Here are my frantic note-taking notes from this morning's WWDC Apple Keynote event which took place at 3 AM Aussie time today as we go to air.
Enjoy the notes and the very quick summary that we had to fit in a huge pact event covering iOS, iPad OS, Mac, and Watch OS with some new hardware announcements.
customise font/colours, wall paper, widgets. Use Widget kit to do widgets.
Notifications with live activities also on the Lock Screen. Including playing music, etc.
Extending Focus to the Lock Screen such as work focus.
Editing msg you just sent.
Mark any msg thread as unread.
Share play is expanded beyond FaceTime in to Messages.
Dictation gets an update: keyboard stays open to allow both voice and typing. Live Text gets expanded to videos, translate app etc.
Tap to pay in the US for Merchants.
Apple Pay later also in US
Apple Pay order tracking.
Maps comes to NZ amongst others.
Sydney gets added to Maps towards the end of the year.
Keep up to date with sports with live activity on the Lock Screen, and in Apple News. In US, Canada, , and Australia.
Updates for family sharing including screen time.
Updates to sharing photos with family with Share library.
New privacy option called Safety check for people to stop sharing location etc within abusive relationships etc.
New standard with Matter so all devices work better together.
Better Home Kit interface which is also on the new Lock Screen.
Extended Car Play functionality integrating with all the screens in the car including speed, fuel consumption etc.
Vehicles will start to be announced next year that supports the new Car Play.
New Watch Faces with Astronomy, Lunar, Playtime, and Metropolitan.
VOIP calls now available on the Watch.
New training fitness experience for running within the Workout app.
Fitness app will be available to all iPhone users who don’t have an Apple Watch such as step count using their ipHone.
Sleep Stages comes to Apple Watch.
Improvements to heart rate monitoring.
New Medications app for the Watch to keep track of your medications. Get alerts about medication interactions.
Introducing M2 chips: faster, better, etc etc etc than M1.
They had to say its thinner.
4 colours, and MagSafe is back leaving USBC ports alone.
Better mic/speakers (with spacial audio), nice keyboard, nice trackpad.
Air now supports fast charge.
M2 also comes to the MacBook Pro 13.
M1 Air stays as a cheaper option.
New Stage manager to control open windows accessed via Control panel with apps stored off to left of the screen, and the app you are working on front and centre. Can also groups apps together.
Improvements to Spotlight.
Improvements to Mail including Undo send, and better search in Mai.
Improvements to Safari including Shared tab groups.
Introducing Pass Keys to make using websites for secure across Mac, iOS, and TV OS using Touch ID and Face ID.
Better gaming experience with Apple Silicon.
Extending Continuity to FaceTime: you can now transfer your iPhone to your Mac. You can also use the iPhone as your Webcam (also uses Centre Stage). Also works with Zoom, Teams etc. Belkin bringing out new stands.
Better collaboration options.
New app called Free Form to brain storm with others on Mac, iOs, and iPad OS.
New desktop features comes to the iPad.
Introducing \display scaling, and virtual memory swap.
Available as developerp beta’s today, and public beta next Month, available in Spring.
Stage Manager also comes to iPad OS.
Note - these are all developer betas, public betas are next Month, with the full release in Spring Aussie time.
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