January 2022 • Macworld 11

I

f you’ve downloaded iOS 15, you

might have noticed something

different about your iCloud

account. Apple is upgrading all

paid iCloud accounts to something

it calls iCloud+. It includes several

interesting new features on top of

The new privacy component will launch as a ‘public beta’ feature

soon. Jason Cross reports

iCloud+ Private Relay:

Don’t call it a VPN

the existing iCloud storage, sync,

and cloud features, but the most

interesting might be something Apple

calls iCloud Private Relay. At first, it

sounds like a VPN: your web browsing

traffic is encrypted and sent through

a relay to hide your exact location,