This year's WWDC started with a recap of the new services Apple has introduced earlier in March. These services include Apple News+, Apple Arcade, Apple Card, and Apple TV+. A trailer for the coming TV show "For All Mankind" was shown as one of the numerous original shows coming to Apple TV+ this fall.

Now, let's dive into the update news across all of Apple products.

tvOS (Apple Website Link)

1. Home screen redesign, with full screen previews of TV shows and movies.
2. Multi-user support. Family members have their own "Up Next" list, personalized recommendations, and music lists. Switching between users from the home screen.
3. Able to see synchronized lyrics when playing songs.
4. Support for Xbox One X and Playstation Dualshock 4 controllers.
5. New undersea screen savers.

watchOS 6 (Apple Website Link)

1. More watch faces.
2. "Taptic chimes" that produces a taptic and an audible chime on the hour.
3. New Audiobook app.
4. Voice Memos and Calculator coming to Apple Watch.
5. Tip calculation on Calculator, with the ability to split the bill with several people.
6. Independent watch apps that don't require connection with your phone.
7. Extended runtime API and streaming audio API
8. App Store on Apple Watch. Ability to purchase and install apps directly on the Apple Watch.
9. Activity Trends that compares your Activity data.
10. Ambient sound level detection.
11. Cycle Tracking (both on Apple Watch and iPhone).
12. Redesigned Health app. Adding a "Summary" view.
13. New pride face and band.

iOS 13 (Apple Website Link)

iOS 12 has achieved 97% customer satisfaction and 85% adoption rate (compared with 10% adoption rate of Android 9).

The coming iOS 13 features 30% faster Face ID unlock, 50% smaller app download sizes, 60% smaller app updates, and 200% app launch speed.

1. Dark mode.
2. Swipe input for keyboard.
3. Time synced lyrics for Apple Music.
4. Per site customizations for Safari.
5. Text formatting controls, rich fonts, and gallery view for Notes.
6. Completely reinvented Reminders:
   • Recognition of place and time from text.
   • Quick type bar to add details intuitively.
   • Top-level reminder for todos (indenting reminders).
   • Smart lists.
   • A notification for reminders relating to people will show up when messaging that person.
7. Improved Maps app:
   • More details on the map.
   • "Favorites" on launch screen
   • Collections of places.
   • "Look Around" that allows you to see 3D views of a place.
   • Smooth movement in Look Around
   • Labels in Look Around can be tapped to learn more.
   • Junction view in China.
   • Real-time transit information.
   • Siri guidance.
   • ETA sharing.
   • Flight status checking.
8. Privacy updates on Location Services, Login (introducing "Sign in with Apple"), and HomeKit.
9. "Sign in with Apple" that ensures privacy when logging in to apps. You can choose what information to give to the app, and even hide your email by using a unique random email address created by Apple and forwards to your real email.
10. Introducing "HomeKit Secure Video", which analyzes security camera footage on device and sent to iCloud with encryption. Also introduces HomeKit-enabled routers to keep your smart furnitures safe from cyber attack.
11. Sharing your name and picture (or Memoji/Animoji) to friends in the Messages app.
12. New customizable options for Memoji.
13. Memoji Stickers that can be used across many apps and devices.
14. Advanced Portrait Mode settings such as light intensity.
15. Better photo editing experience and new photo effects.
16. Advanced video editing functions like rotating a video (wow), adding filters, and more.
17. A new way to browse your photos. It removes the clutter and organizes photos by events.
18. Announce messages and instantly reply with AirPods.
19. Audio sharing with another AirPods user.
20. Handoff for HomePod.
21. Live radio can be played by Siri.
22. Personalized HomePod response based on voices of different family members.
23. New dashboard, Calendar, Music, third party Siri support for CarPlay.
24. Shortcuts become built-in, with updated UI.
25. Siri voice becomes more natural thanks to Neural TTS technology

iPadOS (Apple Website Link)

1. Widget view on home screen.
2. Slide Over to use another app.
3. Easily change "slide over" apps with a swipe ( like iPhone X multitasking).
4. Split View enabling two windows (can be of the same app) opening at the same time.
5. App Expose with multiple window support.
6. Better email composing with Split View.
7. Column view, file preview, quick actions, and rich metadata in the Files app (very similar to macOS Finder)
8. iCloud Drive folder sharing.
9. SMB file sharing that enables sharing files with your PC.
10. Thumbdrives and other external storage systems can be plugged into an iPad now.
11. You can import files from a camera directly to your iPad.
12. Other features in Files include local storage, zip & unzip, search suggestions, and keyboard shortcuts.
13. Desktop-class browsing for Safari.
14. Download manager for Safari, and much more.
15. Custom fonts.
16. Better multitouch gestures. Grabbing the scroll indicator, dragging to select, three-finger gestures to copy, paste, and undo.
17. Apple Pencil latency lowered from 20ms to 9ms.
18. Newly designed Apple Pencil tool palette and PencilKit API.

Mac Pro (Apple Website Link)

• Up to 28-core Intel Xeon processor.
• 2933MHz ECC, 6 memory channels, 12 DIMM slots. Up to 1.5TB RAM.
• 8 PCIe slots, consisting 4 double-wide slots, 3 single-wide slots. The last slot is an I/O card with 2 Thunderbolt 3 ports, 2 USB-A ports, 3.5mm audio minijack. 2 more Thunderbolt ports are present on top of the system.
• 2 built-in 10Gb Ethernet ports.
• MPX Module: has a x16 PCIe connector; a PCIe, DisplayPort, and power port; fanless design.
• The MPX Module offers Radeon Pro 580X, Radeon Pro Vega II, or Radeon Pro Vega II Duo (two Vega II's).
• Two MPX Modules can be configured on a Mac Pro.
• Provides option for Afterburner, which improves video editing and playback speed, making the Mac Pro capable of 3 streams of 8K videos at once.
• 1.4kW power supply.
• 3 quiet fans for cooling.
• Optional wheels.

Pro Display XDR (Apple Website Link)

• 32-inch LCD
• 6016 x 3384, 20 million pixels
• Retina Display
• P3, 10-bit color
• Wide viewing angle
• Nano-texture glass
• 1000 nits brightness, 1600 nits peak
• 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio
• Extreme Dynamic Range (XDR)
• Portrait Mode (you can rotate the display)

macOS Catalina (Apple Website Link)

1. iTunes is now split into three applications: Music, Podcasts, and Apple TV.
2. Apple Music will no longer pop up when connected to an iPhone to sync.
3. Sync options for iPhone is moved to Finder.
4. New content searching feature for Podcasts.
5. The Apple TV application supports 4K HDR and Dolby playback.
6. Sidecar introduced. You can use your iPad as a second display for your Mac.
7. Voice Control. Enabling the ability to control your macOS and iOS devices entirely using voice.
8. Find My. Available on both macOS and iOS devices, Find My is a combination of Find My iPhone and Find My Friends. Find My works on offline devices. This is achieved by a encrypted and anonymous Bluetooth beacon signal sent by the device.
9. Activation Lock that allows you to lock your Macbook when stolen.
10. Updated Maps, Photos, Safari, Notes, and Reminder app.
11. Screen Time introduced to macOS (just like the one in iOS).
12. Project Catalyst available to all developers which transforms iPad apps into macOS apps.

Apple has also announced news related to RealityKit, Reality Composer, and ARKit 3. You can read more about them on Apple's website.

On this conference, Apple emphasized once again on the importance of privacy of their customers, and they've made every software secure and private. "You control your data" appeared on the screen multiple times, which further showed us Apple's dedication to protecting privacy.

"At Apple, we believe privacy is a fundamental human right, and it's engineered into everything we do."

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