WWDC 2022 – Keynotes

Every year I take an “Education-Vacation” to coincide with WWDC. I was lucky enough back in 2018 and 2019 to actually go to WWDC in person. Over the last few years it has all been virtual.

At times WWDC has blown my mind like the dragon in my favorite WWDC shirt.

As I get ready to blog about today’s Keynotes, I the excitement is high. I am hoping to see serious updates on SwiftData (?), AR/VR, and macOS. Let the blogging begin!

2022 – Keynote!

Wow the videos of Apple Park are stunning! And here’s Tim!

The new developer center across from Apple Park and Tech Talk for developers. Developer academies to help the next generation – 17 around the world. Nice to see reading out to under represented communities across the globe.

Over to Craig — here we go!

Really nice production value on the graphics! Time for iOS – yup version 16. New personalization features include:

• Lock Screen – all new – time based changes,I am betting this are driven by Siri intents, etc.depth effects look cool. Seems like they are taking what they learned from watchOS to iOS. Really nice animation between Lock Screen and Lock Screen.
• Notifications now roll in from the bottom, and can be hidden. Later this year, Live Activities API for developers. Tying focus to lock screens allows you to decide what is appropriate – guess more time to setup Focus settings.
• Messages will include (Edit messages, Undo Send, and unread marking) nice updates for productivity. Shared with you API will be added.
• SharePlay (people are loving? Really? – I never got this working myself). Easier to discover in Facetime – including new app discovery. It will now be available in Messages.
• Dictation improvements – fluid movement between typing and voice. (Keyboard stays open). Auto punctuation – also works with sending messages with Siri. There are 15,000 apps that work with Siri.. new APP Intents API – zero setup for short cuts.
• Live Text – integrated across the system. This year will add live text to Video – great for copying code samples. Quick actions for Translation. Live Text API available for developers…
• Visual Lookup – (introduced last year) touch and hold will allow you take images out of other imagers for copy and paste.
• Apple Wallet – select TSA check points will support wallet. Apps will allow for select information to be presented like age verification (old enough not actual age). Keys can be shared from Apps. Working with IETF to address sharing keys across non-apple apps.
• Apple Pay – Tap to Pay on iPhone enabled this month, will enable small merchants to support touches pay. Adding Apple Pay Later – into 4 equal payments over 6 weeks with no interest. For developers no changes needed to address Apple Pay Later. Order tracking added into Apple Pay! That’s cool.
• Maps – Adding additional eleven countries to new maps experience. Adding improved models to the map look. Multi-stop routing (with up to 15 stops), about time! While driving you can ask Siri to add additional stops to your route. You can also see transit fairs. MapKit updates include –
  • Look around being added.
  • Brand new server side APIs
• Sports – in Apple News -Live activities on Lock Screen (from Apple TV app). Adding follow your favorite team and leagues: My Sports. It is free in US, UK, Canada and Australia to start with.
• Family Sharing updates – Adding new account management tools for kids. Quick setup of other parental controls. Quick start will allow easy setup of new devices. Requests for extension will be done within messages. Family checklist makes it easier to setup
• Improved Photo sharing updates for Families. iCloud Shared Photo Library – separate library that everyone can contribute to it. Can set auto sharing when near others in the family.
• Privacy updates –
  • Personal Safety to turn off others access. Safety Check – Working with NNEDV, NCVC, and WESNET to review and reset access granted to others. Also resets privacy permissions to all apps. Restricts messages and FaceTime to the device in hand. This is amazing control given back to survivors of abusive relationships.
• HomeKit updates –
  • Smart home is still in it’s early days (I remember this being said in 1999). Matter standard enables cross platform integration, HomeKit was contributed as a foundation for Matter. Data about how you use your accessories cannot be seen by Apple.
  • All new Home App – More efficient and relaiable
  • Redesigned so you can see the whole home in a single view. Multi camera view upfront. Different accessories are more recognizable. New widgets on the Home Screen (iPhone, iPad, and Mac)
• Car Play updates –
  • over 98% of cars in the US. 79% of US buyers only consider a car that have CarPlay. (I can tell you I am one of them).
  • Larger screens in cars, allows for improved experience. Sneak Peak of next gen CarPlay. This should really give Tesla a run for the new in car Screen!
  • I wonder how many vehicle manufactures will let Apple take control of their screens like this. Widgets are included too! Very cool. Privacy friendly, on device integration with vehicle canBus. Core of driving experience unique to each driver. Late Next Year 🙁
• TrueDepth camera on iPhone can be used to improve your spatial audio profile.

OK now to watchOS:

• Most loved watch in the world:
• Adding 4 new watch faces.
• New notifications and pinning most used apps.
• Developers new share sheet and photo pickers API

Now to keep you active on the watchOS

• Running updates to show metrics to better understand your performance.
• Three new running form metrics:
  • Vertical oscillation
  • Stride length
  • Ground contact time
• Workout views to show more information
  • including heart rate zones.
  • adding alerts to keep your heart rate in the right zone
• New multi-sport workout type for Triathletes – auto switched between swimming, running, and biking
• Fitness app will also be available for all iPhones without a watch.

Now to keep you healthy in watchOS

• Sleep App – will now try to discover which stage of sleep you are in.
• Heart heart help – adding support once you are diagnosed with Afib. History in health app will also help you share a PDF with your Dr. to help address long term information. FDA clearance expected “Soon”.
• Medication tracking being added to watchOS app. Meds, Vitamin, and supplements with reminders. You can use iPhone camera to track your medications.
• Drug drug interactions will show alerts with you add a new medication. Will allow you to share your health data with family members.

Privacy with watchOS

• encrypted on device
• not shared with out explicit permission
• reminders periodically of what you are sharing and with who.

macOS updates

• M2 introduction still 5nanometer. But 50% better bandwidth. 24GB unified memory, 8 core CPU, 18% increase in overall performance as M1. M2 10Core machine will drive 25% higher graphics at the same power level as M1. Next generation Secure Enclave and Neural engine, and media engines.
• Announcing new MacBook Air with M2 chip. The Worlds Best Selling Laptop. Completely redesigned around M2. Colors and MagSafe. From the side it looks like an iPad to me. 11.3mm thick and 2.7 lbs. Silver, space gray, starlight and midnight. with two additional thunderbolt ports and high impedance headphone jack. (13.6 inch display). with 1 Billion color liquid retina display. 1080p camera with 2x resolution as previous. Audio speaker and three microphone array at the top of the device. Full height function keys. 18 hours of video playback and new charging adapter. Also support fast change for the first time. (50% in 30 minutes of charging)
• Adding M2 to 13inch MacBook Pro – adds cooling vs. silent Air. 20 hours of video playback.
• Basically $100 more for Pro, and M1 version stays in line up for $999. M2 Air $1199 and $1299 for Pro.
• macOS Ventura –
  • New – Stage Manager – improved task switch and window manager.
    • app grouping allows your pair windows for a specific task.
    • accessing desktop files seems like an easy approach.
  • SpotLight –
    • Tap on spacebar allows for quick look.
    • you can search text in images with live text.
    • Richer full window results (also coming to iOS and iPadOS)
  • Mail updates –
    • Undo Send (for a few minutes)
    • Schedule Sent
    • Follow-up Seggestions
    • Remind Me to come back to a message
    • Search – biggest overhaul – you can see recently share docs and links, instant suggestions (with typo improvements)
  • Safari –
    • More support for standards
    • Adding Shared Tab Groups, allows you to share in one place. Can see realtime who is reviewing
    • Adding improved safety by supporting the new Passkeys approach using biometrics and digital keys. Can’t be phished or leaked. It is all on device. Synced across apple devices on Mac, Apple TV, iPhone and iPad . This is part of the Fido Alliance work.
  • Gaming –
    • Metal Updates:
      • New features include: Affects Upscaling (based on smaller less compute intensive fames, and then upscaling), and game loading via Fast Resource loading API.
      • Village Resident Evil from Capcom – technical demo – available later this year.
  • Continuity –
    • extending to FaceTime allowing you to hand off between Mac and iPhone.
    • Continuity Camera – you can use your iPhone as your webcam. Guess we have a new Apple stand to attach phone to your laptop. this will also support center stage and portrait mode. Studio light allows you to improve tough lighting conditions. Desk view allows your share desk so you can see peoples hands, etc.
    • Will also work with Zoom, Teams, WebEx and more.

iPadOS!

• Big release – everything you heard about earlier in macOS and iOS
• Weather comes to iPad (about time).
• And new features for pro users:
  • Collaboration –
    • instance collaboration across the system via share screen
    • get notifications of missed changes back in the messages application.
    • New API to integration collaboration in their apps, also coming to iOS and macOS
    • New brainstorming app – Free Form – coming later this year. this provides a space for group sessions, project planning, etc. Looks like a giant whiteboard. With live cursors. Will definitely take on Mural and other apps. Kinda like a GIANT One Note share app
  • Gaming –
    • Call out to Divinity Original Sin Two
    • Metal 3
    • background download API
    • Game Center will bring activities to dashboard
    • SharePlay in gaming will allow you to join people into your game. (some time later this year)
  • Desktop class Apps
    • across the board updates to add Mac features on to iPadOS
    • Files major updates
    • System wife features – redesigned find and replace
    • Document menu to reveal common actions
    • Customizable toolbars in iPadOS
    • New APIs to build these in to your own apps.
    • Reference Color – allows you to use the iPad Pro 12.9 inch to address reference colors (for media experts) to provide consistent workflow across devices.
    • Display Scaling setting!! To view more of your apps.
    • stage Manager is coming to iPadOS to dramatically improve multi-tasking with full external display support on iPad!!!

I guess we now know why the Monitor has what it does. Can’t wait to test things out today (and this summer).