The Cupertino company announced the long-rumored transition as well as the tools to support software virtualization and compatibility to facilitate change. The most rumored change for several years finally came true in Apple’s WWDC 2020: macOS was introduced for Apple’s own System on a Chip (SOCs). Although these are totally different paradigms, we will see what new experiences developers will bring to Big Sur.
It will now allow developers to easily migrate applications from iOS, iPadOS to MacOS. Finally, functionality parity of Messages was presented, brought about by porting the iPad version.Īpple’s Catalyst project was another area for improvement. Will a unified OS be coming? From the redesign of the dock, newly added control center and the notification center, all additions bring macOS closer to iOS. This feature is currently only available in English and Chinese and it includes new gestures for Apple Pencil to facilitate text editing.įor Apple’s desktop operating system, there was a small face lift bringing it closer to iOS. With the use of AI, you can hand write to any TextField and it will automatically convert it to text. iPadOS’ stellar improvement was definitely its integration with Apple Pencil and Scribble. IPad apps now have a new sidebar very similar in style to the one used in Apple’s MacOS apps like Photos and Files. Apple says this feature initially works with 11 different languages and will have more in the future. All translations are processed locally with the Neural Engine, so this feature works even without an internet connection and will not send data to Apple. Endless possibilities are coming.Īpple also introduced a new translation app with a complete text and voice translator. You could see a Gap tag on the street and be able to check the promotions of the month by bringing your iPhone closer, and so on.
People could purchase a FastPass at a Disney Park when they are already in line. For example, Airbnb could implement a self-check in. These could be of great help for industries that have some kind of check-in, for remote payments or a quick exchange of information. Using NFC and/or a tag, they allow access to functionalities without downloading an application but accessing a reduced version of it. Continuing with the changes on the home screen, Apple presented its Application Library, which is the version of the Android’s App Drawer with a Cupertino flavor that groups the apps by itself using machine learning.Īdditionally, App Clips were presented.