GTDJedi Podcast - EP074 - WWDC TEKSide Recap

GTDJedi Podcast

Show Notes

iOSDocked: 166

TEKTOK: 87

GTDJedi: 74

Date: 06/14/21

Hosts: Clay Russell, Jerry Goldbaum, Colin Gold, & Jay Miller

Top Stories (iOSDocked) (brought to you by our Patron George Williams Jr. )

WWDC Recap

Intro

• Developers create opening video

• 25 million viewers of WWDC 2020

iOS

iOS15

• FaceTime

  • SharePlay

  • Listen together.

  • Watch together.

  • Share your screen.

  • Developer API available

• Messages

  • Photo collages

  • Photo galleries

  • News, Music, Photos, Safari, Podcasts, TV Apps have "Shared With You" feature for saved items in Messages

• Focus

  • Notifications

    • Contact photos

    • Larger icons

    • Notification Summary (you choose when)

      • Sorted by priority

      • Won't contain messages

  • Do Not Disturb enhancements w/ notify anyway feature

  • Focus - separate areas of life to choose from

    • Choose which apps notify you.

    • Choose your Home Screen.

    • Create a custom Focus (syncs across devices)

• Intelligence

  • Live Text

    • Captures text off anything and attaches to clipboard or allows for lookup

    • Understands several languages

    • Visual look up, tap & learn

  • Spotlight

    • Photos search (elements, live text)

    • Rich results for contacts with all related information

  • Photos Memories

    • Animated titles

    • Music from Apple Music

    • Interactive

    • Different mixes

• Wallet, Weather & Maps

  • Wallet

    • Keys

    • Tap to Unlock

    • ID cards to wallet

  • Weather

    • All the Dark Sky stuff now baked in to iOS

    • Full screen full resolution weather maps

  • Maps

    • Beautiful new UI

    • Coming to CarPlay later this year

AirPods

• Conversation Boost

• Announce Notifications (uses Focus settings)

• Uses FindMy

• Spatial Audio (now works with tvOS, & macOS)

• Spatial Audio in Apple Music kicks off today.

iPadOS

Widgets

• Place them anywhere

• New larger format for iPadOS only

App Library

• In the dock

• Hide pages no longer needed or reorder them

Multitasking

• New menu at the top of every app

  • Easily swipe between apps on one side while keeping the other side in place.

  • Preview with new pop over that keeps existing views in place beneath.

  • Minimize into "The Shelf"

    • Easy access to recent windows of an app

  • Create split view by dragging one app on top of another.

• Keyboard Shortcuts to control multitasking capabilities

Notes

• Mentions

• Tags with Tag Browser

• Quick Note

  • Drag from the corner from anywhere.

  • Tapable links

  • Swipe between Quick Notes.

Translate

• Auto Translate

• System-wide translation

• Works with Live Text

Swift Playground

• Build apps on iPad.

• Submit completed apps to the App Store.

Privacy

Mail

• Mail privacy protection

• Hides IP, location & open emails

Safari

• App Privacy Report (how apps treat your privacy)

Siri

• Audio never leaves your device.

iCloud

• Account Recovery (add contact)

• Digital Legacy (add contact)

• ICloud+

  • Private Relay

    • Encrypted browser traffic

  • Hide My Email

  • HomeKit Secure Video

  • Same low price as iCloud today

Health

• Mobility (fall risk)

• Trends (changes in activities)

• Health Sharing (privately share)

watchOS

Breathe

Reflect

Sleep App

• Respiratory Rate

Fitness

• Tai Chi workout

• Pilates workout

• New Fitness Workouts

• Artist Spotlights

Photos

• New Portraits Watch Face

• New Photos app

Scribble

• Enhancements

• GIF reply

Other Features

• Multiple timers

Home

• Home Keys

• Hands Free TV Play

• Shared TV experiences

• For All of You (perfect for family night)

• Siri for everyone

  • Enable Siri in 3rd party products.

• Open Source HomeKit called Matter

• Apple Watch

  • Intercom

  • Doorbell

    • Package Detection

macOS

Monterey

• SharePlay

• Quick Note

• Continuity

• Universal Control

  • Use one trackpad & keyboard to control a Mac & an iPad.

  • Drag & Drop works between macOS & iPadOS.

• AirPlay

  • AirPlay to Mac (including audio)

• Shortcuts

  • Automator will continue to be supported.

  • Import automations into Shortcuts.

• Safari

  • Modern & Minimal UI

  • Tab Groups

  • The tab bar takes on the color of the current web page.

    • (also available on iOS on bottom of browser)

  • Extensions come to iOS & iPadOS.

Developer Technologies

• New APIs

• Object Capture

• Swift

  • Concurrency - fast, modern, safe code

• App Store

  • 600 million weekly viewers

  • 239 billion paid to developers

  • Create multiple app product pages.

  • In-App Events

  • New widget?

• Xcode Cloud

  • Run apps in parallel on all devices.

  • Secure & Powerful

  • Limited beta immediately

Outro

• Developer beta today

• Public beta next month

• Launch in the fall

How to Reach Us

Where you can reach the TEKSide crew

• Jerry - @JNGold on twitter, blogs on techmusings.me and also co-host of the GJedi podcast

• Colin - @colingold

• Jay - @kjaymiller

• Clay - @clayrussell

iLikes/iDislikes (iOSDocked) (takeaways from WWDC)

• Jerry: Siri on device, Dark Sky/Weather Integration, Live Text, iPad Multitasking, iCloud+

• Colin: Focus across Shortcuts on Mac

• Jay: No Pro Apps on iOS/No hew hardware or word of it

• Clay: iPad multitasking, keyboard shortcuts, Quick Note, Focus

Hails Stails & Fails (iOSDocked)

• iPadOS 15 and macOS Monterey bring Low Power Mode to iPad and Mac

• Drag and drop support for iOS 15

• You get a choice with software updates

• Built-in authenticator for passwords

• You can place multiple copies of the same app on your Home Screen

• FaceTime mute alerts

• Temporary iCloud storage

• App badge notifications can be disabled when users are in Do Not Disturb or "Focus" mode or just in General

• iOS 15 Can Automatically Add and Remove Widgets to a Smart Stack

• tvOS 15 lets you sign in to apps using Face ID on your iPhone

• iOS 15 Allows You to Request Refunds for In-App Purchases Directly Within Apps

• iOS Photos now lets you mark people, places, and dates to suggest less often as featured images

Bantha Fodder (GTDJedi) (what's been sherlocked?)

• FaceTime

• iCloud+

• Photos

• Password Authenticator

• Live Text

• Apple Maps

• Mail

• Shelf apps

• Carrot Weather

• Note Apps

In Closing

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