Check out the big announcements from WWDC 2017.
Apple made a lot of announcements today at WWDC 2017, including the latest versions of iOS, macOS, and watchOS. There were also new Macs and iPads for those looking for new hardware. Here are the top announcements from the keynote.
watchOS 4
Apple announced watchOS 4, which will arrive later this year with new watch faces, activity features, new tools for developers, and more.
macOS High Sierra
Apple's latest update to its Mac operating system focuses on core technologies and under-the-hood improvements, with wide support for various VR technologies.
New Macs
Apple refreshed it's iMac, MacBook, and MacBook Pro lineups, adding Kaby Lake processors, more powerful graphics, and expanded memory options. The company also announced the iMac Pro, which will ship in December and explicitly target professional users.
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iOS 11
Launching later this year, iOS 11 will bring a number of new features and improvements, including iMessage in iCloud, person-to-person payments with Apple Pay, Siri enhancements, and more. Apple has also introduced ARKit, which lets developers begin creating augmented reality applications that better utilize iOS technologies.
iPad Pro
Apple announced the new 10.5-inch iPad Pro and updated 12.9-inch iPad Pro. Both iPads will feature Apple's True Tone display with wide color gamut support, along with improved camera systems based on the iPhone 7. Affinity Pro, which offers professional-grade photo editing for the iPad and takes advantage of the iPad Pro's new A10X processor, is now also available on the App Store for $19.99.
HomePod
Apple's HomePod is a Siri-controlled smart speaker that will arrive later this year. The HomePod uses spatial awareness to analyze its environment and adapt its sound to the room it's in, and can direct its sound using beamforming technology. Multiple HomePods can wireless connect to each other and work together to provide even better sound.
Reader comments
All of Apple's big announcements from WWDC 2017!
They didn't announce the next iPhone??? REALLY!!!!!
iPhones are never announced at WWDC. Nobody was expecting that. Those aren't announced until later this year. October/September.
Is that sarcasm? They weren't going to. That's in September. This is mostly for developers.
Not much on the OS/services front. Hopefully 4k itunes store coming in fall with apple tv. Would have liked to see more macOS/iOS integration. But hopefully this was more about fine tuning what they have already.
HomePod?
Ugh.
Meh...Nothing special really. Maybe it's time to switch it up this year. Give Sammy a shot with the Note 8. I was expecting a Theme-like(Dark Mode) setting. Still not sure whether Siri brings anything to the table, like working with competing apps...e.g. Google Maps, HERE maps, Google Music, Spotify, etc.
The new 10.5 inch iPad means no more free MS office. So, not going there. The new speaker is a way to sell more Apple Music subs, so nada there either. As for Macs, I'm not really interested.
Dark Mode won't be announced (or released for that matter) until they release the iPhone with the OLED display... makes no sense to do it before other than for those of us who want it now!
Unfortunately, if dark mode is to come later it's most likely just going to be the iPhone 8 that has it, otherwise it would've just been integrated into iOS 11 and already active
Excuse me Apple if I don't run out and replace my SONOS system which still works and still sounds terrific with Homepod.
Different devices for different uses, Homepod is a Alexa/Google Home competitor.
Totally underwhelmed with iOS 11 for iPhone. This was all about the iPad.
Great steps forward for iPad Pro. Some new innovative features, some borrowed features from Samsung. The rest of iOS 11 was just meh. Like the new Windows app store theme though... WatchOS shouldn't even have hit the stage. What was that?
HomePod, horrible name, looks like a ball of string and still the same old Siri.
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Still no new Apple TV? The current model is 2 years behind the competition. And Siri is nowhere close to the usability of Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa and Microsoft Cortana. I love my iPhone, but it's sad to see Apple keep falling farther and farther behind the competition.
Very disappointed in updates for both watchOS and iOS. Not sure what I was expecting for watchOS but biggest highlight for iOS 11 appears to be iMessage Apple pay. No iPhone 7+ (or 8+) split screen multitasking, no dark theme or really anything appealing.
All interesting updates were for iPad and some of those would've been nice on the larger iphone screens.
Tim Cook is dulling Apple right out of relevance.
Samsung is laughing their butts off right now
Why? Because we don't have a non-secure iris scanner, a difficult to reach fingerprint reader, gimmicky curved edges or misaligned ports?
It's (note the apostrophe) a shame that the marketing gurus at Apple don't know the difference between "it's", i.e, "it is" and "its", the the third person possessive pronoun, as in "She took her new iPad out of its case." Steve Jobs was a marketing genius, who was known for being fastidious about everything. Tim Cook makes elementary school errors.
In the midst of all this frowning... I loved the new iOS for the iPad. Way cool stuff. And the 10.5 screen iPad seems like a really good size. The large pro is too big to hold up for reading, but getting a larger screen in almost the same form factor, that is great! I loved the iMacPro. Be cool to have a 27" screamer! I will need to upgrade soon and seeing if these are great machines will be very interesting. And the HomePod speaker may be really cool or another HiFi effort. We will need to see. Gonna be fun ordering it and then testing it to see if it really has the guts to play full sound at low vol and play at hi vol with good sound. It is possible, we'll have to see.
Also really cool to see the younger presenters from Apple, and the pregnant woman, yeah!
I ordered my new iPad today. The File App is a winner.
Was pumped about the iMac Pro until I saw the price... WHOOOAAA.
Interested in the VR though.
That is about what I paid for my first primitive PC.
Well I am happy about one thing, they FINALLY are putting something in ios 11 that will tell a person "Get back to you later, I am driving right now." I have been wanting that for a while now, ever since I saw that my daughter has it with her Samsung phone. About time but happy it's finally coming!
I gave up on iTunes and have moved to PLEX installed on my mac mini media server; significant improvement. I'm not very pleased that I cannot update the internal hard drive on late 2013 mac pro (tubular trash can). I've been let down by OS updates time and time again. I really wish there was an Apple was a computer company again ~ I think it's necessary for them to split... computers and phones/watches/stuff
I gave up on iTunes and have moved to PLEX installed on my mac mini... significant improvement. I'm not very pleased that I cannot update the internal hard drive on late 2013 mac pro (tubular trash can). I've been let down by OS updates time and time again. I really wish there was an Apple was a computer company again ~ I think it's necessary for them to split... computers and phones/watches/stuff
Did I miss touch screen compatibility in the new OS?