Apple’s WWDC 2017 is underway and a large number of announcements were made today. Below you will find the most interesting unveilings for today.
iOS 11 – For iPhone 5s and later, all iPad Air and iPad Pro Models, iPad fifth generation, iPad mini 2 and later, and iPod touch sixth generation
- Apple Pay expanding to include person-to-person payments
- Newly design Control Center
- Speed limits, lane guidance, and Do Not Disturb mode while driving for Maps app
- Augmented reality directly built into iOS
- Camera app improvements, including a new format (HEIF) to shrink the amount of storage that photos take
- New dock and drag-and-drop features for iPads
- New Files app for iPads
- First beta now available to developers, public beta coming later this summer
- Main focus is music with Siri integration
- Speaker contains an upward-facing woofer
- Can set alarms, timers, and reminders, send texts through Messages app, control devices through HomeKit, read the news, sports, traffic, stocks, and weather reports
- Can connect to HomeKit to control lights, blinds, locks, and other accessories
- Powered by A8 chip, the same processor found inside latest iPhones
- Just under 7 inches tall
- Detects its location with “spatial awareness” to provide quality audio
- Can play playlists, radio stations, and other content found within Apple Music
- Launches in December, releasing first in US, UK, and Australia
- Available in white and space gray
Siri Improvements
- New male and female voices
- On-device learning system – learns user habits and can suggest apps, news, and other content
- Live translations between English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, and Spanish, with more to come in the following months
- New integration with third-party apps allowing Siri to be used for banking, chatting, and other features
- Better contextual awareness
Other Announcements
- New macOS will be called High Sierra
- New iMac Pro
- New MacBooks and MacBook Pros with Kaby Lake processors
- New 10.5-inch iPad Pro
- Apple Watch to receive watchOS 4 this fall
- Newly redesigned App Store
