Apple Officially Delays macOS Monterey Universal Control Until Spring 2022

[MacRumors]

Apple has officially delayed Universal Control, a hallmark feature of macOS Monterey and iPadOS 15 announced in June, until Spring 2022.

In an update to the iPadOS 15 and macOS Monterey feature pages, Apple now indicates that Universal Control will be "available this spring." Universal Control, which allows users to use one mouse and keyboard across all of their Macs and iPads, has been absent from all versions of both macOS Monterey and iPadOS 15 thus far.

Apple had initially indicated that Universal Control would be launching in the fall of this year, presumably alongside the initial releases of macOS Monterey and iPadOS 15, but that promise did not materialize. Apple just today released macOS Monterey 12.1, including SharePlay and other new features, but lacking Universal Control. With the fall season officially ending on December 21, it seemed likely to be the case that the feature would be delayed until next year.

Article Link: Apple Officially Delays macOS Monterey Universal Control Until Spring 2022

 

[nathan_reilly]

might as well ship it with the next one, right?

 

[sniffies]

AirPower = chicken
Universal Control = egg

 

[bsamcash]

I wonder what the issues are.

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

Ouch! At this point might as well save it for macOS Mammoth 🦣

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[dantracht]

Oy vey.

 

[metapunk2077fail]

No problem. It comes when it is ready for show.

 

[Apple Knowledge Navigator]

APPLE dOoMeDdddddddddddddd

 

[fwmireault]

Monterey is the proof that the pressure to deliver annual major software upgrades is maybe too much. I would not mind a software schedule more about 18-24 months for major upgrades, giving time to implement new features and correct bugs

 

[DreamyLucid]

Don't worry. Will be shipped by macOS 13.0

 

[Lounge vibes 05]

June 20, the last day of spring:
“After much effort, we’ve concluded AirPow.. erm I Mean… Universal Control will not achieve our high standards and we have cancelled the project. We apologize to those customers who were looking forward to this launch. We continue to believe that the future is wireless and are committed to push the wireless experience forward,” said Dan Riccio, Apple’s senior vice president of Hardware Engineering in an emailed statement today.

 

[rdinterman]

It's been a trend, over promise and under deliver...

 

[Freeangel1]

And they want everyone to move to Apple silicon when they can't get the features in their new os out in a timely fashion.

 

[Fabercon]

The biggest feature I am looking forward to.

Being able to use two computers at my desk (one Intel and one M1) and "mostly" being able to pretend that they are a single computer with multiple monitors.

 

[anthogag]

Universal Control is the one where the mouse goes across screens...I have this feature. From my M1 Mac mini I can connect to my 12.9" iPad Pro and move the cursor between the 2 screens. I have Apple beta software on all of my devices. Perhaps beta testers still have this feature; I have it.

 

[diddl14]

Happy that they delay this instead of bringing it out in a buggy unusable state...

 

[Freeangel1]

If Steve Jobs were still Alive HEADS would ROLL and People would be fired for not producing good software.

 

[LawJolla]

Does anyone else feel like this is a gimmick?

 

[zorinlynx]

Why is this feature so hard to get right?

 

[dspdoc]

Monterey is the proof that the pressure to deliver annual major software upgrades is maybe too much. I would not mind a software schedule more about 18-24 months for major upgrades, giving time to implement new features and correct bugs

I would LOVE a 2 year OS cycle. This yearly deal is ridiculous and kills developers.

 

[Psychicbob]

Lost Control?

 

[bpeeps]

Monterey is the proof that the pressure to deliver annual major software upgrades is maybe too much. I would not mind a software schedule more about 18-24 months for major upgrades, giving time to implement new features and correct bugs

Same. Catalina was a catastrophe and Monterey seems to be right up there with it. We really don't need annual updates if the features aren't even ready.

 

[xxray]

I appreciate that they’re taking their time with it rather than releasing it buggy, but it still doesn’t feel quite right they announced the feature in June for a software version that came out in September, yet it won’t even be coming out until Spring (March? April? May? June?) 2022.

I get it’s a feature they want to demonstrate with a video (what better way?), but it still feels misleading.

 

[Populus]

Makes sense, this is a pretty complex feature that should work perfectly with all the ecosystem devices, and probably needs a fine tune to work well, with no lag and no disconnections.

When I saw this feature on the Keynote, I suspected it was one of the most difficult to implement, and I prefer them taking time to make it work as intended, rather than having a buggy and unreliable experience.

 

[dannyyankou]

Just hold it off until iPad OS 16, fix current bugs