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Public Beta in July
In-App events can now learn about special events within apps right on the store page with previews.
App store now has 600 million weekly visitors and Apple has paid $230 Billion dollars to developers.
Swift has a new feature called Concurrency, allowing code to take advantage of multi-core processors.
Object capture uses images to create photorealstic 3D models with support for AR previews, all of this using an iPhone or Mac.
Share Tab groups between accounts.
Safari gets a massive overhaul. New tab groups, cleaner tab organisation and streamlined interface design.
Shortcuts are now on Mac. A rich gallery of shortcuts for mac or make your own custom shortcuts.This is the start of automation on Mac.
Airplay is now on Mac. "Play, present and share just about anything"
Universal Control allows you to use a Mac and an iPad using the same mouse and keyboard or trackpad. The technology leverages Continuity features on the devices. Seamlessly drag and drop across iPad, Mac and iMac.
macOS's crack marketing team at work again! The new version is called Monterey
Siri can now help you control your Apple TV hands-free. For all of you recommends entertainment based on your interests. Siri is now on third-party Apple Home devices. Home app on watchOS now offers more options and offers package detection using secure camera.
More Artist spotlight series for workouts on watchOS. New portraits for photos watch face. Photos app gets an overhaul, sharing photos via messages or mail on the Apple Watch. Support for dictations and scribbling messages. GIF support on watchOS 8.
watchOS 8 adds support for more workout including tai chi and pilates.
watchOS next. watchOS 8 has an enhanced breathe app with a new animation. watchOS now has something called reflect using subtle animations to help you remain calm. They are both part of a new app called Mindfullness. Trends works with watchOS.
Family wide Health sharing across your Apple accounts.
Your iPhone can now track your LDL values and something new called Trends. It helps you meet your health goals and tracks important metrics for you to better understand your weakness. You can now share data with medical professionals safely and securely.
New health features. Fall assist gets a new feature called Walking Steadiness. Built-in motion sensors measure each step to provide metrics and gauge your steadiness and chance for a fall. Will automatically notifiy you if steadiness values go down.
iCloud gets new Legacy mode. Allows you to add a recovery contact so that when you pass on, your information is passed on to yournominee. Privacy relay for safer browsing as part of iCloud+ including the option to hide your email id.
More natural language voices for Siri. Support for on-device speech recognition to speed things up. Siri now works offline for certain tasks.
Moving to privacy, even more tools to protect your privacy. Mails can no longer be used to track you, stops cross eyed tracking. It even hides your IP and location and shows you extactly what third party domains an app is contacting.
Developers can now build apps for iPad and iPhone on the iPad using Swift Playgrounds.
Translate now works with macOS. Auto detect language and translate with systemwide support.
Apple updates the notes app with Mentions, activity view shows you all the changes while you were away, notes is now systemwide with QucikNote, quick access to notes with a swipe down from the side. Works with Safari with Quicknote support.
Huge multi-tasking improvements, easier access to splitview, swipe down to switch apps, shelf view to view all open apps, a faster app switcher.
We move to the iPadOS now. New widgets including Apple TV widgets, large size photo widget, game center widget. App Library comes to iPad, takes up space in the dock for easier access.
iOS 15 improves the way your AirPods Pro work, announce notifications using Siri, Find and Locate support and seperation alerts, now uses microphones to help focus on the person you are talking to and Spatial audio.
Transit now uses AR to guide you better to where you need to go
Apple Maps now offers more details than ever, 3D pathfinding and a full 3D view with verticality. Works with Apple Watch too,
Apple Weather app gets a visual overhaul.
Your ID's can now be safely stored in Wallet.
Big changes coming to Apple Wallet. Keys are now coming to smart homes and office spaces, even hotels. Anywhere you go, just tap to unlock!
Apple Music is now integrated with Memories in the Photos app, it creates personalised songs to bring life to your photos. Tons of songs to choose from in the Apple Music Library.
Spotlight can now find Photos and the text within a photo!
You can even customise what you want to focus on and it works across devices with an Apple ID
Focus lets you concentrate on the things that are important in the moment, reducing your distractions.
Contacts gets a new look with priority based notifications and a summary view.
Shared With You is now on iMessage and Photos along with Safari, Apple podcasts.
SharePlay on FaceTime works with other apps and streaming services like Disney+
SharePlay lets you play music or watch movies when on a FaceTime call
Grid view comes to FaceTime along with portrait mode! FaceTime calls can now be joined on Android via a browser link.
New updates to FaceTime! More natural, comfortable and lifelike. Spatial audio comes to FaceTime. True to life directional audio.
It's Craig Federighi's turn!
Tim Cook takes the stage
Apple kicks it off with a montage of how Apple planned the opening for the event
The event is now live! Follow along right here for all the updates!
5 minutes to go for Apple WWDC 2021. Almost there!
