Apple Introduces Eye Tracking and Other Accessibility Features for iPhone and iPad
New tools include AI-powered eye navigation, music haptics for the hearing impaired, and motion sickness reduction features.
- Eye tracking allows users to control their devices using only their eyes, enhancing accessibility for people with physical disabilities.
- Music haptics feature lets deaf or hard-of-hearing users experience music through vibrations synced with audio.
- New speech features enable custom Siri shortcuts and recognition of atypical speech patterns for users with speech conditions.
- Vehicle Motion Cues aims to reduce motion sickness by displaying animated dots that represent vehicle movement.
- All features will be available later this year, integrated into iOS and iPadOS without requiring additional hardware.