Apple’s opening keynote for WWDC 2020, its annual Worldwide Developers Conference started with Tim Cook addressing the empty auditorium about Black Lives Matter and coronavirus before it launched into the announcement of iOS 14 and its home-screen redesign and new widgets.More magic for AirPods! Smart switching the connection across devices comes to our rescue, and AirPods Pro gets spatial audio using a gyro and accelerometer to track your head movements. It supports multiple spatial standards. Apps will provide more granular options for location tracking and give developers a way to show you more detail about what they’re capturing.
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iOS 14 There are new capabilities for Siri, including a Google Translate-like app for live conversational translations. Messages, too, gets much-needed updates with the ability to pin messages, improvements in group conversations, and more looks for Memoji customizations.
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Maps, too has new features, such as cycling navigation for more cities, EV routing to alleviate worries about running out of juice en route. CarPlay “rethinks car keys.” They’re now virtual and shareable! App Clips come to the App Store for quick access to new apps and to link to apps from Safari and more. WWDC 2020: With iOS 14, Apple redesigns the iPhone home screenApple’s iOS 14 unveiled: A first glimpse at the upcoming iPhone softwareApple introduces widgets to iOS 14 homescreenApple Memoji gets face coverings amid COVID-19Siri will stay out of your way with a new design in iOS 14Apple jazzes up Messages with pinned contacts, mentions and in-line repliesWWDC 2020: Apple introduces App ClipsWWDC 2020: Apple adds Cycling directions to Maps for iOS 14Apple adds virtual CarKeys to iOS, coming first in BMW 5 SeriesApple unveils minor CarPlay update at WWDC 2020Apple adds virtual CarKeys to iOS, coming first in BMW 5 SeriesApple WWDC: Maps adds EV Routing to help minimize range anxiety
iPad OS 14You’ll find the same redesigned widgets as iOS 14, but iPad OS improves Photos navigation with a sidebar; the sidebar design has also been integrated into several of Apple’s own apps, with tapping and dragging. Compact notifications for incoming calls and more won’t obscure your screen — that’s in iOS as well. Search has been redesigned to work from anywhere and to operate more like Spotlight on the desktop.And finally, the new Scribble app provides handwriting recognition notetaking for use with Apple Pencil and the ability to cute and paste more intelligently, as well as the ability to write into text fields — very Windows 10-like. It can recognize different languages as well.Apple announces new iPadOS 14https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-scribble-will-let-you-write-in-text-fields-instead-of-typing/Watch OS 7Customize your face with multiple complications — customizing is easier, too — plus there are some new faces. You’ll be abloe to share faces, as well. Your body will also appreciate the new Dance app to jazz up your workout. At the other end of the spectrum, it adds sleep tracking. With the new OS, the Watch will be able to track your handwashing as well.WWDC: Apple unveils WatchOS 7Apple Watch will track dance workouts with WatchOS 7The company is expected to also discuss new MacOS software to power its Apple Watch, MacBooks, iMacs and Mac Pros, too. But the biggest change may not be about the look of Apple’s Macs or a new feature for the iPhone. Apple is expected to announce that the chips powering its Mac computers will change, shifting from chips made by Intel to new Arm-based ones similar to those built for the iPhone. The move has been rumored for years, most recently in a report by Bloomberg citing anonymous sources familiar with the company’s plans. Making such a change could allow Apple to make thinner laptops with better battery life and potentially quieter cooling fans. But the transition will likely take a year or more, meaning you’re in for a wait for new computers with those chips inside. The original post follows. Apple’s holding its opening keynote for WWDC 2020, its annual Worldwide Developers Conference, where it’s expected to discuss iOS 14 for the iPhone and iPad, as well as new WatchOS and MacOS software to power its Apple Watch, MacBooks, iMacs and Mac Pros, too. But the biggest change may not be about the look of Apple’s Macs or a new feature for the iPhone. Apple is expected to announce that the chips powering its Mac computers will change, shifting from chips made by Intel to new Arm-based ones similar to those built for the iPhone. The move has been rumored for years, most recently in a report by Bloomberg citing anonymous sources familiar with the company’s plans. Making such a change could allow Apple to make thinner laptops with better battery life and potentially quieter cooling fans. But the transition will likely take a year or more, meaning you’re in for a wait for new computers with those chips inside. WWDC 2020 start time Apple’s WWDC 2020 keynote, which will be headed by CEO Tim Cook, takes place June 22, at 10 a.m. PT / 1 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. BST. Also: June 23 at 3 a.m. AEST. How to watch Apple’s WWDC keynote livestream CNET will be hosting a livestream discussion of Apple’s event as it’s happening, and we’ll have a live blog with up-to-the-minute analysis during the event. Watch live on CNET in the video at the top of this article. Apple will host a livestream of the event on its Apple Events page too. If you’re an Apple TV owner, you can also watch the livestream via the Apple Events app — there are also archives of older events, if you’re feeling nostalgic. What to expect from WWDC 2020 Almost certainly we’ll get updates to iOS, MacOS and WatchOS. TVOS for the Apple TV may also get an update. Rumors point to a possible update for the iMac, in addition to Apple’s announcement of its plans to change the chips inside its computers. Apple’s WWDC invitation mascots this year are a group of coders, whose faces mimic the company’s memoji animation technology.
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While Apple’s WWDC 2020 keynote may include the biggest changes for the Mac computer in years, it’ll also be the first time Apple will be holding a keynote amid the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected nearly 9 million people and killed more than 468,000 around the globe. In response to the crisis, Apple and other tech giants like Facebook and Google canceled their in-person conferences around Silicon Valley. Apple and Microsoft instead chose to hold virtual conferences, livestreaming presentations to developers around the world. CNET’s global team will be covering Apple’s event, as well as other conferences that have shifted online. Our coverage will include the real-time updates, commentary and analysis you can only get here.
