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Apple this week previewed iOS 15, which is now available in beta to developers ahead of a public release later this year. A smaller but useful new feature has been added: the ability to drag and drop photos, text, files, and more across apps on the iPhone.
MacStories Editor-in-Chief Federico Viticci demonstrated the new feature in a tweet:
Drag and drop across apps has been available on the iPad since 2017, and Apple finally extended the feature to the iPhone with iOS 15. Drag and drop across apps always duplicates content, not moves it around.
From the iOS 15 Features page on the Apple website:
Drag and Drop With drag and drop support across applications, you can take photos, documents, and files from one application and drag them to another.
To drag and drop in iOS 15, tap and hold an image, text, or file, and without lifting that finger, use a second finger to swipe out of the app and open another app. Then, leave the image, text, or file to drop it into the other app. Long-pressing the content makes it appear to rise and stick to your finger, and as the content is dragged, animations and visual cues identify potential destinations where the content can be dropped.
In many apps, you can drag a single item with one finger, and while dragging, select additional items by tapping on them with another finger. The selected items move together and appear stacked under the finger that drags the original item. You can then drag the items as a group and drop them into another app.
The first beta of iOS 15 was released to developers earlier this week, and a software update for all compatible iPhones is scheduled to be released in September.
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