Accessibility updates coming to iPhone, iPad, Vision Pro, Watch, and Mac in 2025 include Accessibility Reader and new App Store labels.
A wave of accessibility announcements today from Apple reveals updates that should help people read, see, and even speak via its various devices. We’ll highlight a few here, but Apple’s press release has the complete list, including changes to features that can both reduce distracting background sounds and, for users who may be deaf or hard of hearing, highlight important sounds and recognize when someone nearby is saying their name.
The Journal reports that devices like Synchron’s Stentrode or Neuralink’s implants could translate brain signals into controls more directly than having to emulate another device, like a mouse. Ten people have been implanted with the Stentrode device so far, but the standard will be available to other developers as well once it’s released.
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Apple is bringing accessibility labels to the App Store later this yearCherlynn Low graduated with a Master’s in Journalism from Columbia University in 2013 and started her tech media career writing for Laptop Mag and Tom’s Guide. She spent years reviewing smartphones, laptops, wearables and cameras before joining Engadget in 2016 as Reviews Editor.
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