![]() Now it’s time for some native app updates, or as I sometimes like to call it, “the toilet break window.” This kind of functionality was already available to iOS users, via a neat app called Workflow, but this will no doubt be a lot more tightly integrated and easy to use. Siri Suggestions will also now be served up on your lock screen, based around repetitive tasks like ordering coffee, and iOS 12 users will be able to create their own Siri Shortcuts to help (mostly) automate common tasks like the ones mentioned above. Third-party apps will be able to integrate “quick actions to Siri,” Fed tells us, so if you say “Siri I lost my keys,” Tile will be activated – to give you the example used on stage. Siri has stepped up to the plate and will also be getting smarter, courtesy of a new feature and supporting app called Shortcuts. Beats begging for a bottle of White Lightning and a packet of Rizla kings, I guess… Seriously, if Pokémon Go is anything to go by, your local High Street is going to be swamped with kids pointing iPads at the off-license next summer. The crux of it seems to be that AR games on Apple devices are get real, with LEGO AR experiences promised to launch on the App Store “later this year”. ![]() LEGO director of innovation, Martin Sanders, takes the stage to showcase the possibilities of ARKit. The biggest updated is apparently around “shared experiences” and “multi-user augmented reality”. Now we’re on to ARKit proper and the update is, unsurprisingly, ARKit 2.0 ![]() It was developed in partnership with Pixar, and Adobe Creative Cloud will support it natively.įed is back on stage and talking up a new AR measurement tool. ItĪpple worked with Pixar to make a new file format for AR: USDZ. We’re now moving on to augmented reality, so presumably this is the ARKit update we’ve heard mooted in the build-up to WWDC.Īpple has just unveiled a new file format for AR: USDZ. It’ll also be a free upgrade, in case there was any doubt. Some real news now: iOS 12 will be available for all of the same devices as iOS 11 was, so those of you with older Apple phones and tablets needn’t worry about being left behind. We’ll start with iOS 12 (which you can now consider confirmed) and Craig Federighi.Ĭraig’s getting his smug on and comparing iOS and Android adoption rates. “Today is all about software,” Cook says, revealing that we’ll be getting updates to all of Apple’s platforms – iOS, macOS, tvOS and watchOS. The Mac App Store is rumoured to be getting a significant design refresh this year, so hopefully there’s a point to all this gushing. The App Store turns 10 this year, we’re reliably informed – mad to think the iPhone was launched without it way back when, eh? We’re still busy emptying the sick bucket after that opening montage. The event is now underway, and we’re opening up with a David Attenborough-esque voice narrating over an exceptionally cringe video – yes, it’s cringe even by Apple’s exceptionally high standards.Īpple seems to be likening its developer base to animals, which someone, somewhere probably finds amusing. This event has now finished but you can relive all the action as it happened below Join us right here from 8pm BST (3pm ET/12pm PT) for our LIVE reactions to WWDC 2018 Related: iPhone 9 WWDC 2018 Live Blog: All the news as it happened Tim Cook and the rest of the Apple clan took to the stage from 6pm BST (10am PDT, 7pm CEST) to discuss the firm’s latest software-based innovations – and we got significant updates across the board. WWDC 2018 took place at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California from June 4 through June 8. This year’s Apple Worldwide Developers Conference is now over, so here’s everything you need to know about WWDC 2018 and all the news from the WWDC keynote – starting with the iOS 12, macOS Mojave, and watchOS 5 reveals. WWDC 2018: Highlights, news and updates from Apple’s WWDC keynote
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