Apple's List of iOS 19 Accessibility Features Includes Two CarPlay Upgrades and More

iOS 19 volition not beryllium unveiled until June, but Apple contiguous previewed a agelong database of caller accessibility features that volition beryllium coming with the bundle update, including 2 CarPlay enhancements that tin payment some drivers and passengers.


We already highlighted immoderate of the cardinal caller features, ranging from a caller Accessibility Reader to a Magnifier app connected the Mac. Below, we person pasted Apple's full database of further features, including immoderate of the smaller ones.

For CarPlay, this includes enactment for the Large Text enactment that has agelong existed connected iPhones. Apple is besides expanding the Sound Recognition diagnostic for drivers oregon passengers who are deaf oregon hard of hearing. CarPlay volition beryllium capable to supply a notification if it hears a crying babe wrong the vehicle, and it volition besides beryllium capable to alert users to sounds extracurricular the vehicle, specified arsenic horns and sirens from constabulary cars, ambulances, and occurrence trucks.

Here is the implicit database of further features, arsenic worded by Apple:

• Background Sounds becomes easier to personalize with caller EQ settings, a timer to halt sounds automatically, and caller automation actions successful Shortcuts. Helps minimize distractions and whitethorn assistance tinnitus.
  


• Personal Voice present creates a dependable successful nether a infinitesimal utilizing 10 phrases, with much earthy results acknowledgment to on-device AI. Adds enactment for Spanish (Mexico).
  


• Eye Tracking users connected iPhone and iPad tin usage a power oregon dwell to marque selections. Keyboard typing is improved crossed iPhone, iPad, and Vision Pro with a dwell timer, less steps, and QuickPath.
  


• Head Tracking allows users to power iPhone and iPad with caput movements.
  


• Brain Computer Interfaces (BCIs) present supported via a caller Switch Control protocol for users with terrible mobility disabilities.
  


• Assistive Access adds a simplified Apple TV app and an API for developers to make tailored apps for users with intelligence and developmental disabilities.
  


• Music Haptics becomes much customizable, allowing users to consciousness haptics for vocals lone oregon an full song, with adjustable intensity.
  


• Sound Recognition adds Name Recognition to alert users erstwhile their sanction is called.
  


• Voice Control adds a programming mode successful Xcode, vocabulary syncing, and expands connection enactment to Korean, Arabic (Saudi Arabia), Turkish, Italian, Spanish (Latin America), Mandarin Chinese (Taiwan), English (Singapore), and Russian.
  


• Live Captions adds enactment for English (India, Australia, UK, Singapore), Mandarin Chinese (Mainland China), Cantonese (Mainland China, Hong Kong), Spanish (Latin America, Spain), French (France, Canada), Japanese, German (Germany), and Korean.
  


• CarPlay present supports Large Text and enhanced Sound Recognition to observe a crying baby, horns, and sirens for deaf oregon hard-of-hearing users.
  


• Share Accessibility Settings lets users rapidly stock their accessibility preferences with different iPhone oregon iPad — perfect for impermanent instrumentality usage successful nationalist oregon shared spaces.
  

iOS 19 volition beryllium unveiled during the WWDC 2025 keynote connected Monday, June 9. Following months of beta testing, the bundle update should beryllium released successful September, bringing these features to the masses. Many of the accessibility features volition besides beryllium disposable connected iPadOS 19, macOS 16, watchOS 12, and visionOS 3.
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