iOS 16 for iPhone, MacBook Air, M2 chip

CNBC’s Steve Kovach stopped Apple CEO Tim Cook after the keynote ended and requested whether or not provide strains in China are opening up:

Apple simply introduced iPadOS 16, its newest software program for iPads. It packs in new options for “pro” customers who love to do quite a lot of issues on the similar time.

• The new software program lets two individuals simply collaborate on iPads. Users can message each other or begin a FaceTime name to debate what they’re engaged on. They may also see which tabs customers are taking a look at within the tabs bar.
• Apple is introducing a brand new app referred to as Freeform later this yr. It’s a collaborative whiteboard app that lets individuals work on a doc on the similar time. It appears rather a lot like what’s been accessible in Microsoft Office and Google Docs for years.

• Apple is rolling out Stage Manager, which is able to allow you to overlay apps and alter window sizes. This means you need to be capable to see extra of your open apps on the similar time, though it falls wanting having the ability to have a number of open home windows directly as you may on a Mac or Windows laptop. It’s clear Apple continues to be attempting to maintain iPad software program capabilities very separate from Mac’s.
• You’ll be capable to do extra once you connect an exterior monitor to an iPad working on an M1 chip. Apple stated you’ll transfer your mouse and keyboard on to the exterior show and work together with extra apps on the similar time.

— Jessica Bursztynsky

Apple simply introduced macOS Ventura, its new software program for Macs.

Here’s what’s new:

• With the stage supervisor function, customers can extra simply manage open home windows. It teams apps collectively on the facet and permits customers to toggle by way of groupings of various home windows.

• The Mac’s Spotlight search bar has extra outcomes and the flexibility to take actions resembling setting a timer.
• Mail can have the flexibility to undo despatched messages and have a extra highly effective search suggestion bar.
• Shared tab teams within the Safari internet browser will enable customers to share teams of hyperlinks with associates.
• Passkeys provides a password various that may be created utilizing TouchID.
• Another new function permits you to use your iPhone as a webcam.

— Lauren Feiner

Apple simply introduced a brand new 13-inch MacE-book Pro with the M2 chip. The exterior look, although, would not appear to be getting a lot of a revamp.

The latest MacE-book Pro begins at $1,299. Apple did not present precise launch dates however stated it is going to be launched subsequent month. The firm’s Mac manufacturing has been severely slowed by Covid-related lockdowns in China.

Apple is promising as much as 20 hours of battery life, together with an 8-core CPU, 10-core GPU and as much as 24 GB of reminiscence with the brand new Macbook Pro.

— Jessica Bursztynsky

Apple simply introduced a brand new MacE-book Air that runs on its new M2 processor.

The MacE-book Air is available in 4 colours: house grey, starlight, midnight and silver. It will price $1,199 and Apple will nonetheless promote the sooner MacE-book Air with its M1 chip.

It’s charged with Apple’s MagSafe and has two Thunderbolt ports.

Apple says it takes up 25% much less quantity than the final MacE-book Air. It’s 2.7 kilos and can have a 13.6″ display with thinner borders than its predecessor.

The new MacBook Air has an 18-hour battery life for watching video.

Apple didn’t provide an exact launch date except that it will be released next month. Apple’s Mac production has been severely slowed by Covid lockdowns in China.

— Kif Leswing and Lauren Feiner

Apple just announced its latest chip, the M2. It’s the successor to Apple’s M1 chip, which is used in Macs and iPads. The M2 will make its debut in the new MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro, also announced on Monday.

The chip will include 25% more transistors and 50% more bandwidth than M1.

Apple said it’s focused on power-efficient performance, maximizing speed while limiting the amount of power needed to do so.

— Lauren Feiner

Apple just announced watchOS 9, its latest software for the Apple Watch.

The update will include new long-awaited sleep-tracking features so users can see how long they’re in each sleep stage. Users will see sleep stage data on Apple Watch in the Sleep app and can view more detailed information on their iPhones.

The workout app is also being revamped to include features such as heart rate zones and new running metrics to track how efficiently you run.

Users will also be able to track and manage their medications, vitamins and supplements with the Health app. The medications feature will let users create a medications list, set up schedules and reminders, and view information on their medications in the Health app. 

As part of the update, Apple is rolling out a new Siri user interface and new banner notifications. Users can also search for new podcasts on the watch. WatchOS 9 will also include new watch faces, including an astronomy face and the lunar calendar.

— Jessica Bursztynsky

Apple didn’t announce an actual car on Monday, but it revealed a major update to CarPlay, Apple’s in-dash software for iPhones. Apple says the new software has “deep integration with the automotive’s {hardware}” and can control functions such as air conditioning and display widgets. So, your iPhone will communicate with your car and provide all the data on the screens of your car, such as your speed, how much gas is left, maps, rpm and more. Apple is working with companies such as Ford, Nissan and more to support the next generation of CarPlay and said the next vehicles that support it will start to be announced late next year. Apple did not announce any supported vehicles.

— Kif Leswing

Apple introduced a new feature called Safety Check that enables users to quickly turn off all services and apps being shared with the user’s family, such as location or whether a user’s texts go to other devices aside from their phone.

Apple said the feature was designed in partnership with women’s groups and is designed to make it easier to stay private and protect personal data and safety when leaving a relationship.

— Kif Leswing

Apple just announced its buy now, pay later product, Apple Pay Later, which will allow you to buy things wherever Apple Pay is accepted and then pay for it in four payments over six weeks. Apple says there are no fees.

Shares of Affirm, a competing service, are down about 6% on the news.

Users will be able to manage their payments through the Wallet app. The company is also rolling out order tracking through the wallet.

Apple has been rumored to be getting into the buy now, pay later space for about a year now. The feature is attractive to consumers who want to buy pricey products but don’t have all of the funds at once.

— Jessica Bursztynsky

Apple has added three major features to its messaging app, Messages. If the message is an iMessage, not an SMS text, then users will be able to edit messages, recall messages sent by mistake, and snooze texts so users can handle them later. These small tweaks will change how nearly 1 billion people send texts.

— Kif Leswing

Apple just announced iOS 16, the latest software for iPhones.

It’s the “greatest replace ever to lock display screen, utterly reimagining the way it works,” said Apple’s SVP of software engineering, Craig Federighi. It’s a brand new look that allows users to customize the lock screen with widgets — which have already been available on the home screen — by pressing and holding. Widgets are small icons that users can click on to quickly access tools such as the weather app.

Here’s what’s new:

• A more customizable lock screen allows users to adjust the time and date font and color. It also lets users shuffle their background photos throughout the day or choose animated backgrounds.

• Notifications on the lock screen will move to the bottom of the screen so they don’t cover up the background photo when the phone is locked.

• The focus feature will be expanded to the lock screen to allow users to choose how to filter notifications, such as to focus just on work-related or personal messages.
• On iMessage, Apple added options to edit messages, unsend and mark threads as unread.
• SharePlay will expand to iMessage, so users can watch or listen to media simultaneously and be able to stop and start in the same spot.

• The software update will make it easier to switch between typing and dictation.
• Changes to the Live Text feature make it easier to copy text from photos.
• Small merchants will have a new way to accept Apple Pay directly from a tap with the iPhone, without additional hardware.
• There will be a new buy now, pay later option.
• On Maps, Apple made it easier to see transit fares in travel directions.
• The Family Sharing tool will have an easier way to set up new devices with parental control settings.

• A new shared iCloud library will make it easier to share photos with family and friends.

Apple CEO Tim Cook appeared live on stage to kick off the WWDC event. He spoke briefly and turned it over to software chief Craig Federighi, who led the crowd in a cheer of “Go, builders!”

— Kif Leswing

People are starting to make their way to their seats ahead of the keynote. It’s prerecorded, so there are lots of big screens for everyone to tune in from. And I like that there’s a shaded area.

— Kif Leswing

Apple’s annual developer conference, WWDC, is all about catering to software developers. They’re the folks who build apps for the Mac, iPhone, iPad, Watch and TV. This is usually when Apple unveils new tools for them and big new updates for the iPhone, iPad and other platforms.

Apple is reportedly gearing up to announce a big new iPad software update that adds better multitasking, so you can run more apps at the same time side by side. The iPhone is expected to get new updates to the lock screen. The company may also announce new MacBook Airs. However, unlike the September iPhone events, WWDC is usually more focused on software than hardware. And, typically, the software that’s announced at WWDC rolls out to everyone sometime in the fall.

— Todd Haselton

WWDC is gathering Apple developers and press for the first time in two years. But the event is also a homecoming for many Apple employees who have been working remotely for the past two years because of the pandemic. Some employees are meeting their teammates in person for the first time, including those who have traveled from other major Apple offices, such as its facility in Austin, Texas. Apple started requiring corporate employees to return to the office earlier this year.

— Kif Leswing

The Apple Store website is down, which suggests that Apple might also announce new products during the WWDC 2022 event. It still seems a little early to announce the augmented reality headset, so my bet is on some sort of new Macs. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman suggested over the weekend that Apple may be ready to announce a redesigned MacBook Air. It will reportedly include MagSafe charging, the latest Apple processor and new colors.

— Todd Haselton

We’re here for WWDC 2022. Here are a couple of pictures of the campus. It’s a gorgeous day.

Apple’s been working on a headset for years. Reports have suggested it could launch in either 2022 or 2023. It’s the one product that’s top of mind for everyone right now, since it would be an entirely new product area for Apple. It could make sense for CEO Tim Cook and the team to announce the software for the headset, reportedly called realityOS, since this is a developer-focused event with folks who would build the apps for the device. However, Bloomberg recently suggested that we may not get a look. Still, we might get hints about what Apple is planning. The company may build some tools into existing software to allow developers to make virtual or augmented reality versions of their existing applications. If that happens, we know the headset can’t be far off. Or maybe we’ll be surprised and we’ll get a teaser or full announcement.

— Todd Haselton

We’re live from the Worldwide Developers Conference for the first time since the Covid pandemic started. Apple invited some media and developers to its headquarters in Cupertino, California, to watch the keynote. But there are a few differences from prior years. For one, we’re at the headquarters instead of the San Jose conference center where Apple held the event for several years prior to the pandemic.

And the keynote is not reside, prefer it was prior to now. Instead, we’ll be watching a prerecorded model identical to everybody tuning in from house. Still, it reveals that large tech occasions are beginning to return to some model of normalcy. Google’s developer convention in May was additionally held in individual however wasn’t open to a lot of the press.

— Kif Leswing