Part of this was almost certainly because Apple ties its major iOS updates to coincide with iPhone launches.
Over the past few years, Apple changed its approach.
Now, features are released when they are ready.
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This has a few advantages.
One is that the features are done and work properly.
Taking time to iron out the bugs means higher-quality releases.
This is an essential change of pace.
Take the new Universal Control feature.
It’s typical Apple, a neat feature implemented with whimsy and yet utterly functional.
But for something like Universal Control to work, it has to be perfect.
This is a great sign.
Even though Universal Control was Apple’s flashiest demo at WWDC, it’s still being held back.
And who cares, really?
Meanwhile, everybody keeps buying and enjoying Apple products.
In fact, spreading out the new features lets Apple milk more out of them.
State Of Play
How are these features coming along?
SharePlay is another banner feature.
Currently, SharePlay looks set for iOS 15.1.
As for the others, well have to wait and see.
And these days, sometimes we see brand new, big-deal features that werent even announced at WWDC.
Lets hope for more midterm surprises like that.
