![]() CarKit will support third-party apps for navigation. iBooks has been redesigned and is now called Apple Books. Apps, etc.Īpple is improving Photo search and sharing. Shortcuts looks potentially very powerful if enough developers support it. For example, you can create a “Heading home” Shortcut that pulls up your GPS directions, sets your home thermostat, alerts someone you’re headed home via iMessage and even sets your iPhone to the NPR app. A new developer tool called “Shortcuts” will let app developers add more personalized cues to Siri - and users can create their own Siri workflows via a new Shortcuts app. SiriĪpple continues to open Siri, its voice/AI assistant, to developer apps, adding new features in the process. Apple announced a new AR file format, USDZ, that big creative-software companies like Adobe are supporting, and a new AR-driven app called Measure.Īpple also announced a new version of its ARKit software developers tool with improved face tracking, 3-D object section and “shared experiences” - so people around you can share the same AR experience on their iOS devices. This is a potentially important technology for Apple’s future, so it’s telling that it’s the first new feature Apple is touting. AR and ARKitĪugmented reality, or AR, is “transformational technology,” Federighi said. This year, Apple is “doubling down on performance,” said SVP Craig Federighi, focusing on improvements that make devices faster - especially Apple’s oldest devices. iOS 12Īpple uses WWDC each year to unveil the year’s major update to iOS, which powers iPhones and iPads. Apple CEO Tim Cook says cumulative developer earnings will pass $100 billion next week. There are 20 million developers around the world, and only a few thousand are in attendance today. The big pictureĪs Apple’s iPhone App Store approaches its 10th birthday next month, and Apple’s Services business - including the App Store - represents one of its fastest-growing businesses, app developers remain one of the company’s most important constituencies. ![]() Here are the most important announcements Apple made, in roughly chronological order. Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference kicked off today with one of its big product-unveiling keynotes.
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