iOS 15 brings amazing new features to help you connect, focus, explore, and do so much more with your iPhone.
Main improvements and functionalities
Facetime
SharePlay: watch together
Share movies and series on your FaceTime calls and enjoy a much more interactive real-time experience with whoever you want while watching the same content. *
SharePlay: listen together
Share music in good company directly on the FaceTime call. *
SharePlay: share screen
Share your screen so other people can see websites, apps, and more during the FaceTime call. *
SharePlay – Synchronized Play
Pause, fast forward, rewind, or skip a scene. Playback stays in perfect sync for the people watching. *
SharePlay: smart volume
The dynamically responsive volume controls automatically adjust the sound so you can hear someone speaking even during a noisy scene or at the height of the soundtrack. *
SharePlay: shared playlist
When listening to music with other people, anyone on the call can add songs to the playlist. *
SharePlay: multi-device compatibility
Connect to FaceTime from your iPhone while watching a video on Apple TV or listening to music. *
SharePlay: connect with audio, video or text
Enter your group’s Messages conversation directly from the FaceTime controls and choose the best way to communicate for that moment. *
Portrait mode
Inspired by the portraits you take in the Camera app, Portrait mode in FaceTime blurs the background so you stand out. 1
Grid View
It shows you the participants of a Group FaceTime call in boxes of the same size and highlights the person who is speaking so you can easily identify them. You can see up to six people per grid at the same time.
Spatial audio
It generates a sound field that allows conversations to be as natural as in person. The voices sound as if they are coming from the direction each person is located on the screen. 1
Voice Isolation Mode
This microphone mode highlights your voice by using machine learning to identify and block ambient sound. Thus, neither a vacuum cleaner nor the barking of the neighbor’s dog will interrupt your call. 1
Broad Spectrum Mode
This microphone mode allows all sounds to be heard on the call. It is ideal for taking music classes or when you want the other person to listen to everything that is happening around you. 1
FaceTime links
Invite a FaceTime call by sending a web link that you can share wherever you want.
FaceTime call over the Internet
Invite whoever you want to a FaceTime call, even those who don’t have an Apple device. 2 They can join individual or group calls directly from a browser and without having to log in.
Integration with Calendar
Generate a web link for a FaceTime call by creating one Calendar event at the same time, so everyone knows exactly where and when the meeting will be.
Microphone muted alert
Alerts you when you are speaking with the microphone muted. Quickly activate sound with a simple touch and make sure others can hear you.
Zoom
When you’re on a FaceTime call, an optical zoom control for your rear camera helps you focus on what’s important.
Posts
It was shared with you
The content that is shared with you by Messages automatically appears in the Shared With You section of the corresponding app, so that you can access it when it suits you best. The Shared With You section will be integrated into Photos, Safari, Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, and the Apple TV app.
Shared With You: featured content
In Messages, you can mark the content that interests you the most to see it highlighted in the Shared With You section, in searches you do in Messages and in the Conversation Details view.
Was Shared With You: follow the conversation
When you access the shared content in the corresponding app, you can also see who sent it and touch the sender to see the associated message and follow the conversation, all from the app and without having to go to Messages.
It was shared with you: photos
Photos shared in Messages appear automatically in the Photos app. Your library contains the images that are most important to you, such as those in which you appear. And in Para Ti, you will be able to see a wider selection of photos that have been sent to you in the new section Was Shared With You, as well as in Memories and Featured Photos.
Shared With You: Safari
All articles, recipes and other interesting links shared in Messages will automatically appear in the Shared with You section on the Safari home page.
Shared With You: Apple Music
All songs shared in Messages will automatically appear in the new Was Shared With You section of Listen on Apple Music.
Shared With You: Apple Podcasts
Episodes and shows shared in Messages will automatically appear in the Shared With You section of Listening on Apple Podcasts.
It Was Shared With You: Apple TV app
Series and movies shared in Messages will automatically appear in the new Was Shared With You section of Watch Now in the Apple TV app.
Photo Collections
Enjoy viewing the photos of your Messages conversations in original collections. The smallest groups of photos will be displayed in a collage, while the largest groups will be arranged in a stack so that you can switch from one to another. You can see them all in a grid and respond with a Tapback or a comment to a particular one.
Save photos easily
Saving the photos that are shared with you is as easy as touching the new save button that you will find in the Messages conversation.
SMS filters for Brazil
Messages now uses smart device technology to filter and classify promotional, transactional, and spam SMS. So your inbox will be much more orderly.
Notification options in Messages for India and China
Activate or deactivate notifications for unknown senders, transactions and promotions and decide for what type of messages you want to receive notifications.
Change phone number in Messages
Change your phone number in the middle of a conversation on a dual SIM iPhone.
Memoji
Clothing
Customize your Memoji with more than 40 outfits that reflect your style, mood or the holiday of the moment. Choose up to three different colors and then show off your creation with the Memoji stickers, which bring expressive poses from the waist up.
A color for each eye
Now you can choose a different color for the left and right eyes.
New glasses
Customize your Memoji with three new heart, star, and retro-style lens options. Select the color of the frame and glass.
New stickers with your Memoji
Nine original Memoji stickers allow you to send a shaka sign, a wave, a moment of inspiration and much more.
Multi-colored head accessories
Represent your favorite team or college by customizing headgear with up to three colors.
New accessibility options
Three new options available: hearing implants, oxygen tubes or therapeutic helmets.
Focus
Focus
Get your devices in tune with you with Focus functionality. Filter notifications automatically based on what you’re doing. Turn on Do Not Disturb to block out distractions, or choose an Approach to work, take time for yourself, sleep, exercise, practice mindfulness, play, read, drive, or whatever.
Focus setting tips
When you’re setting up Focus, your device’s smart technology uses your activity history to suggest apps and people whose notifications you may not want to turn off.
Contextual Focus Suggestions
Get smart suggestions on which Approach to choose based on contextual information like your location or time of day.
Focus Customization
Create a Custom Approach to filter notifications based on what you’re doing at the moment. Choose an icon for your Custom Focus and name it whatever you want.
Focus on all your devices
When you use Focus, the functionality is automatically activated on other devices you have as well.
Home screen page adapted to Focus
Define a specific home screen page for Focus and organize your apps and widgets so that you can only see relevant apps to avoid potential distractions. The page will appear when you activate Focus and everything else will be hidden.
Notifications allowed
Select the notifications of apps or people that you want to receive without losing focus on what you do.
State
Contacts who are not included in the notifications you allow for a certain Focus will know that your notifications are muted. This status appears when someone tries to contact you via Messages in order to avoid interruptions.
Automatic responses when driving
Activate automatic replies for your contacts when they send you messages while using Focus to Drive. And customize them however you want.
Urgent messages
If someone has turned on the status that notifications are muted by Focus, you can still send an urgent message. If you are the recipient, you can prevent an app or person from ignoring this restriction.
Status API
In third-party messaging apps, developers can use your status to show your contacts that you are unavailable.
Notifications
New look for notifications
Notifications have a new look that shows the larger contact photos and app icons.
Notification Summary
Receive a useful summary of your notifications every day, in the morning and at night, or at the time you prefer. Notifications are so smart that they are automatically sorted by priority, with the most important ones at the top, so you can get up to speed quickly.
Mute notifications
You can temporarily silence any app or message conversation, either for an hour or for the whole day.
Tips to mute
If a conversation is busy and you are not participating, you will receive a suggestion to mute it.
Communication notifications
Communication app notifications now include photos of your contacts to make it easier to identify them.
Urgent Notifications
Urgent Notifications are always delivered immediately so you don’t miss important alerts, like a fraud warning, a notice of a car that is parked outside, or a reminder that you need to go find your kids.
Notifications API
The new notifications API for developers will allow them to automatically send Urgent Notifications and apply the new design for those that come from people.
Maps
Interactive globe
Discover the natural beauties of planet Earth with an interactive 3D globe that includes incredible enhanced details for mountain ranges, deserts, forests, oceans and much more. 1
New detailed city experience
Tour cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York and London in a level of detail never seen before: elevations, streets, trees, buildings, monuments and much more. 3
New location cards
We’ve completely redesigned the location cards to make it easier to find and use important information, such as viewing business data, exploring city details, and learning about geographic features like mountain ranges.
Selected Guides Collection
Now it is easier to discover incredible places thanks to the new Collection of Guides, a place with specially selected content where you can find Guides and places that you will love.
Improved search
When searching for places like restaurants, you can filter your search results based on the type of food and whether it can be ordered to go. In addition, you can choose if you only want to see places that are open at that precise moment. When you move around the map when doing a search, Maps will automatically update the results.
User account
Maps users will find their most used settings in one place, such as preferred mode of transportation, reported issues, favorites, and much more.
Contributions to Redesigned Maps
Thanks to the new design, it is much easier and faster to report an issue in Maps.
Safari
Lower tab bar
The bottom tab bar gives you easy access to the controls. Swipe left or right on the address bar to switch between tabs. Or swipe up to see all your open tabs.
Tabs Groups
Save and organize your tabs as is most convenient for you. Switch between Tab Groups in the Tab Summary.
Tab Groups Synchronization
Groups are synced across all your devices so you can access your tabs from anywhere.
Customizable home page
Give your home page a personal touch. Choose the background image you prefer and include the new sections you want to see, such as Privacy Report and Was Shared With You. Customizations are synced across all your devices, so you have the same Safari everywhere.
New privacy protections
Now the smart tracking prevention system also prevents trackers from using your IP address to create a profile for you.
Update to HTTPS
The update automatically uses HTTPS when available.
To update
Update a website by dragging it down from the top of the page.
Web extensions on iOS
Customize Safari on iOS with web extensions. Web extensions add functionality and functionality to Safari and you can install them from the App Store.
Voice Search
Use your voice to surf the Internet. Tap the microphone in the search field and say what you’re looking for out loud to see suggestions or go directly to the site you’re looking for.
Tab Summary Grid View
The Tab Summary now displays your open tabs in a grid, so it’s easier to see which ones you have open and switch between them. Tap the Tab Summary button or swipe up on the tab bar to see them all.
Wallet
Archived passes
Your expired boarding passes and event tickets will automatically be moved to a separate list so you can easily access current ones, without getting mixed up with used ones.
Multiple pass downloads
Now with Safari, you can add multiple passes to Wallet in a single action, instead of adding them one by one manually.
Live Text 1
Live Text on Photos
Now, the text is fully interactive in all your photos, so you can use functions like copy and paste, search and translate. Live Text can be used in Photos, Screenshot, Quick View and Safari, and in live preview with Camera.
Spotlight
Detailed information
Spotlight gathers all the information you are looking for, including that of your contacts, in one place and with more detail than ever.
Search in Photos
Spotlight uses the information in Photos to search your entire library by location, people, scenes, or even other items that appear in photos, such as a dog or a car. Find images shared through Messages by including a contact’s name in your search.
Internet image search
Spotlight lets you search the Internet for images of people, animals, monuments, and more.
Access from the locked screen
Swipe down from the locked screen or Notification Center to open Spotlight.
App Clips in Maps results
When you find a business that uses App Clips, you’ll see an action button in the Spotlight Maps results. Action buttons include Menu, Tickets, Reservations, Appointments, Takeaway, Order, Shipping, Waitlist, Hours, Parking, Availability, and Prices.
Improved search in the App Store
Quickly install apps from the App Store without leaving Spotlight.
Photos
Memories: Apple Music
In addition to the hundreds of newly included songs, Apple Music subscribers can add any of the tens of millions of songs from the Apple Music library to enjoy on their devices.
Memories: song suggestions
Apple Music song suggestions are personalized just for you. They’re based on a combination of expert recommendations, your musical tastes, and what’s in your photos and videos. Suggestions can also include songs that were popular at the time and place of memory, or songs you heard on a trip or at a concert.
Memories: Mix of Memories
Scroll through Mix of Memories to personalize your memory with an accompanying song and style.
Memories: renewed look
Memories takes a new look and includes animated screens with smart and adaptive titles, new animation and transition styles, and multiple image collages for a cinematic touch.
Memories: Aspects
Twelve film-inspired Aspects analyze each photo and video to create atmospheres, apply contrasts, and make color adjustments to give your memories a consistent look, just like movie studio colorists do.
Memories: interactive interface
Touch to pause, play the last photo, move to the next, or advance; the music will continue to play and the timing will be adjusted so that the transitions follow the rhythm. Change the song or Aspect, add or delete photos, and the adjustment will be made in real time, without the need for the movie to be recompiled.
Memories – Explore view
View all the content of your memory from an overview where you can add and delete elements, change their duration or move to another part of the memory.
Memories: New Kinds of Memories
New types of keepsakes include additional international holidays, child-centric keepsakes, weather trends, and enhanced pet keepsakes, with individual dog and cat recognition.
Memories: see below
Get suggestions for related memories to watch below once the one you’re looking at has finished playing.
Memories: song suggestions on the device
Song suggestions are determined on the device to protect your privacy.
It was shared with you
The Shared With You section of the For You tab allows you to view photos and videos that have been sent to you in Messages. Photos that were taken while you were present also appear in the All Photos section and in the Days, Months and Years views, as well as in Memories and Featured Photos, including the Photos widget. Save a photo to your library or reply to the sender in Messages.
Detailed information panel
Swipe up on a photo or tap the new info button to see details about the photo, such as camera, lens and shutter speed, file size, or who sent it in Shared with You via Messages. You can also edit the date it was taken or the location, add a subtitle and get information about the elements detected by the Visual Query functionality.
Faster initial sync of iCloud Photos library
When you switch to a new device, iCloud Photos syncs faster, so you can access your photo library as soon as possible.
Improvements in limited access to the library in third-party apps
When you grant limited access to your library, third-party apps can offer simpler screening processes if you give them access to specific content.
Improvements in identifying people
The People album has improved the recognition of individuals.
Names of people
Easily correct mistakes in the names of the People album.
Selecting images in Photos
The Photos picker now lets you select them in a specific order when sharing, even in the Messages app.
Suggest less often
Tap Include Less to let Photos know you’d rather see less of a specific date, place, holiday, or person in Featured Photos, Photos widget, Memories, or featured content on the Library tab.
Health
Share health data
Share your health information with the people you care about the most or your caregivers. Choose the data and trends you want to share, including heart health, activity, lab tests, vital signs, your Medical Record, cycle tracking and more.
Share notifications with others
The people you share your health data with can see the health alerts you receive, including notifications of high heart rate and irregular rhythm. You can also share notifications of significant changes found within shared data categories, such as a drastic reduction in activity.
Share health trends with Messages
You can view trend analysis in someone’s health data that has been shared with you, and easily start a conversation about changes in their health by sharing a view of the trend data through Messages.
Trends
Trend analysis in the Health app lets you quickly see how certain health metrics are progressing, whether they are increasing or decreasing over time. You can choose to be notified when a new trend is detected in your health data.
Walking Stability
Walking Stability on iPhone is a revolutionary health measure that gives you information on the risk of falling. Use custom algorithms that assess your balance, strength, and gait. You can choose to be notified when your walking stability is low or very low. Also learn how to improve your stability with specially selected exercises. 4
Privacy Protection in Mail
It helps protect your privacy by preventing senders from obtaining information about your activity in Mail. If you decide to activate it, this functionality hides your IP address so that senders cannot link it to your other online activities or know your location. Also, it prevents them from being able to see if you opened the emails they sent you.
Privacy
App Privacy Report
A section in Settings allows you to see how often apps have accessed your location, photos, camera, microphone, and contacts in the last seven days. It also shows you which apps have contacted other domains and when they last contacted. This is a good complement to the privacy label of the app, so that you know for sure how your privacy is treated. 5
Safety when pasting
Developers can allow you to paste content from another app without having access to what you copied until you decide to grant it to them.
Share current location
Developers can allow you to share your current location with a customizable button in their apps. For them, it’s an easy way to help you share your location just once. At the end of that session, they will no longer have access.
Improvements in limited access to the library in third-party apps
When you grant limited access to your library, third-party apps can offer simpler screening processes if you give them access to specific content.
Apple ID
Account Recovery Contacts
Choose one or more people you trust to be your Account Recovery Contacts and help you reset your password and regain access to your account.
Digital Legacy Program
The Digital Legacy program allows you to designate whoever you want as your Legacy Contact to access your account and personal information in the event of your death. 5
iCloud +
BetaICloud Private Streaming
ICloud Private Streaming is a service that allows you to connect to practically any network and browse with Safari in an even more private and secure way. It ensures that the traffic coming out of your device is encrypted so that no one can intercept and read it. All your requests are sent through two separate internet relays. Plus, it’s designed so that no one, not even Apple, can use your IP address, location, or browsing activity to create a detailed profile about you. 6
Hide My Email
Hide My Email allows you to create unique and random email addresses that forward emails to your personal inbox, so you can send and receive emails without having to share your real address.
HomeKit Secure Video
Connect more security cameras than ever before to record, analyze, and review videos in the Home app. iCloud will automatically store your recordings in an end-to-end encrypted format, so only you and the people you choose can see it. None of the videos will take up space on your iCloud, as it is part of your subscription. 7
Email domain customization
Customize your iCloud Mail address with the domain name of your choice and invite your family to use the same domain for their iCloud Mail accounts.
And much more
Accessibility
Button Control sound actions
Button Control sound actions allow you to control iPhone with simple mouth movements, such as a click, pop, or “i” sound, without the need for physical buttons, keys, or complex verbal commands.
Background Sounds
Continuous reproduction of balanced sounds can mask unwanted ambient or external noise and help you focus, relax, or rest. You can choose high or low frequencies, the sound of the ocean, rain or a stream. In addition, the sounds are mixed or camouflaged with other audios or system sounds when you use the device.
Settings for each app
Customize the screen and text size of each app. You can make the text bold or enlarge it, increase the contrast, invert the colors, add color filters and much more in the apps you want.
Imported audiograms
Import paper or PDF audiograms from Settings, and instantly customize hearing aid fittings to amplify soft sounds and adjust certain frequencies based on your hearing test results.
Magnifier App
Now the Magnifier app comes by default on iOS, so you can use your phone as a magnifying glass and see the objects around you more closely.
Accessibility Memoji
Memoji now better represent your look and style thanks to new customization options, including oxygen tubes, hearing implants and therapeutic headgear.
Apps Library
Reordering the home screen pages
Personalize your home screen by reordering the pages.
App Store
Events within apps
Catch up on current app and game events, like competitions, movie premieres, or a live streaming experience, right from the App Store. The events appear in the content selected by our editors and the personalized recommendations in the Today, Games and Apps tabs, in the search results and on the product page of the app.
App Store widget
See the stories, collections and events of the apps in the Today tab of the home screen.
Augmented reality
RealityKit 2
Apply custom shaders, add post-render effects, and create more immersive augmented reality experiences with RealityKit 2, the 3D content, physics, and spatial audio rendering engine developed exclusively for augmented reality by Apple. 8
Camera
Better panoramic photos
Panorama mode on iPhone 12 and later has better geometric distortion and better captures moving subjects, as well as reducing noise and image banding.
QuickTake video zoom
Swipe up or down to zoom in or out on a QuickTake video. 9
Select from various UPI payment apps in India
Choose one of the 10 most used UPI payment apps, scanning UPI QR codes through the Camera app for payments in shops.
Find
Live locations of your contacts
Keep track of its location in real time and find out about its orientation, speed and trajectory.
Find powered off devices
Locate your devices using the Find app network, even up to 24 hours after it has been turned off. This way, you can locate a lost device that a thief has turned off.
Find deleted devices
The app’s network Find and Activation Lock can locate even deleted devices. To prevent a tricked person from buying your device, the Hello screen will clearly show that the device is locked, can be located, and still belongs to you.
Separation alerts
If you activate separation alerts and forget a device, AirTag, or compatible third-party product, your iPhone will send you notifications, and the Find My app will tell you how to get to the device.
Network compatibility of the Find app with AirPods
If you don’t know where your AirPods Pro or AirPods Max are, the Find app network shows you their approximate location. When you are within range of Bluetooth, you can make them beep to find them. *
Find widget
Track your personal items and find your contacts from the home screen with the Find widget.
Games
Invitations in Game Center
You can invite your friends and latest groups of Messages to have fun with you in compatible games with Game Center, thanks to the new multiplayer selector.
Friend requests in Game Center
See friend requests in Game Center inbox. Go to the App Store or your Game Center profile while playing the game.
Game highlights
By simply pressing the Share button, you can save a video of the last 15 seconds of the game using game controls, such as the Xbox Series X | S and Sony PS5 DualSense ™ wireless controllers.
Game Center widgets
If you’ve played games that are compatible with Game Center recently, the Keep Playing widget shows them on all your devices. Your Friends Are Playing widget helps you find out what they’re having fun with.
Gaming focus
When you choose the Gaming Focus, you can fully immerse yourself in your game and filter out unwanted notifications.
Home
Packet detection
With HomeKit Secure Video, your security cameras and video doorbells can now detect when a package arrives and notify you. 7
Inclusive language
Choice of gender used
Choose your Spanish gender to further personalize your device. In the Language and Region settings you can choose with what gender you want the system to address you: female, male or neutral.
Keyboard
Magnifying glass for cursor and text selection
Select the exact text you want with an improved cursor that increases the size of the text you are looking at.
Vietnamese VNI and VIQR keyboards
Write in Vietnamese using two of the most popular writing methods: VNI and VIQR.
More languages with QuickPath
New languages supported by QuickPath include Dutch, Swedish, and Vietnamese.
New keyboard layouts
New keyboard layouts for Ainu, Amharic, Assyrian, Fula (Adlam), Igbo, Navajo, and Rohingya offer more language options.
Improved 10-key layout for Chinese pinyin
Improvements to the 10-key layout allow you to quickly switch to QWERTY, access symbols more easily, and type words that share the same keys more precisely, as you can now select the exact pinyin not just for the first syllable of the phrase .
Suggestions for Cantonese and Shanghainese
Write Cantonese and Shanghainese words and phrases more easily when using the keyboard set to Simplified Chinese.
Smart Answers for Hindi
Smart Answers now supports Hindi and Hindi (Latin).
Dictation on the keyboard
Dictation on the device
On-device dictation is now available in more regions and languages, including Arabic (Saudi Arabia), Cantonese (Hong Kong), English (Australia, Canada, India, Singapore, UK, US), French (France), German (Germany), Italian (Italy), Japanese (Japan), Korean (Korea), Mandarin (Mainland China, Taiwan), Russian (Russia), Spanish (Spain, Mexico, United States), Turkish (Turkey), and Chinese yue ( Mainland China). 10
Continuous dictation
With continuous dictation on the device, you can dictate text of any length with no waiting time (the previous limit was 60 seconds). eleven
Music 12
Spatial audio with dynamic head tracking
AirPods Pro and AirPods Max users can now enjoy an even more immersive music experience in Dolby Atmos with dynamic head tracking created by Apple. 13
It was shared with you
In the Music app, you can see all the music that your friends share with you in one place. And after searching for songs, you can quickly return to Messages to follow the conversation.
Photo Memories
Bring your memories to life with Apple Music. Select tracks from your library or catalog and create the perfect soundtrack to accompany your memories and share them with your friends.
SharePlay
Use SharePlay in FaceTime to listen to music with whoever you want in real time. You and your friends can choose songs and pause, rearrange or skip them in the SharePlay list. *
Notes
Labels
Tags are a fast and flexible way to classify and organize your notes. Add one or more tags by writing them directly on the note, such as #activities or #cooking.
Tag Finder
Touch a label or combination of labels to quickly find the notes that contain them.
Custom Smart Folders
Custom Smart Folders automatically collect notes in one place based on labels.
Activity display
See what others have put in your shared note while you were gone. The new Activity View shows you a summary of the changes since the last time you checked the note and a daily list of each person’s activity.
Highlights
Swipe right anywhere in a shared note to see who made changes and the edit date and time, with text highlighted in different colors for each contributor.
Mentions
Using mentions in shared notes or folders makes collaboration more interactive, direct, and contextualized. Write the @ symbol followed by a contributor’s name anywhere in your note, to send them notifications of important updates and a link to the note.
Quick note: easy access
Find and edit the Quick Notes you created on your Mac and iPad using the Notes app.
Other functionalities
Drag and drop
Drag-and-drop support across apps lets you select images, documents, and files to drag from one app to another.
Passwords
Integrated authenticator
Generate the necessary verification codes for a more secure login. If a page offers you two-factor authentication, you can go into Settings and set verification codes in Passwords without having to download an app. Once configured, the verification codes will be filled in automatically when you log into the page.
Podcasts
Personalized recommendations
Discover the best podcasts customized for you, specially selected with the topics that interest you most.
It was shared with you
Share your favorite podcast episodes in the Messages app and find all the ones they’ve shared with you in Listen.
Reminders
Labels
Tags are a fast and flexible way to organize your reminders. Add one or more tags to your reminders, such as #shopping, to easily find and filter them in your Reminders lists.
Tag Finder
Touch a tag or combination of tags to quickly find the reminders that contain it.
Custom Smart Lists
Create your own Smart Lists to automatically include your most important reminders by selecting them based on labels, dates, times, locations, indicators, and priority. You can choose more than one tag, like #gardening and #shopping, and combine them with other filters to get more specific lists.
Delete completed reminders
Use the quick options to easily delete completed reminders.
Improved natural language support
Write more advanced phrases to define reminder settings. Try something like “Jog every other morning” to set a specific, recurring reminder.
Extended suggested attributes
When creating a reminder, you can choose labels, indicators, priorities and people with whom you exchange messages with a simple touch.
Screen Time
Screen Time API
Developers can use the Screen Time API in parental controls apps to include support for a wider variety of parenting tools. This API offers developers key functionalities such as basic restrictions and control of device activity, always prioritizing privacy.
Time Schedule Disabled
When you schedule a Time Off, only the phone calls and apps of your choice are available. You will receive a reminder five minutes before the Off Time period begins, which will run until the end of the day.
Setting
Software updates
iOS can give you the option to choose between two software update versions in the Settings app. You can install the latest version of iOS 15 when it is available to enjoy the new features and the most comprehensive set of security updates. Or you can keep iOS 14 and keep getting important security updates.
Configuration Experience
Temporary storage in iCloud to transfer your data
Now when you buy a new device, you can use iCloud Backup to transfer your data, even if you are low on storage space. iCloud will give you all the storage space you need to complete a temporary backup, free of charge and for up to three weeks, and automatically transfer all your apps, data and settings to your new device.
More content transferred from Android
Moving to iOS now also lets you transfer your photo albums, files, folders, and Accessibility settings, so your new iPhone feels more yours from the start.
Search for the app
Installing the Move to iOS app is easier than ever. You just have to scan the QR code that will take you to Google Play, where you can download it.
Shortcuts
Synchronized device management
Create and manage shortcuts on your iPhone, iPad or Mac for any of your devices – the shortcuts will automatically sync on each one.
Enhanced sharing capabilities
Share shortcuts just as easily as share a link and download them to use without having to configure complicated security settings. When you receive a shortcut, the smart instructions will allow you to choose the data you want to share.
Smarter Shortcut Editor
Complete the shortcut you are creating with the help of the Next Suggested Action.
System typography
SF Arabic typography
The new typeface of the SF Arabic system has a refined and current design that, when integrated with the SF typeface, gives you a clear and concise reading experience.
Translate
System-wide translation
Select any text and translate it by tapping the Translate option, and copy, save, replace the selected text or open the translation in the Translate app. You can also translate the selected text in a photo.
Automatic translation
Translate what you say during a conversation, without touching the microphone button. Machine Translation automatically detects when you start speaking and when you stop, so the other person can respond.
Face to face view
Change the view of the conversation when you are talking face-to-face with another person so that both of you can see the conversation from their own side.
Redesigned conversations
Start a conversation using the Conversation tab in portrait or landscape position. The redesigned conversation view includes speech bubbles, so you can follow the thread more easily.
Simpler language selection
Language selection is now easier thanks to handy drop-down menus.
TV
It was shared with you
The Apple TV app now helps you see all the series and movies that are shared with you in Messages. Look for them in the new exclusive section Was Shared With You in Watch Now and resume the conversation directly in the Apple TV app.
SharePlay
The Apple TV app works seamlessly with Messages and FaceTime so you can watch your favorite series and movies with whoever you want and, at the same time, communicate through text, voice or video messages. With SharePlay, your contacts can join together from their iPhone, iPad, Mac or Apple TV to view content together, wherever and however they want. *
Apple TV now works with streaming apps in Japan
Connect your favorite apps and use Next to continue watching your favorite series and movies from where you left them, all in one place. Explore each service through the Apple TV app to easily discover and enjoy the best entertainment.
Voice Notes
Play speed
Increase or decrease the playback speed of Voice Memo recordings.
Skip the silences
Voice Memos analyzes your recordings and automatically skips audio silences with a single tap.
Enhanced sharing capabilities
Share multiple Voice Memos recordings at once.
Climate
New design
The layout adjusts to display the most important weather information for your current location and includes new map modules, an updated 10-day forecast, and new weather data graphs.
New animated backgrounds
There are now thousands of variations of animated backgrounds that more accurately represent the position of the sun, clouds, and precipitation. 1
Widgets
Find widget
Locate your personal items and find your contacts directly from the home screen with the Find widget.
Contacts widget
Allows you to communicate with all your contacts from the home screen. Contact them through the Phone, Messages, FaceTime, Mail or Find My apps. Plus, the Family Sharing feature lets you do a lot more, like approve your kids’ Screen Time requests.
Game Center widgets
The Keep Playing widget displays the Game Center compatible games that you have recently played on any of your devices. Your Friends Are Playing widget helps you discover your favorite games.
App Store widget
View app stories, collections, and events from the Today tab on the home screen.
Dream Widget
Access data on how you have slept and check your sleep schedule with the Sleep widget.
Mail widget
Take a look at your latest email and quickly access one of your mailboxes with the Mail widget.
Default widgets
When you upgrade to iOS 15, you will see a new default layout with widgets of the apps you use the most arranged in Smart Stacks.
Smart widget suggestions
Suggested widgets for apps you already use can automatically appear in a Smart Stack at the correct time based on your activity history. You can add a widget to the stack to always have it on hand when you need it.
Reorder Smart Batteries
Smart Stack widgets can be easily reordered from the home screen with the new controls.