New operating aids should make Apple’s operating systems even more accessible. The manufacturer announced a large package of new functions related to accessibility on Tuesday, which are planned for the current year – Probably as part of iOS 19 and MacOS 16. The function is also integrated in the magnifying glass to make the text on physical objects in the area more readable, as Apple said. The magnifying glass app also comes to the Mac, where it can be used in interaction with a camera.
App Store shows accessibility functions
The App Store signals in the future when an app is barrier -free and which operating aids are supported, so that users receive this information before a download. Apple also works on extended braille support to make notes directly in Braille format and to carry out calculations in Nemeth Braille.
With Watchos 12, the Apple Watch Watch Apple’s live listing function, which is also supposed to transcribe discussions in the area in real time on the clock. The live subtitles will also work in German in the future. With its camera system, the Vision Pro also offers new accessibility modes to enlarge things in the physical environment or to be presented with information about objects and objects in your own environment.
Support for Brain-computer interfaces
In addition, Apple promises many detailed improvements around existing operating aids. This includes the option of automatically ending background noises after a certain time. Apple also promises innovations in the movement notices that are supposed to minimize nausea in vehicles. The function will then also be available on Macs for the first time.
In addition to extensions for device control with eye and head tracking, Apple has also announced support for a new protocol for alternative control systems with a Brain computer interface (BCI). The group apparently works with the US company Synchron. This develops a stent -like brain implant that is implanted via a vein near the brain’s motor cortex, as the Wall Street Journal reports.
Additional innovations are also to be expected around the music haptics, noise recognition, personal voice, as well as extended operating aids for CarPlay in the event of text display and detection of ambient noise. In addition, it should be possible to temporarily share your own accessibility settings with another device. iOS 19 and MacOS 16 are expected to appear in autumn, Apple shows the new operating systems at the WWDC developer conference in early June.
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