If you’ve missed what all new hardware, software & technology updations are announced in Apple’s WWDC 2017, get the brief information via this presentation.
3. HomePod Speaker
HomePod uses spacial awareness to
tune and better fill the room with
sound based on the space it’s in.
You can even ask more complex,
music-related questions like “Who’s
the drummer in this song?” or “What
album came out on this day 20 years
ago?”
4. It also has a “Musicologist”
feature that works with
Apple Music to stream the
music you ask the speaker’s
built-in Siri to play.
5. Just think of it and HomePod will do it for you
Music Translation
News Stocks
Unit conversion General knowledge
Messages Weather
Reminders Traffic & Nearby
Podcasts Sports
Alarms & Timers Home
6. Updated iMac desktops with improved
USB-C,
Retina displays,
Graphics boosts,
Kaby Lake processors,
Support graphics for VR content creation.
iMac Pro
7. New iMac Pro as well, with a
5K display with improved cooling capacity,
8-core Xeon processor (upgradeable up to
18-core,)
up to 4TB of SSD, up to 128GB of ECC
memory,
four Thunderbolt 3 ports and built-in 10GB
Ethernet.
8. Ios 11
Updated Siri, that has improved
speech, the ability to help translate
sentences into different languages,
and on-device learnings that suggest
actions based on what you do on
your iPhone or iPad.
9. iMessages now live in the iCloud,
with synchronized conversations that
you can delete from any device you
own that are under the same
account.
10. You can also pay and receive
payments from contacts through
iMessage — so no more Venmo or
Square Cash if you don’t want to
download extra apps.
11. Improved photo capture, with better
low-light performance, and the ability to
edit Live Photos.
New control center as well, which relies a
lot on 3D Touch and condenses most
controls on the lower half of the screen
without looking cluttered.
12. New safety feature that recognizes
when a user is driving and
automatically turns on Do Not
Disturb to prevent distractions.
You can now head to Apple Music to
see what your friends are listening to
and check out shared playlists.
13. App Store has been redesigned for better
discovery.
“How To” section for tips on how to use
various popular apps.
“App of the Day” section to promote users
to open the App Store more frequently.
14. iOS for iPad
iOS 11 improves multitasking that
lets users pull up an app from the
dock and drag it onto the screen to
split the screen.
Handwritten text from an Apple
Pencil will also be searchable from
the Notes app. Apple claims it uses
“deep learning” to recognize
penmanship.
15. ARKit
New ARKit to let developers build augmented reality apps for the iPhone.
The kit can help find planes, track motion, and estimate scale and ambient lighting.
Rather than requiring external hardware like Microsoft’s HoloLens, Apple seems to be betting on ARKit to
provide impressive quality imaging through a device most people already own.
Apple will be providing code to developers for the ARKit at WWDC. The software will accompany Apple's iOS 11
beta releases.
16. 10.5 inch iPad Pro
The 10.5-inch iPad Pro will be
available starting with a
7MP selfie cam,
12-megapixel camera.
64GB configuration.
It supports USB 3.0 and has 10 hours
of battery life.
17. New feature called ProMotion which
reduces the Apple Pencil’s latency to
20 milliseconds.
It can automatically adjust the
refresh rate based on what you’re
watching, also doubles the refresh
rate to up to 120Hz.
18. High Sierra
The upcoming version of macOS will be called High Sierra,
It comes with updates to Safari that help block site trackers and autoplaying videos.
Updated file management system, which speeds up directory cloning with native encryption.
19. Updated with new photo-editing
tools like curves, and better filtering
tools to sort images by keywords or
faces.
On the graphics end, there’s a
second version of Metal, support for
VR, and a Metal 2 developer kit that
you can order with an AMD GPU to
tune apps for external graphics.
20. WatchOS4 introduces new faces that
display different types of
informations, such as Siri reminders
visual ones that feature Toy Story
characters a la Mickey Mouse.
Fitness-focused update, which
includes monthly challenges to
encourage the wearer to get more
active
WatchOS 4
21. NFC enabled data sharing- just tap your Apple
Watch on gym equipment to pair the two, get
the most accurate calorie burn and activity
information.
New Music app to make finding and playing
music via the Apple Watch more visual
22. HTC Vive
HTC has confirmed that its virtual
reality headset, the HTC Vive, will
soon be compatible with Mac. Apple
is adding Steam VR support to High
Sierra that means it will be possible
to use a Mac to control VR
experiences
23. Amazon Video
Apple has confirmed that itself and
Amazon have finally settled some
differences, as Amazon's Video app
will make its way to Apple TV later
this year.