

App loading in general is now twice as fast with iOS 12. Apple says keyboards on the aging iPhone 6S Plus, for example, will fire up 50% faster than previously, with the camera ready to snap 70% faster, showing Apple isn't giving up on older devices. Cook said up front that the WWDC 2018 keynote was going to be all about software, and he wasn’t lying.It's set to work with all the same devices that can already handle iOS 11. This year, Apple didn’t announce a single new product, despite the rumor mill claiming for months that something was going to come out. WWDC is usually always focused on software, with hardware rarely making an appearance at the keynotes. Hardware got the cold shoulder Tim Cook made WWDC 2018 a software-focused event. If you hate seeing your face on the screen, there’s an option to add Animoji and other stickers to hide behind. Group FaceTime is now a thing and you can add up to 32 people on one call.

With the new iOS 12 updates, though, it looks like it’s going to be a lot more fun to use. You can play with four friends in the same space. The app can detect your physical Lego set, then let you add stuff to it digitally. Lego demoed its new ARKit app, which looks like a mix of Minecraft and The Sims with augmented reality laced in.
APPLE KEYNOTE 2018 UPDATE
The update introduces a new, more easily shareable file system, improved face tracking, more realistic rendering, 3D object detection and - most exciting of all - shared experiences.Īpple also demoed its new Measure app, which lets you measure pretty much anything by selecting start and stop points. With ARKit 2.0, the company brings some big improvements that make the experience even better. Last year, Apple turned the iPhone and iPad into the world’s biggest augmented reality platform with ARKit. So long, personally identifiable data! ARKit hits the turbo button Play AR games with others in iOS 12.
APPLE KEYNOTE 2018 MAC
Safari will give data miners only stripped-down info like system configurations, installed fonts, etc., so your basic Mac setup will look like loads of other basic Mac setups. One of these is a smart way to stop “fingerprinting,” which refers to the way that companies can drill down on your data by finding the unique characteristics of your device that define you as, well, you. Then, Screen Time will tell you when you’re getting close to the end. If you’re wasting too much time on Facebook, you can give yourself a one-hour time limit each day.

Screen Time also lets you specify how much time you can spend inside an app. It’ll tell you how often you use an app and how many hours you’ve spent inside it each day. Screen Time lets you see exactly how much time you’re spending on your iPhone, and what you’re using that time for. With the new Screen Time app in iOS 12, Apple is hoping to provide some relief. IPhone addiction has become a real problem, apparently. The fight against digital addiction Apple’s got new tools to fight iPhone addiction. This capability will extend to devs next year so they can start bringing their own third-party iOS apps to Mac. So, Apple is going to start testing running its own iOS apps on Mac, starting with things like Apple News and Stocks.
APPLE KEYNOTE 2018 SOFTWARE
How will Mac tap into the massive universe of iOS apps? Currently, porting an app is hard, acknowledged Apple software chief Craig Federighi.
