The surgeons behind the game have been busy and have had added another season of questions. Questions for season 6 are now in the app. This brings the total number of questions to 4,102 questions for all six seasons. In Season 6 we are introduced to Charles Emeson Winchester III, and all of his superiority.

Be sure to update the app, and test your knowledge. If you do not have the app, you can check out the questions at https://mashtrivia.app

If there are any issues, be sure to email support. This is can be done via the "About" screen within the app.

If you know me at all, you are likely aware that I do not like to be the center of attention. I rarely highlight my own achievements, and I do not like promoting myself in any manner. This is just how I am.

Back in 2014, Apple announced a new product category, the Apple Watch. It would not be made available until April 24th, 2015. One of the focuses of the Apple Watch is fitness, and in order to motivate people to use the Apple Watch, Apple gamified exercise a bit. This was done by allowing you to see how long you have had any of the three items tracked: standing hours, exercise minutes, and calories burned, and users could set their own goals for each of these.

The Apple Watch was one of the products that I ordered that I did not receive on day one. Instead, my Apple Watch did not arrive until May 1st, 2015. Even if I started using it on May 1st, I would not have been able to get my standing hours in. On May 2nd, 2015, I started my streaks and kept it up the rest of May, that was until May 31st. On May 31st, I did not get in my exercise minutes nor did I meet my calorie goal. The reason that I did not get this was because I had spent that entire week doing significant work to move buildings at work. This included staying up significantly late and getting little sleep. Therefore, my next move streak would begin on June 1st.

Today my "Longest Move Streak" is 3650 days, making it 10 full years of a continuous move streak. It is strange to think about the fact that it has been 10 years, not only because I have been wearing a watch for 10 years, but also because this means that I have had to jump through some hoops to keep the streak alive. One of the more precarious is the fact that for a portion of that time, health and fitness data was not synchronized over iCloud. Instead, it was backed up to your phone, so you would have to transfer the data from phone to phone, or via a backup on a computer. In all of that time, my data has stayed intact. Additionally, a vast majority of this time was during an era where you could not pause your streaks if needed; therefore, even when I did not feel all that well, I still managed to get all of my exercise, move, and standing goals accomplished.

I know some are probably thinking "big deal", but it is still a significant feat. I do not know how long the streak will go; it is entirely possible that it will end at some point, but until then, I will keep trying to keep all of my fitness streaks going.

As they have over the last few years, Apple has unveiled its latest set of acccessibility features that will be arriving on Apple's platforms later this year. The list of items being added this year span all of Apple's platforms, as well as the App Store.

Accessibility Labels on the App Store

It is difficult for users to determine how much accessibility is put into an app without downloading it and testing it. In an attempt to help remedy this, Apple is adding "Accessibility Nutrition Labels" to the App Store. These will work in a similar manner as the Private Nutirition Labels.

The Accessibility Nutrition Labels will provide users information about the type of featurs that are supported within the app. This could be something like VoiceOver, Dark Interface, Reduced Motion, Audio Descriptions and more.

It is not known whether these will be automatically generated, or, if like the Privacy Labels, they will be dependent on reporting from the developer.

New Magnifier for the Mac

One of the more common issues for users is that they may not be able to easily see their surroundings. IF you have an iPhone or an iPad, this is easily accomplished with the magnifier. But now, this is coming to macOS. macOS will have an all-new magnifier that will use the Mac's camera to be able to zoom in on the surroundings.

Along with this, if you have a camera in Desk View, you will be able to read documents, as well as adjusting the brightness and contrast so that you can read the documents.

Accessibility Reader

One feature that is within Safari is the ability to view a webpage without a lot of the extra junk around it, like ads, menus, and side columns, leaving just the text. iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS will be getting a similar system-wide feature called "Accessibility Reader". Accessibility Reader is accessible from any app and even gives you the ability to customize the font, color, and spacing to view text that makes it easiest on you.

New Braille Experience

Not everyone is sighted, and instead these people need a different way, for some VoiceOver works well, but for others, they may need Braille. For those who need Braille, there is a new experience. Users who are connected braille device can easily open apps with that device, or by using the Braille Screen Input screen.

With Braille Access users will be able to quickly take notes in braille format, or even perform calculations using Nemeth Braille, which is a code often used for math and science within the Braille community.

Closing Thoughts

These are just a few of the new features that are coming to Apple's platforms. Some others include things like larger text within CarPlay, Custom Equalizer settings for sound detection, and even more customization for Music Haptics. It is good to see additional accessibility options being added across Apple's platforms. These features allow an even wider range of users to use Apple's platforms in a manner which helps them.

Source: Apple Newsroom