On 4th June, 2019, 5:00 am NZ time, the Apple WWDC Developers Conference was held at the San Jose Convention Center. As an annual regular meeting, Apple is showcasing the latest technology changes to global developers. This conference continues the previous main tone of WWDC “software-based, hardware-assisted”, software upgrades in the operating system: in addition to bringing iOS 13, watchOS 6, tvOS, the biggest highlight is the independent iPadOS finally “Qian Huwan Called out”; hardware has introduced a powerful new modular workstation host - Mac Pro, of course, the price is still showing Apple’s true native.
WWDC 2019: https://developer.apple.com/wwdc19/
tvOS: Join multi-user mode
For mainland China users, tvOS is a basic part that can be skipped. But from Apple’s spring conference in March this year, it is not difficult to see that Apple TV will be one of the main players leading Apple’s “software rise”, with a large number of users and huge potential markets abroad.
Apple redesigned the main UI on tvOS, Apple TV will join the multi-user mode, and the personal customization interface ensures that each user can see what they like and are interested in.
In addition, Apple TV has added two exciting features: in terms of gaming capabilities, Apple TV supports Xbox One and PS4 controllers, including games on AppleTV, including games in Apple Arcade, which is scheduled to be launched this fall; Apple Music also Incorporating into Apple TV, and most importantly, Apple Music finally added real-time lyrics display capabilities.
WatchOS: Health attributes further enhanced
Appearance, watchOS 6 has added six new dials, including a gradient dial, digital dial, modular dial, California dial and solar dial, a diverse design to give users a richer choice.
Functionally, Apple Watch completely got rid of the iPhone’s “control”, watchOS 6 has a separate App Store, directly search, purchase and download APP from the watch, simplifying the cumbersome procedures that have previously been downloaded from the iPhone. “Declaration-independent” watchOS 6 also adds voice e-books, and independent apps such as voice announcements, voice memos and calculators. Although voice capabilities are more comprehensive, Apple promises that voice functions will not be actively recorded and saved. Any audio, thus protecting the privacy of users.
The health attributes of Apple Watch have been emphasized for many years. At this WWDC conference, Apple CEO Cook said that this health enhancement is a new leap – adding fitness record trend function, the system will give corresponding body suggestions according to the trend. New decibel detection function to detect ambient noise; for female users, watchOS 6 also features menstrual tracking and reminders.
iOS 13: Early adopter “dark mode”
The iOS 13, UI interface, which has not changed much in iOS design, continues the previous generation. However, we have made great efforts in new functions and interaction methods. It is also the most powerful single upgrade after iOS7, and users will get a very intuitive experience.
The “dark mode” in the rumor finally came true this time. Since the launch of One UI by Samsung last year, the UI of the smartphone has started a dark trend, and Apple first tasted the dark mode on last year’s macOS Mojave. According to reports, iOS13 supports a new dark mode, the overall system, each application will be re-matched color matching.
iOS 13 also optimizes overall performance: Face ID unlock speed is increased by 30% in iOS, software download speed is increased by 50%, software update speed is increased by 60%, and software open speed is directly increased by 2 times.
In other details, the iOS built-in map function is optimized: the new map will be modeled in 3D, while the street view details are preserved in the map; the shooting function has more editing modes: the picture supports the timeline function view, the video editing supports rotation; Memoji animated emoticons will be added to iOS, adding more accessories, and even bring a pair of AirPods to your character; Siri sub-language introduces natural TTS function, voice has more temperature, AirPods supports Siri reading and voice Convert text reply information, the car operating system CarPlay also has a new Siri shortcut.
iPadOS: iPad is more and more like office
The release of iPadOS is a significant milestone since the launch of the iPad in 2010. The limelight directly overshadowed the big upgrade of iOS 13 that night.
Finally, I have my own operating system, which greatly released the productivity of the iPad. It also means that the iPad has officially changed its role from a large-screen video player to a lightweight office.
In terms of browsing, iPadOS looks very close to MacOS.
In text editing, text selection is more convenient, such as supporting three-finger swipe for copying and pasting.
For file management, iPadOS adds 30 shortcut keys to support multi-layer path display, iCloud document sharing, external U disk or SD card reading, or directly connected to the camera to import material.
In addition, Apple Pencil’s touch delay has been reduced from 20ms to 9ms, Apple also opened the PencilAPI development interface, third-party applications can be customized for Apple Pencil, Apple Pencil will have more use.
Mac Pro: “The strongest on the earth” Mac is coming
The Mac Pro, which abandoned the trash can shape, is the first hardware brought by this WWDC conference. Its powerful “Apple chassis” is built for professional users. The biggest slot is probably the design of “intensive phobia patients”. Not very friendly.
The new Mac Pro mainframe uses Intel Xeon processor, up to 28 cores, system storage up to 1.5TB, 5TB of 2933MHz running memory, 4TB PCIe SSD, and includes Thunderbolt, 10 Gigabit Ethernet and USB interfaces; graphics A graphics processor such as the Radeon Pro 580X or Radeon Pro Vega II can be used, and two Radeon Pro Vega II can also be used simultaneously.
The Mac Pro also comes with a new display, 32-inch, 6K resolution and an ultra-wide viewing angle display. Specific configuration, support P3 wide color gamut, 10bit color depth, using nano-material glass, can effectively reduce reflection. The screen maintains an ultra-high brightness of 1000 nits, supports ultra-high contrast ratio of 1000000:1, and the new XHR standard.
Use a few intuitive examples to demonstrate the power of the Mac Pro - thousands of tracks simultaneously, 3 8K resolution videos or 12 4K resolution videos simultaneously, the most important thing is: not stuck!
The new Mac is not only the strongest player in the Mac family, but other brands are basically in a state of no one.
Thanks to its powerful performance, the Mac Pro puts higher demands on heat dissipation, both the main unit and the display are covered with dense vents.
In terms of price, the Mac Pro is equally astounding. The new Mac Pro has a host computer starting at $5,999 ($41,409) and the Pro display is starting at $4,999 ($34,507). Both of them have a minimum starting price of $75,000.
MacOS: Say goodbye to iTunes
In the introduction of MacOS, Apple officials announced “Farewell to iTunes”, previously divided into three by the user’s ill-conceived iTunes, including Apple Music, Apple Podcast, Apple TV.
For the user’s update content, MacOS adds a lot of detail adjustments: plug in the iPhone to sync music; users can fully control mac and iOS devices with voice (especially for disabled people); “find my phone” and “find friends” It is integrated into one software.
For developers, the application only needs to be developed once, and it can be applied to the iPhone, iPad, and Mac platforms. With the release of the new architecture Swift UI, a few lines of code can write a list with a graph.
