June 11, 2024
UPDATE
New features are coming to Apple services this fall
Users can explore hikes in Apple Maps, redeem rewards and access payouts with Apple Pay, enjoy a redesigned Apple Fitness+ experience, and much more.
With the release of iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia, watchOS 11, visionOS 2, and tvOS 18 this fall, Apple is improving the services users love with all-new features. Updates include hikes in US national parks and personalized hiking routes in Apple Maps; the ability to pay with rewards and installments with Apple Pay; new accessibility features in Apple Music; and a redesigned Apple Fitness+ experience to help users get the most out of its robust library of workouts and meditations.
“Many of our users rely on Apple services throughout their day, whether it’s navigating their trips with Apple Maps, making easy and secure payments with Apple Pay, or managing playlists with Apple Music,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Services. . “We’re excited to give them even more benefits about our services, like the ability to explore national parks with hikes in Apple Maps, redeem rewards or access payouts with Apple Pay, and enjoy music with loved ones via SharePlay in Apple Music. »
More ways to explore the world with Apple Maps
Apple Maps introduces even more ways to explore the world, including personalized hikes and hiking routes. Users can browse thousands of hikes in U.S. national parks, filtered by length, elevation, and route type, and save them for offline use. Users can also create their own personalized hiking routes with just a few clicks to plan everything from a local exercise route to a full-day walking tour in a new city. Plus, they can save their favorite national park hikes, custom hiking routes, and locations in an all-new Places library, and add personal notes about them.
More flexibility with Apple Pay
Apple Pay provides even more flexibility and choice for users when making online and in-app payments. Users can view and redeem rewards, and access installment loan offers from eligible credit or debit cards, when they make an online or in-app purchase with iPhone and iPad.1 These features will be available for any Apple Pay-enabled bank or issuer to integrate in supported markets.
The ability to redeem rewards for a purchase with Apple Pay will be available from the United States with Discover and Synchrony, and among Apple Pay issuers with Fiserv. The ability to access payouts from credit and debit cards with Apple Pay will roll out from Australia with ANZ; in Spain with CaixaBank; in the United Kingdom with HSBC and Monzo; and in the United States with Citi, Synchrony and for issuers with Fiserv. Users in the United States will also be able to apply for loans directly through Affirm when paying with Apple Pay.
Users can use Apple Pay on any third-party web browser2 and their computer by simply scanning a code on their iPhone to finalize the payment in complete security.3 Additionally, with Tap to Provision, users can add eligible credit or debit cards to Apple Wallet by simply tapping their card on the back of their iPhone.4
Tap to cash out with Apple Cash
With Tap to Cash, users can send and receive Apple Cash by holding two iPhone devices together, without having to share phone numbers.5 For example, Tap to Cash can be used to reimburse someone at a dinner party or buy something at a garage sale.
Event tickets enhanced with Apple Wallet
Event tickets in Apple Wallet are undergoing the biggest transformation ever, with a beautiful new design and a richer experience for fans. Tickets in Wallet can put key event information at users’ fingertips, such as a venue map and parking details; useful services like on-board food delivery; Apple Music recommended playlists; local weather forecasts; and easy access to location sharing to help fans find their friends when they arrive.
A redesigned Apple Fitness+ experience
In iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and tvOS 18, Apple Fitness+, the award-winning fitness and wellness service with workouts and meditations accessible to everyone, has been redesigned to help users get the most out of its robust library of apps. workouts, stay motivated, and stay consistent with their fitness routine.
New features include For You, which provides personalized recommendations; Explore, which helps users discover new activities and get inspired; Library, which makes it easy to track favorite workouts, meditations, stacks, personalized plans, and saved programs; search, which quickly returns specific activity types, trainers, durations and favorite music artists; and awards and series reminders, which are now front and center.
In the Fitness app on iPhone, personalized Fitness+ recommendations appear in the Summary tab, so users can find their next great workout or meditation right next to their activity and workout data.
Collaborative listening and greater accessibility with Apple Music
With updates to SharePlay with Apple Music, even more users can share control of music playback from a HomePod, Apple TV, or any Bluetooth-enabled speaker, making listening together even more fun and rewarding. Participants do not need to have an Apple Music subscription to contribute to what is streamed.
Apple Music introduces Music Haptics, a way for deaf or hard of hearing users to enjoy music on iPhone. When this feature is enabled, the iPhone’s Taptic Engine plays refined taps, textures, and vibrations over music audio. Music Haptics works on millions of songs in the Apple Music catalog and will be available as an API allowing developers to make music accessible in their apps.
A visual experience optimized for Apple TV
The Apple TV app introduces InSight, a feature that displays up-to-date information about actors, characters, and music in Apple TV+ movies and shows on screen in real time. Users can select an actor to view their background and filmography page, or quickly view the song playing in a scene and add it to an Apple Music playlist.
Enhance Dialogue gets smarter with tvOS 18, leveraging machine learning and computational audio to deliver greater voice clarity over music, action, and background noise on Apple TV 4K.6
Subtitles help users stay connected to their favorite content, and for even more convenience, they appear automatically at the right time with tvOS 18, especially when the language of a show or movie doesn’t match. the device, when users mute the sound or when they step back while looking at something.
iCloud Mail upgrades and more consistent sign-in experience with Apple Account
iCloud Mail introduces new ways for users to manage their inbox and stay informed about categorization. Emails are organized and sorted in Primary for personal and urgent emails; Transactions for confirmations and receipts; News updates and social notifications; and Promotions for email marketing and coupons.7 iCloud Settings has been redesigned to help users more easily act on personalized recommendations to enable key iCloud features, get the most out of iCloud+, and quickly view the status of the latest iCloud backup.
With releases of iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia, and watchOS 11, Apple ID is renamed to Apple Account for a consistent sign-in experience across all Apple services and devices, and builds on top of existing credentials of a user.
- Compatible browsers require support for web sockets.
- This feature will be available in iOS 18 on cards from participating banks and card providers in select markets, and is subject to eligibility and approval.
- This feature will not be available in all markets.
- Tap to Provision will not be available in all markets.
- Apple Cash services are provided by Green Dot Bank, Member FDIC, available in the United States on eligible devices. To send and receive money with an Apple Cash account, users must be 18 years old and a resident of the United States, or, if under 18, be part of an Apple Cash Family account. Conditions apply.
- Enhance Dialogue is available on Apple TV 4K (2nd generation and later).
- Categorization in iCloud Mail will be available later this year.
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