Apple rolls out eye tracking and more accessibility features on iPhone

Apple announced yesterday (15) New accessibility features coming to your operating systems in 2024Improving the functionality of iPhones, iPads and other branded devices. One of them is eye tracking to control mobile phones and tablets.

The Eye Tracking tool, scheduled to come to iOS and iPadOS, offers: the ability to use your eyes to navigate between applications and menus. The device, supported by artificial intelligence and designed for physically disabled people, tracks eye movements using the front camera.

The new feature for users who are deaf or have some level of hearing impairment is Music Haptics. Compatible with millions of Apple Music tracks Reproduces subtle touches, textures and vibrations when playing songs on iPhone So that users can “feel” the songs.

Apple’s new accessibility features will also come to Siri, which can understand special phrases to launch shortcuts and complete complex tasks. Besides, virtual assistant starts to understand unfamiliar speechserves people whose voices are affected by cerebral palsy or other conditions.

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VisionOS, the system powering Apple’s headset Vision Pro, will gain live subtitles and Hearing-impaired people can follow the dialogue in conversations and sounds played in applications via FaceTime. It will also be possible to adjust the settings to avoid problems with bright lights.

The Cupertino giant also promises to improve the experience of using iPhones and iPads in cars with Vehicle Action Beacons. The device detects that the vehicle is moving and Displays animated dots around the edges of the screen, which helps reduce motion sickness while traveling.

Other new features include Voice control, color filters and voice recognition in CarPlay. It allows you to control applications with your voice, make the system interface more suitable for color blind people, and enable horn and siren alerts respectively to notify hearing-impaired users.

New voice options in VoiceOver, enabling detection mode with action button, Larger text appears in different colors while typing and support for complex words and special words in voice commands are some of the other improvements.