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Date Published
Author
Moataz Nabil
Word count
1497
Language
English
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None

Summary

WWDC 2021 was held virtually due to the pandemic, as in previous years, and featured numerous exciting announcements about new technologies, updates, and improvements for all Apple products. Tim Cook kicked off the event with a focus on sharing Apple's latest technologies with millions of developers worldwide and supporting the developer community. Craig Federighi presented the new iOS 15 features, which include SharePlay, FaceTime portrait mode, voice isolation, Focus, and more. iOS 15 also introduced a live text feature that allows users to select, translate, and search for text within images. Apple Maps in iOS 15 has new transit features, new walking instructions, and new road details for drivers. Additionally, the company announced iOS 15 Preview page, iPadOS 15 with Widgets on the home screen, MultiTasking, Translate, and more. macOS Monterey was also introduced, arriving this fall, with new features like FaceTime, photo collections, messages, Safari, Universal Control, AirPlay to Mac, and Shortcuts on Mac. watchOS 8 improved with Portrait mode in photos, New Memories, sharing photos via Messages and Mail, and health and fitness features. The developer tools and technologies saw the announcement of Xcode 13 beta, Swift 5.5 with new features like Swift Concurrency, Swift Package Collections, DocC, and more. Other notable announcements included TestFlight on Mac, Xcode Cloud, enhanced App Store features, and updates to AVKit, CloudKit, App Clips, Foundation, and App Analytics.