Apple's WWDC Keynote
On June 8, 2015 at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET, Apple will kick off its Worldwide Developers Conference with a keynote at San Francisco's Moscone Center. Expect news on the next versions of iOS and OS X, and maybe the introduction of a new Apple TV box. Fast Company's Harry McCracken and Daniel Terdiman will report live from the event.
WWDC is always, always primarily about software. This year, that might be even more true than usual. We can assume that upgrades to iOS and OS X are on tap. And the one major piece of hardware which was rumored to debut--a major update to the Apple TV streaming box--now seems unlikely. Come join us to see what's new--and to learn if Apple managed to keep any of its secrets truly secret.
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We're seeing a preview of an Epic game called Fortnite, with 64 lays of interactivity, thanks to Metal.
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Somewhere, @stevesi & @Julie_LGreen are smiling at Apple's "innovative" split view for windows in El Capitan OS. #WWDC15by Katie Boehret via twitter 6/8/2015 5:25:33 PM -
I am as excited about OS X Snap as I was when they innovated on Fast User Switching.by thurrott via twitter 6/8/2015 5:27:07 PM -
You can download Unreal Engine for Mac right now, they say.
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OS X has never been a very serious gaming platform. Wonder if Metal will do anything to change that.
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So will the next version of OSX be called Falls? As in, Yosemite Falls?
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El Capitan is available in a developer preview today. Public beta in July. Free upgrade this fall.
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Pinned websites is going to be huge.
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Only 12 percent of Android users on Lollipop. Federighi says.
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Crazy that Google still hasn't taken to pushing Android updates automatically like Apple does.
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Extending battery life, improving performance, and extending security, are big things. But also improving intelligence for the apps you use most.
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iOS's huge advantage in installed base for current version is so permanent an advantage that Apple has stopped being snarky about it.
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Siri has just 5% word error rate, he says, a 40% reduction over the last year.
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El Capitan is available in a developer preview today. Public beta in July. Free upgrade this fall.
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@markwilson Pushing updates to a few phones you made yourself is so much easier than pushing them to thousands of handsets manufactured by third parties.
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He says that because Siri knows when you're getting in your car (creepy), you can ask it to remind you to get the coffee off the roof when you're getting in.
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@harry, yeah, that's the argument. But you know, Microsoft's pulled it off on Windows for years!
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Plug in your headphones, and your phone will automatically bring up stuff you've been listening to.
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iOS 9 can offer up context-sensitive audio, depending on what you're doing: Going running, it'll play the latest song you were listening to. Getting in your car, it'll play an audio book you were listening to.
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To me, this is the most interesting thing going today: Apple's perilous walk between its privacy stance and how it needs to adapt to this new era of assistive computing that Google has pioneered.
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If you want to nominate apps which could become existential threats to the iPhone, Google's Google Now would be a leading candidate. These updates are making Siri more Google Now-ish.
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Siri search will also now make suggestions of people you might want to reach out to based on upcoming meetings.
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Apple needs to acknowledge that it knows what you're doing on your phone to be even more useful to its users
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New iOS will allow developers to tap into the search bar and serve suggestions. That's huge.
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Federighi is doing a demo. His phone knows he likes to meditate in the morning, and is offering him a meditation app.
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Which platform will be most successful in "deep linking"? Apple, Facebook, Google?
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Search will send you directly inside of an app, that's going to be fun.
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David, I think it's just a standard now, across the board. Like tapping an icon.
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Siri understands concepts like "this," which Google search has gotten really good at.
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Craig likes to meditate in the morning. The yurt thing from earlier is starting to make sense.
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Does this feel like a legitimate threat to Google's search dominance?
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Your phone proactively anticipating what you want is old hat for Android, and new to iOS.
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@davidlidsky The original version of Apple Maps also demoed well.
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Craig just showed off a context-aware feature that suggests some audio when you are going into the gym. If I'm a Spotify subscriber will it offer me options from that service, since it's what I use at the gym? I'm guessing the answer is no.
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Siri can take you right to photos based on keywords.
