (MacRumors and 9to5Mac) have published exclusive details about new features and changes in iOS 14 and related software, services, and products. 9to5Mac alleges the info is based on leaked iOS 14 code that it obtained, while MacRumors is vaguer, simply using phrases like "according to information obtained by MacRumors."

It's a wide-ranging info dump that touches on everything from the iPad Pro to the iPhone 9, Apple TV, and important accessibility features. Now that the initial trickle of information seems to have slowed, we're rounding up the major findings below. Much of this information will likely be confirmed or debunked this June when Apple usually announces its final plans for iOS 14 and other software and services.

As is often the case with significant new iOS features, a number of startups and smaller developers are threatened by some of these new additions. TechCrunch rounded up a list of some of those who have a rough road ahead of them, but there are likely others, too.

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