The lock screen is getting an overhaul. It’ll allow for more customization, plus support for widgets — including widgets for third-party apps. Notifications will now “roll in” from the bottom of the screen, while a “Live Activities” API will let developers update notifications in real time
Live Text will be able to translate and replace text it detects in a photo, allowing you to more easily read through something like a menu in a language you don’t know.
You can now have a shared library with your family; when taking a photo, you can toggle whether a photo goes into the shared library or just your personal library.
– Apple says it has reimagined the Home app “from the ground up.” All of your various devices in different rooms are brought into one screen, including a side-scrolling view of all of your HomeKit-enabled cameras.
CarPlay is also getting a massive overhaul — Apple is basically looking to take over your car’s entire instrument cluster. It’ll support things like speed readouts, fuel gauges, AC control, etc;
iPadOS will get a new desktop-style window management feature called “Stage Manager” that lets you run multiple windowed/overlapping apps on screen simultaneously.
– Four new watch faces: Astronomy, Lunar, “Play time,” and “Metropolitan.” – New “banner” notifications will keep you updated without always taking over the whole screen.
– Sleep tracking will use the heart-rate monitor and accelerometer to determine how much time you spent in four different sleep stages (Awake/REM/Core/Deep) while trying to catch some Zzz’s.
Apple shook up the industry with the introduction of its bespoke M1 chipset, it’s remarkably fast, yet somehow your laptop’s battery will still last all day. Now it’s back with the aptly named M2. Apple says the M2 CPU is 18% faster than that of the M1, while the GPU is 35% faster.
New MacBook Airs and Pros! They’re ditching the Air’s signature cheese-wedge shape, opting for a more standard flat design — albeit one that comes in at just 11.3 mm thick.
Not to be left out, the 13″ MacBook Pro is getting the M2 treatment as well, with Apple promising CPU gains of up to 40% over the MacBook Pro M1. The Pro will start at $1,299, also shipping “next month.”
The next major release of macOS will be called “macOS Ventura.” Here’s what Apple highlighted for Ventura: Apple’s game-development focused API Metal is learning some new tricks, including upscaling and faster resource loading.
Your iPhone’s camera is almost certainly much better than the one built into your laptop — so Apple is going to let you use your iPhone’s Camera for video calls on macOS.