iOS 14.5 has finally rolled out for supported iPhones (iPhone 6s and above), but apparently there are still some issues: reports that the App Tracking Transparency feature is not working properly and is completely grayed out in settings Users have reported that the App Tracking Transparency feature is not working properly and is completely grayed out in the settings.

App Tracking Transparency prevents apps from monitoring your activity. Many apps track what you do even when you are not using them. For example, Facebook knows what you are browsing on the Internet and uses that information for targeted advertising when you return to the platform.

In previous versions of iOS 14, there was an option to turn off tracking, but iOS 14.5 gives you more fine-grained control. If you do not want the app to track your behavior, you can turn it off completely. If you find targeted ads to be somewhat useful, you can also give apps individual permissions.

At least, that's what should happen. 9to5Mac reports that iPhone users are running into problems with the App Tracking Transparency toggle being disabled, and there is no way to turn it back on. You can see it in the following screenshots.

The outlet speculates that this may be related to the personalized ads option, stating that when this is turned off, "the App Tracking Transparency control was grayed out after the update" and that "this was expected It is unclear if this is behavior or a bug," he added.

According to sources familiar with the feature, App Tracking Transparency should be grayed out if the website indicates that the device owner's Apple ID indicates that they are under the age of 18. The same is also true for devices that prohibit the Apps to Request to Track setting in the MDM profile, according to the source. Nevertheless, most cases where the tracking option is grayed out do not fall into either of these scenarios, the site said.

If you are suffering from the same issue, there is no fix yet, but since it is still early days since iOS 14.5 was released, we'll wait for an update from Apple.