Apple WWDC 2015 Highlights

Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference always focuses mainly on software and rarely hardware. Here I’ll try to present this WWDC 2015 Highlights that are important for my readers.

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A Few Facts & Stats From Apple

OS X Yosemite  OS X El Capitan

• Pinned Webpages for Safari
• Mute Audio From Other Tabs in Safari
• Tabs in Mail App
• Split Screen Interface
• Metal comes to Mac for Performance Improvements
• Coming this Fall

iOS 9

• New UI For Search & Siri
• Proactive Assistance – Predictive Suggestions
• Auto Reminders collected from other Apps (Mail)
• Suggested Names for Unknown Incoming Calls
• Search stays saved if you come back from search result apps
• Everything is Private and is done on iPhone rather on third party servers

Apple Pay

• Pinterest Purchases
• Rewards Cards are to be added

Notes

• Add Checklists
• Doodle in Notes
• Links are added with Description & Thumbnail

Maps

• Added Underground Maps

News

• The Whole New Built-In App
• Custom Feed
• Bookmarks
• Favourites/Likes
• Photo Mosaic Galleries
• Easy to Read UI
• Animations & Graphs

iPad with iOS 9

• Use Keyboard as Trackpad w/ Two Finger Touch
• Shortcuts in Keyboard
• Split-screen w/ full Multi-touch
• Picture-in-picture for Videos

Battery-Saving Mode

• Additional 2-3 Hours of Battery Life

Apple Watch OS 2

• New Watch Face (Background)
• Time-Travel lets you see upcoming info like weather or scheduled meetings
• Reply to Emails
• Receive FaceTime Audio Calls
• Apple Pay Updates Added
• Maps Transit Integration

Apple Music

• My Music
• Beats 1 – 24/7 radiostation
• Connect – For Artists and Their Fans
• Ability to Customise Personal Playlists
• Top Charts
• Siri Integration
• $9.99 Per Month

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