All things : New iPad and iPad Pro released

[BenG]

iOS 15

FaceTime

• Spatial Audio - directional audio depending on speaking participant's position on the screen
• Grid view - see all participants in equal size windows
• Portrait mode - blurs the background
• FaceTime links - schedule meetings and invite participants via a link
• Join FaceTime calls from the web on Android and Windows
• SharePlay - share your screen, and stream music and video together (Supported third parties include Disney+, Hulu, HBO Max, TikTok, NBA and Twitch)

Photos

• OCR - recognizes text in photos, allowing users to highlight text directly on photos
• Spotlight search - photos are now searchable on Spotlight
• Interactive memories - create a montage easily

Notifications

• Summary - choose when notification summary is delivered
• Do Not Disturb - status shown to other people in Messages
• Focus - set a status, which changes the Home Screen and notification preferences

Wallet

• Keys - added support for home, work and even hotels (Hyatt)
• Identity card - add your driver's license (participating states only), will be accepted at TSA checkpoints

Maps

• Disembark - Maps automatically alerts you when it's time to disembark on public transit
• AR directions

AirPods

• Boost the sound of the person speaking to you using beamforming
• Notification announcements, extending from incoming calls and messages
• Improved Find My integration

Siri

• Siri now supports offline requests

Edited June 7, 2021 by BenG

[NotDoctor PronounsHe/they]

32 minutes ago, BenG said:

So many small new things

I’m physically in my office today 🤢 so I couldn’t watch but anything in particular that excites you?

[BenG]

iPadOS 15

Taken from iOS 14

• Widgets
• App Library
• Hide chosen Home Screens
• Translate app

Multitasking

• Improved interface
• Shelf - store and load different "windows"

QuickNote

• Write QuickNotes by swiping Apple Pencil up from the corner
• QuickNotes are can be tagged to webpages and documents

App Development

• Build apps on iPad and ship to the App Store
• Note: uses Swift Playground, not Xcode

Siri

• Siri now supports offline requests

Battery

• Low Power Mode

Edited June 7, 2021 by BenG

[BenG]

iCloud+

(No extra charges on top of standard iCloud subscription.)

Private Relay

• Traffic from your device is encrypted and sent via two separate relays
• VPN-like feature?

Hide My Email

• Generate randomized email addresses to hide your actual one from service providers
• Create and destroy email addresses anytime you want

HomeKit Secure Video

• Supports unlimited number of devices (up from current limit of 5)

 

[BenG]

Health

Walking Steadiness

• New metric that measures risk of falling

Trends

• Extended from Activity trends for Apple Watch
• Trends are now shown for health metrics

Data Sharing

• Share data from the Health app directly with doctors (supported network)
• Share data with family, include trends and alerts

[BenG]

1 minute ago, Delusional said:

This is kind of intriguing. Love this. 

This is very similar to how Sign In with Apple works, just that this is applied to services that don't support that feature.

Apple Pay also uses something similar, generating randomized card numbers to mask your actual one.

[BenG]

watchOS 8

• Mindfulness - supersedes the current Breathe app
• Respiratory rate now measured during sleep tracking
• Adjust "depth" when using portrait mode photos as watch faces
• Share photos directly from your Apple Watch with Messages and Mail
• Emoji now supported for Scribble (handwritten messages)
• Find My now includes items, including AirTags
• Multiple timers

[BenG]

tvOS 15

• Spatial Audio for AirPods Pro and AirPods Max
• Lossless audio
• Use HomePod mini as speakers for Apple TV
• Use “Hey Siri” to play content on Apple TV

[BenG]

macOS Monterey

• Shortcut app comes to macOS, will likely replace Automator in future releases
• Universal Control - your keyboard and mouse/trackpad extends beyond the targeted device, and crosses to other Mac and iPad devices. Drag and drop is also supported.
• AirPlay - mirror your screen on Mac and use your Mac speakers as external speakers
• FaceTime, Focus, SharePlay introduced in iOS/iPadOS 15 are also coming to macOS Monterey
• Low Power Mode

Edited June 7, 2021 by BenG

[BenG]

Safari

• Revamped design
• Tab groups - organize your tabs into folders
• Tab bar is moved to the bottom on iOS

[BenG]

31 minutes ago, NotDoctor said:

I’m physically in my office today 🤢 so I couldn’t watch but anything in particular that excites you?

Universal Control for me. And Safari redesign on the iPhone for improved ergonomics.

Adding identity cards to Wallet should be exciting for you. One less item to carry around.

[BenG]

I hated today's keynote tbh. It was so damn boring and messy.

[BenG]

Holy crap! The original iPhone SE lives on. All iPhones compatible with iOS 14 will receive iOS 15 updates. 

[BenG]

iPhone 6s/6s Plus will receive 7 major iOS updates. Android phones could never.

[BenG]

iPad Air 2 was released in 2014 and will receive iOS 15 updates.

[BenG]

Just now, Delusional said:

I was literally 9 when that came out, what LMFAO 

Shows you how powerful the chip was when newly released

[BenG]

OMG the magnifying glass when selecting text is back!!!

[NotDoctor PronounsHe/they]

Very much over the moral panic coming out of Apple. First they force Discord to block NSFW servers on iOS, now they’re going after hookup apps. f- off
 

 

Edited June 7, 2021 by NotDoctor

[BenG]

Also, in case you missed it, you will soon be able to assign Legacy Contacts, allowing them to access your Apple ID data when you pass on.

[Gone]

11 hours ago, BenG said:

Also, in case you missed it, you will soon be able to assign Legacy Contacts, allowing them to access your Apple ID data when you pass on.

I don’t want people to see my internet history…