Apple iOS 15 update: The Cupertino-based tech giant Apple recently announced iOS 15, a major update with powerful features that will make the iPhone experience to a new level. Apple has put a big focus on the privacy of users with this update. 

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The major update is that FaceTime calls will now extend beyond Apple devices, so anyone can join a call from their web browser on Android and Windows devices. Apple also introduced ‘SharePlay' that will help users focus and be in the moment with new ways to manage notifications and quickly access information.

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With spatial audio, voices in a FaceTime call will sound as if they are coming from where the person is positioned on the screen, and new microphone modes separate the user's voice from background noise. People can now share experiences with SharePlay while connecting with friends on FaceTime, including listening to songs together with Apple Music, watching a TV show or movie in sync, or sharing their screen to view apps together.

SharePlay will work across iPhone, iPad, and Mac, and with shared playback controls, anyone in a SharePlay session can play, pause, or jump ahead. SharePlay has also extended to Apple TV. Focus is another new added feature in iOS 15 that filters notifications and apps based on what a user wants to focus on.

Users can set their device to help them be in the moment by creating a custom Focus or selecting a suggested Focus, which uses on-device intelligence to suggest which people and apps are allowed to notify them.

Notifications have been redesigned, adding contact photos for people and larger icons for apps that make them even easier to identify. To help reduce distraction, a new notification summary collects non-time-critical notifications for delivery at a more opportune time, such as in the morning and evening. The 'Live Text' uses on-device intelligence to recognise text in a photo and allow users to take action.

iOS 15 takes Maps even further with brand new ways to navigate and explore. Users will experience significantly enhanced details in cities for neighbourhoods, commercial districts, elevation, and buildings, new road colours and labels, custom-designed landmarks, and a new night-time mode with a moonlit glow.

Here's a full list of iPhone devices that are eligible for the software: 

 iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 12, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone 11, iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR, iPhone X, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, iPhone SE (1st gen), iPhone SE (2nd gen) and iPod touch (7th gen).

The developer preview of iOS 15 is available to Apple Developer Programme members now and a public beta will be available to iOS users next month, the company said.

(With inputs from IANS)