What’s new in iOS 15.4 beta 1? Mask ID, new emoji & more

The news: Apple just released the first beta of iOS 15.4 to developers…and it’s already a bigger update than all of iOS 15.3 that released earlier this week.

What’s new?

Face ID now works with masks and different glasses…even if you don’t own an Apple Watch

New emoji including melting face, low battery and interracial handshakes (via Emojipedia)

Holy wow Universal Control is incredible.

This is me moving between a MacBook Pro, an iPad mini, and an iPad Pro using just the MacBook trackpad and keyboard. It's aware of position, lets you drag files, and supports iPadOS gestures.

The hype was real and it all just works 🤯 pic.twitter.com/PWUTLYZtkW
— Federico Viticci (@viticci) January 27, 2022

iPadOS 14 finally enables amazing Universal Control feature

iOS 15.4 also introduces a new keyboard brightness option in Control Center (via MacRumors)

New Apple Card balance widget

iCloud Keychain now supports notes for logins
PS5 controllers now have adaptive trigger support
EU users can add their digital COVID-19 vaccination to the wallet app (via MacRumors)