Apple promises new accessibility features, users hope it won’t be a “bug-riddled half-baked solution”

One of the features helps users determine whether they should download a certain app.

Ahead of Apple’s June event, the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2025, the company has already announced some of its future features for its devices, many of which focus on accessibility.

The new features, which should become available sometime this year, are suitable for iPhone, Mac, iPad, and Apple Watch.

One such feature is Accessibility Nutrition Labels, a section on the App Store that allows users to see if the app they’re about to download is accessible and provides developers with insights into what could be improved. The feature will be available worldwide.

The idea behind the labels is to provide users with disabilities with the information on whether the app they’re about to download is suited to their needs before getting it on their phone.

The company also expanded the use of Magnifier, which was already available for iPhone and iPad users, and is now coming to Mac. The Magnifier app allows those with low vision to zoom in on their surroundings.

The latest accessibility feature is Braille Access, which is available on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro headset. It’s a “braille note taker,” which can be used when a user opens any app using Braille Screen Input or a connected braille device. With the app, users can take notes and perform calculations in braille format.

Braille Access also includes Live Captions, which allows users to transcribe conversations on Braille.

Among the new features is Accessibility Reader, a reading mode that helps users with low vision or dyslexia, available for iPhone, Mac, iPad, and Visio Pro users.

For Apple Watch users, the company presents Live Captions and Live Listen features. This way, users can see Live Captions on an Apple Watch paired with their iPhone.

The news about the new features prompted some users to share their take on them.

“For as much as Apple has dropped the ball on AI and Siri, they continue to innovate in adaptive/assistive technology,” wrote one user, explaining how a single device makes it easier and cheaper to have assistive technology, also making it “less noticeable.”

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“As a totally blind user, Accessibility Reader sounds exciting, so let's hope it doesn't end up being a quirky bug-riddled half-baked solution that they announce and hardly maintain like VoiceOver on macOS,” noted another user, pointing the fact that despite these features being out, the question is how useful they actually are.

Some Redditors were also skeptical about the release time of these features, as the company promised to release them sometime this year.

“Hopefully it’s not the same ‘later this year’ as the Apple Intelligence version,” wrote a user.