Folks hoping to see Apple improve upon its digital assistant Siri in iOS 12 will be happy to hear it has announced a new app called Shortcuts. The app, which looks every bit like the Workflow automation app it acquired a year ago, will allow you to connect 'Shortcut' operations to Siri, making complex tasks as simple as speaking a command.
In iOS 12, the search has been redesigned for the Photos app. For example, you can now find photos by location and events.
During its ARKit 2.0 introduction at its WWDC 2018 keynote, Apple unveiled a new augmented reality app it's created called Measure. As you'd expect, the software was designed to help you digitally measure things using your iOS device's camera.
SVP of software engineering Craig Federighi demonstrated the app on stage by measuring a suitcase, but it can also be used to measure photographs for framing and other things. There, of course, are hundreds of AR measurement apps already in the App Store. But it's notable that Apple now has a a first-party option.
Here's Apple's official description on the app from its website:
Measure is a new app in iOS 12, which uses AR to quickly gauge the size of real-world objects similar to a tape measure. The new app automatically provides the dimensions of objects like picture frames, posters and signs, and can also show diagonal measurements, compute area and allow users to take a photo and share it with accurate dimensions right from their iPhone or iPad.
We haven't heard a release date for Measure yet, but when we do we'll be sure to pass it along.
Apple kicked off its its annual developer conference with a keynote presentation during which CEO Tim Cook and other high-profile executives announced that augmented reality (AR) experiences in iOS 12 will benefit from a new file format and many other enhancements.
As expected, Apple has announced iOS 12 at this week's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Jose, California.
In making the announcement, Apple said iOS 12 will support all of the devices that supported iOS 11. This year's update is all about adding more stability to the software and offering better performance.
In iOS 12, the software has the ability to increase CPU performance significantly automatically, among other new features.
Apple's 2018 WWDC keynote has begun and as usual, things have started off with a barrage of stats and other information. The company shared that there are now more than 20 million Apple developers and the App Store sees over 500 million App Store visitors per week. Here's a roundup of all the stats shared during today's keynote.
WWDC 2018 attendees are in for a treat as Apple for the first time has paired NFC technology with the Face ID or Touch ID biometric feature to authenticate their digital WWDC pass in the Wallet app.
Similar to WWDCs of the last several years, today's keynote presentation will be live-streamed. The many Apple fans and enthusiasts from around the world who unfortunately are not in a position to attend Apple's developers conference can still tune in from the comfort of their own couch and see what’s new in the world of iOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS and more.
A feature-rich web-based Apple Music player has been revealed. The discovery suggests Apple plans on taking its subscription service beyond iTunes and the Apple Music app following today's keynote address at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC).
MacBook Pro inventory has begun to dwindle ahead of WWDC and now a more powerful device labeled “MacBookPro14,3” has appeared in supposed Geekbench listings, identifying the CPU as a six-core 2.21 GHz Core i7-8750H with Turbo Boost up to a whopping 4.1 GHz.
The next version of macOS is almost certainly going to be revealed on Monday, June 4 at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). Now there's proof, courtesy of a 30-second video preview of Xcode for macOS 10.14 accidentally leaked by Apple and discovered by developer Steve Troughton Smith. The leak is significant in that it probably gives away at least three secrets about the next operating system for Mac.
Are the keys on your MacBook Pro falling off? Has your first-generation iPad Air slowed to a halt? If you were hoping to see new hardware products revealed at next week's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), you might be out of luck, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.