Apple included a lot in its annual developer conference. On the WWDC stage, company executives unveiled the latest improvements to iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 in the fall, as well as upcoming improvements to macOS, watchOS and others. Apple also announced new hardware at this year’s presentation: a new MacBook Air and a MacBook Pro with the new M2 processor. Here is the most important WWDC 2022 announcement.
iOS 16
Apple iOS 16 lock screen
The next iteration of the iPhone operating system will include new intelligence, exchange, and communication features, as well as new ways to personalize your smartphone. The key to the latter is the fully designed lock screen, which allows you to customize most of the items you’ll see before unlocking your iPhone. You can touch and customize any item on your lock screen by changing the color and font of the moment, adding widgets in the widget gallery, and changing the background with filters. If you prefer to have a photo as a lock screen backdrop, you can now set a “random photo” as a background, which will go through several photos throughout the day.
Live activities will also come to the lock screen, which are essentially widgets that will be updated in real time as events unfold. It will allow you to keep track of things like the sports games that are being played now, Uber trips, workouts and more. The new lock screen will also better support different focus modes, allowing you to customize which alerts and notifications you receive on your lock screen when you’re in a specific focus mode. For example, you can create a job-specific lock screen that will accompany your work approach mode.
iOS 16 will also bring some long-awaited updates to Messages, such as editing messages, undoing sending, and marking unread. You can edit the sent messages so that you can get rid of any spelling errors, undo the messages you just sent, and mark the message threads as unread, in case you want to go back with a new look. Apple is also expanding its SharePlay capabilities in Messaging, allowing you to share things like videos and watch them with your friends as you send messages back and forth.
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Apple Pay Later
IPhone users will also have access to a new feature called Apple Pay Later in iOS 16. This divides purchases into four equal payments and spreads them out over many weeks, with no interest or fees charged. This should make it easier to pay for large purchases over time and accompany the new order tracking feature, which allows you to control where your shipments are before they actually arrive at your door.
Apple has a number of family-friendly updates planned for iOS 16, including easier ways for parents to manage their children’s accounts and devices. The new quick setup process will make it easier for parents to set up a new Apple device for their child with all the necessary parental controls and restrictions. A new, more general feature that comes with family sharing includes photos: within your family, you can have a dedicated iCloud shared photo library, a separate space where you can share specific photos that you want everyone to see. members of your family. The Photos app will even give you suggestions for sharing based on who’s in the photo and other factors, making it easier for you to choose and choose which images you want everyone to have access to.
There are a lot more updates to Wallet, HomeKit, CarPlay and more, but the other new iOS 16 feature we wanted to address here is security. This is a new privacy feature that allows you to review and restore access that you have granted to others. In the event that you ever need to remove someone’s access, you can use Security Check to do things like stop the location sharing using Find My and restore the permissions you previously granted to certain applications.
MacBook Air M2, 13-inch MacBook Pro M2
Apple MacBook Air M2
Unusual for WWDC, Apple has introduced a new piece of hardware in today’s presentation: the new MacBook Air M2. As the name implies, the laptop runs on the company’s upgraded M2 chipset, which Apple promises to offer CPU performance up to 18 percent faster and GPU performance 35 percent faster than M1 chips . The new MacBook Air also has a completely new design: the wedge shape of the previous model has disappeared, as it has been replaced by a more square design that remains quite slim with 11.3 mm thick and only 2.7 pounds .
The MacBook Air M1 will have a 13.6-inch Liquid Retina display that is 25 percent brighter than the previous model’s screen and has support for a billion colors. It also has a 1080p webcam, a four-speaker sound system, a TouchID keyboard with a full line of features, and a fanless interior design. Unfortunately, there are still only two Thunderbolt ports on this machine, but Apple recharged MagSafe with a dedicated power port, so you won’t have to connect at least one of the two Thunderbolt ports with a charging cable. In terms of battery life, Apple estimates up to 18 hours of video playback on the MacBook Air M2. The new laptop will be available next month starting at $ 1,199.
The M2 chipset will also soon arrive on the 13-inch MacBook Pro, providing a performance boost similar to another of the company’s most popular laptops. The MacBook Pro M2 will have an 8-core CPU and a 10-core GPU, support for up to 24GB of RAM and up to 2TB of storage, as well as up to 20 hours of battery life. The updated 13-inch MacBook Pro M2 will also be available next month and starts at $ 1,299.
macOS Ventura
Apple macOS Ventura
The next version of macOS, called Ventura, will bring a handful of new organization and collaboration features to Macs. Stage Manager introduces a new way to organize application windows on your desktop, automatically putting the application you are currently working on in front and center. Other active applications will be highlighted on a separate side dock where you can drag and drop files to share, copy / paste and more.
Mail will receive updates similar to Messages on iOS 16, such as canceling the mail, scheduling the delivery, and reminders to return to emails later. Elsewhere in Safari, it will be easier to share multiple tabs with friends and family and collaborate with them in real time. For example, if you are planning a camping trip with many people, you can share various tabs with camping gear, locations, information, and more with your group, see which tabs they are actively looking at, and more.
The new Handoff and Continuity features will also come to FaceTime on macOS. For the first one, you’ll be able to deliver a FaceTime call that you started on your iPhone to your Mac without any problems, allowing you to use a larger screen when you need it. The new Continuity Camera feature gives you an interesting way to use your iPhone as a webcam. Using magnetic media in development, you’ll be able to connect your iPhone to your Mac’s screen and use its array of cameras as a webcam for FaceTime, Zoom, Microsoft Team, and other video calls. Also, this process is completely wireless, so you don’t have to worry about accumulating one of your computer’s ports for this, as you would with a standard external webcam.
Also worth mentioning here are Apple’s new passwords, or digital keys that are securely stored on your device. Designed to replace passwords, these unique passwords are not stored in the cloud, which Apple claims makes them much less susceptible to fishing and theft attempts. Passwords will be integrated with TouchID and FaceID on Apple devices for biometric authentication and can be synced with other Apple devices using the iCloud keychain.
iPadOS 16
Apple iPadOS 16
Many of the new features that will come to iPadOS 16 are those we have discussed since iOS 16 and macOS Venture. But iPads will also gain things like new collaboration benefits, updated Game Center profiles and sharing capabilities, and their own version of macOS ‘Stage Manager feature. The latter is arguably the most interesting new feature, as it pushes helps push the iPad further into the alternative realm of the desktop. Stage Manager on the iPad will allow users to resize application windows for the first time and also overlay them, making them more similar to the browser and program windows you would use on your desktop. Add full support for the external display and inches of the iPad even closer to being a true laptop replacement device.
watchOS 9
Apple watchOS 9
Apple Watches will get a number of new exercise features useful in watchOS 9. Most of these are limited to the Workout app, where you can keep track of your heart rate while exercising and even set goals based on in the heart rate zone. you want to stay. Runners will appreciate the new tracking metrics available in the Workout app, such as vertical swing, stride length, and ground contact time. When you track a race, you can see more on your watch screen using the digital crown to scroll through multiple screens with different recorded data. Apple will also add a custom training feature to the app, allowing users to create exercise routines with specific goals that they can return to on certain training days.
Sleep tracking on Apple Watch will also improve watchOS 9 with the addition of sleep stages. The clock will now be able to monitor when you are in REM sleep, central and deep, recording the amount of time you spend in each phase, as well as the amount of time you spend awake each night.
Finally, in the area of health and fitness, Apple’s new drug app will make it easier for Watch users to keep track of the medications, vitamins, and supplements they take, and how often they take them. It has a reminder feature, which will use the clock’s audio and touch alerts to alert you when you need to take one of our medications throughout the day.
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