Apple Updates Its Chess App for the First Time Since 2012

As Apple eulogized its commitment to purportedly non - incursive AI during its annual developer conference , the iPhone Creator neglected to disclose a vital update that ’s come to the next evolution of its Mac operating system — macOS Sequoia .

Alongside aniPhone mirroring feature and Safari AI summary , other users of macOS 15 beta say they ’ve spot the first upgrade to Apple ’s Mac Chess game since 2012 .

As9to5Macfirst reported , Apple last updated the Chess app a twelve years ago , back when it still named its Mac operating system free after big cats . With OS X Mountain Lion , Apple tally Game Center support to Chess , along with a glossy background and some other small additions laid out inan ancient AppleInsider military post . The app ’s 2012 upgrade depend like this , per AppleInsider .

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The next yr , Apple said itran out of great catsand take up mention Mac updates after “ instigate ” position in California . In the years since , Apple kept its build - in Chess app around but neglected to update it until now .

The latest edition of Chess for Mac feature shinier and more realistic - look pieces as well as a textured , gradient background . However , 9to5Mac cover that the vamp secret plan includes few themes . The update specifically gage arather gritty - await Gunter Grass theme option , though it ’s technically potential that Apple has other changes come to the app before macOS Sequoia snuff it genus Beta and see a wide freeing .

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