The Most Exciting Features from the WWDC 2018 Keynote

June 04, 2018

This year’s WWDC Keynote was all about software, and it had updates for iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS. Here were my favorites.

iOS

  • Share back in photos

  • Siri shortcut integrations

  • Shortcut editor

  • Travel plans

  • Heading home

  • Screentime

  • Time limits

  • Allowances

  • Memoji

  • Personalized animoji

  • Group FaceTime with up to 32 people

  • Pivot directly from Messages to group FaceTime

watchOS

  • Automatic workout detection, which is retroactive, and also works for stopping workouts

  • Lift to talk, no hey Siri

  • Walkie talkie

  • Siri shortcuts on Siri watchface

tvOS

  • Dolby Atmos

  • Zero auth

macOS

  • Mojave

  • Dark mode

  • Xcode in dark mode

  • Desktop slowly changes during the day

  • Desktop stacks

  • Gallery view

  • Video screen grabs

  • Continuity camera

  • News to the Mac

  • Voice memos to the Mac

  • Voice memos in cloud

  • Shutting down share and comments to avoid tracking

  • Avoiding fingerprinting by looking like everyone else

  • New mac app

  • 0365 on the way

  • CreateML with custom data you can mess with in code playgrounds

  • UI kit iOS apps on Mac

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