It’s time to dive into the biggest announcements from WWDC 2023.
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I’m Tasia Custode and welcome back to my YouTube Channel where I share tech tips and
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If you missed the Apple Keynote, or don’t have hours to spend re-watching it in its
entirety, I’m here for you.
I’m rounding up the best announcements from WWDC 2023.
Let’s go!
First up, is our Mac category.
And we’re going to start with the 15” MacBook Air.
The all-new bigger 15” MacBook Air is only 11.5mm thick and just over 3 lbs.
It’s got 2 Thunderbolt ports, MagSafe charging, and a headphone jack.
Plus, it comes in 4 finishes.
This baby is powered by the M2 chip and has up to 18 hours of battery life.
The 15-inch MacBook Air starts at $1299 US and is available to order now.
Next up, Mac Studio has gotten a major update.
Mac Studio will now feature an M2 Max chip with up to 25% faster performance than M1
Max.
But that’s not all, there will now be an M2 Ultra chip that’s two M2 Max chips combined,
which provides a much greater and faster performance, and up to 192GB of unified memory.
It’s pretty impressive what the M2 Ultra chip can do and how fast it can do it.
Editors, this could be a game changer.
Wowza.
Mac Studio starts at $1999 US.
But not to be outdone, Mac Pro is now, finally, available with Apple Silicon.
Rejoice Mac Pro fans!
This means every Mac Pro is equipped with the M2 Ultra chip!
The Mac Pro will have 8 Thunderbolt ports, plus there are 6 open expansion slots that
support Gen 4, so you can really customize your Mac Pro however you see fit.
The Mac Pro starts at nearly 7 grand US.
Alright, it’s time to move on to one of my favorite announcements from WWDC 2023 and
that’s iOS 17.
I’m so excited about these updates, and there are a lot of good ones.
First, the phone app is seeing a major upgrade including personalized contact posters.
So these are like custom lock screen wallpapers essentially that work with photos and memoji
and feature that dynamic look we’ve all come to love.
Plus, this will be how your contact card looks too, which is cool.
But iOS 17 is also going to give us Live Voicemail.
Now, when someone calls and leaves a message, you will see a live transcription in real-time
on your screen as they speak.
You’ll even be able to answer the call right from there too!
How neat is that?
But one of my favorite iOS 17 updates is an update to FaceTime.This is something I’ve
been waiting for for so long.
You’ll now be able to leave a video message for someone who doesn’t answer a FaceTime
call.
Yes, finally!
And there are updates to Messages as well.
Search is getting filters, and you’ll have the ability to jump to the top of the conversation
of messages you’ve missed - a little catch-up feature like we’ve got in WhatsApp that’s
so handy.
Replies will be easier, and, there are now transcribed audio messages - this is so great
if you can’t listen to an audio message right away - or hello accessibility feature
we should have had from the start.
And there will also be location sharing directly in the conversation.
OK this next iOS 17 feature is for all of my fellow murderino’s out there and those
like me that are always checking in with friends and family to make sure we’re safe.
Do I watch too much Dateline?
Comment below.
But in all seriousness, Check In is a great new feature that allows you to do just that
and start a check-in with someone to let them know when you get home safely.
And, if something happens along the way, it recognizes that you’re delayed and shares
helpful info with you.
Plus, if you haven't arrived at your destination, or you don’t respond, it’ll share your
current location and the route you took, your battery level, and cell service status so
your contact will know if you can take their call.
How sick is this?
For real, I check in all the time with family and friends and I recommend having a text
and/or verbal code as well that can denote if you’re safe or need help.
Yes, really.
I friggen love this check-in feature.
But there are still more messages updates.
There will be a plus button to the left of your messages bar and it’ll expand to show
you the things you share from the most.
If you swipe up, you’ll see all the other iMessage apps there too.
This is like a little shelf experience.
There’s also a new stickers experience in iOS 17 too.
All emoji can now be stickers and you can even pick from your photos and turn those
into stickers too.
AirDrop is also getting an update with something called NameDrop.
With NameDrop you just bring your phones close together in order to share contact info quickly
and easily.
And this works between iPhone and Apple Watch too.
Autocorrect is also getting an upgrade where you’ll be able to easily tap an underlined
word to go back to what you originally typed..
Because what the duck really doesn’t have the same ring to it, does it?
But speaking of what the duck, iOS 17 will use machine learning to better predict what
it is you’re trying to say in that context.
And cooler yet, we’re also getting one of my favorite google-like features, predictive
in-line text that you can use to finish your sentences or words by just tapping the space
bar.
iOS 17 will also bring us a Journal app that will be customized to each user, and a Standby
feature.
Standby mode will turn your iPhone into a smart display.
Think of Standby like a supped-up alarm clock that gives the Echo Show a run for its money.
Standby is activated by turning your phone sideways while charging.
You can display the clock, smart stack widgets, and more.
And it’ll adapt to low light for you during the night.
The whole point is to make your phone more useful when it’s not in your hand.
And, finally, there will also be updates to Siri so instead of saying ‘hey’ we can
just say ‘siri’.
I can only imagine the issues this will cause.
Moving on to iPad OS 17.
There are some good updates here too.
There will now be interactive widgets that will allow you to take action without opening
an app, and the lock screen is getting some fun wallpaper upgrades including live photos
that’ll play when you wake up your iPad.
But also right from the lock screen, we are going to have Live Activities.
So you can keep track of a food order or travel plans, your timer, and so on.
And speaking of timers - iPad OS 17 will now let us set multiple timers!
Amen!
Plus, there are some cool PDF collaboration features coming to iPad as well.
But moving on to macOS Sonoma.
There are some new screensavers here that show areal views of some cool locations and
then when you log in that screensaver settles into the background.
You’ll also be able to drag and drop your widgets onto your desktop if you want them
there all the time.
And, you’ll even be able to access your iPhone widgets on Sonoma too.
There will also be new video conferencing effects features where you can overlay yourself
over your presentation and change the shape and size of your overlay, and it’ll even
separate you from your background so you can move about and present - this is pretty cool.
And you can send reactions during a meeting.
Some other cool things of note are that AirPlay will soon be available in select hotels and
SharePlay is happening in cars.
So now when a driver's iPhone is connected to CarPlay, any passenger's iPhone will automatically
suggest joining their session.
Finally.
We’re nearing the end, I swear.
There are just 2 more categories to cover, with the first being watchOS 10.
We will be able to create smart stacks from any watch face by turning the digital crown.
And this smart stack will change throughout the day based on what’s relevant to you
throughout your day.
It’s using machine learning to do this.
There are some new watch faces.
There are also some updates to some of the workout features, including in hiking there’s
a 3d view of saved waypoints in hiking which is pretty cool.
There is also going to be a mindfulness app where you’ll be able to log how you’re
feeling in the moment and overall throughout your day.
And moving on to what is arguably the biggest announcement from WWDC 2023 and that’s Apple’s
Vision Pro.
An AR VR headset that Apple is really pushing as the next generation of computing devices
and it’s really something you kind of have to see to believe.
Vision Pro is, in a nutshell, a wearable computing device that blends the real world with the
digital world.
So when you wear Vision Pro, you’ll have a home screen right there in front of you
where you can work, watch shows, play games, and more.
And you can blend out more of the real world to create an all-encompassing environment.
You control how immersed you are by turning the digital crown.
You browse the system simply by looking.
So when you look at an app icon, it activates for you.
You can then use your fingers to tap and scroll or you can use your voice to dictate what
you’d like to do.
Vision Pro will also have a feature called eyesight so when another person walks into
the room, the headset recognizes that and shows your eyes.
Or a digital interpretation of your eyes which is pretty wild.
Or, it can signal to another person that you’re fully immersed in an experience.
When someone is nearby, they will appear in your view automatically.
You can use Vision Pro with Mac, iPad, and iPhone, and everything will sync using iCloud.
So, picture working and now all your screens are as big as you want them without having
to have a big or secondary screen or device with you at all times.
Your screen and apps are with you in your room, scaled however you want.
You can of course use Vision Pro for FaceTime as well.
And it’s Apple’s first ever 3D spatial camera, and you can watch 3D movies as well.
What’s important to understand here is that Vision Pro is, as I said, its own computing
device, so it runs on VisionOS.
It’s a spatial computer that runs on the M2 Chip and an all-new R1 Chip that Apple
developed to help with 3D mapping, and eye-tracking, as well as reducing motion sickness that is
common with other AR headsets.
This is really being marketed as a game-changer in the AR world that’ll change how you work,
live, and play.
Vision Pro is going to cost you $3500 USD and it’ll be available sometime in 2024.
I don’t want to bias anyone here, I just want to know your thoughts.
What do you think of Vision Pro?
Spill that tea in the comments below.
And make it piping hot while you’re at it.
So those are, in my humble opinion, the biggest announcements from WWDC 2023.
Now I want to hear from you.
What were your favorite announcements from the Apple Keynote?
Let me know in the comments below.
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