What’s new in Keynote 14.2 on Mac
Easily play your presentation during a FaceTime call. (14.2) Simply play your slideshow during a FaceTime call to share it with the call’s participants. You can also invite people to collaborate, edit notes, and change how you and your slideshow appear on your audience’s devices while presenting in FaceTime. See Play a presentation during a FaceTime call.
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 Mac 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
See HDR images and movies in greater dynamic range on supported displays.*
Play your slideshow during a FaceTime call or video conference to automatically start sharing your presentation window.*
Additional bug fixes and performance improvements.
Keynote 14.1
Get inline predictions that complete the word or phrase you’re typing.
Control where the presenter display appears when rehearsing a presentation with multiple displays connected.
Additional bug fixes and performance improvements.
Keynote 14.0
Add a new look to your slides with the Dynamic Colour, 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.
Hold the Command key to select non-contiguous words, sentences or paragraphs.
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.
Add motion to your presentation with new dynamic themes and live video slide layouts.
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
Export and send a copy of your presentation in a different format 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. Manage your shared presentation or send a copy from the File menu.
Send a message or start a FaceTime call directly from a collaborative presentation.*
Choose your own live video background for a dramatic effect or quickly isolate an image’s subject.*
Keynote 12.1
Add subtle movement and visual interest to your presentation with dynamic backgrounds that move continuously as you transition from slide to slide.
Select from new animated themes featuring dynamic backgrounds.
Skip or unskip all slides in a collapsed group.
Keynote 12.0
Use Shortcuts on macOS 12 to create or open presentations, rehearse a slideshow or start presenting.
Keynote 11.2
Use the camera in your Mac or an external camera to show yourself right there on your slides, or show the screen of a connected iPhone or iPad.
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 click.*
Create new presentations from the app icon in the Dock.
Keynote 11.1
Stability and performance improvements.
Keynote 11.0
View your presenter notes, current slide and next slide in a separate window while presenting.
Thumbnail images in the Build Order window make it easier to edit complex sequences.
Updated media browser offers enhanced search options and new content categories such as Recents, Portraits and Live Photos.
Add phone number links to table cells, text objects and shapes.
Use AppleScript to change a presentation password or open password-protected presentations.