2011
WWDC 2011 Conference Summary: Lion, iOS5, iCloud, One More Thing... | IT Addiction
June 6-10 at the Moscone Center West Wing in San Francisco.
- Release the eighth version of OS X Lion (Lion)
- iOS 5, the next version of Apple's advanced mobile operating system powering the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch;
- Apple's upcoming cloud service product - iCloud
- The last Apple event hosted by Jobs
2012
June 11-15 at the Moscone Center West Wing in San Francisco.
- Release Apple Maps
- Release of new versions of MacBook Air and MacBook Pro
- Released Mountain Lion (Mountain Lion), the ninth version of OS X, with built-in iCloud, and migrated some capabilities of IOS to Mac
- Release iOS 6
- Release Passbook, e-wallet
2013
June 10-14 at the Moscone Center West Wing in San Francisco.
- Announces redesigned Mac Pro, AirPort Time Capsule, AirPort Extreme and
- Released a new model of MacBook Air
- Released the tenth version of OS X, Mavericks (a place for surfing), no longer followed the convention of naming big cats, but changed to American geographic landscapes.
- Find Tabs
- multi-display
- Label classification
- iCloud Keychain
- Notification Center
- New Calendar App
- Apple Maps for Mac
- iBooks
- Release iOS 7 UI major revision
- Added iTunes Radio
- The online office software iWork, combined with iCloud.
2014
WWDC 2014 Summary: A Feast of Software and Systems- WWDC - IT Industry - Deepin Open Source
June 2-6 at the Moscone Center West Wing in San Francisco.
- Release iOS 8
- Improvements to Notification Center, Multitasking, Mail and iMassage
- Add QuickType fast input function
- Open third-party input method
- messages, voice and video can be sent
- HealthKit、Family Sharing
- Open Touch ID fingerprint recognition function to developers
- Release OS X Yosemite
- new page design
- Publish iCloud Drive service to help cross-platform documents to achieve online synchronization. Windows users can also enjoy this service.
- Safari browser began to support WebGL, SPDY, IndexedDB, JavaScript Promises and many other standards
- Xcode supports new programming language Swift
- Release Apple's smart home solution - HomeKit
- Release CloudKit to facilitate developers to access iCloud
- Release Metal, SpriteKit, SceneKit for OpenGL graphics processing and 3D field rendering
2015
WWDC 2015 Conference Top Ten Aspect Summary: Swift is going to be open source-InfoQ
June 8-12 at the Moscone Center West Wing in San Francisco.
- Release OS X El Capitan
- Metal for Mac 与 Gaming API
- Release iOS 9
- Intelligent: Siri and the system can understand and even predict the user's intentions to a certain extent, and perform automatic processing
- Commonly used applications: Notes (seamless switching between OS X and IOS), Maps and the new application News
- iPad: supports multitasking
- Foundation: performance improvements and other fundamental enhancements
- Apple Pay, Passbook apps rebranded to wallet
- Release Swift 2.0 and open source Swift at the same time
- Released watchOS 2, which has an independent WatchKit to develop native Watch Apps without relying on the iPhone to run applications
- Apple Music: Integrate music and musicians to create a music ecosystem
2016
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June 13-17 at the Moscone Center West Wing and Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco.
- Watch OS 3
- Experience optimization: common application resident memory, application background update, information update and instant start
- Added Scribble handwriting input method, and supports Chinese
- New app Breathe: Helps users calm down and relax the body by monitoring and adjusting breathing
- More predefined settings and improvements: preset shortcut phrases to reply text messages, make emergency calls, etc.
- Apple Pay will support third-party apps
- Sports health data will also open API to third-party applications
- TV OS
- Added the function of Single sign-on, users can log in to all channels by logging in to TV OS once
- Deep integration with Siri
- It also supports ReplayKit, PhotoKit, HomeKit, etc., allowing developers to have more uses.
- OS X Renamed to macOS, New Version Named macOS Sierra
- Continuity: Users can seamlessly switch between different Apple devices, preserving the environment and context
- Auto-Unlock: When an iPhone or Apple Watch is nearby, turning on a Mac will no longer require a passcode
- Universal Clipboard: The clipboard can be shared through iCloud to realize the function of copying on one device and pasting on another device.
- Optimized Storage: Automatically helps users organize and clean hard drives
- Apple Pay on the Web: Apple Pay can now be integrated into web pages, and iPhone, Apple Watch, etc. can be used for payment, realizing a mobile payment function similar to Alipay.
- Picture-in-picture video: All videos, including videos on web pages, can be moved to other interfaces and resized arbitrarily.
- Siri on Mac: By clicking the icon on the Dock, Siri on the Mac can be activated to complete many functions, and the search results can be seamlessly embedded in the document.
- IOS 10
- Optimize user experience: For example, wake up the screen through gravity sensing like Apple Watch, redesign the lock screen and control center, and enhance 3D Touch to complete many common operations.
- Open Siri: Open Siri to developers, it can be connected to the developer's own App to realize more interesting and practical functions.
- QuickType: Improve input capabilities on mobile phones, integrate with Siri, use deep learning capabilities, achieve more powerful intelligent prompts, predict the next answer, etc.
- Photo: Now supports facial recognition, automatic classification of people by location and time, and automatic smart short video display.
- Maps: It is also open to developers. It can connect other application information to the map, such as restaurant review information, car calling, etc.
- Music: redesigned, added the downloaded category.
- News: The new version introduces a subscription function, which allows you to customize your own news channel.
- HomeKit: Added the new Home app, which is the control center for smart home devices that users can call out in Control Center. Support "end-to-end" encryption, Geofence features.
- Phone: iOS system phones now support third-party caller ID and support VoIP.
- iMessages: supports rich media, introduces emoticons, and adds a variety of special effects, as well as functions such as touch teaser, stealth ink, etc., which almost pushes the visual effect of IM applications to the extreme. At the same time, iMessages is also open to developers, who can send custom content, such as red envelopes.
- Swift 3.0
- Make Swift your first programming language for beginners
- Swift Playgrounds: Coding Educational Apps for K12
2017
Summary of WWDC 2017 highlights: How many big moves did Apple put in? - OSCHINA - Chinese Open Source Technology Exchange
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June 5-9 at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, CA.
- IOS11
- iMessage: Added Apple Pay, you can transfer money directly in the conversation (similar to WeChat red envelope); iCloud can also synchronize the conversation content in iMessage to the cloud
- Apple Pay: Add online point-to-point transfer payment, add Apple Pay Cash cash account to directly connect bank card account
- Newly designed control center
- Introducing ARKit
- macOS High Sierra
- New file system: APFS replaces HFS that has been in service for 20+ years
- VR technology: released Metal 2, which is 10 times faster than the original Metal
- Machine learning: Metal 2 can directly use the GPU for parallel computing
- watchOS 4
- Realize NFC data connection with gym equipment
- new music app
- development tools
- XCode fully upgraded
- Release Swift 4
- Open and more convenient API
- hardware
- iMac Pro
- iPad Pro
- Home Pod: stepping into the smart speaker field
2018
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June 4-8 at the San Jose Convention Center in California.
- IOS 12
- Siri is smarter
- ARKit 2.0
- Album optimization
- Optimization of some native applications
- iBooks is renamed Apple Books, with a new interface design similar to the App Store.
- The News app (News) has a new sidebar on the iPad for easy browsing and to highlight curated content.
- Voice Memos now supports iCloud
- The interface of the stock market is reconstructed, you can see the trend of stocks throughout the day, and open up the News application, which is convenient for viewing financial news;
- Open CarPlay: Waze, Google Maps and Gaode Maps are the first batch of navigation maps
- Official anti-addiction
- iMessage and FaceTime
- Added 4 new emojis to Animoji (Ghost, Koala, Tiger and T-Rex)
- Users can tailor Animoji for themselves and use it in various scenarios
- tvOS
- Video resources and detail optimization
- Apple TV 4K will support Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision
- watchOS 5
- Focus on sports
- can act as a walkie-talkie
- Apple watch supports browsing the web
- macOS Mojave
- night mode
- Intelligent classification
- Add screenshot/screen recording function
- Newly designed mac app store
2019
The most complete summary of Apple WWDC 2019: iPadOS that supports the mouse, and the most powerful Apple computer debut
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June 3-7 at the San Jose Convention Center in California.
- IOS 13
- dark mode
- With the adjustment of the underlying algorithm, the recognition speed of Face ID has increased by 30%. At the same time, the download speed of the application update is faster, the installation package size is 60% smaller than before, and the application startup speed is directly doubled.
- Emphasize the policy of emphasizing privacy, allowing users to control their own data
- "Apple account" login function
- custom emoji
- New photo app and Siri
- iPadOS: Make efforts in the direction of productivity tools
- macOS Catalina
- Sidecar function, you can use the iPad as a second display for MacOS
- voice control mac
- The Find My function has been upgraded, and it can also be located offline
- iTunes is gone , and the original music, podcasts, and TV services have been split into three separate apps
- ARKit and SwiftUI
- watchOS 6
- Around the theme of health
- add online store
- more personalized
- noise monitoring
- Announcing the new Mac Pro
- tvOS
- Newly designed main interface
- Support multi-user login
- Support Apple Acade game subscription service
2020
Apple WWDC Super Full Summary: iOS 14 is super easy to use, AirPods Pro likes to mention black technology, ARM Mac is here!
WWDC 2020 Keynote Summary
Held online from June 22-26
- iOS 14
- App Library: App drawer function, put apps into a category
- Widgets on Home Screen
- Picture-in-picture: Supports video playback in a small window mode.
- Siri: stronger and better
- iMessage: "@" function, supports replying to specific messages, etc.
- 3D map
- CarPlay/Wallet: NFC-based smart car key, supports iCloud remote lock key, iMessage sharing
- App Store: Launched the App Clips function, which is equivalent to a small program
- Telephone: support ordinary telephone and VoIP call
- iPadOS 14
- All new features for iOS.
- Apple Pencil, supports Chinese
- Music supports full-screen playback interface
- AirPods
- Seamless automatic switching between devices without manual operation.
- The theater-level spatial audio effects will be adjusted in real time with your head and equipment, and Dolby Atmos is supported.
- watchOS 7
- Various customizable new watch faces. Supports importing dials from third-party apps, websites, iMessage and other social media.
- Maps: Cycling navigation functions like iOS 14.
- Movement: Dance Tracking! The gospel of square dancing!
- Activity App: Launched a newly designed Activity App on iOS to better display your activity data.
- Sleep: Link your iPhone to help you sleep and track your sleep data. Brand new alarm tones, vibration alarm, good morning interface.
- Washing hands: Automatically detect when you start washing your hands, and time it for you.
- Siri: A bunch of new Siri features that iOS talked about.
- Beginning this year, you can apply for Public Beta testing.
- privacy
- Sign in with Apple
- Positioning and recording are displayed to the user regardless of the foreground or background. Apps can be ordered not to track users. Developers are required to provide a privacy statement of use.
- Home
- Open source HomeKit in order to cooperate with Amazon, Google and other companies to develop standards and protect privacy.
- More powerful automation.
- iOS devices pair with new smart devices faster.
- Customize monitoring sensitive areas. face recognition.
- Adaptive lighting similar to True Tone.
- tvOS 14
- multi-user function
- Picture-in-picture, similar to iOS 14.
- Small window Siri, similar to iOS 14.
- Filmed a new science fiction film Foundation.
- Supports displaying images from smart cameras.
- macOS Big Sur
- brand new UI
- Bring the control center that has been played on iOS/iPadOS/watchOS for several years to macOS.
- Combined Today view and Notifications view.
- Message: Introduces a new design similar to iOS 14, supports search and some special effects, built by Catalyst.
- Maps: Also like iOS 14, built by Catalyst.
- Safari: Improved JavaScript performance. The speed is very fast, 50% faster than Chrome, which saves power and protects privacy. Freely choose the extension program's access rights to the web page and the time allowed for access. Support custom home page background. Added tracker stats. Built-in translation.
- Mac
- Macs will migrate to Apple's own chip (M1 chip)
- The new Apple chip can already run Logic Pro X, Final Cut Pro X, Microsoft Office, and many Adobe professional software smoothly
- Universal Apps can run on both architectures at the same time.
- Rosetta 2 can directly translate apps originally written for Intel Macs to the new architecture.
- Support virtualization to run other OS.
- Launched the Developers Transition Kit to facilitate developer transition
2021
Apple WWDC Super Full Summary: The smarter and more personalized iOS 15 is here, but this new Mac feature is brighter!
A quick look at Apple's WWDC 2021: a night without hardware releases, iOS 15 is the protagonist
Held online from June 7-11
- iOS 15
- Face Time：
- More comfortable and realistic spatial audio effects
- Microphone: Speech Highlight Mode and Wide Spectrum Mode
- portrait mode
- Share enhancements: quickly create and share calls
- SharePlay: work across devices while talking
- Text Extraction and Global Translation
- The wallet adds the function of simulating access control card
- focus mode
- Optimize Focused Search
- iCloud launches digital legacy plan
- emphasis on privacy
- Face Time：
- iPad OS 15
- Ability to add any newly designed desktop widgets on the desktop
- Application library: you can put the application in a folder
- Support split screen operation
- Memo that supports quick notes
- Swift Playground continues to thrive
- macOS Monterey
- The functions on iPad OS are available on macOS
- Universal Control: Cross-device collaborative office
- Add shortcut commands
- Safari
- Completely refactored design, more beautiful and more usable
- Added label group function
- Tab multi-device synchronization
- watchOS 8
- photo watch face
- Sleep Quality Analysis
- "Breathe" application optimization
- Two new popular workouts - Tai Chi and Pilates
- AirPods upgrade
- Added dialogue enhancement mode
- Added notification broadcast function
- Added an anti-lost function similar to AirTag