Apple’s WWDC 2023: The Unbelievable Tech Breakthroughs That Will Change Your Life!

Finally, the wait is over. The much-awaited Apple Annual Developer Conference-WWDC 2023 is live on YouTube. Apple CEO Tim Cook has announced major updates. The most awaited products, including Apple’s Vision Pro and 15.3-inch MacBook, have been revealed. Here is the the first look at the key features of these amazing products, software updates and fixes.

The Worldwide Developers Conference, or WWDC, is this year’s most awaited event hosted by Apple. It’s like a big party for people who develop apps and software for Apple devices, including the iPhone, iPad, and Macbook.

At this event, Apple presents the new version of the software that runs on its devices along with new updates. This reveal may include a new iOS version to improve your iPhone's performance. New gadgets and devices are also introduced at this event.

The reason behind this event's importance is Apple's big reveal. The company gives a sneak peek at what it is technically planning for the coming future. It helps app makers adapt to these changes, apply them and sometimes even develop new app ideas. The event allows us to take a detailed look at the latest features and upgrades introduced by Apple in its existing and new devices.

Major Announcements at WWDC – 2023

• Apple Vision Pro – Must See
• 15.3 inch MacBook
• Mac-Studio
• M2-Ultra-Chips
• Airdrops
• Face-Time
• Journal-Brand New App
• iOS-17
• iPadOS
• MacOS
• AirPods
• AirPlay
• tvOS-and-Apple-TV
• Apple-Watch:-Watch-OS10

Apple Vision Pro

Key Features of Vision Pro-Mixed Reality Headsets

• Augment reality seamlessly provides an immersive experience to handle digital content as if it is in your physical space)
• Uses eyes, hands and voice gestures
• Resize images using hands
• Connect with people on face time while sharing the same space
• 3d interface controlled by eyes, hands and voice
• Rescale apps to any limit
• Apps can fully expand
• Uses an intuitive input model 
• Browse through the apps simply by looking
• Tap your fingers to select
• Allows using Siri
• You can still see people while using Vision Pro
• Reveal your eyes to others to signal that you are using Vision Pro. When completely immersed, the user’s Vision Pro will signal as shown below.

• To keep you connected with the real world, when someone comes nearby, i.e. in your view, the person will peer into your view.
• Vision Pro can be synced with all Apple devices.
• Content appears in 3-D view, including photos and movies. Disney 100 will be available from day 1 on Vision Pro.

15.3-inch MacBook

Key Features of Mac Book

• 15.3-inch Liquid Retina Display
• M2 Chips
• 12 times faster than Intel’s fastest MacBook Air
• Ix Speaker Sound System
• 8 Core CPU
• 10 Core GPU
• 1080 p Camera
• Upto 24 GB Memory
• Upto 500 Nits of Brightness
• 1 Billion Color
• Upto 2 TB of Storage

Mac Studio

Key Features of MacStudio

• Pack with M2 Max and M2 Ultra Chips
  • M2 Max Model is up to 4x faster than the intel-based iMac
  • M2 Ultra Model 6x fastest than the intel-based iMac
• Upto 24-core CPU
• Upto 76-core GPU
• 40% Faster Neural Engine
• 10 GB of ethernet
• Upto 192 GB of Unified Memory
• Wifi 6E 
• Bluetooth 5.3
• 8K Display Support
• Upto 8 TB Storage

M2 Ultra Chips

Key Features of M2 Ultra Chips

• 24-core CPU
• Upto 76-core GPU
• Upto 3x faster than the fastest Intel-based Mac Pro
• Upto 7x faster than starting config of Intel-based Mac Pro
• 32-core Neural Engine
  • 31.6 trillion operations per second
• 8 Thunderbolt 4 ports
• Upto 192 GB of Unified Memory
• Six open PCle gen4 slots
• Supports up to six Pro display XDRs
• Upto 22 streams of 8k ProRes
• Wifi 6E
• Bluetooth 5.3

Airdrop

Expanding its use in all new ways in the following ways:

• Uses namedrop with iPhone and Apple watch.
• Sharing has become easier. Media can be shared via Airdrop by bringing phones close.
• Allows sharing contact using Namedrop.
• Allows performing instant activity among multiple devices Shareplay.
• Multiple people can watch live streams or play a game together simultaneously.

Face Time

• Record a message for later
• More powerful search with search filter
• Swipe to Reply
• Audio message for transcription
• Messaging has become more convenient. Features like a search filter have been added.
• Replying inline
• Provides transcription of audio message
• Swipe to reply to any bubble
• Location sharing has become easier using Check-In.

Journal – Brand New App

• End-to-end Encryption
  • Not even Apple can access it
• Suggestion API 
• Location 
• Music
• Check-in: to let them know you safely reached
• Battery level is also indicated in check-in
• Introduced stickers
• Tap + button tap stickers emoji are converted into stickers
• Rotate and resize them as well

iOS 17

Key Features of iOS 17

• Replaced ‘Hey Siri’ with ‘Siri’ to activate the voice assistant.
• Find My Item Sharing
• StandBy
  • Fullscreen experience
  • Always on Display
  • Adapts to low-light
• Check-In
  • To ensure that people reach home safely.
  • It allows you to see if they have reached or not.
  • Indicates the battery level in case the phone’s battery drains out.
• Live Stickers
  • All emojis in the stickers with resize features
  • Save with live photos
• Improved Autocorrect as the system learns from your phrases to improve suggestions.
• Leave a Facetime message
• Offline Maps
• Airdrop sharing

iPadOS

• Final Cut Pro
• Widget and Lockscreen
  • Information at a Glance
  • Customized Lock Screen
• Live Activity
  • With Lock Screen
• Health
  • Sync iPad, iPhone & Apple Watch
• Health Kit
  • Developer API
• PDF
  • AutoFill
• Notes
  • For PDF/inside notes
  • Automate using Apple Pencil
  • Changing in Real Time/Live Collaboration

MacOS

Key Features of MacOS

• Sonoma: to make it more productive [new screensavers]
• Enhanced personalization via widgets that can be directly accessed via desktop
• To ensure that widgets do not create any hindrance while working, they become faded while using other apps.
• iPhone widgets can be accessed on the Macbook.
• Gaming
  • Developers can bring games to more players.
  • Game mode is introduced to allow the performance to be measured in milliseconds.
  • The gaming experience has become more immersive. 
  • Reduction in audio and input latency.
  • Ingame responsiveness
  • The game porting toolkit allows for the porting of games from other platforms.

AirPods

• Adaptive audio: A new mode has been created by merging transparency and noise cancellation modes to improve the listening experience. It adjusts itself according to the environment, allowing you to stay aware of the surroundings while cancelling external noises.
• Personalized volume using ML model to understand and adjust according to your audio preference.
• Conversation awareness reduces music and noise around.
• Allows the ease of picking up audio calls even in noisy environments.
• Press to mute and unmute calls quickly.

AirPlay

• Used for sharing audio, videos and photos to nearby speakers and screens.
• Pairing can be simply done by scanning a QR code.
• ‘Airplay in hotels’ will be available in the selected location by the end of the year.

tvOS and Apple TV

Key Features of Apple TV

• Redesigned control centres
• Memories can be saved as screensavers
• Facetime to Apple TV
• Uses continuity camera (wirelessly connect iPhone to use its camera)
• Interact with the TV using gesture
• Easily watch things simultaneously with others
• Continuity camera app made available for developers
• Applications, including Zoom and Webex, will soon be available

Apple Watch: Watch OS 10

Key features of Apple Watch

It gives a new way to watch the information

• Long press to add widgets
• Interactive widgets introduced
• Redesigned apps:
  • World clock: included dynamic background colours
  • Activity app: use the corner icon to see the weekly summary
  • Trophy case redesigned
• Snoopy character is introduced with many different animated moves
• Powerful Monitor Sensors
  • Golf shots can be detected with small wrist moments
• Cycling: apple watch connected to Bluetooth-enabled cycling sensors
  • FTP will be estimated
  • Cycling workouts show up as live activity on your iPhone
• Hiking: Compass and maps updated
• Maps updated (topographic maps)
• Workout APIs for developers
• For health
  • Mental health has been introduced to take care of your emotional well-being.
  • Vision health for reducing and preventing cases of Myopia or near-sightedness. It can track the time spent in daylight and the screen distance between the user and devices to prevent using devices from an unsafe close distance.

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