iOS 15 kicked things off for this year's WWDC keynote. It's not the biggest update for the mobile operating system to date, but it has quite a few noteworthy new additions.
12 of the most exciting new features in iOS 15
Siri
iOS 15 lets you securely approve personal Siri requests with your Apple Watch
With iOS 15, you can approve personal Siri requests on your iPhone, such as accessing your contacts, by wearing your Apple Watch without having to use Face/Touch ID or your passcode.
Siri on iOS 15 can finally understand you and perform tasks without an internet connection
With iOS 15, Apple is advancing Siri with on-device processing which makes the digital assistant faster and more powerful than before—even without an internet connection.
Apple is bringing Siri to smart home appliances
Apple is bringing Siri to third-party devices, but it's not what you think. Rather than let Android smartphone owners use its digital assistant, Apple is bringing Siri to smart home devices.
A look at the Siri Remote’s new jog shuttle mechanism for easy scrubbing through video
There's been confusion regarding video scrubbing on an Apple TV using the revamped Siri Remote so here's a nice little video explainer showing you how to use Apple's new jog control.
How to report road accidents and hazards in Apple Maps
Learn how to report traffic incidents like speed checks and roadworks on Apple Maps on iPhone and CarPlay so other drivers can avoid them.
This small SnowBoard theme gives the respring interface a Siri-like makeover
If there’s one thing jailbreakers see a lot of, it’s the little animated loading circle that appears following a respring.
How to make any garage door HomeKit compatible
Learn how to make any garage door HomeKit compatible and control that garage door with your iPhone, Apple Watch, or Siri.
Siri reveals that Apple’s special event is happening the next Tuesday
If you fire up the Siri virtual assistant on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, HomePod or Apple Watch right now and ask when the next Apple event is taking place, you'll get a straight answer.
Our first look at the redesigned Apple TV remote boasts more helpful buttons [Update: almost, but not quite]
One of the complaints regarding the Apple TV is its remote. It's not well-received by a lot of people out there in the wild, and it's typically one of the only negative marks given to Apple's set-top box. But the company may be looking to right that ship with the remote's upcoming redesign.
tvOS 14.5 beta may hint at a redesigned Apple TV remote with a ‘center button’
Along with rumors swirling around that Apple is planning on introducing a new Apple TV set-top box, a new remote is expected to come along with it. And now tvOS is popping in to throw a reference our way to that potential future, too.
Siri adds a pair of new voices and will no longer default to a female voice in iOS 14.5
Apple is currently working on releasing the latest major update to iOS 14. The company just seeded the sixth beta of iOS 14.5 earlier today. And it turns out the upcoming new software will feature a pretty big change for Siri.