Live Text in Photos on macOS Monterey (Credit: Apple) Apple’s big reveal for macOS Monterey left out one glaring issue: Not every feature is coming to Intel-based Macs. You’ll have to own a newer Mac outfitted with Apple’s ARM-based M1 chips to receive every upcoming function. The company quietly disclosed this important tidbit in the footnotes for the Monterey preview, which was spotted by MacRumors. The features Intel-based Macs won’t be getting include: Portrait mode for FaceTime, which can blur the background in your video calls.Live Text in Photos, a Google Lens-like function that lets you interact with text found in any picture. For example, you can copy words photographed in an image, and paste them in a document. The interactive globe and 3D city views on Apple Maps.Text-to-speech voices in languages including Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, and Finnish.On-device keyboard dictation, enabling you to speak to your Mac, which will then type your words. The processing all occurs completely offline. Continuous dictation. Apple currently limits the speech-to-text dictation to 60 seconds before timing out. However, Macs with the M1 processor can tap unlimited dictation.Spatial audio and dynamic head tracking for when an AirPods Pro and AirPods Max connects to a Mac. So far, Apple hasn’t officially said why Intel-based Macs will be missing out on the features. But we suspect the company will point to the M1 chip’s “neural engine,” which is designed to power AI-based algorithms. Nevertheless, the news is bound to annoy owners of older Mac hardware. When Apple last year announced the Mac line was migrating to ARM-based processors, a key concern was how long the company would continue supporting software on Intel-based products. That said, the majority of Monterey’s upcoming features are still coming to Intel-powered Macs. However, some standout functions, such as Universal Control and AirPlay for Mac, can require a Mac from 2018 or later.
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Live Text in Photos on macOS Monterey (Credit: Apple) Apple’s big reveal for macOS Monterey left out one glaring issue: Not every feature is coming to Intel-based Macs. You’ll have to own a newer Mac outfitted with Apple’s ARM-based M1 chips to receive every upcoming function. The company quietly disclosed this important tidbit in the footnotes for the Monterey preview, which was spotted by MacRumors. The features Intel-based Macs won’t be getting include: Portrait mode for FaceTime, which can blur the background in your video calls.Live Text in Photos, a Google Lens-like function that lets you interact with text found in any picture. For example, you can copy words photographed in an image, and paste them in a document. The interactive globe and 3D city views on Apple Maps.Text-to-speech voices in languages including Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, and Finnish.On-device keyboard dictation, enabling you to speak to your Mac, which will then type your words. The processing all occurs completely offline. Continuous dictation. Apple currently limits the speech-to-text dictation to 60 seconds before timing out. However, Macs with the M1 processor can tap unlimited dictation.Spatial audio and dynamic head tracking for when an AirPods Pro and AirPods Max connects to a Mac. So far, Apple hasn’t officially said why Intel-based Macs will be missing out on the features. But we suspect the company will point to the M1 chip’s “neural engine,” which is designed to power AI-based algorithms. Nevertheless, the news is bound to annoy owners of older Mac hardware. When Apple last year announced the Mac line was migrating to ARM-based processors, a key concern was how long the company would continue supporting software on Intel-based products. That said, the majority of Monterey’s upcoming features are still coming to Intel-powered Macs. However, some standout functions, such as Universal Control and AirPlay for Mac, can require a Mac from 2018 or later.