Everyone is talking about Stage Manager after this week’s WWDC 2022. Image: Apple
It’s been a dizzying week for developers using Apple’s hardware and software suites to code to work (and play). WWDC 2022 was held online for the most part, although there was a bit of an in-person component for a select few, including our own Phillip Tracy, who worked with the new MacBook Air.
This week at Gadgettes we are no longer an audio podcast. We are officially moving on to video. You can find us on YouTube and here at Gizmodo.com, where we’re explaining the Apple Developer Conference.
In our latest episode, we tell you about the most significant announcements of WWDC 2022, starting with iOS 16 and its new lock screen. (It’s so beautiful. Why doesn’t Android have it?) Messaging and Apple Pay are also getting a lot of new features, and the Apple Maps app finally has a multi-stop routing. Start planning these road trips!
We also talked about watchOS 9, which leans into the larger screen of the latest Apple Watch models. In addition to the new watch dials, we’ll talk about the best sleep tracking features and why we also want drug alerts on Android’s Wear operating system.
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Along with the new and faster MacBook Air, Apple introduced the second-generation M2 processor and a new version of macOS Ventura, which features a new feature called Stage Manager, which will also come to iPadOS 16. Stage Manager is probably the multitasking feature featured in this software update, and in Gadgets we’ll explain why.
Finally, we’ll review some specific features of iOS 16 that seem strangely familiar to Google’s Android counterparts. Yes, we are talking about these lock screen widgets. We’re also talking about shared photo libraries in iCloud and the ability to “stop” messages in Apple Mail. And while you can exercise without your Apple Watch in tow, many other wearables have already done so!