the official version of ios 15.4 was released by apple today with a ton of new features and
changes so let's get into the first of those new features and that is the considerable amount of
new emojis you have available to you in the emoji keyboard we'll have some examples on display here
so you can take a look but if you do decide to update your device and check out some of these new
emojis make sure to come back to this video and leave a comment down below with your favorite new
emoji in this update now the next new feature is the ability to use face id to unlock your device
even when you have a mask on now when you update your device a prompt will appear asking you if you
want to use the face id with a mask feature versus how it's been in previous updates with your iphone
only allowing you to enter your passcode manually when a mask was detected now if you for whatever
reason when that prompt appears say no or decline or pass for that face id with a mask setting you
can actually find it in the settings app and then go on to the face id and password menu and you'll
see the use face id with mask setting just go ahead and toggle that on now also under this
setting you can set up a scan with glasses so if you are a frequenter of glasses like myself you
can set up a special face id to recognize you with glasses on okay so a huge new feature in
this update is universal control universal control allows you to essentially use your macbook or mac
and ipad in sync now not only can you use your ipad as an external display but you can also use
your mac's trackpad and keyboard on your ipad and you can also drag and drop files seamlessly
from your mac to the ipad and vice versa now as an example i work off my mac pro but sometimes it's
nice to have my ipad next to my display so i can make some quick changes to pictures and or videos
using the apple pencil now with universal control it's also super easy to drag and drop those files
back and forth between the mac and the ipad and if i wanted to quickly use my mouse and keyboard
on that ipad i actually don't have to attach that to a mouse and keyboard somewhere else
and do that whole setup process i could just seamlessly use my max control features on the
ipad as well now another really handy feature for the ipad specifically that was added is a control
center slider for keyboard brightness so to set this up just go into the settings app and then go
into the control center menu and in this menu just go ahead and add that toggle to the control center
and you can now manually control your keyboard brightness on the ipad quickly and conveniently
via the control center now the next new feature is for the iphone 13 series device owners
that have 120 hertz displays there was a major bug up until now that has prevented 120 hertz
from working on third-party apps now in this update i was 15.4 that bug has now been resolved
and you can use 120 hertz animation features on all third-party devices or third-party apps that
allow for that feature now the next new feature is the apple wallet widget that has now been added to
the widget feature so to access this go into the widget menu and then go ahead and add the apple
wallet widget which will allow you to get a quick glance at your apple wallet and more specifically
your card balances should you have the apple credit card now this is a great way to stay on top
of your finances and get yet another handy widget you can add to your home screen but just be aware
that this is only for the apple card owners out there at the time of making this video so
currently you will not be able to glance at your apple cash card balance via this new widget so for
icloud specifically you now have the ability to add notes to your passwords in the icloud keychain
so this gives you the ability to perhaps add any added instructions that might need to go with any
specific username and password signup or if you have any other information you can include that
text into this new note screen of course when you are done these notes will be synced with all other
devices connected to your icloud keychain so this process is seamless and works with all devices out
there should you need to access those notes on any other devices now the next new feature is
more share play sharing options via the share menu so now in the sharing menu there will be a little
share play icon and text button that appears allowing you the opportunity to share your screen
and content with others when you are on a facetime call now this is definitely a much easier way to
include content and share play and if you use that feature a lot definitely check out the new options
available in the sharing menu here in ios 15.4 now next up is the new optimized battery charging
feature so if you have an apple watch or any sleep tracking device that connects to apple health
specifically optimized battery charging now bases the charging to 100 on when you typically wake up
in the morning or perhaps if you typically wake up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night
it will intelligently recognize that and schedule the charging to resume at a later time when you
actually need your device to be fully charged so it definitely looks like things are getting to
be a little bit more intuitive here with even features like small features like optimized
battery charging so apple is continuously working on things just to improve upon what's already
there here in ios 15.4 so guys that's most of the major new features here in ios 15.4 but there are
also some smaller ones like the tap to pay feature which will need third-party support here there's a
new siri voice there's also dual sense controller support and a few others which makes ios 15.4 one
of the biggest ios 15 updates to date so did you like this new ios 15.4 update let me know in the
comment section down below and also let me know if we didn't cover any new features or changes
that you personally found so others can go ahead and check those out as well anyways guys make
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