Apple Releases Updated Keynote, Numbers, Pages Apps On iOS, macOS With New Collaborative Features

Last Updated on October 27, 2022 by Anu Joy

Apple recently released stable software upgrades for iPhone, iPad, and Mac users, and is now focusing on its iWork family of apps. Significant feature upgrades for the Pages, Numbers, and Keynote apps, as well as additional improvements for iPadOS 16 and macOS Ventura were just released by the company.

Here’s a full feature list/changelog of the app suite.

Improvements in Pages

Here’s what’s new in the Pages app (version 12.2) on iPhones & iPads

• An all-new activity view shows recent changes in collaborative documents, including when people join, comment, and make edits
• Get notifications when others join or make changes in your shared documents
• Share a document in Messages to instantly start collaborating with your team and see updates right in the Messages conversation (Requires iOS 16 or iPadOS 16)
• Send a message or start a FaceTime call right from a collaborative document (Requires iOS 16 or iPadOS 16)
• The new Blank Layout template makes it easy to start documents that let you freely arrange text and graphics
• Be even more productive on iPad with iPadOS 16
• Quickly insert objects and get to your favorite tools with the customizable toolbar
• Find common actions like print, rename, and more in the new document menu
• Work across multiple documents more easily with Stage Manager on supported iPad models
• A new option lets you automatically remove an image’s background to isolate its subject (Requires iOS 16 or iPadOS 16)
• Style charts with additional controls for colors, lines, and number formats

Release Notes for macOS

• An all-new activity view shows recent changes in collaborative documents, including when people join, comment, and make edit.
• Get notifications when others join or make changes in your shared documents
• Share a document in Messages to instantly start collaborating with your team and see updates right in the Messages conversation (Requires macOS 13)
• Send a message or start a FaceTime call right from a collaborative document (Requires macOS 13)
• Now use the File menu to manage your shared document or send a copy
• The new Blank Layout template makes it easy to start documents that let you freely arrange text and graphics
• A new option lets you automatically remove an image’s background to isolate its subject (Requires macOS 13)

Improvements in Numbers

Here’s what’s new in the Numbers app (version 12.2) on iPhones & iPads

• An all-new activity view shows recent changes in collaborative spreadsheets, including when people join, comment, and make changes
• Get notifications when others join or make changes in your shared spreadsheets
• Share a spreadsheet in Messages to instantly start collaborating with your team and see updates in the Messages conversation (Requires iOS 16 or iPadOS 16)
• Send a message or start a FaceTime call straight from a collaborative spreadsheet (Requires iOS 16 or iPadOS 16)
• Compare values and combine text with new functions, including BITAND, BITOR, BITXOR, BITLSHIFT, BITRSHIFT, ISOWEEKNUM, CONCAT, TEXTJOIN, and SWITCH
• See autocomplete suggestions based on the contents of other cells in the same column
• Style charts with additional controls for colors, lines, and number formats
• Be even more productive on iPad with iPadOS 16
• Quickly insert objects and get to your favorite tools with the customizable toolbar
• Find common actions like print, rename, and more in the new document menu
• Work across multiple spreadsheets more easily with Stage Manager on supported iPad models
• A new option lets you automatically remove an image’s background to isolate its subject (Requires iOS 16 or iPadOS 16)

Release Notes for macOS

• An all-new activity view shows recent changes in collaborative spreadsheets, including when people join, comment, and make edits
• Get notifications when others join or make changes in your shared spreadsheets
• Share a spreadsheet in Messages to instantly start collaborating with your team and see updates right in the Messages conversation (Requires macOS 13)
• Send a message or start a FaceTime call right from a collaborative spreadsheet (Requires macOS 13)
• Now use the File menu to manage your shared spreadsheet or send a copy
• Compare values and combine text with new functions, including BITAND, BITOR, BITXOR, BITLSHIFT, BITRSHIFT, ISOWEEKNUM, CONCAT, TEXTJOIN, and SWITCH.
• A new option lets you automatically remove an image’s background to isolate its subject (Requires macOS 13)

Improvements in Keynote

Here’s what’s new in the Numbers app (version 12.2) on iPhones & iPads

• An all-new activity view shows recent changes in collaborative presentations, including when people join, comment, and make changes
• Get notifications when others join or make changes in your shared presentations
• Share a presentation in Messages to instantly start collaborating with your team and see updates in the Messages conversation (Requires iOS 16 or iPadOS 16)
• Send a message or start a FaceTime call straight from a collaborative presentation (Requires iOS 16 or iPadOS 16)
• Be even more productive on iPad with iPadOS 16
• Quickly insert objects and get to your favorite tools with the customizable toolbar
• Find common actions like print, rename, and more in the new document menu
• Work across multiple presentations more easily with Stage Manager on supported iPad models
• A new option lets you automatically remove an image’s background to isolate its subject (Requires iOS 16 or iPadOS 16)
• Remove or replace the background of live video for a dramatic effect
• Style charts with additional controls for colors, lines, and number formats
• Additional options for printing and exporting PDFs

Release Notes for macOS

• An all-new activity view shows recent changes in collaborative presentations, including when people join, comment and make edits
• Get notifications when others join or make changes in your shared presentations
• Share a presentation in Messages to instantly start collaborating with your team and see updates in the Messages conversation (Requires macOS 13)
• Send a message or start a FaceTime call straight from a collaborative presentation (Requires macOS 13)
• Now use the File menu to manage your shared presentation or send a copy
• A new option lets you automatically remove an image’s background to isolate its subject (Requires macOS 13)
• Remove or replace the background of live video for a dramatic effect