New watchOS 8 features should include an updated Breathe app, reportedly rebranded as Mind, plus a pair of brand new Apple Watch apps ported from iOS: Contacts and Tips.
Apple Music has set a special event to detail the upcoming Spatial Audio enhancements. The virtual presentation is happening on June 7, two hours after the main WWDC21 keynote talk.
Apple's WWDC21 kicks off tomorrow and the company is expected to unveil some new privacy, notification and multitasking improvement with iOS and iPadOS 15, according to a new report.
It's that time of year again. We're just a few days away from Apple executives (and probably a few others) talking about what's next for its major platforms at this year's Worldwide Developers Conference. And, as usual, there's a lot of expectations swirling around the company.
This Monday, June 7, Apple is going to kick off this year's Worldwide Developers Conference. And since it's the keynote, we're expecting to see the company showcase big updates for all of its platforms. Even tvOS, maybe. But it's some of the company's services that may get most of the attention.
We're a few months into 2021 now, and this year's Worldwide Developers Conference is right around the corner. So it's the perfect time to promote just how well the App Store (and developers) did in 2020. And according to Apple's press release today, it did very well.
The official WWDC21 video stream link has gone live on Apple's YouTube channel ahead of the June 7 keynote. In addition, a brand new WWDC hashflag is now available on Twitter.
Apple has announced the finalists for this year's Apple Design Awards ahead of WWDC21, the company's online-only developer event that kicks off with a keynote talk on June 7.
This year's Worldwide Developers Conference is set to kick off on Monday, June 7, 2021. Ahead of the big day, though, Apple is taking some time to promote developers taking part in the company's Entrepreneur Camp.
Apple's never been shy about its support for developers -- especially those who release their apps in the App Store. It promotes how many jobs it has created over the years on a semi-regular basis. And part of that is its efforts to help developers learn new ways to create apps, market those apps, sell them, and more. And today, Apple is highlighting some of those developers taking advantage of one of Apple's biggest efforts.
Apple today confirmed that its annual conference for developers, the WWDC, will open with a keynote talk on Monday, June 7, 2021. It also unveiled the conference lineup and schedules, including the timing of the Platforms State of the Union address.
After announcing that WWDC21 has been scheduled to kick off online beginning June 7, 2021, Apple has refreshed its official app for developers with a new look and feel.
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The Apple Developer app gets a new look and feel. Available on the iPhone, iPad and Mac. It uses Apple's Catalyst framework. A revamped Discover tab“We've made improvements to the look and feel of the Developer app across iPhone, iPad, and Mac to help you enjoy articles, videos, news and announcements, as well as past WWDC content,” the company wrote in release notes accompany the app's version 9.0 update.
The Discover tab has been updated on macOS Big Sur with improved support for larger Mac displays to make better use of the available screen real estate. Additionally, the search feature has been improved across platforms to make it “easier to find the content you want to watch.”
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On iPads, the app now lets you navigate the content faster using the new sidebar feature for apps that was rolled out to developers with the release of iPadOS 14 last year.
Aside from those improvements, the new release extends login session duration, fixes bugs and adds various other enhancements. Available across the iOS, iPadOS, macOS and tvOS platforms, the software also includes a dedicated iMessage app.
A sign of Catalyst improvements?The Apple Developer app lets you read check out developer news, browse various features, read programming stories and watch WWDC sessions, keynotes and other videos, including those from past events. You can also download videos to watch offline.
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Catalyst is built using Apple's Catalyst software framework for porting existing iPadOS apps over to macOS without having to redesign the user interface from scratch. However, Catalyst still isn't perfect at converting all iPadOS user interface controls into their macOS counterparts.
Apple will likely advance Catalyst at this year's WWDC, which kicks off with a keynote on June 7 and will be hosted in an all-online format similar to last year's conference.
Apple has announced that it will host its next conference for developers from June 7, 2021, through June 11. Similar to the last summer's developers conference, WWDC 2021 will also be an online-only event rather than an in-person gathering due to the current pandemic.