When launched, the feature will allow you and up to five other people to automatically share a photo gallery, with the option to include all photos in your personal library, photos from after a certain date or that include specific people. It’s not particularly unusual for Apple to hide features from the initial release — last year, iOS 15 was released without SharePlay, Universal Control, and better Find My support for AirPods. The features then trickled out over the next few months in point releases. iOS 16 doesn’t seem to have that many features being pushed back, although the iPadOS 16 update for Apple’s tablets has been delayed and will be released as iPadOS 16.1. It’s possible that Apple putting iPadOS 16 on its own release schedule has something to do with the feature being delayed — it’s easy to imagine people setting it up on their phones and then being confused why it doesn’t show up on their iPad or Mac (macOS Ventura The release date will be sometime in October, according to Apple’s site). Or, the company could just be showing some extra caution since the feature is about photos that people wouldn’t want to miss. Apple did not immediately respond to The Verge’s request for comment on the change in its plans for the Shared Photo Library.
