Apple released a few mobility updates for its range of products on Tuesday that are coming to the company’s product line. These updates are designed to assist with everything from reading words to following real-time subtitles to reducing motion sickness. The features are scheduled to be released later this month, ahead of World Accessibility Awareness Day on May 15.

The software giant is gearing up for its monthly Worldwide Developers Conference on June 9 to discuss software updates for all of its platforms, including what iOS 19 has in store for it. Additionally, it’s likely to share Apple Intelligence changes, especially as Samsung and Google continue to add AI capabilities to their phones. Many of those AI-powered functions have also been outperforming accessibility standards for products like the phone and Pixel phone. &nbsp,

Accessibility is a core trait at Apple, according to Apple CEO Tim Cook in a speech. We’re glad of the innovations we’re sharing this month, and making technology accessible to everyone is a concern for all of us. That includes resources to enable people to access important details, explore the world around them, and pursue their passions.

Apple does release mobility changes for the phone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro. What will soon be accessible across those products is presented here.

Accessibility Nutrition Labels&nbsp,

Convenience features will be highlighted in a new part in the application and game product pages in the App Store, so you can find out right away whether the features you need are present before downloading. VoiceOver, Voice Control, Larger Text, Sufficient Contrast, Reduced Motion, and Captions are a few of those characteristics. &nbsp,

The App Store will have access to mobility nutrition labels for use throughout the world. Developers will be able to find out what standards apps must follow before including availability information on their product pages. &nbsp,

Magnifier for Mac

On the iPhone or iPad, Magnifier is a tool that enables those who are blind or have small vision to move in, read language, and see what’s happening around them. The function is also coming to the Mac right then. &nbsp,

Magnifier for Mac connects to a camera, like the one on your iPhone, so you can zoom in on what’s around you, like a screen or whiteboard. You can use Continuity Camera on the iPhone to link it to your Mac, or opt for a USB connection to a camera. The feature supports reading documents with Desk View. You can adjust what’s on your screen including brightness, contrast and color filters, to make it easier to see text and images. 

Accessibility User

This new reading mode on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Vision Pro is geared toward making text easier to read for people with a range of disabilities, including those with dyslexia or low vision. Accessibility User lets you customize text and hone in on what you’re reading by adapting font, color and spacing. It also supports Spoken Content, so your device can read aloud what’s on the screen. 

Accessibility User can be used within any app, and is built into Magnifier on iOS, iPadOS and MacOS. You can launch the feature to interact with real-world text like in menus and books.

Braille Access

The phone, iPad, Mac, or Vision Pro can be converted into a tactile notetaker with Braille Access. They can use Nemeth Braille to perform calculations and write down notes in reading format using Braille Screen Input or a linked Braille system. &nbsp,

Braille Available Format files can also be opened within Braille Access, allowing them to access publications and files created with a reading note-taking device. &nbsp,

Apple Watch Live Captions

A feature called Live Talk allows you to use your phone to record audio captured on an iPhone and transfer it to your AirPods, Beats, or other suitable hearing aids, effectively turning your phone into a distant microphone. With the addition of Life Captions, which displays real-time word of what is being listened to on an iPhone, that feature is now available for the Apple Watch. On your Apple Watch, you can watch the music while simultaneously viewing the Life Subtitles. &nbsp,

You can also apply your Apple Watch as a remote power to start or end Live Talk and hop up if you missed something. That means you won’t need to stand up in the middle of a course or meeting to get or use your phone; you can do so from your Watch. On AirPods Pro 2, the Hearing Aid feature can also be used with Life Talk.

On the Apple Vision Pro, perspective availability is available.

Apple Vision Pro includes a few features that are new for those who are blind or have small perspective. Using the Vision Pro’s key cameras, an upgrade to Zoom will make it possible to spy on anything in your environment. Live Recognition uses VoiceOver to illustrate what’s happening around you, identify objects, and read documents.

In apps like Be My Eyes, you can get live visible view assistance from a fresh API for developers, which will also help approved apps to get the headset’s major camera. &nbsp,

Other improvements to the convenience system

Apple made a number of other changes to its convenience features, including the addition of Vehicle Motion Cues, which can help minimize motion sickness while viewing a camera. On phone, iPad, and Mac, you can also modify the active dots that appear on the screen. &nbsp,

Personal Voice&nbsp enables speech-loss risky people to create voices that sound like them using AI and on-device system understanding. It’s then simpler and faster to use. With only 10 recorded phrases, Personal Voice can then create a more natural-sounding words copy with only 10 phrases in less than a minute, setting up the feature and waiting immediately for it to process. In Mexico, Apple is also expanding its Spanish support. &nbsp, &nbsp,

Head Tracking, which enables you to navigate and control your iPhone and iPad with just your eyes, is similar to Eye Tracking, which enables you to use your own eyes to do the same.

On iPhone, you can now customize Music Haptics&nbsp, which plays a series of taps, textures, and vibrations along with audio in Apple Music. You can adjust the overall intensity and choose whether you experience those haptics for the entire song or just the vocals. &nbsp,

Name Recognition is being added to make it possible for deaf or hard of hearing people to be notified when their name is being called in addition to sirens, doorbells, and car horns. &nbsp,

English ( India, Australia, UK, Singapore ), Mandarin Chinese ( Mainland China ), Cantonese ( Mainland China, Hong Kong ), Spanish ( Latin America, Spain ), French ( France, Canada ), Japanese, German ( Germany ), and Korean are also supported by Live Captions.