With a preview of the Apple’s self-made show “For All Mankind”, Apple started its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Jose on Monday. This time Apple really makes a great change on every aspect.

iPadOS is Born

Apple always wants iPad to be more creative and productive since its release of iPad Pro on 2015, and all the feature updates are aiming this goal. However, ipad Pro still has many restrictions on multitasking, file management and interaction. So this time Apple brings a new iPadOS on iPad to completely separate from iOS on the iPhone.

The iPadOS is quite different from iOS in the home screen. To take advantage of the large display, iPad supports multiple windows and files from the same app simultaneously with updates to Split View. The File app in iPadOS supports USB drives, SD cards and SMB file server. Safari in iPadOS is also more powerful than ever. It supports download manager and the browser has desktop version which is for better visual experience. You can also download custom fonts in the App Store.

With the support of the new API, the Apple Pencil latency shortens from 20ms to 9ms. And it supports new mark features on iPadOS.

iOS 13 with Dark Mode

One of the keywords for iOS 13 is speed. The Face ID unlock is 30% faster than before. With a new way to package iPhone apps, the app updates is 60% smaller, resulting in faster load time and app launch. The other big update is the Dark Mode that protects our eyes while playing iPhone in dark and saves battery at the same time. With AirPods and HomePod, Siri can read incoming messages and recognize voice by Voice Control to reply the message. Several applications have rich updates, including Reminders, CarPlay, Location Services and so on, and now you can share a song or a movie with your friend by simply bringing two iPhones close. Privacy-protecting features like “Sign in with Apple” are not only safer but also prevent users from being tracked.

Mac Pro or Cheese Grater?

The new Mac Pro is the only hardware on this WWDC, and this is another high end device for professionals after iMac Pro although it changes its look from a trash can to a cheese grater this time. The new Mac Pro features workstation-class Xeon processors up to 28 cores, a memory system with a 1.5 TB capacity, 8 PCI-E expansion slots and 2 Thunderbolt 3 ports. There are two options of Mac Pro graphics: Randeon Pro Vega II and Randeon Pro Vega II Duo. Mac Pro also features an Accelerator Card – Apple Afterburner which can play three streams of 8K ProRes Raw videos at the same time.

Pro Display XDR features a 32-inch Retina 6K display with P3 wide and 10-bit color, an amazing 1600 nits of peak brightness and an incredible 1000000:1 contract ratio with a superwide viewing angle, which are quite suitable for programmers’ work.

The Mac Pro is made by the stainless-steel space frame with two handles so users can move it easily around the studio.

watchOS 6 Has Its Own App Store

The new watchOS 6 finally adds the App Store to the Apple Watch this time, now you can download the applications on the watch directly instead of transferring them from iPhone. As usual, several new watch faces are coming out along with the watchOS 6 with different customized design. And the new watchbands are on sell now on the App Store including the new band Pride Edition Sport Loop. Some new applications are also available on the watchOS 6 including Voice Memos, Calculator app, and other health and fitness tools. Among them, the Trends app can track your metrics within last 90 days with up or down marks to help users know their state of health.

tvOS 13 with More Personalized Design

The new tvOS 13 has a brand new home screen design to show full-screen videos, and adds several subscription services with Apple TV+, Apple Music and Apple Arcade, etc. Along with the support for PlayStation and Xbox game controllers to play games on Apple Arcade and the App Store. The new tvOS also adds multi-users support so the family members can switch easily in Control Center, and each family member can get his own personalized recommendations.

macOS 10.15: No More iTunes

The new macOS 10.15 Catalina has replaced iTunes with standalone versions of Apple Music, Podcasts and the Apple TV app. Some apps which can be used on only iOS like Screen Time are now available on macOS as well. When users connect their iOS device to the Mac, it will show up in the sidebar of Finder. Another new feature is related to iPad. Users can use iPad as a second display for the Mac and use Apple Pencil to draw or sketch on iPad. macOS Catalina also supports Voice Control which allows users who cannot operate traditional input devices to control their Mac by their voice. The voice data will be saved in local instead of iCloud.

Last but not least, Apple has made a new update to port iOS applications to Mac called Project Catalyst. From now on the developers can use Xcode tools to make transfer more convenient. Apple has made an example with Twitter to show how fast it can be ported from iOS to macOS.

Apple lifted the curtain on its latest iPhones on Tuesday at Steve Jobs Theater, introducing three new iPhone models and updated versions of Apple Watch and Apple TV.

iPhone X

Claimed as “The future of the smartphone”, iPhone X (pronounced “iPhone ten”) features a completely new look, with a screen that stretches from edge to edge, and gets rid of the home button that’s been on every other iPhone since 2007.

Let’s sum up the new standout features of iPhone X:

• An edge-to-edge OLED “Super Retina” display
• Face ID facial recognition unlocking
• “Animoji” animated emoji
• Wireless inductive charging
• A significantly faster custom “A11 Bionic” processor chip

The iPhone X will cost $999 for the baseline model with 64 GB of storage. A 256 GB model is also available. Preorders start Oct. 27 and ship Nov. 3.

iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus

Apple introduced the new iPhone 8/8 Plus with color‑matched, aerospace‑grade aluminum band, which to be water and dust resistant with upgraded displays and studio speakers. The glass back allows the phones to have wireless charging.

The iPhone 8/8 Plus also feature the A11 Bionic processor. Apple says it’s the most powerful chip ever in a smartphone. It’s between 25 percent and 70 percent faster than the chip used in last year’s iPhones.

The iPhone 8/8 Plus have video improvements as well. The devices can capture 4K video at framerate of 60fps. They can also capture slow-motion footage at 1080p and 240fps. New sensors in a dual camera will help these phones take photos and videos with less noise especially in the Plus model. The phones have 3-D touch technology and new stereo speakers that are 25 percent louder.

Apple says the new iPhones are also optimized for augmented reality, or AR, which is software that makes it appear that digital images exist in the user’s real-world environment. Gaming will be a major use case for AR as well.

Apple is using the Qi wireless charging standard for these two iPhones as well. They will be available in 64GB and 256GB configurations starting at $699 for the iPhone 8 and $799 for the iPhone 8 Plus. Start shipping on September 22.

Apple Watch

The new Apple Watch Series 3 has cellular built in. It’s the size just as slim as the Apple Watch Series 2. You can take the call and converse with just the watch’s built-in micthe and the number is the same number that you use on an iPhone, Apple said.

Apple Watch is the #1 watch brand in the world now, Cook said, with over 50 percent growth compared with the previous year. Jeff Williams, chief operating officer, said Apple is adding new measurements to the heart-rate readings of the Apple Watch, such as recovery heart rate.

The new watch will also allow streaming for millions of songs, as it is more power-efficient and has a dual-core processor and supports speaking from Siri. Orders begin Sept. 15 and it ships on Sept. 22.

Introduced on October 27, 2016, the revamped MacBook Pro is the “thinnest and lightest” Pro notebook Apple has ever made. Available in 13 and 15-inch options, the new MacBook Pro is smaller than previous models and it boasts a new “Touch Bar”.

The Touch Bar is a small Retina display panel built into area above the keyboard, where the function keys used to be. The Touch Bar is like a mini computer built right into the MacBook Pro, with contextual buttons and controls that change based on what application you’re using.

In Mail, for example, the Touch Bar has options for sending a reply, deleting a message, composing a new message, and more. In Messages, there are QuickType text predictions and options for choosing emoji, and in Photos, the Touch Bar can be used to scroll through and edit photos. Apple has updated all of its apps to take advantage of the Touch Bar, and third-party apps will also support it with custom functions.

Touch ID, powered by a dedicated T1 processor, is built into the Touch Bar. The T1 processor features a secure enclave, allowing the Touch ID button to be used to unlock the Mac and make purchases with Apple Pay. It also enables fast user switching.

Design wise, both the 13 and 15-inch MacBook Pro models are thinner and lighter than their predecessors, with the 13-inch machine shedding the most bulk. Along with a Touch Bar, there’s also a much larger trackpad and a thinner, brighter display that features 67 percent more contrast and support for wide color gamut.

The MacBook Pro adopts a keyboard that’s similar to the keyboard in the MacBook, with a second-generation butterfly mechanism and wider, flatter keys that are more stable. It also includes speakers with double the dynamic range and improved bass, but it does eliminate all ports with the exception of four USB-C ports and a headphone jack.

Skylake processors, faster SSDs, high-speed memory, Thunderbolt 3 support, AMD graphics (15-inch) and an advanced thermal architecture all help to improve performance in the MacBook Pro.

The 13-inch MacBook Pro features a 2.9 GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor, 8GB of memory, Intel Iris Graphics, and 256GB or 512GB of flash storage depending on model. The 15-inch version has a 2.6 GHz or 2.7GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor, 16GB of memory, a Radeon Pro 450 or 455, and 256GB or 512GB of flash storage depending on model.

There are also additional upgrade options for improving the CPU, GPU (15-inch only), and storage space.

Pricing on the 13-inch MacBook Pro starts at $1,799 for the entry-level machine, while pricing on the 15-inch MacBook Pro starts at $2,399. Both machines are available in Silver or Space Gray.

Apple is also offering an entry-level MacBook Pro that comes with a lower-end processor, lower-end graphics, and no Touch Bar or Touch ID, but it does have a more affordable price point at $1,499.

The new 13 and 15-inch MacBook Pro models are available for pre-order today. Orders for the machines equipped with Touch Bars will begin shipping out to customers in late November, while the 13-inch MacBook Pro without a Touch Bar will be available as soon as October 31.

Apple seeded the fourth beta of an upcoming iOS 10 update to developers and public beta testers for testing purposes, one week after seeding the third iOS 10.1 beta and more than a month after releasing iOS 10 to the public.

Registered developers can download the new iOS 10.1 beta from the Apple Developer Center or over-the-air once the proper configuration profile is installed. Public beta testers can download the update over-the-air after installing the configuration profile from Apple’s beta testing website.

iOS 10.1 introduces a new “Portrait” mode for the iPhone 7 Plus that allows it to use the two built-in cameras to create shallow depth of field portrait photos with blurred backgrounds.

To achieve the blurred look, the image signal processor in the iPhone 7 Plus uses the wide-angle camera to create a depth map, dissecting the different layers of the photo to decide what to blur. It works on people, pets, and objects, but does require good lighting to achieve the proper effect.

The update also likely includes bug fixes and other under-the-hood improvements to address issues that have been uncovered since iOS 10 was released, such as an ongoing CallKit bug that has caused CallKit to function unreliably.

iOS 10 has been described by Apple as the “biggest release ever” for iOS users, with features that include a redesigned Lock screen, a Siri SDK to allow third-party apps to integrate with Siri, and a completely overhauled Messages app with stickers, a full App Store, Digital Touch, Bubble Effects, and more.

Other features include a dedicated “Home” app for HomeKit users, new facial and object recognition capabilities in Photos, and redesigned Maps and Apple Music apps. For more details on iOS 10, make sure to check out our iOS 10 roundup.

macOS Sierra, the next-generation Mac operating system, was unveiled at the Worldwide Developers Conference on June 13, 2016 and launched to the public on September 20, 2016. Apple chose to do away with the OS X name in favor of the new “macOS” name to bring the Mac operating system in line with iOS, watchOS, and tvOS.

The main new feature in macOS Sierra is Siri integration, bringing Apple’s personal assistant to the Mac for the first time. Siri offers many of the same capabilities available on iOS, along with Mac-specific functionality like the ability to search through documents to quickly find files.

There’s also an option to pin Siri search results to the Today section of the Notification Center or to add them to documents to provide up to date information at a glance. Siri can also do things like search through Photos, set reminders, initiate FaceTime calls, and more.

In Photos, computer vision and new deep learning algorithmsallow the app to recognize people, places, and things in images using facial, object, and scene recognition, using the information to group images into intelligent collections and enable powerful search capabilities. A new “Memories” tab creates curated collections of past photos to resurface old memories, and there’s a new “Places” album for displaying all photos on a world map.

Messages has rich links for previewing web content and watching video clips directly within the app, and it supports iOS 10 sister features like bigger emoji and “Tapback” options for quickly responding to messages with icons like a heart or a thumbs up. In iTunes, Apple Music is redesigned with a bolder look and a simpler interface to improve music discovery.

Continuity features are expanding in macOS Sierra with the introduction of a new “Auto Unlock” option for Apple Watch owners. When an authenticated and unlocked Apple Watch is in close proximity to a Mac, it unlocks automatically without the need to enter a password. Also new on the Continuity front is Universal Clipboard, a feature for copying something on one Apple device and pasting it on another.

Deeper iCloud integration makes all of the files stored on the desktop or the documents folder of a Mac available on all of a user’s devices, including other Macs, the iPhone and the iPad through the iCloud Drive app, and the web through iCloud.com.

All Mac apps, first and third-party, are able to use multiple tabs in macOS Sierra, so in apps like Pages, users work with multiple tabs instead of multiple windows when accessing more than one document.Picture in Picture multitasking is also new in the OS, allowing users to watch a video while doing other things.

Apple is introducing a new Apple File System (APFS) built around SSDs and engineered with native encryption as a primary feature. There’s also a new Optimized Storage feature that frees up space on a Mac when storage is getting low.

Along with iOS 10, macOS Sierra supports Apple Pay in the web browser, letting users pay for purchases made on the web with Apple Pay. Payments are authenticated through a connected iPhone using Touch ID or an unlocked Apple Watch.

Macgo Mac Blu-ray Player is now fully supported on the latest macOS Sierra 10.12.

iOS 10 features a redesigned Lock screen experience with 3D Touch-enabled notifications, a more easily accessible camera, and a widgets screen. A revamped Control Center also offers 3D Touch support along with new controls for music and HomeKit devices. Raise to Wake, a new feature for the latest devices, wakes up the iPhone without bypassing notifications.

Messages has been entirely overhauled with new features like background animations, bubble effects, rich links, and Digital Touch, and there’s even a full Messages App Store that can add almost unlimited capabilities to messages, from sending stickers and GIFs to making payments or placing collaborative dinner orders.

A new Siri SDK lets developers build support into their apps, and a dedicated “Home” app gives users a central place to control HomeKit devices. Photos features impressive facial and object recognition capabilities, and a new Memories feature allows you to discover forgotten memories.

Maps and Apple Music have both been redesigned with cleaner, simpler interfaces, with Maps gaining proactive suggestions and integrated third-party apps and Music gaining better content discovery features and a new focus on lyrics.

There’s a new feature that lets stock iOS apps be hidden from sight, and the QuickType keyboard is smarter with new contextual predictions, including emoji predictions. Apple Pay is available on the web starting today.