The WWDC 2018 Apple Developers Conference ended a while ago, and the conference was long in terms of time, reaching two hours and a quarter “135 minutes”. As usual, Apple focused only on developers and did not provide anything other than the operating systems, namely iOS 12, TVOS 12 system, the clock system 5.0, Mac 10.14 . In the following lines, we quickly summarize more than two hours of the conference.

The conference began with a video simulation of documentaries, but about developers who are portrayed by a species of creatures that migrate to the Apple conference every year.

Then he went up Tim Cook On stage and he started mentioning some impressive numbers like that there are 20 million developers registered with Apple around the world. And that the software store will reach its tenth year next month, and it is the largest software store in the world and gets more than 500 million visits per week.

Tim also revealed a surprising and surprising number, which is that the amount Apple has paid so far to developers has reached 100,000,000,000 dollars, or 100 billion dollars, an amount that exceeds the budgets of countries.

Then Tim moved on to talk about Apple's Swift programming language and said that it is the fastest spreading programming language in the world and explained that the software store now includes more than 350 thousand applications developed by the Swift language.

Then Tim announced the beginning of the talk about the four systems, and the start this time unusually with iOS 12.


IOS 12

Stepped up specialist and operating systems administrator at Apple Craig Fedrigi On the stage, he said, of course, you know that we will unveil iOS 12, and he said that iOS 11 was impressive and that it has achieved great popularity, reaching half of Apple devices in less than 7 weeks, and now it works on 81% of iOS devices, while its competitor, Android 8.0, has reached 6 % Only, Craig scoffed at the time, saying, "It's hard to say that there is such a thing on Android as updates."

Then Craig explained that iOS 11 works now in 2018 on devices, some of which were released in 2013, and this is an unprecedented number in support, so they decided to continue and upgrade all Apple devices that work on iOS 11 to get iOS 12, and this means updating the iPhone 5s and the iPad Air as well. .

1

the performance

Craig said 95% of Apple customers are satisfied with their system. So they decided to make a "gift" that the first feature of iOS 12 would be improved performance. Apple decided to be the old devices, which it always complains about when every update becomes slower, you will get this developed update. Craig reviewed differences in performance on an old iPhone 6, and said that the speed of opening applications increased by 40%, the speed of appearance of the keyboard improved by 50%, and the speed of opening the camera 70%.

He said that they have improved the intelligence of the system to use the device's resources better and thus increase the speed, which reaches 100% in some functions.

2

Virtual Reality

Craig moved to the second feature, which is virtual reality AR and revealed a new file extension in this field called USDZ and listed the most important advantages of this extension, including that augmented reality is integrated into all operating system, and Adobe's technical director (CTO) reviewed this extension (it provides many Features that are of primary interest to developers, and we will talk about them in detail in future articles)

Then Craig returned to the stage and said that there is a virtual reality metering feature where only with the camera you can measure the lengths, area and volumes of what you are watching.

As well as revealing the update of the virtual reality system, i.e. the introduction of ARKit 2, which provides the previous advantages, as well as the ease of using virtual reality in various applications and websites, and finally, the most important feature of which is group games.

It is known that in the current virtual reality, content appears on the screen of your device and only you interact with it, but Apple revealed that this content is shared, meaning it appears to you and to another person at the same time, and you interact together with it, whether to provide something or to be a collective virtual game. Officials at the famous LEGO company demonstrated this feature as they played together in virtual reality.

Of course, virtual reality and its advantages are many, such as improvements in recognition, face monitoring, rendering work in a smooth manner, better recognition of 3D objects, and other advantages that you will not be dazzled when you read them in these lines, but when you turn to actual applications.

3

Pictures

Apple announced important updates to the photos application, such as adding the suggestions feature in the search, as well as a shortcut to functions. For example, when you choose several pictures, the application will suggest to you the person with whom you share these images. It will also include a For You feature, in which Apple chooses some special images for you, as well as some effects on them. (Apple is almost trying to mimic Google images, but with the difference in Google's favor). Apple said that the photos that are shared with your friends will appear directly to them in their "For You" tab and that they are fully encrypted. Image identification, analysis and suggestions are made on the device itself and not on Apple's servers to protect your privacy.

4

Siri

Apple revealed an important update to Siri, which is the ability for developers to support it in their applications without restrictions, as it was previously in iOS 11, now any application that enables you to record a special phrase through which Siri will execute the command of the application.

5

Shortcuts

A feature related to the precedent, but Apple decided to separate it from it in the explanation; Who knows which WorkFlow app We talked about it many times We can consider that Apple integrated it into the system and called it the Shortcuts app (the app is owned by Apple). In short, Siri can perform several functions at the same time by programming it on these tasks, for example you put a shortcut called Going Home and at any time you say to Siri I am returning home and you perform recorded tasks such as starting navigation for the way to return, sending a notification to your family, playing favorite songs, stopping notifications, and other tasks that you choose To program it on it.

6

Update apps

Apple announced the update of several applications as follows:

News application: Apple introduced a new tab that enables you to learn about new channels, news and topics with the addition of the ability to jump to news and add a sidebar on the iPad.

Stock market applicationFinally, after 8 years of waiting, Apple added the Stocks application on the iPad and completely redesigned the application to make it easier to list news with stock prices, and the news will appear to you quickly and without exiting the application by integrating the features of the news application with the stock application.

Voice Memos: We repeat it again; Oh, finally, after 8 years of waiting, Apple added the Voice Memos application to the iPad just like the iPhone. Apple said it has finally supported the cloud in the feature.

books: Apple announced changing the name of the Books app to Apple Books instead of iBooks, and made design modifications and added a feature called “Reading Now” by means of which books are suggested to you that others are currently reading.

C: Apple announced the update of its auto service and the addition of the ability to use different applications, for example, you can rely on the Google Map application instead of the Apple Map.

7

Move away from your device

Apple announced several features similar to that which Google revealed a few days ago, but with more and more professional development ...

Improved Do Not Disturb Apple said that its button will provide it to temporarily turn on, either for a while or until it leaves the place.

Lay the bed And in it, Apple will turn off notifications and make the screen darkly "black and white" so as not to distract you.

Time used On a weekly basis, the iOS system will present to you how you used your device and the duration of each application, and you can choose any restriction of any application for a certain period to be alerted when it is close to reaching this period.

8

Family control

A feature attached to the precedent, which is that the family, such as the father and mother, can control the applications that the children use, choose the duration of each application separately, or the entire classification. You can also block some types of applications and choose a date for the phone to stop working so that the children will immortalize the type. You can also choose specific times for applications, for example, communication applications are prohibited after 9 pm and allow calls at any time.

9

Notices

Apple did not offer the advantages we were waiting for in notifications, but it did introduce the feature of grouping notifications together to appear as if they were stacked on top of each other as cards. Apple said that the system will be smart as it will monitor notifications and tell you which notifications do not interact with them or do not open their own application to suggest that you stop the notification of this application as long as you do not use it.

10

Anime and memoji

Apple announced the addition of the ability to recognize the "tongue" of the anime. (Isn't that cool 😛)

As well as adding 4 new types of Animoji.

Add a feature called MeMoji, which is to design a character for you, and Apple explained at the conference that there are hundreds of designs that you can use to reach the closest memoji that looks like you. You can, of course, use it later like any normal "Animoji" on your device.

The wonderful thing is that Apple will also enable you to use it when photographing, for example using it when taking a picture of you, for example to be your alternative or in video chats.

11

FaceTime and iMassage

Apple made updates to its FaceTime service to support group video calling with up to 32 people on the same phone call. The funny thing is that everyone in the call can use an Animoji instead of a face.

Apple has also integrated FaceTime in the iMassage, meaning if you have a group conversation in the iMassage, then with one touch you can call all the people in the conversation.


Apple Watch

Apple said the watch has achieved great popularity and its market has grown by 60% in the last year and that it is ranked # XNUMX in user satisfaction.

Then revealed the new features in the fifth system of the watch and began these advantages by adding Yoga to the sports that the Apple Watch recognizes and the hiking feature, and Apple said that the watch will automatically recognize when you start any kind of sport without the need for your intervention.

Apple added the Walkie-Talkie feature, which is similar to the famous Walkie-Talkie idea, so that you can send short voice messages to your friends via the Apple Watch directly without the need for an iPhone. The other person can choose whether or not he wants to receive messages permanently from you, and the feature requires a Wi-Fi or network connection.

Apple announced the addition of Siri face, which is one of the faces of the watch, but it will be suggestions, either directly from Siri or from third-party applications.

Apple announced the arrival of a new application for the watch, the Podcast, to the Apple Watch, so you can call and continue broadcasting to your favorite channels directly from the watch, as well as ask Siri to play the podcast. And by mentioning Siri, Apple announced that the watch will cancel the phrase Hey Siri, as it will automatically know that you are issuing orders to it.

Apple announced support for WebKit, which in short, enables you to open websites from the watch; The sites are not opened in the traditional way, but if you get a message with a link, you can click on it to open it for you in the hour. And Apple explained that the article will be summarized by removing the side notes and ads, to show you the content only, "The watch screen is small, so Apple wants to show you the content in the largest possible area."

Interactive notifications are supported in the watch, for example, a message appears to you, "Do you want to pay with Apple Pay? Do you want to log in to this place and so on?

Apple announced that third-party applications "developers" will be able to play audio in the background, so that you can listen to anything you want from any application in the watch while you are using it.


Apple TV

Apple announced that it had supported Dolby Atmos audio technology in iTunes and said that it would provide a free update for previous video buyers to new versions that support this technology for free. It is mentioned that in order to enjoy Dolby Atmos, the displayed video must support it, as well as have headphones that support it. If you don't have these headphones, you won't feel a difference.

Apple talked in detail about contracting with many TV channels and adding the "no login" feature so that your services work directly without the need to register in any of them instead of the existing "one time login" feature that enables one registration to get all the subscriber services In which. Apple also explained in detail the most famous countries and channels that have been added, as well as upcoming TV programs exclusively for Apple TV.

Apple announced the addition of an animated save screen for the TV, which is the globe, as it shows you the earth depicted directly from satellites and is wonderful.


Mac system 10.14

Apple moved to the last paragraph, which is the Mac system, and said that after 4 years of the names of "mountains", it is time to move to a name other than mountainous, but it will be desert "Mojave"

Craig Fedrigi said that this area is more beautiful at night, and this is the secret of choosing the name because the new Mac system includes the night mode feature, which replaces the colors for the majority of the system with black, "the famous dark or night mode" and Craig explained that they worked to support it in the entire system and within applications, including It's in the developer's XCode app and the Photos app, and Craig said it even changes the background and lighting of the system as a whole.

Apple added another feature in the Mac which enables you to group icons scattered on the screen to arrange them together according to the classification and type of each file independently or by date as you want.

Apple has improved the detailed display of the file's properties in the Finder, as it displays additional details, for example in the images showing you the camera used, the ISO, the size of the lens and others.

Apple also announced the development of the Quick View feature, which enables you to quickly view the file content on the Mac by pressing the Space Bar. Now you can do some functions directly from this quick viewing mode, such as cutting video, signing papers and making quick markups on them.

The iPhone camera is supported in the iWork applications so that you can take a picture and add it directly to the file that you are editing.

Apple announced the arrival of applications from iOS to Mac, namely, the news application, the stock application, voice memos, and the home.

The new Mac system adds additional levels of privacy as it prevents applications from accessing the camera, microphone, mail messages, Safari browsing files, backup copies, and the sites you visit "physical sites, not Internet sites."

Apple announced the addition of a feature that resists websites and services that seek to track you propaganda, such as Google and Facebook, and this feature seeks "in Safari" to make your Mac look like any other Mac in order to protect your privacy.

"Craig Federighi" revealed that the Mac Store is now available in 155 countries and payment is also available, and that the Mac Store will get many updates and great applications such as Microsoft, which decided to provide Office from the store, as well as Adobe, which will provide some of its applications directly from it. "Craig" said that they will add a new tab in the Mac Store that looks like the iOS store as Discover.

Speaking about iOS, Craig said that there is a rumor that they want to integrate Mac and iOS together and commented on it and said, “No,” this will not happen.

Then Craig added that we like the two systems and each has its advantages, but he explained that there is a strong advantage in iOS, which is the large number of applications, so it announced that Apple wanted to provide iOS applications in Mac, so they moved the four applications above the above mentioned and that they will provide tools for developers that enable them to convert their applications to Mac via Added support for keyboard, powerful processors, touch bar, mouse, and more. But this feature will not be released soon, but you have to wait for the next year to get a trial version of it.

Then he moved on to talk about some technical advantages such as Apple's support for eGPU external graphics cards and how it doubled the performance up to 6 times in the MacBook. Then he talked about the benefits of Metal support and that there are one billion devices that support it “what is meant by the iOS family”. He revealed Core ML2 and reviewed several sub-technical details.

In the end, Tim Cook went up to tell that the iOS 12 version is now available to developers, and a video was shown showing the most important developer stories of the year.

With this, the Apple conference ended, so tell us your comment and tell us your opinion on the iOS 12 update, and did you present the expected Apple in it?

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