This years WWDC keynote from the San Jose Convention Centre is just wrapping up.
Tim is no Steve when it pertains to presentations so thank goodness for Craig Federighi. There were some interesting announcements though, here are some of the highlights in our normal cheat sheet…
HomeKit
HomeKit safe video – private processing & encrypted storage
10 days of recording included in iCloud account
HomeKit pertaining to Routers – from eero, Linksys & ISPs
iOS
Also coming in iOS 13…
Faster all round
App downloads 50-60% smaller
Dark Mode
Swipe typing
Mail, Safari & notes all updated
Reminders app – new from ground up
New Maps (USA by end of 2019)
New Maps ‘look around’ (Street View)
Privacy focus – a lot more protections around Location
Stopping rogue apps checking WiFi / BT for your location
‘Sign in with Apple’ to 3rd party apps without revealing personal details
Per app random email address you can dump at any time
Improvements to portrait lighting
New controls to edit video (rotate, filters etc)
New ‘Days’ & ‘Years’ views in photos app
Uses maker learning to choose best pics and filter out the rest
AirPods – tap to share audio with other iphone users
Handoff from EarPods to HomePods with a tap
Neural TTS for a lot more natural speech
CarPlay – new redesigned CarPlay screens
Siri now works with 3rd party CarPlay apps like Waze
Send unknown callers directly to voice mail
iPadOS
New iPadOS
New home screen
New Multi tasking
Trying to make iPad a lot more capable
More use of split view
(2 notes open at once got applause)
File view & quick Actions
Folder Sharing in iCloud Drive
SMB file sharing supported
You can now plug in a USB drive
Directly import files to 3rd part apps
‘Desktop-class browsing’ on Safari on iPad
New download manager
30 new keyboard shortcuts
New downloadable fonts
New scroll bars to navigate long docs
New 3 finger cut, paste and undo gestures
watchOS
Independent enjoy apps coming in v6
New enjoy apps store
Purchase & install apps directly from Watch
Noise app looks for loud volumes that could damage hearing
New menstrual cycle tracking
New Streaming Audio API
New activity trends views
Many new enjoy faces
Voice memos pertaining to Apple Watch
Calculator pertaining to Apple Watch
tvOS
Apple TV now has Multi user support
XBox and PS4 game controllers supported
New Mac Pro
Reimagining of the cheese grater
Modular Construction
CPU – Intel Xeon up to 28 cores
Afterburner card processes 6 billions pixels per second
Plays 3 streams of 8k ProRes raw concurrently (100 million pixels)
1.4kW power supply
300 cubic feet of air flow from 3 fans
MPX module for GPUs
up to 1.5 TB of RAM
8 PCI Slots
2 x 20Gb Ethernet Ports
Optional Wheels
Rack version too
Starts $5,999
Available this Autumn
New pro display XDR
New 32″ 6K Retina Display
XDR = extreme dynamic Range
New Backlit Process
P3 10-bit colour
Designed to complement the Mac Pro
1,000 nits constant, 1,600 nits peak
1,000,000:1 contrast Ratio
Rotates to portrait mode
$4,999 – £5,999 (+ $1,000 for the stand!)
macOS
MacOS ‘Catalina’
iTunes replaced – now 3 new apps…
Apple Music
Apple Podcasts
Apple TV
Sidecar – use iPad as 2nd display for Mac
Accessibility – new Voice control (coming to iOS too)
Find My – new finder for Macs and iPhones
Activation Lock for lost Macs
Screen time pertaining to Mac (share limits from iOS)
Project Catalyst – devs can swiftly convert iOS apps to mac
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