Apple previews Apple Intelligence-powered updates to VoiceOver, Magnifier, Voice Control, and Accessibility Reader, plus on-device generated subtitles and Vision Pro wheelchair control.
Key Takeaways
Generated subtitles use on-device speech recognition to auto-caption uncaptioned video across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Vision Pro; English-only in US and Canada at launch.
VoiceOver and Magnifier gain natural language navigation and detailed scene descriptions via Apple Intelligence; Voice Control AI features limited to English in US, Canada, UK, Australia.
Vision Pro adds eye-controlled power wheelchair support, face gestures for taps, and Vehicle Motion Cues to reduce motion sickness in moving vehicles.
Sony Access controller support comes to iOS, iPadOS, and macOS, allowing deep button remapping and dual-controller combos for users who cannot use standard controllers.
Name Recognition, which alerts deaf and hard-of-hearing users when their name is spoken, now supports 50+ languages globally.
