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Apple Previews iOS 17 Accessibility Features Ahead of WWDC
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There are plenty of reasons to use an accessibility feature without having a permanent disability.
But existing and older iOS versions already offer AI features. Maybe you have a different parameter for "AI"?
Who nominated you as the gatekeeper of what people get to use features for? There's plenty of use-cases outside of disabilities (as someone else has already posted). Do you change font sizes? That's accessibility. Do you turn on increased contrast? That's accessibility. Are you one of those people who turns on the LED flash for notifications? Heck, even outside of phones, tablets, and computers, there's accessibility "features" that you yourself probably use pretty often. Do you ride elevators? Walk up ramps even though the stairs are right there? Use automatic doors?
If you can provide a legitimate example of a "harm" that would be done if someone without a disability uses these features, I'd love to hear it.
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Why the objection? What's behind it?
There's a disability feature I use all the time. Or, I should say there is a feature that is put in the Accessiblity section of iOS that I use all the time. It's the reduce white point feature which I have automatically turned on everyday between certain hours.
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Some of the Accessibility features are quite handy for anyone. I like the "flash on alert" feature.
If the features get a wider spread usage (on top of who you deem "the crowd that this is meant for") it would only benefit the teams that develop those features , they get more feedback/bugs reported and they get more exposure and money inside Apple (im guessing here , but successful SW/features probably get noticed more).
If the teams can develop features that really help ppl AND be useful to others that's a BIG win for this bracket of features.
WWDC is too packed to dedicate time to it - quite common they’ll announce stuff now that’s been cut from WWDC
Finally Apple is going to add the universal system "← Back" similar to Android. The navigation on iOS will be as simple as on Android.
There are actually leaks and rumors in both directions. Some of them say it will support A11 devices, some others say it won’t. So we won’t know it until WWDC.
If it’s an update based on stability, performance and bug fixes like iOS 12 was, then it makes sense iOS 17 will support the same devices as iOS 16. In just 14 days we’ll know it.
This is great for those with disabilities. Surprised this wasn’t saved for WWDC.
My iPhone 8 is already struggling to perform even basic tasks on iOS 16.5. I'm certain that it will struggle even more on iOS 17. If the engineers at Apple are still sensible, they won't let it happen.