Apple WWDC 2024 highlights: AI, platforms update, revamped Siri announced

Apple WWDC 2024 event highlights: Apple has unveiled new features coming with its next-generation platforms update, but most importantly announced Apple Intelligence for iPhones, iPads, and Macs

Harsh Shivam New Delhi

Apple WWDC 2024

11:31 PM

Apple MacOS Sequoia

Math Notes support
Hike features on Maps
iPhone mirroring on Macs with Continuity
iPhone notifications on Macs
Auto tile positioning for multitasking
built-in backgrounds for video calls
New Paswords app for storing and organising passwords, security keys and more
Password app will be available on iPad and iPhones too
Highlights that uses Machine learning for suggestions on Safari browser
Text summarisation feature on Safari

11:21 PM

Apple iPadOS 18: iPad is getting a Calculator app

Floating tab bars for easier access within Apps like Keynote, Pages and more
New smoother animations
Drawing gesture support on SharePlay
iPad is getting its maiden calculator app
Math Notes feature on calculator app for solving complex equations using Apple Pencil
Real time graph generation on Math Notes
Notes app getting Math Notes feature
Smart Script in Notes with on-device AI for better handwriting and more

11:13 PM

Apple WatchOS 11: Intelligent Widgets

Intelligent widgets that automatically appears on the Watch showing key data that the user might need at that time. It uses machine learinging data to suggest and show these key widgets on the Apple Watch

11:11 PM

Apple WatchOS 11: Health

Training Load data insights
Summary page customisation
New Vitals app for key health metric insights

11:07 PM

Apple iOS 18: What’s new

Home screen

Apps and widgets can now be relocated on screen
New app icons in dark mode
Home screen is now customisable for colours

Control Center

New group of controls, which pops-up with a swipe-up gesture
Shows connected home devices
Controls Gallery to add/remove group of controls
Controls are also available from lock screen
Action button integration to invoke controls

Lock an app

Independent app lock
Hide app, which goes into Hidden app folder that is locked

Messages

RCS messaging support
Tapbacks: Use any emojis and stickers
Schedule message for send later
Text formatting with options to italicise, bold, and more
Text effects now integrated
Messages via Satellite – iPhone 14 and later – key iMessage
feature only

Mail

On-device categorisation – Primary, Transactions, Updates,
Promotions (later this year)

Maps, Wallet, Journal app also get new features. Game mode

is coming to iPhone.

Photos

Biggest redesign ever
Makes it easier to find memories
Feels familiar, but a unified view makes it easy to access
the library
Intelligence is built-in to create collections, which
categorises photos based on memories, trips, etc.
Photos is customisable for collections

11:04 PM

Apple AirPods update

Head movement gesture controls for Siri
Voice isolation during calls for AirPods Pro
Personalised Spatial Audio support for games

11:01 PM

Apple iOS 18: RCS messaging

RCS messaging support will be coming to iPhones with iOS 18

11:01 PM

Apple iOS 18: Photos App

New design with better organisation
Months and Years filters for searching photos
Collection feature for browsing photos with topics
Trip sections for organising photos based on locations
Customisable Collections
New design to Favourite and Featured photos

10:57 PM

Apple iOS 18: Game Mode

Mac's Game mode is coming to iPhones

10:56 PM

Apple iOS 18: Wallet

Tap to Cash feature for payments
New app design

10:55 PM

Apple iOS 18: Mails

email sorting options like Promotions and Updates
email categorisation

10:54 PM

Apple iOS 18: Messages

More Tapback options with emojis
Text formating like Itallics and Strike through
New Text effects
Messages via Satellite for sending and receiving messages over satellite connectivity
SMS over satellite

10:51 PM