WWDC21 – Keynote Bullet Point List

Quick list of topics from today’s Keynote presentation. No warranties expressed or implied. 😉

FaceTime

Spatial audio
SharePlay: TV, Screen, Audio

Focus

notifications
Summary

Photos

Live text
- whiteboard
Spotlight
Photos memories
- Music + videos
- Change music
- AI selected (this never works for me)
Wallet
- Clipper
- Disney world
- Keys
  - House
  - Work
  - Hotels
    - Hyatt
  - Also on Apple Watch
- ID Cards
  - Driver License/ID
  - Encrypted
  - In “Secure Element”
  - TSA also
Weather
- Animations
- Weather maps
- Air quality
Maps
- Portugal and Spain
- Interactive globe
- New 3D details
- Landmarks
- Navigation
  - Driving road details
    - Lanes
    - Crosswalks
  - CarPlay
- Transit
  - Favorites
- AR 3D
  - SF
  - San Diego

AirPods

Conversation Boost
- Directional microphone
- Reduce ambient sound
FindMy
- Pro & Max
- Proximity View
- Separation Alert
Spatial Audio
- Extend to tvOS
- Mac

iPadOS 15

Widgets!
- On Home Screen
- new large format
- Files widget
- iOS 14
App Library
- iOS 14
- Reorder pages
  - Does iOS do that?
Multitasking
- Multitasking Menu at top
- Mail can open in center on top
- Minimize to shelf for later access
- Quick switch
- Split view from App Switcher
- Keyboard shortcuts
Notes
- Tags
- @mention
- QuickNote
  - Swipe from corner
  - Swipe away when done
  - app aware
    - Safari
  - MacOS and iOS
Translate
- Split view
- Auto translate
- System wide translation
- Live text?
Swift Playgrounds
- Build apps on iPad
- Submit to the App Store
- SwiftUI Previews
Privacy
- On device voice processing
- Mail
- Safari
iCloud
- Account Recovery
  - Add people you trust to recovery list
- Digital Legacy
  - Pass data if you die
  - “iCloud Will”
- iCloud+
- No one can see what sites you’re visiting
- Hide my email
  - Unique random email
- HomeKit secure video
- No price change!
- Same great price. 😉
Health
- Heart attack patient
  - Combine ResearchKit, HealthKit, Apple Watch
  - Corrie Health App
- Monitoring changes in health
  - Mobility
    - Balance
    - Gait impairment
    - Walking Steadiness
  - Labs
    - Analysis and descriptions
  - Trends
    - notifications
- Share health data
  - Directly with doctor
- Family
  - Kids
  - Parents
  - HealthSharing
    - Private
    - See trends
    - Notifications
WatchOS 8
- Health
  - Breathe
    - New animation
  - Reflect
    - Prompt
    - Animation
  - Mindfulness app
  - Sleep
    - Adding Respiratory rate
      - notification with change
- Activity
  - Tai Chi
  - Pilates
- Fitness Plus
  - Strength, HIIT
  - Artist spotlight
- Photos
  - Photos face most popular!
    - Portraits watch face
  - Memory highlights
  - Favorites
  - Sharing
  - GIFs – #Images
HomeKit
- Private and secure
- HomeKeys
- AppleTV
  - HomePod mini
    - Personalization
- Siri – 3rd Party devices
  - Thermostats
- Matter
- AppleWatch
  - Intercom
macOS
- Monterey
- Focus
- QuickNote
- Universal Control
  - single mouse and keyboard between Mac and iPad
  - Automatically recognizes and moves back and forth between the two
  - Drag and drop!
  - Can even use iMac keyboard across three devices!
- AirPlay to Mac
  - Why isn’t this a thing already???
- Shortcuts on Mac
  - Could be huge
  - More likely to use
  - “The future of automation on Mac”
  - Workflow will be supported
- Safari
  - Power efficient
  - Privacy
  - Intelligent Tracking Prevention
  - tabs
    - Sleek design
    - Search built into active tab
    - Tab groups
      - Pick up later
      - Better than Chrome’s implementation.
      - On all devices
      - Add to email for list
    - iPad has new tabs and tab groups!
    - iPhone
      - Grid view
  - Extensions
    - Now on iPhone and iPad!

Developer Technologies

APIs

SharePlay
SwiftUI Focus
SwiftUI Search
Object Capture
- 3D modeling with photos
- available to all developers
Swift
- Concurrency
  - Reduce async code
  - Actor
    - Isolate parallel tasks
  - Async/await
App Store
- 600M/week
- $230b to devs
- App Product Page
  - AB testing
  - Contextual design
- Events
  - In-app events
  - App Store widget features events
Xcode Cloud
- Automatically builds in the cloud
- Apple CI
- Simulates on multiple devices
- Automatically distributes with TestFlight
- Security
  - Only stores product of builds
- TestFlight to the Mac!
- Limited beta today
- Available next year

Betas

Developer betas today
Public betas next month
Release in fall