
There’s a lyrics tab and a daily-curated playlist too, Spotify-style. For example, now you can book your dinner reservation from the map through a third party app like OpenTable, then book a ride to go there all via Maps.įor Music, Eddy Cue says it will get redesigned from the ground up with larger photos, and better tabs to find music you’ve recently added or music you’ve downloaded. You can also search for nearby stops on a map route such as a gas station or restaurants and see how long it’ll take to detour over there. With Maps, there are new recommendation shortcuts for you to find exactly what you want from Maps, such as cuisine types in a restaurant search mode. It’ll also start creating movies based on photos you took during a recent period of time, if you’re into that kind of thing. ➤ Siri is opening up to all third-party apps Photos, Maps, Music, News, Home, Phoneįor Photos, you’ll be able to see a map-view of where your photos were taken Instagram-style, and Apple will incorporate facial recognition to sort through who’s in your images, Google Photos-style. ➤ Apple announces iOS 10, and 3D touch will finally be a big deal ➤ OS X is now officially macOS, and it has Siri With rumors that Apple is working on its own home assistant, Alexa better watch out. To round off the updates, Federighi says Siri will be open for developers, allowing you to incorporate her into your apps. Swipe right and you can immediately access the camera. In iOS 10, you can 3D Touch a notification to reply to messages or apps straight from the lockscreen. She’ll be available right on the dock.įor iOS 10, Federighi moves right into demo, with a new lockscreen that has a “raise to wake” feature – reminiscent of Moto X’s active display for glance-able notifications. Again, great for someone who has all the Apple gadgets.Ī few more organizational updates bring tabs to any apps, picture-in-picture capacity, and – yep – Siri on desktop. OS X Sierra brings Apple Pay to desktop as well, with a new payment feature that lets you authenticate the payment through your Apple Watch or iPhone via continuity. There’s also Universal Clipboard which lets you copy text from your iPhone and paste on your Macbook, and an iCloud Drive to help offload older files to make room for local documents. It’s a neat little feature… if you own all the right Apple gear. For example, if you’re wearing an authenticated Apple Watch, you can automatically unlock your laptop just by having that watch nearby. The latest OS version will be called Sierra, with a focus on continuity.
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Yay!Īpple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering Craig Federighi started the conversation about OS X out by changing the name to something simple: macOS.
#APPLE KEYNOTE JUNE 2016 TV#
If you hate syncing your cable account to access live TV or video on demand on the Apple TV, the new tvOS has a single sign on mode that lets you log in once to access all the channels available from your cable provider. With this year’s update, there will be a new remote app in case you misplace the physical remote or need more remotes for multi-player games.

The platform has since increased its video channels offerings from 80 to 1,300. “The future of TV is apps” That what Eddy Cue, Apple Senior Vice President of Internet Software and Services said about Apple’s tvOS at last WWDC, when it introduced third party development on the device. ➤ watchOS 3 is 7x faster, has handwriting support, smart Message replies and more tvOS
#APPLE KEYNOTE JUNE 2016 FOR FREE#
The update is coming for free to general consumers this fall. Oh, and Minnie Mouse is now available as a watch face in addition to Mickey from last year. There are several new health apps as well, such as a breath meditation program and a wheelchair-friendly mode to promote regular exercises for handicapped users. If you’re in an international city, holding SOS will also call the correct local emergency number (i.e.

In case of emergencies, there’s now an SOS mode that allows you to hold the side button to call 911. There are also new quick reply buttons with pre-written responses, as well as “Scribble,” a handwriting support app. The Apple Watch is the company’s latest hardware pillar, so it’s no surprise that it started the keynote with this platform. In an upcoming watchOS 3 update, app load speeds are up to seven times faster, and there is a new dock feature and control center like on iOS.
