
Several apps have this folder, including Apple Music, Photos, and News.Īnother new feature is Photo Collage. News stories, music recommendations, and photos sent to you in Messages will be located in the new Shared with You folder. SharePlay is also support on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV. Supported apps include Apple Music, AppleTV+, Hulu, and Disney+. SharePlay is a new feature that allows everyone on a FaceTime call to listen simultaneously to the same music, share a screen, or watch something together. FaceTime calls continue to have end-to-end encryption. Selecting Portrait mode blurs the background and focuses on the speaker.įaceTime Link lets people who do not have an Apple device join a FaceTime call using a Web link. Isolation mode reduces ambient noise while Wide Spectrum allows all sounds including background to be heard.įor people who are sighted or are low vision, FaceTime has a new grid. There are two new microphone modes: Isolation and Wide Spectrum. Spatial audio will allow better audio quality and will let speaker's voices sound as if they are coming from on the screen. FaceTimeįaceTime is getting many new features. If you are using iOS 14 on your device, you can use iOS 15 as well. These Macs will work with the new operating system. Not all Macs using macOS Big Sur are compatible with macOS Monterey. In order for watchOS 8 to work, your iPhone must use iOS 15. If you are using watchOS7 and an iPhone running iOS 14, you can use watchOS 8 with an iPhone using iOS 15. If you are using iOS 14 and/or iPadOS14, you can use iOS15 and iPadOS 15. Some older devices may not be able to run all new features in the upcoming releases. Unfortunately nothing was mentioned about accessibility during the conference. Sometimes there were brief descriptions of what the presenters were doing on their device. During the conference, audio description was used to introduce the presenter and say where they were located. While waiting for the conference to start, online viewers were given an audio description of what was on the screen.

Although there were some predictions and leaks, Apple did a good job this year of keeping the planned details quiet prior to its annual Worldwide Developers Conference, which was held virtually (for the second year in a row) on June 7, 2021.
