After announcing it during WWDC in June, Apple has now officially delayed macOS Monterey’s Universal Control feature until spring 2022. The feature was supposed to ship with macOS Monterey’s initial release, but that didn’t happen and it now seems Apple is continuing to struggle with it.
Universal Control is a feature that will allow people to use a single mouse and keyboard to control their iPhone and iPad in a way that’s similar to Handoff and would work much like AirPods can seamlessly switch devices.
While Apple is yet to make any official announcement as such, the macOS Monterey features page has been updated to reflect the new timescale.
Whether Apple will indeed get Universal Control out the door this spring remains to be seen, but it’s fair to say there would be plenty of complaints if the feature shipped but wasn’t ready. In that regard, Apple is doing the right thing by delaying Universal Control until this spring — and potentially beyond.
Apple today made macOS 12.1 available to the public, adding support for SharePlay for the first time. New iOS 15.2 and iPadOS 15.2 updates were also released alongside refreshed watchOS and tvOS updates. Even the HomePod Software saw a new update, adding support for Apple Music‘s new Voice Plan — a plan that’s designed to be used via Siri, making it perfect for HomePods.
There’s one thing we can at least be sure of here — whenever Univeral Control does ship, it’ll be one of the best Mac features ever to do so.
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