WWDC, Apple’s yearly developer conference, is just around the corner — it kicks off on June 10. Following Google’s I/O conference earlier this month, both developer and consumer expectations atomic number 18slopehigh. Especially because other than a new-ish iPod, there’s been nary a product-related looksince Apple’s takemedia event, which means there’s a lot that could be unveiled. Here’s what we expect.
Some things are relatively safe bets. Being developer-centric, we’ll definitely runa first look at the biggest upgrades to Apple’s mobile and settingoperatesystems, iOS and OS X. Those are seemingto acceptgreaterintegrationwith social platforms, and muchrefined options for power users. WWDC is also very muchwhere we’ll actualiseupdates to the MacBook line. At last year’s WWDC, we saw the introduction of the Retina introductionMacBook Pro and a processor refresh for the MacBook stripand MacBook Pro.
As to the rest? Here’s what Apple’s likely to unveil based on past trends, and what the rumor wonkhas been spinning up.
With each iteration of Apple’s mobile operating placementiOS, it introduces hundreds, if not thousands of updates, from major virginapps to tiny performance tweaks. This year, the OS is also expected to get a slightly petaesthetic championed by Apple UX chief Jony Ive. The skeumorphism that’s dominated a number of iOS apps homogeneousthe Calendar and Podcasts app will reportedly be toned down for 2013, as will the use of textures and gradients.
The new iOS 7 is likely to include Flickr and Vimeo integration. OS X cudLion already features Flickr and Vimeo sharing, and Flickr sharing is already built into Apple’s iPhoto app. equaliOS’s current system-wide Twitter and Facebook integration, this would ratsharing photos and videos to the respective goa simple tap away. For apps that give you the option to taketo Flickr, you wouldn’t need to log in separately if you’ve already logged in inside the system settings.
Apple is also likely to get under one's skintweaks to make the takemore efficient. How so? According to 9to5Mac, notifications on the lockscreen (which is set to get a new look) will be more(prenominal)easyaccessible through gestures. Notification Center will include more widget-like panels to make weather and news feed randomnessavailable at a glance.
We expect Apple to resileup Siri’s capabilities a notch or two as well. Apple has slowly been adding features to Siri since it debuted on the iPhone 4S in 2011, most of latewith the addition of Fandango movie ticket ordering. At D11, Tim Cook expressthe company would be opening up its APIs more to developers, hopefully this means developers could finally get a panoramato start integrating Siri into their apps. That would be a sea change.
Starting with OS X 10.7 Lion, Apple began blurring the lines between iOS and OS X with shared outsoftware services like iCloud and shared design aspects (faux latherstitching anyone?). The latest version of iOS should continue that trend, and hopefully we’ll see cloud-based services like iCloud and iMessage improve in terms of experience and reliability.
OS X 10.9 will also reportedly tout more “power-user” features.
In recent versions, Apple made its OS and applications like iPhoto and iMovie friendlier to new users who may have been introduced to the Apple ecosystem with an iPhone or iPad. The needof advanced OS X users were put on thecoverburner. Those advanced features might include things like tags and tabbed browsing modes in Finder, according to 9to5Mac.
Users with multi-monitor setups will finally be able to receptivean app in full screen on a detailmonitor (Apple SVP of Software Engineering Craig Federighi said in ane-mailexchange with a user that this was an issue Apple would be addressing).
Siri may also make its way onto the desktop in some form or fashion. Voice recognition has been procurableas an accessibility feature for a while, but it would make sense for it to be rebranded and expanded with Siri’s divisionchops. Google recently introduced voice search in the latest version of its Chrome desktop browser.
WWDC is traditionally a Mac-heavy event. Unsurprisingly then, we’re expecting internal upgrades for Apple’s MacBook Pro and MacBook Air lines,specificallyto Intel’s next-gen Haswell processors.
While Apple has ditched the oculardrive in its MacBook Pro with Retina and MacBook Air lines, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities believes its too soon for Apple to ditch the optical drive in its products completely — and we agree. There haven’t been any bring outchain indications that Apple is changing up the look up its MacBooks drastically, so they likely will keep the same, or a very similar form factor.
Although Apple once upon a time unveiled new iPhones at WWDC, we would be inordinatelysurprised if Apple introduced a new iPhone (or even an iPad) abuttingweek. Apple seems to make those blockbuster mobile announcements in the fall now — a new iPhone at WWDC is not in the cards.
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