Apple had plenty of other announcements. If the speculation pans out, the speaker would be Apple’s first new product since its smartwatch in 2015.
Called “the most powerful Mac ever, the new product will be available from December starting at $4,999″.
Since Apple HomePod is a smart speaker, the company has ensured that it delivers top-notch sound quality with deepest and cleanest bass possible, with low distortion.
Soon after the announcement, Amazon tweeted, “You asked (a lot)”.
While Apple radically redesigned the messaging experience in iOS 10, the next update will focus on improving on those core technologies and features.
At WWDC 2017, Apple announced the new Files app that would be shipping with the iOS 11, this fall. The first one in this list would be the Siri.
Mac models were also boosted to work with virtual reality gear, a move by Apple into technology that Facebook has embraced with its Oculus unit.
Also, Siri has got a new translator engine, which translates sentences into different languages.
Apple is finally enabling iMessages to synchronise to the iCloud.
This comes as competition increases, with devices such as Google’s Chromebook and Microsoft (Euronext: MSF.NX – news) ‘s Surface eating into Apple’s tablet market share.
However, Apple has a well-established reputation for keeping its app ecosystem and platforms under tight control, so developers hoping for more open smart home ecosystems such as Google Home with the Google Assistant and the Amazon Echo Show with Alexa, may be sorely disappointed. Apple claims that they have introduced the display of the device and it now has 500 nits more brightness levels.
The Apple iPad Pro 12.9 will be sold with color options of Silver, Space Gray, and Gold. It uses the same 12MP rear camera as the iPhone 7, along with a 7MP front-facing shooter. These come with a four speaker set-up and boast of up to 10-hours of battery life.
During its keynote, Apple showcased the new single-page revamped Control Center, which is also customizable.
The accessory leverages the grunt of an integrated AMD Radeon RX 580 is envisioned as a ideal companion to the graphical heft of the company’s newest iMac.
The company also announced updates to its entire MacBook line giving its laptops more powerful specifications in the form of the latest Intel chips. Here’s what’s coming, courtesy of Apple’s introduction of its new operating system.
ARKit takes advantage of the iPhone’s camera, motion sensors and graphics processors to allow developers create apps and games that combines the real world with the virtual world.
Apple has long offered system-level integration with some popular social media services. “If your app has a login screen, I have information for you”.
New (KOSDAQ: 160550.KQ – news) photo editing tools, as well as filtering tools based on machine learning which can sort images by keywords and faces, will refresh the Photos app in High Sierra too. All the money received will get paid to a user’s Apple Pay Cash account.
The logic of linking Apple TV, a device for watching television over the internet, with Amazon.com Inc’s booming video-streaming service looks obvious.