Ahead of the expected release next week, Apple seeded the release candidate to developers. The Apple Card's new savings account option and the ability to share keys in the Wallet app are confirmed in the release notes.
It will be easier for you to share photos with your family and friends with the help of the iCloud shared photo library. You and up to five other people will be able to add, edit, or remove photos in a shared library.
Last week, Apple announced that Apple Card users will be able to open a new "high-yield" savings account from Goldman Sachs and have their daily cash rewards automatically deposited into it, with no fees, minimum deposits, or balance requirements. The savings account will be managed in the wallet app.
Live Activities support in third-party apps, a Clean Energy Charging option in the United States, support for Matter accessories in the Home app, Apple fitness+ workouts without an Apple Watch, Reachability support for the Dynamic Island, and bug fixes for the Messages app are included in the latest version
The full release notes for the software.
This update introduces iCloud Shared Photo Library making it easy to keep your family photos up to date. This release also adds support for third party apps in Live Activities, support for Apple Fitness+ on iPhone even if you don’t have an Apple Watch, and includes other features and bug fixes for your iPhone.
iCloud Shared Photo Library- Separate library for seamlessly sharing photos and videos with up to five other people- Setup rules allow you to easily contribute past photos based on start date or people in the photos when you set up or join a library- Library filters for quickly switching between viewing the Shared Library, your Personal Library, or both libraries together- Shared edits and permissions let everyone add, edit, favorite, caption, and delete photos
- Sharing toggle in Camera lets you choose to send photos you take straight to the Shared Library, or enable a setting to share automatically when other participants are detected nearby using Bluetooth
Live Activities
- Live Activities from third party apps are available in the Dynamic Island and on the Lock Screen for iPhone 14 Pro models
Fitness+
- Apple Fitness+ is supported on iPhone even if you don’t have an Apple Watch
Wallet- Key sharing enables you to securely share car, hotel room, and other keys in Wallet using messaging apps such as Messages and WhatsApp
- Savings account enables Apple Card customers to grow their Daily Cash by depositing it in a high yield savings account
Home
- Matter, the new smart home connectivity standard, is supported enabling a wide variety of smart home accessories to work together across ecosystems
Clean Energy Charging
- New setting that can try to reduce your carbon footprint by selectively charging when lower carbon emission electricity is available
Books
- Reader controls are automatically hidden as you start reading
This update also includes bug fixes for your iPhone:- Deleted conversations may appear in the conversations list in Messages- Dynamic Island content is not available when using Reachability
- CarPlay may fail to connect when using a VPN app
On Monday, October 24th, iPadOS and macOS Ventura will be released.
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