Apple’s developer conference is on and they have made a lot of announcements ranging from new MacOs name, iOS 14, new privacy controls, ditching Intel chips, among other updates.
To replicate the live WWDC experience I darkened the room where I will watch the keynote, woke up at 7 and stood outside the house until 30 minutes ago. I am now grabbing coffee.
— Miguel de Icaza (@migueldeicaza) June 22, 2020
Imagine if the entire keynote is presented by Memoji 😬 #WWDC20 https://t.co/GPNV3wl7UO
— Guilherme Rambo (@_inside) June 22, 2020
MacOS got a new name – Big Sur that that that iOS vibe. iPadOS got new updates such as sidebar f3ature in notes, file sand photos, redesigned search, scribble text recognition. WatchOS now has new features such as sleep tracking, the ability to share watch faces with friends. And just in time with the Covid-19 pandemic, the Apple Watch will now remind you to wash your hands fro 20 seconds when it automatically detects you are about to clean them.
Apple TV got updates too such as multiuser support for games including support for Xbox adaptive controller. Aslo Sony and Vizio smart TVs are getting Apple TV+.
Airpods got updated to with features such as switching between devices and spatial audio.
Apple stepped up its privacy game too.
Too much other work going on to livetweet WWDC this year, but I've been watching.
The thing that keeps jumping out to me is how Apple absolutely nailed the transition from live event to telecast. Corona-casts this year have been incredibly cringey … but this is great.
— Michael Fisher (@theMrMobile) June 22, 2020
Here are the best and funniest tweets so far regarding the new features that are being announced so far. Please refresh for new updates.
Cook starts off by addressing systemic racism, and the killing of George Floyd. (Notice he did not say death, but killing.) Talks about Apple's $100 million program for racial justice, announced previously, and a camp for black coders. #WWDC20
— Lauren Masks Are Goode (@LaurenGoode) June 22, 2020
“Familiar but also entirely new in every detail." DRINK
— nicole nguyen (@nicnguyen) June 22, 2020
iOS got the good Android features and that's so good
— Max Weinbach (@MaxWinebach) June 22, 2020
It is so extremely telling that Apple buried this genuinely game-changing feature for tons of developers on a crowded slide instead of touting it as an exciting new feature https://t.co/MWl8DCOZSD
— David Pierce (@pierce) June 22, 2020
That screaming sound you hear coming from the Chrome and Firefox teams is because https://t.co/cKIzFACdww
— Alastair Coote (@_alastair) June 22, 2020
Excited is the new "incredible" https://t.co/TlOhVjlkR6
— 𝖊 𝖈 𝖍 𝖊 𝖓 𝖟 𝖊 with AI (@echenze) June 22, 2020
This is the cringiest video intro
— Christina Warren (@film_girl) June 22, 2020
lol mac os video is exactly why people make fun of designers
— Allen Tan (@tealtan) June 22, 2020
The Mac is going to "Apple Silicon." Not ARM. Apple Silicon.
— Sascha Segan (@saschasegan) June 22, 2020
So excited for ARM based Macs.
— Mark Spurrell (@MarkSpurrellYT) June 22, 2020
APPLE TRANSITIONING TO THEIR OWN CUSTOM SILICON!!! 🤯 #WWDC20 pic.twitter.com/jvb4SsOjKw
— Safwan AhmedMia (@SuperSaf) June 22, 2020
inspiring name choice for apple's new operating system pic.twitter.com/ktgzffX6gL
— Will Oremus (@WillOremus) June 22, 2020
Weren’t these called gadgets when we got their ancestors like 15 years ago? pic.twitter.com/oxx1vJh9mW
— Harry McCracken (@harrymccracken) June 22, 2020
New version of iWork. #WWDC20 #WWDC2020 pic.twitter.com/6IYRgsvhbh
— Lance Ulanoff (@LanceUlanoff) June 22, 2020
“Sure, you like using the mouse, but what if you couldn’t?”
— Glenn Fleishman (@GlennF) June 22, 2020
Big Sur better get touchscreen support. It doesn’t look like it’s designed for a mouse cursor at all.
— Quinn Nelson (@SnazzyQ) June 22, 2020
Finder icon is looking as derpy as ever. pic.twitter.com/VNM8uMNcxh
— Mark Spurrell (@MarkSpurrellYT) June 22, 2020
The new Finder is cute tho pic.twitter.com/9yW2X8myRd
— Raymond Wong📱💾📼 (@raywongy) June 22, 2020
Apple Watch hand washing? For people who have a $400 watch but can’t count to 20? I don’t get it.
— Scott Hanselman (@shanselman) June 22, 2020
Apple says the new Safari is now 50% faster than Chrome #WWDC20 #WWDC2020 #BigSur pic.twitter.com/uNpHABq4fL
— Lance Ulanoff (@LanceUlanoff) June 22, 2020
Has Safari been the fastest?
— Erik Reyna (@erikreyna) June 22, 2020
Every Apple blogger will not shut the fuck up about how Apple is amazing at caring about privacy while simultaneously telling you how they live in Google Chrome because Safari is trash.
It's the funniest shit in tech.
— Stefan Constantine (@WhatTheBit) June 22, 2020
maciOS
imacOS
there’s something there, I’m sure of it.
— Andrew Martonik (@andrewmartonik) June 22, 2020
I definitely keep hearing the new MacOS name as "Big Sir," like it's part of a rambling story Donald Trump is telling about how much someone admires him
— Sascha Segan (@saschasegan) June 22, 2020
MacOS Big Sur: love the new design, but feel like they’re just trolling us with the name now.
— Adam Tinworth (@adders) June 22, 2020
Haha is this google IO? https://t.co/qhNFYZoRCj
— Kitika (@_kitika) June 22, 2020
By the end of quarantine it’s going to feel like it’s time for another new Fiona Apple album already.
— Josh Gondelman (@joshgondelman) June 22, 2020
New dock, new finder, new photos…
But what’s driving that XDR display, Craig?? pic.twitter.com/bO2eieAHB2
— Rene Ritchie (@reneritchie) June 22, 2020
Some days you really just miss WindowsXP SP2
— Alex Fitzpatrick (@AlexJamesFitz) June 22, 2020
When Apple Maps was first created, someone tweeted “they should’ve called it ‘Mapple'” and I’ve thought about it every time I’ve used Maps since.
— Frank Pallotta (@frankpallotta) June 22, 2020
Mac OS Big Sur. I have nothing clever to tweet.
— Jonathan Morrison 🙋🏻♂️ (@tldtoday) June 22, 2020
What most Mac users want is an operating system that’s reliable, all basic features and apps work, and is rock solid. What Apple keeps delivering is interface revamps.
— Glenn Fleishman (@GlennF) June 22, 2020
Did they not learn from iOS 7
— Benjamin Mayo (@bzamayo) June 22, 2020
Mac Catalyst: Full resolution control of Mac screen. Check boxes and date pickers. They used Catalyst to build the new Map for the Mac. #WWDC20 #WWDC2020 #BigSur pic.twitter.com/kQsHHVjq9K
— Lance Ulanoff (@LanceUlanoff) June 22, 2020
I definitely like this new OS X design. Clean.
– New icons
– Control center in the top right
– Refreshed app designs pic.twitter.com/Fc9LBbfq0w— Marques Brownlee (@MKBHD) June 22, 2020
Guess this handwritten chaos meme is definitely relevant 😢 pic.twitter.com/VgOOTUX5wP
— Nathan Lawrence 🌈 (@NathanBLawrence) June 22, 2020
a rare case of life imitating Intro to Microeconomics textbooks as apple is now literally selling widgets pic.twitter.com/zOPBz28Xfa
— Will Oremus (@WillOremus) June 22, 2020
Did anyone else have to google what Big Sur was?
— Product Hunt (@ProductHunt) June 22, 2020
skeuomorphism is BACK, baby pic.twitter.com/x16dlFbVKO
— Owen Williams ⚡ (@ow) June 22, 2020
Messages and Maps are both Catalyst. pic.twitter.com/MVLIsO6tl7
— Rene Ritchie (@reneritchie) June 22, 2020
lol Catalyst has been an unmitigated disaster it’s hilarious to see Apple just keep pushing this
— Andrew Martonik (@andrewmartonik) June 22, 2020
Mac OS is looking a lot like iOS #WWDC
— iJustine (@ijustine) June 22, 2020
macOS: iOS with toolbars.
— M.G. Siegler (@mgsiegler) June 22, 2020
You know what this UX is screaming for? A touchscreen.
(Ducks)#WWDC20
— Christina Warren (@film_girl) June 22, 2020
maciOS
imacOS
there’s something there, I’m sure of it.
— Andrew Martonik (@andrewmartonik) June 22, 2020
Why do I keep thinking "Apple, stop trying to make Maps happen?"
— Sascha Segan (@saschasegan) June 22, 2020
a lot more continuity between mac and iOS this year: control center, widgets, photos looks identical on both, etc. https://t.co/TSDgMBXGs6
— nicole nguyen (@nicnguyen) June 22, 2020
I was an Apple Maps apologist up until that time it got us stuck in the mountains.
— Christina Warren (@film_girl) June 22, 2020
Ah, so finally Mac users get to understand why I like the iPad UI so much…
😜
— Federico Viticci (@viticci) June 22, 2020
The best design change Apple could make would be to eliminate all notifications across all devices.
— nxthompson (@nxthompson) June 22, 2020
Look crisp! pic.twitter.com/ZlKPBruKBJ
— Michael Kukielka 😷 (@DetroitBORG) June 22, 2020
macOS Big Sur: now, it looks like your iPhone.
— Andrew Martonik (@andrewmartonik) June 22, 2020
AirPods Pro getting a new surround sound update:
Spacial audio — Comparing motion data from your head to keep surround sound in sync even as you move. #WWDC pic.twitter.com/ccT65q3tYi
— iJustine (@ijustine) June 22, 2020
Marketing translation: “Everything will be different and you will hate it, but it’s inevitable, so start getting used to it.”
— Glenn Fleishman (@GlennF) June 22, 2020
Big Sur is the biggest visual update since OS X pic.twitter.com/oszijCemXk
— Marques Brownlee (@MKBHD) June 22, 2020
MacOS Big Sur: “Familiar and entirely new in every detail.” #WWDC20 #WWDC2020 pic.twitter.com/UeP5cFHfvx
— Lance Ulanoff (@LanceUlanoff) June 22, 2020
Apple should just rename this
maciOS
— Dwight Silverman (@dsilverman) June 22, 2020
Beauty! pic.twitter.com/iNBqOvaw5L
— Michael Kukielka 😷 (@DetroitBORG) June 22, 2020
macOS: it's iOS now pic.twitter.com/hXs4lSHgNn
— Owen Williams ⚡ (@ow) June 22, 2020
macOS Big Sur has quite a Windows 10 feel.
— ✨ Joe F. ™ ✨ (@mergesort) June 22, 2020
Oh god they iOS-ified macOS with Big Sure #WWDC20
— Raymond Wong📱💾📼 (@raywongy) June 22, 2020
The new MacOS is called Big Sur. Design is even less skeuomorphic: "We wanted consistency throughout the ecosystem," but Mac icons who't be entirely iOS-ish. #WWDC20 pic.twitter.com/m4HqQfBaJs
— Stephen Shankland (@stshank) June 22, 2020
Confirmed! Apple will be selling raw silicon.
$999 per gram. pic.twitter.com/92RpqGHkw1
— Daniel (@ZONEofTECH) June 22, 2020
Even with several years of a headstart by Google, I suspect iOS / iPad apps on ARM Macs will bring a better user experience than Android apps on #Chromebooks.
— Kevin C. Tofel (@KevinCTofel) June 22, 2020
For customers, Apple expects to ship first Mac with Apple Silicon this year, with the transition to take 2 years. Apple plans to support intel-based Macs for years to come.
— MacRumorsLive (@macrumorslive) June 22, 2020
"It truly is an historic day for the Mac," says Apple CEO Tim Cook. First Mac with Apple Silicon will be released this year. #WWDC
— Connie Guglielmo (@techledes) June 22, 2020
Apple just invented favicons, guys!
— Joanna Stern (@JoannaStern) June 22, 2020
https://t.co/qkS9XZvhrb pic.twitter.com/d4jv80PZZk
— M.G. Siegler (@mgsiegler) June 22, 2020
Ooh, here’s the Apple Silicon developer Transition Kit. Devs can apply to get it today. #WWDC20 #WWDC2020 pic.twitter.com/tZtgEnLlf7
— Lance Ulanoff (@LanceUlanoff) June 22, 2020
Developer Mac mini with A12Z start shipping out this week.
— Rene Ritchie (@reneritchie) June 22, 2020
The Mac now:
Runs an iPad chip
Runs iPad apps
Has lots of ports
Is officially one touchscreen away from the MacBook Air being 100% my ideal computer— David Pierce (@pierce) June 22, 2020
Gotta say it feels like the Mac and the iPad are on more of a collision course than ever now
— nilay patel (@reckless) June 22, 2020
Also in iOS 14 this fall: new real-time translation app; Cycling and EV cars routing in Maps; picture-in-picture video, even on Home screen; “app clips,” tiny pieces of apps that download instantly (at a parking meter or café counter, for example) and don’t have icons. #WWDC20 pic.twitter.com/qVWcFKdWcM
— David Pogue (@Pogue) June 22, 2020
Interesting that Tim Cook felt the need to say “new Intel based Macs in the pipeline as well.”
— Ben Bajarin (@BenBajarin) June 22, 2020
Wait do more Intel Macs are in the pipeline but they are clearly going all in on ARM. That’s. That’s going to be a fun way to sell those.
— Christina Warren (@film_girl) June 22, 2020
Massive. https://t.co/KWeHa3yhDG
— Martin SFP Bryant (@MartinSFP) June 22, 2020
I’m so curious what a Mac Pro rebuilt around a massive Apple-built processor could do 👀 pic.twitter.com/4INrUSl2EQ
— Marques Brownlee (@MKBHD) June 22, 2020
Holy shit iOS apps on Mac. I don't even know what this will mean, but it's a big deal.
— Aaron Levie (@levie) June 22, 2020
"*Most* apps will just work" https://t.co/joblfoxDWW
— Jordan Kahn (@JordanKahn) June 22, 2020
Support for iOS apps! WTF? Tell me more about that!
— Marco Arment (@marcoarment) June 22, 2020
When Mac computers start using Apple Silicon chips, they'll be able to run iOS and iPad apps for the first time ever without developers having to change anything
So basically, your favorite iPhone app will be available on desktop#WWDC2020 pic.twitter.com/C6GMcAJEN8
— Rich DeMuro (@richontech) June 22, 2020
Apple has made an important point that by designing their own silicon it has helped them keep pushing performance in ways merchant silicon vendors can’t.
— Ben Bajarin (@BenBajarin) June 22, 2020
Maya running under Rosetta on Apple silicon.
Also works with games and game controllers.
Downloaded directly from Mac App Store.
Linux VM pic.twitter.com/YxlHXkp7dQ
— Rene Ritchie (@reneritchie) June 22, 2020
iOS + iPadOS apps on Mac. While Google continues to fumble with Android apps on ChromeOS.
— 𝖊 𝖈 𝖍 𝖊 𝖓 𝖟 𝖊 with AI (@echenze) June 22, 2020
If y'all texh giants wanna learn anything from apple is really just put your customers first, not the bottom line
— Romanov. (@Bl00dyBar0n) June 22, 2020
So Apple already has chapter markers on its WWDC video. The attention to detail is really something else. pic.twitter.com/Ol3ReMW6ye
— Daniel Bader (@journeydan) June 22, 2020
I think you're confusing things. Apple licenses ARM designs and customizes for iPhones and iPads.
— Aaron Pressman (@ampressman) June 22, 2020
Apple have low-key introduced an app drawer in iOS 14.
— Joel Njoroge (@Kahush) June 22, 2020
I just installed iOS 14, and wow pic.twitter.com/ucDkR1yo2x
— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) June 22, 2020
Previewing the new Apple Silicon coming to the Mac. pic.twitter.com/HyvxTM2BuZ
— Michael Kukielka 😷 (@DetroitBORG) June 22, 2020
When Chrome tried to lock down extensions the way Craig is bragging about right now in Safari, users freaked out, burned the developers in effigy.
— Thomas H. Ptacek (@tqbf) June 22, 2020
Rosetta 2, aka, Rosetta Last. #WWDC20
— Ross Rubin (@rossrubin) June 22, 2020
Adaptive lighting for lights (blue/yellow bias).
Facial rec in cameras. pic.twitter.com/pZTOPaGtMr
— Rene Ritchie (@reneritchie) June 22, 2020
apple loves privacy so much that it forces developers to use `sign in with apple`, put it front and center, and then touts that people prefer it
— Owen Williams ⚡ (@ow) June 22, 2020
How cool is this @Apple Privacy logo?! 😯 #WWDC20 pic.twitter.com/zmtlms72Rh
— QuickBird Studios (@QuickBirdEng) June 22, 2020
Safari is adding a website privacy report — looks very similar to Firefox.
Good to see companies competing on privacy. #WWDC pic.twitter.com/E8dOpUEwxv
— Geoffrey A. Fowler (@geoffreyfowler) June 22, 2020
When was the last time widgets were cool. Sometime in the late 90s?
— Frederic Lardinois (@fredericl) June 22, 2020
amazing: Apple Silicon will be able to extract 30% rents from app developers twice as fast as before
— tc (@chillmage) June 22, 2020
Holy crap the new Apple Watch software will recognize "squishing soap sounds" when you're washing your hands and launch a timer. I am both horrified and fascinated by this bizarre future we live in. #WWDC20
— Lauren Masks Are Goode (@LaurenGoode) June 22, 2020
Okay now this is cool.
Apple introduces hand washing: Your Apple Watch can sense how long you wash your hands and coach you to make sure you're doing it for as long as you're supposed to.
This will be used in hospitals and clinics. #WWDC2020
— Christina Farr (@chrissyfarr) June 22, 2020
watchOS 7 drops support for Series 1&2, requires Series 3+ 🥳🥳🥳🥳. That is a tremendous baseline to work from. https://t.co/oc0SJbXsfq pic.twitter.com/RQruSHZ6tZ
— David Smith (@_DavidSmith) June 22, 2020
What we wanted: an Apple Car
What we got: an Apple car key
— nxthompson (@nxthompson) June 22, 2020
Here's a bit more of how Apple's CarKey feature will look and work. What do you think? #WWDC20 #WWDC2020 https://t.co/UtQqLkg16I pic.twitter.com/1Fb1eLzCqG
— WIRED (@WIRED) June 22, 2020
While it's true that #iOS14 is gaining many features that #Android has had for years, consumers don't care at this point which platform had a feature first; they care if their platform has or is getting the feature. #WWDC2020
— Kevin C. Tofel (@KevinCTofel) June 22, 2020
Setting default email and browser in iOS/iPadOS will likely appease a large group of people, but hopefully the categories will expand from there to support most/all common app link types. pic.twitter.com/LFXULJLitg
— Rene Ritchie (@reneritchie) June 22, 2020
It costs $500 to participate Apple’s “Universal App Quick Start Program”
The new Mac Mini with Apple Silicon (aka “Developer Transition Kit”) must be returned to Apple at the end of the programhttps://t.co/XJ1IGKi1iX pic.twitter.com/ji6bdUU9R5
— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) June 22, 2020
oh yes finally a good, and native, alternative for google translate, with Apple privacy etc too pic.twitter.com/KI1VBRg0gP
— Codfish (@codfish246) June 22, 2020
The message on virtualization and Docker was basically: Rosetta 2 is so fast it’ll be good, don’t worry, we care about this market.
But, no mention of Windows, just Linux, and no mention of Boot Camp.
— John Gruber (@gruber) June 22, 2020
Yes! 6 years after Workflow, we finally have folders in Shortcuts. 💯 https://t.co/hDkDbx9U1c
— Federico Viticci (@viticci) June 22, 2020
iOS should just be called iPhoneOS at this point.
— Joanna Stern (@JoannaStern) June 22, 2020
To be clear, you are paying Apple $500 to *borrow* the developer kit – it must be returned pic.twitter.com/kReOpLZE94
— Owen Williams ⚡ (@ow) June 22, 2020
To be clear, you are paying Apple $500 to *borrow* the developer kit – it must be returned pic.twitter.com/kReOpLZE94
— Owen Williams ⚡ (@ow) June 22, 2020
my iPad is finally gonna be a real computer, I'm so proud of it.
— dan seifert (@dcseifert) June 22, 2020
This is gonna be so deflating for the Instagram is always listening conspiracy set pic.twitter.com/ig1HW44Alj
— Ben Cunningham (@codeblue87) June 22, 2020
Apple: we’re dumping Intel and making Macs with our own chips.
Apple, 10 min later: we have some new Intel Macs in the pipeline we’re REALLY excited about!
— Andrew Martonik (@andrewmartonik) June 22, 2020
You can argue about if Apple takes privacy seriously from an engineering perspective, but you can't argue against them taking it seriously from a marketing perspective.
— Aram Zucker-Scharff (@Chronotope) June 22, 2020
You can argue about if Apple takes privacy seriously from an engineering perspective, but you can't argue against them taking it seriously from a marketing perspective.
— Aram Zucker-Scharff (@Chronotope) June 22, 2020
I feel the same combination of drained and totally amped after liveblogging an Apple keynote from home as I do in person. But at home there's no hands-on area to rush to and immediately start taking photos of things. 🙁
— nilay patel (@reckless) June 22, 2020
