A few thoughts on the Apple WWDC keynote
by Volker Weber
Great keynote covering all four software platforms Apple has. Watch the 10 minutes summary. A few thoughts:
- Siri on all platforms. Siri opens up to developers. Finally. It will get really useful once it understands at least two languages at the same time. Verstanden?
- Apple Watch makes a huge leap with watchOS 3. I love it when existing products get better. Can't wait, but will wait. I am not running preview or beta on my watch.
- tvOS will get so much better with a remote on iOS. Finally a keyboard you can use.
- macOS is the least exciting one for me. Why? Because I hardly ever use the new functions that Apple piles on it. Example: tabs everywhere. Hey, I don't even use tabs in Finder.
- Very solid iOS update. I liked everything I saw. And what wasn't even shown. Almost everything that Apple wants to do with photos you can do with Google Photos today. Apple is stressing the fact they are doing it on your device, but at the same time they want you to offload data to their cloud.
Biggest takeaway was how well Apple integrates between its devices, again. Shared clipboard between iPhone and Mac for instance. Unlocking your Mac with your watch. Great, great stuff. Did you notice the multi language keyboard, that BlackBerry already has had for years?
One missing link: Xcode on iOS. Swift Playground leads the way.
And as excited as Apple got about iMessage, they might fall in the same trap as BBM did. Messaging has to be cross platform. And with that I mean Windows and Android.
When will people learn not to predict hardware for the developer conference? Apple showed new software, now developers have a go, then Apple will deliver in the fall. With new hardware. Easy, isn't it? And those predicting or demanding a revolution? You still have not figured out chess, have you?
Comments
What? There are tabs in finder?
Same here. I am going to use them frequently ... now that I know of them finally ;-)
