Apple officially only holds one public event (in the form of a conference) a year, so when WWDC (World-Wide Developer's Conference) rolls around each June, it's usually a big deal with lots of big announcements. Today's event, held at San Francisco's Moscone Center, is no different. There has been a lot of speculation that announcements at today's event will surround products like Apple TV, Apple Watch, various cloud-based services and more.
Although Apple has announced that they will be live-streaming the event from Apple.com as well as on Apple TV, we all know that these events can be lengthy (90 minutes or more). Here is a summary of the event.
Welcome
- Tim Cook takes the stage
- 26th WWDC; 80% of attendees are here for the first time
- oungest scholarship winner is a 12-year-old girl from New York
- Over 150 labs and more than 1,000 engineers at the conference this week
- "Today, we'll be talking about OS X, iOS and WatchOS" (with native apps)
- "Everything's going great (in business), so let's begin..."
OS X
- Craig Federighi takes the stage
- More than 55% of Mac users are current on OS X 10.10.3
- Yosemite has the fastest adoption rate of any PC Operating System... ever
- Next version of OS X (10.11) will be called "El Capitan"
- Shaking the mouse will temporarily enlarge the mouse, making it easy to find
- Swipe gestures similar to those in Mail for iOS are available in Mail for El Capitan
- New swipe gestures also available in Safari and other apps throughout El Capitan
- New searchability features available in Spotlight (and Mail), i.e.: "mail I ignored from Phil"
- Mission Control is simpler and faster than ever
- Mail Compose windows now allows the use of tabs when in full screen mode
- Exposè now offers easy-to-use side-by-side windowing (split screen)
- Various other experience enhancements
- Apps to launch up to 1.4x faster, PDF files to open 4x faster
- Metal (announced initially for iOS) is coming to the Mac
- Adobe and Epic games will be fully embracing Metal for their products with huge performance improvements
- Demo by Epic Games
- El Capitan is available to developers today and will be available for public beta in July
- Full upgrade will be available this Fall and will be free
iOS
- 83% of all iOS users are using iOS 8
- Over a billion requests per week using Siri
- Siri has a beautiful new UI in iOS 9
- New "Remind me about this" feature will consider what you are looking at, then remind you to do it again later
- Caller ID can now look for phone numbers in your email to match name with number when not stored in Contacts
- Search for sports scores, video sites (YouTube, etc), clock, stocks, weather, etc.
- Search now has an API for developers
- Demo of iOS 9
- Apple Pay is now available through more than 2,500 banks
- Discover will be Apple Pay-friendly this Fall
- Square will release a new Apple Pay-friendly reader this Fall
- Apple Pay will be available in the UK starting next month
- iOS 9 will allow you to store select rewards and loyalty cards in Apple Pay this Fall
- "Passbook" will now be called "Wallet"... one place to store all your cards
- Craig Federighi takes the stage
- Huge improvements coming to Notes in iOS 9 including check lists, photos and new drawing tool
- New Notes view allows you to view by attachments
- "We continue to invest heavily in Maps"
- New transit map includes step-by-step instructions and timing
- New transit app shows very detailed information about underground stations (exists, platforms, etc)
- Siri will be embedded in Transit
- New "News" app
- Susan Prescott (VP Application Development) takes the stage to show off News
- You choose the sources and topics, and News will build your very own personalized view of news content
- "The more I read, the more accurate the curation becomes"
- Demo of News app
- "News is designed from the ground up with your privacy in mind"
- Partnerships with several big news names are in motion
- When launched, News will be available in the US, UK and Australia
- New keyboard for iPad allows you to use two fingers to quickly format, cut, copy and paste
- Multitasking in iOS 9
- Re-designed app switcher makes switching apps more intuitive
- Picture-in-picture video allows you to research something while playing a video
- Picture-In-picture will only be available on latest iPads
- Power consumption improvements will gain the average user an additional hour of usage
- Many HomeKit improvements/enhancements including supporting additional sensors
- Future releases of CarPlay won't require the cable to be connected
- Starting today, Swift will be open source (this is huge!)
- New compiler and standard libraries to be available by the end of the year
- iOS 9 beta is available for developers today
- Public beta of iOS 9 will be available in July
- iOS 9 will be available for everyone this Fall
Apple Watch
- Tim Cook takes the stage
- Next version of watchOS will introduce native apps
- "We believe deeply in this space"
- Kevin Lynch takes the stage
- New watch faces will be available in watchOS 2
- Working with developers to create custom complications
- "Time Travel" allows you to go forward and backward in time (meetings, etc)
- New "Watchstand Mode" in watchOS 2
- watchOS 2 allows you to add more than 12 friends to your Friends circle
- Digital Touch will allow you to use multiple colors
- watchOS 2 will allow you to reply to emails
- FaceTime audio coming to watchOS 2
- You can start a workout using Siri ("Go for a 5-mile bike ride")
- Transit details will be available in watchOS 2
- Various other Siri enhancements
- Native app support coming to watchOS 2 (yeah!!!)
- Developers will have access to Taptic Engine and Digital Crown
- Demo of watchOS 2
- watchOS 2 beta is available for developers today
- watchOS 2 will be available for everyone this Fall
One More Thing...
- Tim Cook takes the stage
- Shows video of the evolution of music
- Today, we are announcing "Apple Music"
- Jimmy Iovine takes the stage to discuss Apple Music
- "Technology and art can work together, at least at Apple"
- "All the ways you love music. All in one place"
- Human-based curation
- 24/7 global radio (Beats 1)
- Connecting fans with artists (social)
- Eddy Cue takes the stage
- "For You" recommends playlists and albums based on what you listen to and the artists you love
- "New" recommends new content based on availability
- "My Music" is your music
- Zane Lowe to host Beats 1 from New York, London and LA
- Drake takes the stage to talk about "Connect"
- Eddy Cue takes the stage
- Demo of Apple Music
- Apple Music app will be free
- Cost will be $9.99/month for a single user or $14.99/month for up to 6 family members
- First 3 months will be free
- Apple Music will be available on June 30
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