In celebration of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Apple and Google unveiled a series of new accessibility features set to enhance user experience in the upcoming year. Apple's key innovations include Magnifier support for Mac, allowing users to amplify distant text using their iPhone, and Live Captions for the Apple Watch, which aids the deaf and hard-of-hearing. Google also introduced updates to existing features in Android and Chrome, focusing on enhancing accessibility in educational settings, particularly for Chromebooks.
For deaf and hard-of-hearing people, Apple has beefed up Live Listen by adding Live Captions support and extending it to the Apple Watch.
Google's accessibility update focuses in on existing Android and Chrome features, as well as some new ones aimed at Chromebooks in the classroom.
The headline is Magnifier support for Mac, integrated with Accessibility Reader, allowing users to zoom distant text from their iPhone onto their MacBook screen.
Other noteworthy additions include Braille Access, which turns your Apple device into a braille note taker, and enhanced eye and head tracking for iPhone and iPad.
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