What’s new in Keynote 14.2 on iPad
Use double tap on Apple Watch to advance your slideshow.(14.2) With Apple Watch Series 9 or Apple Watch Ultra 2 set up as a remote control, simply tap your index finger and thumb together twice to start playing a slideshow or advance to the next slide or build. See Use Apple Watch as a remote control.
Present stunning HDR movies and images in high fidelity.(14.2) Keynote now supports HDR media formats. HDR images and videos appear in higher fidelity when you add them to a slide, and when you play them during a presentation on supported devices. You can also export your presentation in an HDR file format. See Set the movie and image formats and Export to PowerPoint or another file format.
Version history
Keynote on iPad is frequently updated. Updates are cumulative, so when you use the most recent version of Keynote, it has all the latest features. You can see all the new features included with each release below.
Keynote 14.2
Advance your slide hands-free with the double-tap gesture on supported Apple Watch models. (Requires watchOS 11)
See HDR images and movies in greater dynamic range on supported devices.*
Squeeze Apple Pencil Pro to quickly switch tools, line weights, and colors.
Use the new document browser to easily create a new presentation or find a recent one.*
Additional bug fixes and performance improvements.
Keynote 14.1
This update contains bug fixes and performance improvements.
Keynote 14.0
Add a new look to your slides with the Dynamic Color, Minimalist Light, and Minimalist Dark themes.
Streamlined in-app notifications inform you when a person joins a collaborative presentation for the first time.
Preserve file format and full quality when adding HEIC photos taken on iPhone or iPad.
Press and hold the Command key on a connected keyboard to select noncontiguous words, sentences, or paragraphs using a trackpad or mouse.
Improved compatibility for slide transitions when importing and exporting Microsoft PowerPoint files.
Additional stability and performance improvements.
Keynote 13.2
Bring new dimension to your presentations with 3D objects in USDZ format.
Play embedded animations within USDZ files or use Magic Move to animate 3D objects across slides.
Make your presentations more expressive by adding Stickers.*
See inline predictions for text as you type.*
Easily begin collaborating on a presentation with others while on a FaceTime call.*
Find and open suggested presentations when searching for Keynote with Spotlight.*
Drag documents to the Keynote icon on your Home Screen to open or import them.*
Add motion to your presentation with new dynamic themes and live video slide layouts.
Export your presentation in ProRes formats, now on iPhone and iPad.
Remove external borders on charts imported from Microsoft Office files.
Keynote 13.1
Add scalable vector graphics (SVGs) to your presentations and preserve visual quality at any size.
Break apart imported SVG images and save them to your shapes library for future use.
Easily switch to your slideshow window when sharing Keynote on a FaceTime call.
Show subtotal summary labels in stacked bar, column, and area charts.
Keynote 13.0
Use Apple Pencil hover to easily navigate, write, sketch, and illustrate with greater precision on supported iPad models.
Export and send a copy of your presentation in a different format right from the Share menu.
Includes improvements and bug fixes for mail merge and collaboration activity.
Keynote 12.2
Stay up to date on everyone’s recent activity in collaborative presentations and get notifications when others join, comment, or make changes.
Easily share and see updates about your presentation in Messages. Send a message or start a FaceTime call right from a collaborative presentation.
Choose your own live video background for a dramatic effect or quickly isolate an image’s subject.*
Quickly insert objects, find settings, 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.*
Style charts with additional controls for colors, lines, and number formats.
Additional options for printing and exporting PDFs.
Keynote 12.1
Skip or unskip all slides in a collapsed group.
Keynote 12.0
Enlarge slides to a maximum zoom level of 400 percent.
Edit font size more precisely with up to two decimal places.
Keynote 11.2
Use the camera in your iPhone or iPad to show yourself right on your slides.
Allow participants to take turns controlling a shared presentation from their own device.
With radar charts, visually compare multiple variables at once to easily show similarities and differences in your data.
New slideshow controls provide easy access to the slide navigator, keyboard shortcuts, live video sources, or multi-presenter controls while presenting.
Flexible collaboration allows participants to add others to a shared presentation.*
Instant translation lets you translate selected text in up to 11 languages and add the translation to your presentation with a tap.*
Audio graph makes charts accessible to people with vision impairments by playing an audio tone that changes pitch to represent different values.*
Keynote 11.1
Teachers using the Schoolwork app to assign activities in Keynote can now view student progress, such as time spent.
Keynote 11.0
Use new editing controls in the Arrange Inspector to adjust the look and placement of objects.
Use onscreen keypads to enter exact values for text size, spacing, table size, and more.
Add or remove objects or table cells from a selection by tapping or dragging across them.
A new option in More > Settings > Editing to always open presentations in edit view.
Add phone number links to table cells, text objects, and shapes.
Scribble support for Portuguese, French, Italian, German, and Spanish languages.*