Apple WWDC 2019 kicked off with company CEO Tim Cook beginning the keynote for media and developers on Monday.
As expected, the Cupertino-based giant has revealed a host of new features, software upgrades for its devices and even a new hardware for production-class performance.
Here’s a look at everything that Apple announced at WWDC 2019 keynote.
Key Announcements at Apple WWDC 2019 Keynote
- iOS 13 debuts with support for dark mode and other privacy features
- TVOS gets a new look design and will be available later this year
- WatchOS apps can now be designed independently by developers
- Apple App store comes to WatchOS and Calculator also
- MacOS Catalina unveiled with host of new features and new home screen
- MacOS allows iPads to used as a secondary screen for MacBooks
- Apple brings iPadOS for iPad series with cosmetic and functional changes
- Mac Pro gets a design refresh, supports up to 1.5TB RAM and powered by 28-core Intel Xeon processor
- Mac Pro gets a 6K Retina display priced at $4999 (Rs 4.2 lakh approx)
That's a Wrap!
Finally, we’ve got Tim Cook on the stage who is giving his closing statement and officially opening the main event of the WWDC 2019 for the developers.
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All Apple OS Available Starting July
All the APIs and operating system will be available in their beta phase starting today and will start seeding out starting July this year.
Mac OS Catalina Unveiled
iTunes is on its way out! It has been divided into Apple Music, Podcast and Apple TV.
You will now be able to use your iPad as a second display for your Mac. It works both wirelessly and with wires. The feature is called Sidecar. Apple Pencil will be supported wirelessly.
Mac OS has a new voice control feature which will allow you to control a Mac entirely with your voice.
FindMy feature on the Mac OS is a combo device-finding Mac/IOS app. You will be able to find devices even when they are off via Bluetooth beacon! This feature will be encrypted and anonymous.
Screen Time is also coming to Mac OS Catalina.
Now developers will be able to use existing iPad apps and make it compatible to run on Mac OS as well. this is possible via Project Catalyst.
The New Mac Pro is Here!
The new Mac Pro unveiled at the event. It’s a completely new design and looks refreshing!
The new Mac Pro is the most power Mac till date which has 300 watts of power, 28 cores and Intel Xeon processor at the helm of it all.
It comes with 1.5 TB of system memory. The Mac Pro also adds PCI expansion. 4 double-Y slots and 3 USB a-Pots, 2 built-in 10GB ethernet ports.
It also comes with 128GB of RAM and wiill support for Radeon Pro 580X, Vega II graphics cards and you can even put two Vega II cards together.
Apple has created a card called Afterburner which can process 6 billion pixels per second. It will also be able to stream 3 simultaneously stream of 8K quality. The new Mac Pro will offer real-time full-resolution video for editing with a power input of a whopping 1.4kW power supply.
The Mac Pro display is a 32-inch 6K Retina Display which pumps out 20 million pixels. It also has reference modes built into it. the display can maintain 1000 nits of light consistently.
It supports 1,000,000:1 contrast rations and offers something Apple is calling Pro Display XDR (Extreme Dynamic Range), which is an upgrade over HDR.
You can rotate the display to get a portrait mode and display can be detached from the stand as well. The company is calling it "The World's Best Pro Display."
The Mac Pro and the display will both be $4,999 each. That’s almost 10 lakh rupees.