For several years, I have been good about waiting to install iPhone releases to let early adopters find all the bugs. But the ability to allow the watch to unlock you phone while wearing a mask and app transparency are two things I really want now!
Would love to hear from those that dove in already.
Upgraded right as it was available, no issues to report.
14.5 had a very long beta process. I used all the public betas and never had an issue.
FWIW, the unlock-with-watch feature while masked is OK, but you can always unlock your phone with a passcode which probably takes no more effort than raising your wrist.
same here. Though I have not had any apps panhandle me for tracking. it makes me wonder if it works or whether or not the problem is as widespread as thought. I tested it by installing instagram and got nothing. isn’t instagram a big offender?
Maybe it’s disabled by default on your device. Was on mine based on my already stringent settings. So I don’t see requests anyway.
Downloaded on day 1 and has been perfectly stable for me on both iOS and iPadOS
I just found this on 9to5 Mac:
For users running iOS 14.5, both the Facebook and Instagram apps will automatically opt out of tracking settings.
So I guess they don’t want to embarrass themselves by even asking. 
Wow.
I mean.
Wow.
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Installed and watch updated, no issues so far. I would have waited a week but the mask/watch unlock was too good to wait!
I immediately installed iOS 14.5 because of “Mask ID”, but I’m super disappointed about losing Nuance’s Swype keyboard:
Ok, I’m sold. Will upgrade today/tonight.