All that Apple announced at WWDC – June 23, 2020

iOS14

Home Screen

• Revamped home screen with new sizeable widgets
• App Library that categorises all apps at the end
• Edit pages like that in Android
• Picture-in-picture on iPhone

Siri and Dictation

• Revamped Siri with transparent screen without disturbing
• Increased commands for Siri like sending the voice messages
• Dictation app uses voice same as Siri to dictate text

Translate

• New translate app to translate from many apps

Messages

• New and more Memojis with face cover and age options
• Chat groups
• Inline replies and Mentions like WhatsApp which can be pinned
• Visual Identity for the chat groups

Maps

• New places for US with look around
• New countries to be introduced like UK, Ireland, Canada
• Map Guides
• Dedicated Cycling experience to be introduced in iOS 14 NYC, LA, San Fran, Shanghai
• EV routing including charging stops with automobile manufacturers like BMW, Ford

CarPlay

• New wallpaper options
• New features like Parking, EV charging, order food
• Digital Car Key starting with BMW 5 series 2021 edition with NFC. Tap to unlock, push to start; U1 chip for car key
• Restricting driving profile

App Store

• App clicks with NFC/QR Codes; easy to discover
• Light and fast for fast transactions with not installed apps on your phone with less than 10 mb
• App Clip Code

iPad OS

Redesigned widgets as in iOS 14

• New Sidebar with quick locations, music
• Siri design same as iOS 14
• Redesigned iPad Call screen with a compact notification

Search

• Universal Search like Mac OS

Pencil

• Scribble : hand write and it will be converted to text and shapes
• Using scribble, it will work with any text field. For example, in Safari.
• Improvements to handwriting . Example, writing a phone number and tap for actions

AirPods

• Auto switching; switching from one device to another as you finish on one device
• AirPods Pro: introducing the virtual spatial surround sound with head tracking
• Works for 5.1, 7.1 and Dolby Atmos

Watch OS

• Multiple complex and rich watch faces
• More customised watch faces
• Face sharing to share watch faces with friends, family, social media
• Maps to be updated with cycling directions
• Dance workout with Latin, Bollywood workout for fitness with advanced sensor identification
• Activity app redesigned with UI and new name – Fitness
• Sleep tracking with wind down time and wind down time shortcuts
• Automatic detection for hand wash

New Privacy Features

• Data minimisation
• On-device intelligence which sends which data should be send to server
• Security
• Approximate location instead of exact
• Camera indicators
• Tracking control with permissions
• Developers to self-report practises like sharing your data with any other service

Home Devices

• Automatic actions when you scan a new device
• Prioritization of tasks that require your attention
• Adaptive lightening according to day
• Activity Zones in Camera
• Face recognition with smart camera, extended to Home Pod and Apple TV
• Multi-user game experience on Apple TV
• Picture-in-Picture on TV OS

macOS BIG SUR

Design

• New Design with new UI
• New UI elements, dock, translucent menu bar and redesigned icons, toolbars
• Mail app revamped with colours
• Photos apps has grids, animations are smoother
• Notifications space combing (new) widgets and notifications, Control Centre,
• Messages search, memojis/effects on mac. Pinned favorites.
• Revamped Maps on macOS Big Sur with favorites, detailed view, guides, look-around and friends’ location
• Mac Catalyst with new capabilities
• Safari with new elegant design, customisation background, privacy features.
• Intelligent tracking protection. Extensions can read data as per the user’s permissions.
• Full privacy protection, tab previews, in-browser translations.

Apple Silicon

• Scale-able architecture for Mac just like Ax series chips for iPhones, iPads and Watches
• Apple claims higher power with lesser power
• Apps with Universal 2 binary that runs on Intel powered Macs and Apple Silicon
• Rosetta 2 translates the power apps to match the Intel PC
• iPhone and iPad apps to work on Mac now

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