macOS Sonoma is here, but these features are coming later

A few features will arrive in OS updates. Roman Loyola reports

macos Sonoma is here and it brings a bunch of new features, such as desktop widgets, a new Lock Screen, Game Mode, pet recognition in Photos, Mail updates, and a lot more. However, several features that Apple showcased at WWDC 2023 won’t be available in the first release of Sonoma. Like IOS 17, some features won’t be available until a future update later this year or in early 2024. Here’s a list of features to look forward to in macos Sonoma.

APPLE MUSIC

Sonoma has plenty of Desktop Widgets you can use, but the Music widget isn’t available yet. It allows users to control playback from the Music app, as well as show a dynamic list of the top charts and recommendations. Other features that will come at a later date:

Playlist collaboration: Friends can put together a playlist and add, reorder, and remove songs. Emoji can be used to react to songs.

Favourite Songs playlist: Just as it sounds like, a playlist of your favourite songs. You can ask Siri to play it, too.

Favourites in Library: Your favourite songs, artists, and playlists are automatically added to your Library.

MESSAGES

Messages as a load of new features, such as swipe to reply, verification code auto-delete, and enhanced audio messages. But these three features won’t be available until later:

Stickers: A Sticker drawer will have Live Stickers, Memoji, or Animoji that you can use to react to a message.

Catch-up Arrow: In a group conversation, an arrow appears in the top right corner. Tap it and you’ll jump to the first unread message.

icloud improvements: Messages in icloud will be able to sync settings such as Text Message Forwarding, Send & Receive accounts, and SMS filters across devices.

PDFS

When you open a PDF, the Intelligent form detection can automatically identify PDFS with a field that needs to be filled out. Enhanced Autofill can sense fields such as names and addresses and quickly populate them,but not until a future update.

INLINE PREDICTIVE TEXT

When using English, Sonoma can provide single and multi-word predictions for text fields, based on what you are typing. You can then accept the predictive text suggestion by pressing the space bar. Like IOS 17, the feature is delayed until later this year.