Folks hoping to see Apple improve upon its digital assistant Siri in iOS 12 will be happy to hear it has announced a new app called Shortcuts. The app, which looks every bit like the Workflow automation app it acquired a year ago, will allow you to connect 'Shortcut' operations to Siri, making complex tasks as simple as speaking a command.
During its ARKit 2.0 introduction at its WWDC 2018 keynote, Apple unveiled a new augmented reality app it's created called Measure. As you'd expect, the software was designed to help you digitally measure things using your iOS device's camera.
SVP of software engineering Craig Federighi demonstrated the app on stage by measuring a suitcase, but it can also be used to measure photographs for framing and other things. There, of course, are hundreds of AR measurement apps already in the App Store. But it's notable that Apple now has a a first-party option.
Here's Apple's official description on the app from its website:
Measure is a new app in iOS 12, which uses AR to quickly gauge the size of real-world objects similar to a tape measure. The new app automatically provides the dimensions of objects like picture frames, posters and signs, and can also show diagonal measurements, compute area and allow users to take a photo and share it with accurate dimensions right from their iPhone or iPad.
We haven't heard a release date for Measure yet, but when we do we'll be sure to pass it along.
Apple's 2018 WWDC keynote has begun and as usual, things have started off with a barrage of stats and other information. The company shared that there are now more than 20 million Apple developers and the App Store sees over 500 million App Store visitors per week. Here's a roundup of all the stats shared during today's keynote.
This week's edition of our Apps of the Week roundup features a podcast curation app, a new image-based organizational app, and a beautiful note-taking app. And as always, we've selected two great new games for you to check out.
Apple on Wednesday seeded the first betas of iOS 11.4.1, macOS 1013.6, watchOS 4.3.2 and tvOS 11.4.1.Registered developers can download the new betas through Apple's developer center, or they can install them using each platform's respective OTA mechanism.
This week's edition of our Apps of the Week roundup features an app for making your social media stories bump, a minimal calendar/todo app, and an app to help you clear on the clutter in your Camera Roll. And as always, we've selected two great new games for you to check out.
Apple is going to be providing a live stream of its WWDC keynote address this year. On Tuesday, the company added a new events page to its website with an invitation to "watch the keynote 6/4 at 10am PDT."
Amazon has developed a powerful new facial recognition technology, reports ACLU NorCal. The service is called "Rekognition," and it analyzes people in real time, quickly scanning information it collects against databases featuring tens of millions of faces. It's capable of recognizing up to 100 people in a single image, and the scary part is that Amazon markets the service to law enforcement and is actively helping governments deploy it.
Apple on Tuesday sent out invitations for its June 4 WWDC keynote. Select members of the media, along with developers and others, have been asked to join the Cupertino company for the keynote address of its annual Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, June 4, at 10:00am PST.
This week's edition of our Apps of the Week roundup features an auto-translating chat app, AI software that can help you decide where to eat and an educational app that uses AR to help demonstrate complex topics. And as always, we've selected two great new games for you to check out.
Apple on Thursday seeded the sixth beta of iOS 11.4 to developers. Registered developers can download the new beta through Apple’s dev center, or it can be installed using the OTA update mechanism.
Apple on Monday seeded the fifth betas of iOS 11.4, macOS 10.13.5, watchOS 4.3.1 and tvOS 11.4 to developers. Registered developers can download the new betas through Apple’s dev center, or they can be installed using each platform’s respective OTA updating mechanism.