iOS 18 is really coming.
Traditionally, Apple has announced some of the upcoming features ahead of WWDC, and this year is no exception.
Recently, Apple released an official press release announcing the new accessibility changes in iOS 18 in advance.
Let's take a look.
Eye tracking
Based on artificial intelligence technology, Apple will bring eye tracking to users with disabilities.
It only takes a few seconds for users to set up and calibrate their eyes, and to navigate iPhone and iPad with eye movements.
This feature interacts similarly to Apple Vision Pro, allowing users to select elements on the screen by looking at them and access them freely.
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At the same time, Apple also introduced the accessibility features that will be introduced in visionOS.
Later this year, visionOS will introduce Live Captions to help users with hearing loss use Vision Pro.
Whether it's a FaceTime video call or a face-to-face conversation, Vision Pro algorithmically generates real-time captions.
Coupled with hearing aid support, Vision Pro is expected to bring a better experience to more users as well.
Musical touch
In addition, Apple will also bring a new "music haptics" feature for the hearing impaired.
When the user turns on this accessibility feature, the iPhone's haptic engine vibrates with the music playback, providing an immersive, interactive experience.
Apple says that the Music Haptics feature is available for millions of songs in Apple Music.
In the future, Apple will also make the API available to developers to help more hearing-impaired users enjoy music together.
New voice features like Siri
According to rumors, based on the blessing of new AI technology, the new version of Siri will usher in a wave of intelligent upgrades in iOS 18.
Now Apple says iPhone and iPad users can use the Voice shortcut feature to add custom phrases to Siri to quickly get up and running for complex tasks.
In addition, Apple introduced the "Listen to Atypical Voices" feature in a press release, which further enhances the range available for speech recognition.
Designed for users whose voice has been affected by cerebral palsy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or stroke, this feature helps them make better use of their iPhone and iPad by recognizing unconventional language.
Vehicle movement
Motion sickness is a problem that many friends will face.
Generally speaking, motion sickness is caused by a clash of senses between what you see and what you actually feel, especially when you use your mobile phone while riding in a car.
To this end, Apple will help motion sickness users improve this situation through a new feature "Vehicle Motion".
When turned on, iPhone and iPad will display animated points at the edges of the screen in real time when they detect vehicle motion to reduce sensory conflicts.
The user is free to set the function, such as turning it on by default and turning it off manually.
New CarPlay
In addition to iPhone and iPad, CarPlay will also see accessibility upgrades.
Apple says the new CarPlay will introduce voice control, color filtering, and voice recognition.
With voice control, users can control CarPlay or control apps with their voice.
At the same time, for hearing-impaired drivers, the voice recognition function can be fed back through the interface to obtain real-time horn and alarm sounds.
For users with poor color blindness, color filters can also help them better identify CarPlay's control interface, with options such as bold text and large font size.
Finally, Apple also revealed some detailed feature tweaks in the press release.
These include new voice in VoiceOver, reading mode provided by the amplifier, improved braille on-screen input, and more.
Apple says the feature changes will be rolled out via a software update later this year.
Perhaps for many users, the accessibility features of the iPhone are not used very often.
But Apple actively explores this area every year to help people with disabilities use devices better.
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