Everything new in iOS 15.4 now Apple has released it
iOS 15/iPad OS 15 can read text in signs to you
As anticipated, Apple has shipped iOS 15.4, iPadOS 15.4, and macOS Monterey 12.3, introducing features such as Universal Control and Face ID with a mask. Here is a brief recap of all the features to expect in iOS 15.4
What’s new in iOS 15.4?
Face ID with a mask
- iPhone 12 or later will now include an option that enables users to unlock Face ID while wearing a mask. Once enrolled, iPhone can recognize the unique features around the eye area to authenticate.
- You can use this to unlock iPhone, make a payment with Apple Pay and to autofill passwords in apps and Safari.
- Here is how it works.
A New Way Start SharePlay
- You can now start SharePlay from FaceTime, and with the release of iOS 15.4 SharePlay sessions can be initiated directly from supported apps.
- You can also use SharePlay on a Mac.
- Here is how to use it on iOS and iPads.
A new Siri voice
- Siri now has a new non-binary voice that makes use of Neural Text to Speech technology. This is designed to give users more options to choose a voice that speaks to them.
Tim Cook spent a lot of time discussing Apple’s approach to COVID-19
Brilliant ways to use Visual Look Up
- I’m quite excited that Visual Look Up now recognizes art, landmarks around the world, plants and flowers, books, and dog and cat breeds in a user’s photos so they can learn more about them.
- This exciting feature is now available in English (Australia, Canada, India, Singapore, UK, US), French (France), German (Germany), Italian (Italy), and Spanish (Mexico, Spain, US).
- How to use Visual Lookup.
Apple Wallet and Health support for EU Digital COVID Certificate
- Now users in the European Union can securely download and store verifiable COVID-19 vaccination, lab results, and recovery records in the Health app.
- In addition, COVID-19 vaccination cards in Apple Wallet now support the EU Digital COVID Certificate format. Once added in the Wallet app, users can view and present their vaccination card at any time.
- Here is how it works.
Part of the process may look like this
New emoji — love the handshake improvement
- iOS 15.4 features over 37 new emoji, including faces, hand gestures, and household objects.
- Users can also now choose separate skin tones for each hand in the handshake emoji.
And much, much more
There are a range of other exciting new enhancements wrapped inside the release. For example, Safari translation adds support for Italian and Traditional Chinese.
Additional improvements include the following:
- Podcasts app adds episode filters for seasons, played, unplayed, saved, or downloaded episodes.
- News offers enhanced discovery of audio content in the Today feed and Audio tab.
- Live Text can be added to Notes and Reminders apps using the camera.
- Camera in keyboard can be used while in the Notes and Reminders apps to copy and paste text.
- Shortcuts now supports adding, removing, or querying tags with Reminders.
- Emergency SOS settings have changed to use Call with Hold for all users.
- Audio hints in Fitness+ provide audio cues of visually demonstrated moves during workouts to better support users who are Blind or low-vision. (Or in my case just too inexperienced to understand what is going on).
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