Improved Autocorrect accuracy.
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Autocorrect
fixes mistakes for you more accurately than
everbefore by leveraging a new transformer
language model in English, French, and Spanish
keyboards. Additionally, enhanced on-device
language models make autocorrect more
accurate across even more languages.
Easier Autocorrect editing. Autocorrected
words are temporarily underlined so you know
what has been changed as you’re typing.
Enhanced sentence corrections.
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Autocorrection of sentences can correct more
types of grammatical mistakes. The keyboard
also underlines corrections and suggestions,
sothey are easier to see and change if needed.
Explicit language handling. The keyboard will
add explicit language that you use to your
personal vocabulary list and will learn this usage
for each different app. Explicit language that is
learned is used for autocorrect and suggestions.
Suggested emoji. The Character Viewer
includes a suggested list that shows emojis that
are relevant to the context of what you’re typing,
so it’s easier to find what you’re looking for.
Quick emoji selection. Pressing the Globe icon
on your Mac keyboard pulls up a lightweight
emoji picker that shows emoji relevant to the
word you just typed.
Updated text cursor. The text cursor briefly
displays an indicator that shows the current
input language when you switch keyboard
languages. The indicator can also signal helpful
input details like when Caps Lock is on.
New predictive text languages. Predictive text
is supported for Hebrew, Polish, and Romanian
keyboards.
New keyboard layouts. New keyboard layouts
are available for Chuvash, Hmong (Pahawh),
Ingush, Kabyle, Mandaic, Mi’kmaw, N’Ko, Osage,
Rejang, Sámi, Tamazight (Standard Moroccan),
Wancho, and Wolastoqey.
New transliteration keyboard languages.
Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu
keyboards include transliteration support,
soyou can type pronunciations using Latin
characters that are automatically converted
tothe desired script as you type.
Gaming
Game Mode.
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Provides smoother frame rates for
game play and faster response times for
wireless game controllers and AirPods.
Communication Safety
Sensitive Content Warning. You have the
option to blur photos and videos containing
nudity, allowing you to choose whether you want
to seethem.
Expanding protections for children. Children
in iCloud families will now be protected in the
system photo picker. Children will now be
protected when sending or choosing to view
sensitive videos, in addition to photos.
Privacy and Security
Photos privacy prompt improvements. An
embedded photo picker for apps lets you pick
photos to share within the app’s experience,
without sharing your entire library. When an app
does ask to access your entire library, you’ll see
details of how many and which photos will be
shared before you make a decision. If you grant
access, you’ll receive reminders from time to
time.
Add-only Calendar permission. A write-only
permission for Calendar gives apps the ability to
write new events to your device, without being
able to see your information.
App privacy improvements. App developers
can provide even more accurate Privacy
Nutrition Labels using new tools that provide
better transparency into the data practices of
their partners.
Link tracking protection. Some websites add
extra information to their URLs in order to track
users across other websites. Now, this
information will be removed from the links users
share in Messages and Mail, and the links will
still work as expected. This information will also
be removed for links in Safari Private Browsing.
Lockdown Mode. Provides new networking
defaults, safer media handling and even
sandboxing and network security optimizations.
Turning on Lockdown Mode further hardens
device defenses and strictly limits certain
functionalities, sharply reducing the attack
surface for those who need it.