With the 7 previous Monterey beta builds, the anticipated Universal Control feature hasn’t been fully available. Apple brings Live Text to Intel Macs with macOS Monterey beta 4.macOS Monterey beta 3 brings redesigned Safari tab interface to address complaints.In the third beta, Apple made some notable changes to the default Safari experience, and in the fourth beta, it enabled Live Text on Intel Macs along with a Universal Control fakeout. New features and changes that come with macOS 12 Monterey include a totally redesigned Safari, Shortcuts app arriving on the Mac, a new Focus mode, Quick Notes, AirPlay to Mac, Universal Control to seamlessly work across multiple Apple devices, and more. The build number for today’s release is 21A5534d. You can also download it from Apple’s Developer website or Apple’s public beta website if you’re not running the beta yet ( full guide here). MacOS Monterey beta 8 is appearing now via OTA for developers and public testers. Update 9/29: The latest beta is now available for public testers too. Time will tell, but we could see Apple initially ship Monterey to the public without the feature. As we move toward a fall release, the big feature we haven’t seen fully available to test is Universal Control.
