Our WWDC 2018 Keynote Cheat Sheet – Home on the Mac

This years WWDC keynote has just finished. It was filled with excitement such as the voice memo app coming to the iPad (8 years on) and a redesigned stocks app – woo hoo. All the OS updates are available this autumn as usual, here are some of the highlights…

iOS

• iOS12
• “Doubling down on performance”
• Available to all devices that support iOS11
• New AR File format – USBZ – Adobe supporting
• New Siri ‘shortcuts’ allow apps to assign phrases to actions
• Can be used to build smart home (HomeKit) macros
• New Apple Books app replaces iBook
• 3rd Party App Support comes to CarPlay (Waze!)
• Limit distraction and focus with ‘Do Not Disturb’, ‘Screen Time’ & ‘Activity Report’
• Grouped Notifications (at last)
• Memoji – build your personalised avatar animoji
• Group FaceTime – up to 32 people at once

watchOS

• watchOS 5
• New Hiking & Yoga workouts
• Automatic workout detection
• New features for runners
• Walkie Talkie mode over Cellular or WiFi
• Apple Podcasts app coming to Watch
• 3rd party apps can play background audio (eg Audio Books)

tvOS

• Dolby Atmos
• Apple TV support coming for Crestron, Savant & Control4

macOS

• macOS Mojave
• New Dark Mode
• Stack – tidy up your desktop mess into file groups
• New Finder ‘Gallery’ view
• Finder sidebar supports meta data view
• Quick Look supports markup, video trim etc
• Apple News comes to the Mac
• Home comes to the Mac
• Privacy & Security enhancements
• New redesigned Mac App Store
• Apple’s iOS Apps Coming the the Mac (3rd party apps in 2019)