The Apple Developers Conference ended minutes ago. Apple did not present any big surprises at the conference, as it achieved the rumors completely, starting with updating the Mac and iOS system by focusing on performance, system speed and improving battery performance in iOS, as Apple had updated the watch system.

Summary of the 2015 Apple Developers Conference

The conference started with Tim Cook going up to the stage and greeting the developers. He mentioned that for the first time they will broadcast some training courses live and that there is a developer attending who is only 12 years old.

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Mac 10.11 captain / captain

Then he started talking about Apple systems and the beginning with Mac 10.10 and mentioned that it was the fastest spreading computer operating system and added that 55% of Mac computers now work on 10.10, compared to 7% of devices running on 8.1.

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Then there was talk of the new system 10.11, which was named El capitan

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The new system has carried many of the advantages of iOS whereby pulling mail deletes the message. And you can "Pin" the pages in Safari.

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It also revealed the new generation of searches, where the search has become smart, so you can ask the search engine for the last application you opened and how much is the temperature in a particular city

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You can add a mail messages tab. Apple added the ability to split the screen automatically. And improve moving apps between screens. The update also focused on improving system performance in general, as it became 1.4 times faster in opening applications, twice as fast in moving between them, as well as viewing e-mail and 4 times faster in opening PDF files.

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He also announced the transfer of Metal technology to the Mac system, which will make graphics playback performance 50% faster. Show this in a new game by Epic.

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The new Mac system will be available as a beta version from today to developers, and next month a public beta version until it is released in the fall.

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Software Store and Swift System

Apple mentioned that the software store was released 7 years ago, and in order to develop it, a new programming language had to be introduced, and this is what happened with Swift last year, and then I mentioned many points such as:

  • Apple has paid developers $ 30 billion so far, up $ 5 billion since the start of the year.

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  • The apps were downloaded 100 billion times.
  • 1.5 million apps on the App Store.
  • 98% of the Fortune 500 companies in America use iOS devices.
  • The average number of apps per person is 119.
  • 850 apps downloaded every second.

In the end, Apple mentioned good news to developers as Swift will be in its second new open source release

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IOS 9 update

As we expected, the update obtained by the iOS system was not a major update, but the speed and battery performance of course were taken care of with some simple features and new applications and the most important things that came in the new system:

Siri update
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It was announced that Siri received more than a billion requests per week, and the response and understanding of speech was accelerated by more than 40%. Siri also became smarter by dealing within the system. For example, you can tell her to “search for the pictures that he took at such a party” and then display all the required pictures as possible. Accessing the most read article on Safari, for example, it is smarter than before and now depends on your geographical location, what you plan and the things around you.

Reminder

Also, Apple added another feature to Siri, which is to understand what you are doing now and respond accordingly, for example, when your friend tells you about reading an article, you can tell Siri just remind me of that and she will understand and add a reminder in order to read this article, you do not need to write yet Now all the reminders that appear in front of you in Messages or Safari will enable you to make reminders for them.

Smarter system

The system has become more intelligent and understands what you need. For example, the headphone output has become smarter. When you put the headset in the device, suggestions for things that can be heard from music, audio books or podcasts will appear on the screen.

System search engine is more efficient

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The search engine has been taken care of greatly in iOS 9, as it will now show larger results than before, such as results of sports matches and movies, and most importantly is the ability to search within other applications to access results such as searching for a recipe for making chocolate cake and it will show recipes within your favorite cooking applications You have, but provided that these applications support the software for the search engine, and the search engine will show you the applications that you use according to your daily routine, and it also shows you the contacts, places and applications that you use the most.

Notes application

Apple has transformed the Notes application into a real application, starting with its display of link content, the ability to write with drawings, put points for tasks, and change the size and type of font used.

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News application

Apple added a new application, the news application, and stated that it would like to work on a news application for some time, and it is time to be available to all.

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A number of newspaper and news publishers will be contracted to add many sources that you can choose from.

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Other features in iOS 9:

  • Organize your e-mail addresses so that it is smart enough to show close names when you add them, such as coworkers, friends, family, and so on.
  • If you make an appointment or a reminder in the app, it will suggest a time to leave by sending an alert.
  • Speed ​​in system performance and save resources, which makes the battery better by an hour more
  • System to reduce battery consumption to last for three additional hours
  • Search feature in settings

Exclusive iPad updates

Finally, Apple has caved in to the demands of iPad enthusiasts, announcing exclusive benefits for them, the most important of which are:

The ability to run more than one application on the same screen (iPad Air 2 exclusive)

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You can watch videos and still watch the video outside the app

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An iPad keyboard with some shortcuts, formatting buttons, and a special ability to shade by dragging two fingers on the keyboard.

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Supporting external keyboards with features such as switching between open applications "multitasking" has become an easy, interactive way on the keyboard.

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Real multitasking where you can pull a link from a website (on one half of the screen) and place it in an app on the other half.

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The update is now available to developers and will be available next month as an experience for regular users and in September it will be released as a final version.

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Clock system

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Apple talked about the watch and stated that it will fulfill the dream of many watch owners that the second generation of the watch system will include many updates such as:

  • Now the applications run directly on the watch and not on the iPhone, and this makes it faster to respond and take advantage of the sensors and features of the watch itself, not the phone.
  • Add a number of watch faces, such as the ability to create one from your own photos, Time Lapse, and others.

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  • When moving an elderly person while you are traveling, you can know where you will be at any time you want, for example, you want to know after 6 hours where you will be, and he tells you that you are supposed to be on the plane and this is according to your schedule that you have recorded in the appointments.
  • Developers can put their app's information on the watch face. That is, you can make the face of your watch include prayer times from an application to my prayers, for example.

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  • Apple added a night mode to the watch, so you can know the time while charging, as in the following picture:

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  • Various sports applications can communicate with the Apple Watch directly.
  • You can reply to your mail from the watch, either with smart replies or by voice dictation.
  • When you do an activity well, Apple will show you an encouraging "medal" with your name on it and you can share with your friends your achievement.
  • You can draw in several colors and send it to those of your friends who have an hour.

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  • Siri has been updated to be smarter, for example, you know where you park your bike or car.
  • All payment system updates are now available on the hour.
  • You can control your home from the watch via "HomeKit" and its compatible applications.
  • Now developers can take advantage of the watch's components such as the microphone, as well as display video and play audio directly from the watch headphone.

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  • The demo clock will be available to developers from today and will be available to the public in the fall.

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Music Apple's new service 

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As we expected and all global sites expected, Apple revealed a new service to provide music and video content based on its partnership with music distribution companies in iTunes, the service provides various audiovisual content in addition to live radio broadcasts, the monthly subscription for this service is $ 9.99 and $ 14.99 for the Family Sharing account. For a subscription of 6 people, Apple also announced that the service will be free for 3 months for all users and it will be available at the end of this month, June 30.

Advantages of this service:

  • The ability to listen to millions of songs and albums in iTunes via the Internet or listen to them later without the need for the Internet.
  • The ability to watch the video clips of each artist, for each artist has a special file that displays all of his content.
  • Maintain user-generated libraries within the Music app.
  • The application offers you suggestions to hear it according to your taste in listening to music.

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  • Providing a large number of radio stations to more than 100 countries around the world, providing music content around the clock without stopping for all types of music.
  • New feature Beats1 for the latest news of artists and musicians, interviews and other entertainment content such as fan communication with celebrities, a feature called Connect.
  • Hobby musicians can share their art via Apple Music.

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Pay service update

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The banks that support the Apple payment service have been expanded and new stores have been added. The Square device, which will provide this service to small shops this coming fall, has also been announced. And Apple announced that it will be available from next month in Britain and that it will be present in 250 thousand places upon its launch, a number that exceeds the US stores that supported Apple when it was made available last year. It is reported that the number of stores that support Apple, even more than one million stores.

Passbook changed to Wallet

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Apple changed the name of its Passbook application to Wallet, as it announced support for discount cards and consumer efficiency. Thus, this application becomes a wallet that includes the most important cards you need, and it will allocate more to Apple's payment services.


The Apple conference is over

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