Apple today unveiled the candidate version for the iOS and iPadOS 15 version to developers for testing purposes, with updates two weeks after Apple released the eighth beta.
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Registered developers can download the beta and iOS OS profile from the Apple Developer Center, and once the profile is installed, beta updates will be available for streaming.
iOS 15 is a major update that introduces a number of new features focused on reducing distractions and spending more time with friends and family.
FaceTime has a revamped interface with new SharePlay features for listening to music, watching videos and sharing the screen with your friends and family, although it is delayed until after the release of OSiOS 15. In Messages, if you share something like a url, a photo, a news article, or a song, you can see the content of Apple’s dedicated apps using a new Shared with you feature.
Focus lets you create custom notification modes that hide irrelevant apps and notifications when you’re doing things like working or spending time with your family so you can better focus on the activity you’re doing, and there’s a new summary of notifications that prioritize fewer notifications so that you are not constantly inundated with information.
Maps includes a new 3D visualization in selected cities that lets you see 3D landmarks, there are dive directions when walking, and driving directions are better than ever, especially on complex interchanges.
Safari has been redesigned with a new look that moves the tab bar at the bottom of the interface (although this is optional), plus it now supports tab groups to improve the organization and extensions can be used in Safari for iOS devices for the first time. At the end of this year, you can add your ID card to the Wallet app in some U.S. states, and Apple makes it easy to add key cards for hotels, smart home locks, and more. the Wallet app.
Spotlight is better than ever and can get more personalized search results, and Photos has the “Live Text” feature that lets you take a photo of content with text as a receipt to translate to typed text on your iPhone. Photos can also identify landmarks, books, plants, and pets, so you can take a picture of a plant and learn about what it might be.
Apple has also added several privacy enhancements, such as a new app privacy report coming to your iPhone that lets you know how often apps access sensitive information like your location, a mail feature that hides your address. IP and Siri processing that is done on the device. .
To get a full view of all the new features of iOS 15, we have a dedicated summary that covers all the new features and Apple has been adding refinement features during the beta testing period. The sixth beta, for example, revised the design of Safari and added a switch to disable changes made in earlier versions. In the seventh beta, Apple said that iCloud Private Relay will be introduced as a beta feature at launch.
Version candidate versions are the versions that will be provided to the public when iOS 15 sees an official version. IOS 15, iPadOS 15, tvOS 15 and watchOS 8 will be released on Monday 20 September.