Universal Control was one of the most impressive features shown off at Apple’s WWDC 2021 event, allowing Mac users to use an iPad as a second screen with ease.

Any keyboards, mice, or touchpads connected to the Mac may be used to control the iPad, and they demonstrated a simple procedure that worked effectively in the demo.

Many persons were interested in seeing how Universal Control functioned when macOS 12 Monterey was released as an early preview.

The issue is, however, that Universal Control wasn’t included in the initial version of Monterey, and it still hasn’t been added after numerous months and beta releases.

As a result, many individuals have lost faith that Universal Control will become available once macOS Monterey is officially launched, which could be as soon as next week, with Apple holding an event on October 18.

Finally, according to 9to5Mac, Universal Control has been added in macOS Monterey beta 10. While it’s a good start, people aren’t able to use it yet.

However, it may be enabled by going to System Preferences and looking for a new entry for Universal Control. The functionality is also designated as “Beta,” suggesting that it is still under development and may not function properly.

Will the operating system that will power Universal Control be macOS 12 Monterey?

The fact that Universal Control has already shown up in an early version of macOS Monterey makes it somewhat more likely to be there when the operating system is released.

There was no sign of Universal Control, which didn’t bode well for the feature. It appears that Apple had issues implementing Universal Control, which is why it was not included in early versions of macOS 12.

However, because the functionality is likely to be introduced in a few days with macOS Monterey, if it debuts with macOS 12, the feature may not be fully finished.

If that’s the case, Apple might be better off waiting until whatever bugs it’s having are resolved before including it in a later macOS Monterey update.

We’ll have to wait a little while longer, but we’d rather take the chance of dealing with a buggy early version of Universal Control than having to deal with it.

First impressions are important, so if testers try out Universal Control in this unfinished state and become irritated by any bugs or issues, they might decide against using the feature again even if it is updated later on. That would be a real loss.

While we hope to see Universal Control included in macOS Monterey next week, Apple may still be better off waiting to include the feature until later.

In the long run, disappointment at it not being included will be less harmful than continuing frustration and dissatisfaction over an imperfect product.