Apple event 2022 – as it happened: New MacBooks unveiled alongside new iPad and iOS 16 at WWDC
All the news, updates and announcements from Apple’s annual developer conference
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Apple began its Worldwide Developers Conference – WWDC 2022 – in California on Monday, the annual software event that sees updates to all of its products.
All of Apple’s products saw new additions, from the smallest Apple Watch to the biggest Mac, through new iterations of the WatchOS, iPadOS and MacOS operating systems. All will be available for Apple users later this year, while developers will have instant access to a beta version.
Apple also launched new hardware, too, with a new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro – both powered by the M2 chip that gives significant performance gains.
The event was live streamed on Apple’s website and official YouTube channel. You can read the whole even, as it happened, in our blog below.
Apple WWDC 2022 - live stream
The live stream of WWDC 2022 is on Apple’s official YouTube channel. You can watch it right here:
Sunscreen and stickers for WWDC 22 attendees
For one of the world’s most high-tech companies, it’s a decidedly low-tech affair for the goody bag greeting attendees of WWDC.
Some stickers, a cap and some sunscreen are among the “swag”, according to a picture shared by iOS developer Nicola Giancecchi. If you’re not there, it doesn’t look like you’re missing out on much - though i’m sure a few of these will be popping up on eBay for anyone who’s keen.
California sun
It looks like that sunscreen may actually come in handy sooner rather than later, with attendees currently finding their seats in the California sunshine.
It’s not even 10am in Cupertino and the temperature is already above 20C.
Apple’s WWDC stream goes live
The live stream is up and running (refresh this page and it will be pinned to the top of the live blog).
Just some music playing over some shimmering patterns at the moment - just one minute to go...
And we’re off!
Tim Cook opens proceedings in the usual manner: “Good morning and welcome to WWDC...”
iOS 16 features all new lock screen
We’re getting started with Craig Federighi, Apple’s head of software.
He starts off straight away with an all new lockscreen for iOS 16, which offers a whole range of ways to make it more personal with “millions of combinations” of widgets and wallpapers.
It is “undeniably iPhone”, he says, while also making it more customisable and functional than ever.
Widget kit transforms lock screen
Notifications now roll in from the bottom of the screen, rather than just flood the whole display.
There are also widgets for live weather updates on the lock screen, as well as sports scores, music controls, health metrics and Uber updates. This means you can see what you want to see without actually unlocking your device.
iOS 16 Messages gets most requested features
Messages is getting the “three most requested features” in iOS 16. These are:
1. You can now edit messages.
2. You can “unsend” messages.
3. You can mark a thread as unread.
iOS 16 rundown
You can read more about iOS 16 right here:
Apple just announced iOS 16 – with a huge new change
Apple has unveiled iOS 16, a whole new software update for the iPhone.
iOS 16 gets all-new dictation feature
The dictation feature is getting an update that will allow users to use both dictation and keyboard simultaneously. This makes it easy to switch between the two, which could be useful if there’s an obscure name or location that you want to write.
Speaking of live text features, live translation from images can be done straight from the camera app.
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