Apple unveils iOS and macOS accessibility features: App Store Accessibility Nutrition Labels, Magnifier for Mac, Accessibility Reader, Braille Access, and more
Ahead of WWDC kicking off in June, Apple today has officially unveiled this year's new accessibility features for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro.
9to5Mac Chance Miller
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Discussion
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@chancemiller.me
Chance Miller
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Apple at its very best. https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/13/apple- unveils-ios-19-accessibility-features/
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@marcoarment@mastodon.social
Marco Arment
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The App Store's upcoming Accessibility Nutrition Labels are a great idea: — https://www.apple.com/... But I worry that without verification, the features will be poorly understood and inconsistently implemented by developers claiming support. …
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@dlx@mastodon.social
Robb
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Good stuff coming to iOS Accessibility https://www.apple.com/...
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@stroughtonsmith …
Steve Troughton-Smith
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Accessibility Nutrition Labels are a great quality of life improvement to the App Store — /via https://www.apple.com/... [images]
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@_jamesoloughlin
James O'Loughlin
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Apple's accessibility team is incredible. My favorite new feature is something I have always wanted built into a spatial computer; visionOS will have zoom for not only virtual but the real world surroundings too. https://www.apple.com/...
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@aaronp613
Aaron
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Coming to iOS 19, macOS 16, and visionOS 3: Accessibility Reader is a new systemwide reading mode designed to make text easier to read for users with a wide range of disabilities, such as dyslexia or low vision. [image]
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@aaronp613
Aaron
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macOS 16 to add an all-new Magnifier for Mac! The Magnifier app for Mac connects to a user's camera so they can zoom in on their surroundings, such as a screen or whiteboard. Magnifier works with Continuity Camera on iPhone as well as attached USB cameras, and supports reading [i…
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@aaronp613
Aaron
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For users with severe mobility disabilities, iOS 19 and visionOS 3 will add a new protocol to support Switch Control for Brain Computer Interfaces (BCIs), an emerging technology that allows users to control their device without physical movement.
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@aaronp613
Aaron
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With watchOS 12/iOS 19, Live Captions will arrive on Apple Watch. For users who are deaf or hard of hearing, Live Listen controls come to Apple Watch with a new set of features, including real-time Live Captions. [image]
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@aaronp613
Aaron
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New in iOS 19 for the Apple TV app: Assistive Access adds a new custom Apple TV app with a simplified media player. Developers will also get support in creating tailored experiences for users with intellectual and developmental disabilities using the Assistive Access API.
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@samhenrigold
Sam Henri Gold
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would hate to be the guy who has to take a handful of iOS 19 features and backport the UI mockups to the current design language lmao https://www.apple.com/...
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@aaronp613
Aaron
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With iOS 19, the App Store will add “Accessibility Nutrition Labels” Accessibility Nutrition Labels will highlight accessibility features within apps and games, allowing users to learn whether an app will be accessible to them before they download it. [image]
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@aaronp613
Aaron
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Vehicle Motion Cues are coming to Mac with macOS 16! Along with new ways to customize the animated onscreen dots on iPhone, iPad with iOS 19 [video]
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@aaronp613
Aaron
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Coming to visionOS 3 later this year: An Enhanced View with Apple Vision Pro With powerful updates to Zoom, users can magnify everything in view — including their surroundings — using the main camera. [video]
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Apple unveils powerful accessibility features coming later this year
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@carlquintanilla
Carl Quintanilla
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WSJ: Apple “is taking early steps to enable people to control their iPhones with neural signals captured by a new generation of brain implants.” — @wsj.com $AAPL — www.wsj.com/tech/apple-b...
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@fagankara
@fagankara
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Yeah no
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@jstylman
Joshua Stylman
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WSJ - Apple Wants People to Control Devices With Their Thoughts https://www.wsj.com/... Oh, this is just the tip of the iceberg... https://stylman.substack.com/ ... cc:// @naomirwolf [image]
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@andrewcurran_
Andrew Curran
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Apple is working on their own BCI with a company called Synchron. The device is called the Stentrode and is implanted in a vein atop the brain's motor cortex. [image]
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Apple Wants People to Control Devices With Their Thoughts
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Apple Wants People to Control Devices With Their Thoughts