Apple Keynote WWDC June 2023

Apple presented this at WWDC 2023 on 5.6.23 General

• 15th anniversary of the App Store

MacBook Air 15″

• 2 USB-C and power connection and headphone connection on the left
• 11.5m thick
• 4 colors
• up to 500 nits brightness
• 1080p webcam
• 6 Speakers
• M2 chip
• 18h battery life
• No native HDMI output
• Fanless
• from $ 1,299
• immediately available

Other MacBook Airs

• 13″ with $ 100 discount for 1,099
• M1 model for 999

Mac Studio

• M2 Max
• 25% faster than M1 Max
• M2 Pro
• M2 Ultra (doubled M2 Max)
• max 192 GB unified memory
• faster HDMI 240 MhZ, 8K, max 6 X-Pro displays
• same housing
• from $ 1,999

MacPro with M2 Ultra

• expandable
• same housing
• 24 4K camera inputs possible simultaneously
• 8 integrated Thunderbold ports
• 6 expansion slots
• as tower and rack version
• from $ 6,999

iOS 17

• Phone calls
  • Personalized contact pictures when you call someone and when sharing contacts
    • Customizable analogous to the lockscreen
    • Also available for third-party apps
  • Live voicemail
    • Live transcript, during the recording
    • One can then still assume
    • takes place offline on the device
• Facetime
  • Leaving video messages
• News
  • Search filter
  • Jump to the first unseen message
  • Answer
  • Audio message potion
  • Checkin function with location sharing function
  • Stickers
    • Photos can be converted into stickers
    • Emojis can be used as stickers
    • Effects
    • Answers with stickers
    • Also in other apps (including third-party providers)
• Airdrop
  • NameDrop
    • Keeping devices together
    • Contact posters are displayed
    • Also between iPhone and AppleWatch
  • Continuing the transfer via the Internet
  • Shareplay
• Keyboard and dictation function
  • Autocorrect is getting smarter – even on a sentence basis
  • Dictation function gets smarter
• Journal
  • Diary app
  • intelligent suggestions
  • Suggestions also available via API
  • Lockable
  • Encrypted
• Standby
  • Table clock function
  • Customizable
  • Widgets
  • Siri
• Further functions
  • Offline maps
  • Pet recognition for people in photos

iPadOS17

• Widgets and the lock screen
  • Interactive widgets without opening the app
  • Lock screen personalization analogous to iPhone customizable
  • Live activities
  • Several timers at the same time
• Health for iPad – analog iPhone but of course clearer
• PDF
  • Auto-fill – also for scanned documents
  • Can be edited and shared in the notes app
• Freeform with follow-me function to see who is currently writing something and where

MacOS Sonoma

• New screensavers
• Widgets
  • Can also be placed on the screen
  • iPhone widgets also available via Continuity
  • interactive
• Gaming
  • Game mode with less Bluetooth delay
  • Game porting toolkit
• Video conferencing (virtual cam analog manycam)
  • Small and large overlay (green screen function)
  • Effects with hand gestures
  • Can also be used with third-party apps
• Safari
  • Shareable passwords via iCloud keychain
  • Profiles
  • WebApps analogous to adding to the home screen on iPad + simplified menu and push notifications

Airpods

• Adaptive audio
  • Adapted to the environment
  • Personalized volume
  • when I speak, the volume is turned down
  • Muten and Unmuten with a print

Airplay

• in hotels – on hotel TVs

CarPlay

• Shareplay

Apple TV

• redesigned settings
• Remote control can be searched for with the iPhone
• Memories as a screensaver
• Facetime is coming to Apple TV – uses the iPhone camera – including Shareplay – also for third-party apps such as Zoom and Webex via API

Watch OS 10

• Widgets appear by turning the crown upwards
• Adding widgets through Longpress
• World time shows time of day by brightness
• New activity fullscreens
• New dials
  • Snoopy
  • Changing colors

Health

• Cycling
  • Can be connected to Bluetooth sensors
  • Powerzones
  • Automatic sync with the iPhone
• Hiking
  • Display of the last point at which I had network
  • Display of the last point at which I can make an emergency call
  • Topographic maps (initially in the USA)
• New workout APIs for third-party apps
• Mental Health App
  • also on the iPhone
  • with tests
• Measuring the time spent in daylight
• Measuring the screen distance
• Developer betas from today
• Public betas from July

Augmented reality headset – Vision Pro

• Spatial Computing
• without controller
• with Siri voice control
• Pass Thru and the eyes are visible
• when someone comes close, the eyes are faded in and you can see the others
• Synchronized with the other Apple devices via iCloud
• 3D objects can be received in iMessage
• Works with Magic Keyboard and trackpad
• Mac integrable – 4K giant display
• work together on documents
• Facetime with app sharing and shareplay
• 3D camera
• with Spatial Audio
• Can be paired with Airpods
• Apple TV+ also available
• 3D movies
• Apple Speile with Apple Controller support
• Disney brings Disney+ to Apple Vision Pro
• External battery with cable for your pocket
• 23 million pixels
• More pixels per eye than a 4K TV
• MS Office apps available
• Zoom, Teams, Webex, etc
• iPad and iPhone apps also available
• Unity-based apps run natively
• App store with own and compatible iPhone and iPad apps
• Optic ID identification
• Apps and websites don’t see where you’re looking
• own environment is also not shared
• over 5,000 patents
• from $ 3,499 in the USA from 2024

You can find out more about the news and a detailed summary of the keynote in my blog post at: https://digital4productivity.de/wwdc-2023-apple-vision-pro-neue-macs-ios-17-und-vieles-mehr

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