


This almost certainly builds upon the Digital ID features already announced for iOS 15, and suggests that they could be ready sooner rather than later - although it’s still going to be up to state governments to actually provide them.Īlong the same lines, Apple surprised us by adding Digital Keys in iOS 15.0, which previously wasn’t slated to arrive until later this fall. It also appears that Apple is further expanding the Wallet app, with support for verifiable COVID Vaccination Cards.
#SHAREPLAY IOS 15 PRO#
While an AirPods Pro beta firmware is available to developers, that was last released on July 30, and has never provided any evidence of support for the enhanced Find My AirPods feature. Set up SharePlay during a FaceTime call start one FaceTime call (above Create link or New FaceTime) If the participants are active, click in the upper right. There are several other features that didn’t make the cut for iOS 15.0, most notably enhanced Find My AirPods support, but since that likely requires new firmware on the AirPods Pro and AirPods Max, we can’t say for certain whether Apple may have it in the works for iOS 15.1. That being said, Apple has recently launched iOS 15.1 beta and SharePlay is a part of it. According to a report by MacRumors, Apple did not launch SharePlay as the feature had some bugs that needed time to fix. What Else Is New in iOS 15.1 Beta 1?Īt this point, we haven’t found anything else that obviously stands out in the first iOS 15.1 beta, but the reintroduction of SharePlay may be enough. Apple released the iOS 15 without SharePlay and announced that the feature will be launched later this year. It’s also anybody’s guess when (or if) Spotify will add support, since it also has a habit of dragging its heels on new Apple features. Apple has a fairly extensive list of partners that should be ready to go very soon, including big names like Disney+, Hulu, HBO Max, Paramount+, NBA, TikTok, MasterClass, and ESPN+, but there are still going to be others that may not want to play along, or simply take longer to get on board.įor instance, YouTube has already shown itself to be glacially slow when it comes to adopting new iOS features, and Netflix has a long trend of charting its own course and avoiding integration with Apple’s services.
#SHAREPLAY IOS 15 UPDATE#
However, if users want to share content on another streaming service, that provider is going to have to make sure their iOS and tvOS apps are ready for SharePlay. iOS 15.1 was released yesterday, which means you can finally start checking out Apple's long-awaited SharePlay feature.After seeing how buggy it was on the iOS 15 beta, I was able to check out. With the iOS 15.1 update that launched in late October, Apple added SharePlay, a feature thats designed to let you do more over FaceTime.
