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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The most powerful version of split app view is available ONLY on the iPad Air 2.
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El Capitan is the Captain of all software. Fact.
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Picture-in-Picture video with split screen on an iPad.
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Federighi is claiming substantial battery-life improvements for iOS 9.
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Up to 3 additional hours thanks to a low-power mode, he says.
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You'll need to have a newer iPad to use these features, and this is the first time in years they've offered a really compelling reason to do so in my opinion.
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iOS 8 needed 4.6GB of free space for the upgrade; iOS 9 needs only 1.3GB.
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I didn't buy an iPad Air 2, but this makes it tempting. Unless I hold out for a bigger screen.
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Federighi running through new APIs for games and such, including ReplayKit, which lets developers let users record games for later playback.
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@harrymccracken So you can't use the picture-in-picture on a regular iPad (even if it's the newest version)?
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HomeKit getting support for window shades, security systems, sensors such as motion sensors, and iCloud-based remote control.
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I think picture-in-picture should work on more iPads.
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@rmgenson It seemed like it required an iPad Air 2.
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Oh, perhaps I misunderstood the list of devices supported.
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ReplayKit: A new feature that lets users record their game play and share it, that sounds pretty neat.
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CarPlay will work wirelessly, "in future cars." (It requires a USB connection at the moment.)
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@DanielTerdiman Wish I knew that before I bought my brand new iPad...LAST WEEK.
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Federighi is announcing Swift 2, the update to the iOS programming language which Apple announced a year ago at WWDC.
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Health app now tracks hydration, UV exposure and did he say something about reproductive health?
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Today, we're announcing that Swift will be open-source, Federighi says.
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Definitely the biggest applause of the entire keynote.
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I'm not enough of a codehead to know whether this means Swift could end up being used to develop Android apps (Federighi mentioned Linux).
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Developer beta available now, public beta in July, and free upgrade in the Fall. And it will support all devices that were supported by iOS 8.
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The loudest whoop of the day came for the announcement that Swift would now be open source 😱😱😱.
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We still haven't gotten to native Apple Watch apps.
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Hard to remember a day without the App Store, Cook says.
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Cook: App Store recently passed 100 billion app downloads.
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"The industry has never seen anything like this before." $30 billion paid to developers so far.
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App Store has surpassed 100 billion downloads
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Let's not forget that Steve Jobs didn't want to allow third-party applications into the App Store.
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We're seeing a video with various people praising iOS apps.
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Someone just said the App Store is bigger than the industrial revolution, which seems a tad exuberant. OK, insanely exuberant.
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In the video, Neil deGrasse Tyson said the combination of an app store and mobile devices was as important an innovation as the microscope. To echo @harrymccracken, that's a bit much. Then again, Uber!
