Source : Daniel Bader/Android Central
Apple’s latest macOS beta has hinted that a very exciting iPhone feature may soon be coming to its Mac lineup as well.
As noted 9to5Mac the last macOS Monterey beta includes “the frameworks and daemons (which are part of the system that runs in the background) needed to support ultra-wideband technology”, the same tools that Apple offers in iOS 15 to provide support on devices like its iPhone 13 using the U1 chip.
What does that mean? Well, that seems to indicate that one of best iphone features introduced in recent years are also coming to Macs, namely UWB support which could enable all sorts of cool features. Apple currently uses UWB for its Air beacons and Find My Network, but also to enable faster AirDrop and AirPlay transfer of songs to devices like the HomePod mini.
This could mean that one day Apple best MacBooks and maybe even its desktop Macs will be better equipped with support for Apple’s Find My network and data transfers like AirDrop.
There might even be an application case for Apple’s newest Universal Control feature, announced last year and also included in the 12.3 beta released this week. From this report:
After months of waiting, Apple has finally made Universal Control available in the first betas of iPadOS 15.4 and macOS Monterey 12.3.
Both new beta updates are available for developers to download and install now and both will be needed by anyone wanting to try out this new feature. Universal Control was first announced during WWDC in June 2021 and was originally expected to ship in September or October of that year. This feature allows users to use a single mouse and keyboard to control Macs and iPads.