A week before WWDC 2018, Cody and Sebastien play in their second annual WWDC fantasy draft and pick the features, or announcements that we are likely (hopeful?) to see at the event. Follow and play along by making your own picks.
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Show Notes
Possible picks:
HomePod OS improved with ability to recognize different voices
Apple gives an explanation for AirPlay 2 delays
Do not Disturb improvements in iOS
iPhone SE 2 announcement
Significant changes to Home screen on iOS
Significant changes to Lock screen on iOS (excluding notifications)
New MacBook Pros
New iMacs
New MacBook
New Mac mini
New Mac Pro status update
Siri API for more categories of apps
Custom trigger words for Siri
Conversational Siri
Apple Watch third-party faces
Spotify to get stage time to demo their Apple Watch app
New features to curb iPhone addiction
An indication of what Apple has done with the Workflow acquisition
AirPower update
AirPods or AirPods case update
Over-the-ear Apple headphones unveil
Update about TV content
Redesigned or improved notifications
Marzipan: easily port iOS apps to macOS for developers
macOS 10.14 to sport faster waking and unlocking
TouchBar improvements
Improvements to Portrait Mode’s background detection
PiP mode for Apple TV
New HomeKit news/products
Update on ResearchKit
Announce cheaper HomePod speaker with Beats branding
New AR/VR features in Apple apps
Some type of 3D effect/headtracking features in iOS
New NFC features for iPhone
Sebastien’s picks:
New features to curb iPhone addiction
New NFC features for iPhone
macOS 10.14 to sport faster waking and unlocking
Redesigned or improved notifications
New HomeKit news/products
Wild card: indication of what Apple has done with Workflow
Cody’s picks:
Update about TV content
Siri API for more categories of apps
Apple Watch third-party faces
New MacBook Pros
Conversational Siri
Wild Card: some type of 3D effect/headtracking features in iOS
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