iOS 15 is right here, however with out key options like SharePlay

Apple’s iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 are lastly right here, however not all the options introduced at WWDC have made it alongside them. We appeared by Apple’s product pages for every OS to seek out the options which have but to indicate up on iPhones and iPads, similar to SharePlay, improved AirPod Find My assist, Universal Control, and extra. Except for Universal Control, which isn’t for iPhones (but), each characteristic listed is lacking from each platforms.

Perhaps essentially the most outstanding lacking characteristic is SharePlay, which lets customers watch movies or hearken to music with pals on a FaceTime name. Apple warned us (and builders) in regards to the delay after eradicating SharePlay from beta assessments, nevertheless it’s nonetheless a bit awkward given how important the characteristic checked out first. Its delay is worse as a result of it’s holding different options again — Apple just lately introduced that Group Workouts for Fitness Plus is on maintain till SharePlay comes out.

Apple additionally says that higher Find My assist for AirPods isn’t coming till later this fall. The characteristic was introduced at WWDC, with Apple saying that among the units in its headphone lineup are getting an AirTag-like proximity view. The AirPods Pro and Max will have the ability to hook up with the Find My community, making them simpler to seek out even after they’re not bodily with you. As somebody who’s at the moment lacking a set of AirPods (and whose hope of discovering them is draining just like the earbud’s batteries), that is most likely the delay that hurts essentially the most.

The App Store’s in-app occasions characteristic, which is able to exhibit issues like in-game occasions, dwell video streams, and different limited-time options, can be not right here but. It’s labeled with the identical asterisk as the opposite options, saying that it’s “coming later this fall.”

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iPad customers may even have to attend for the incredible-looking Universal Control characteristic, which seamlessly allows you to share a cursor between Macs and iPads. It lacking the launch shouldn’t be a shock: not like SharePlay, Universal Control didn’t present up within the betas, and the characteristic additionally requires the not-yet-released macOS Monterey.

Of course, it’s price mentioning that two of those options may very well be ready on new {hardware} — one other Apple occasion this fall appears doubtless, with predictions specializing in new MacBook Pros and AirPods. As I attempt to remind myself, rumors needs to be taken with a grain of salt, nevertheless it is smart that Apple will wait to launch a brand new model of macOS together with new {hardware} if it’s actually that shut.

If you need to learn extra in regards to the options that did make it into iOS and iPadOS 15, try my colleague Chaim’s titanic evaluate of Apple’s new updates.