The folks over at TechCrunch have compiled a list of all the features Apple has simply ‘Sherlocked,’ a term used for when Apple incorporates features across iOS, iPadOS, watchOS or macOS that have been hallmarks of third-party apps.
Here are all the features Apple Sherlocked in its newly introduced software updates at the worldwide developer conference (WWDC) 2022 last week.
Feature: Continuity camera | Sherlocked app: Camo
Apple’s new Continuity feature will let you use your iPhone as a webcam, which was Camo’s primary feature. But since Continuity will only work with an iPhone-Mac combo, any other combinations of desktop and mobile systems will have to use Camo or an equivalent app.
Feature: Apple Pay Later | Sherlocked apps: Klarna, Clearpay, many others
Apple Pay Later service will let users make purchases that they can pay in four equal installments spread over six weeks, but without incurring any interest.
Feature: Visual Lookup | Sherlocked apps: Remove.bg
Apple’s new Visual Lookup feature lets you pick up an object from a photo or a video, and share it as an image. The final image is just of the object with the background removed, a feature that has been a hallmark of the Remove.bg service.
Other new features announced by Apple that have been adopted from third-party apps include Freeform (Sherlocked apps: Figma’s FigJam), Sleep tracking (Sherlocked apps: Oura, Whoop), and Medication tracking (Sherlocked apps: MyTherapy, Pillbox).
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The feature for removing images from their background is not Visual Lookup. That is a completely different and unrelated feature that has to do with AI identifying things like landmarks in photos and allowing you to look up information about them automatically. And it was around before iOS 16 even.