Users in participating states in the US will be able to add their driver's license or state IDs to the Wallet app, and there is also support for your iPhone to be able to unlock your home, office and hotel room. Support for additional types of keys comes to Apple Wallet, joining digital car keys, with iOS 15. When searching for a contact, you'll see recent conversations, shared photos and even their location if you share on Find My. It also uses the Live Text feature to find text and handwriting in photos, whilst also offering web image search and better results for actors, muscians, TV shows and movies. Spotlight Search was also enhanced in iOS 15, using intelligence to search photos by location, people, scenes, or objects. What is Live Text and how does it work on your photos?.You can ask Siri to share what is on your screen when wearing the wireless headphones. SiriĬhanges to Siri include the ability for the assistant to not only announce messages and incoming callers when wearing AirPods, but notifications too.

These will then appear in a Shared with You section in apps like Photos, Safari, Apple News, Music, Podcasts and the Apple TV app to help you quickly access the information shared in context. What is Apple's Focus feature on iPhone and iPad and how does it work?Ī new Shared with You feature - mentioned breifly in the Photos section above - works across the system in iOS 15 to find any articles, music, TV shows, photos and anything else shared with you through Message conversations.For example, the Work Focus option, you could set to only have messages from work collegues come through, along with emails, while setting all other notifications to off until you change to the Personal Focus. You can also create a custom focus to filter notifications, automatically let friends know you're not available (like Do Not Disturb While Driving does) and hide distractions without missing key notifications. AirPods Pro and AirPods Max also get Find My network support and there is a new Find My widget too. The Find My app gets some new capabilities in iOS 15, including users being able to locate a device that has been turned off or erased, along with Separation Alerts that notify you if you leave an AirTag, Apple device or Find My network accessory behind in an unfamiliar location. Apple overhauls FaceTime: Here's everything new in the update.There will also be a feature called SharePlay that will enable users to share experiences, such as listening to songs together through Apple Music, watching a TV show or movie in sync or sharing their screens to see apps together. FaceTime Links allow you to create a link and share it through Messages, Calendar, Mail or third party apps to allow anyone to join a FaceTime call from the web browser on an Android or Windows device. Additionally, Apple added a Grid view and Portrait mode to FaceTime, along with FaceTime Links.

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