What to expect at WWDC22: overhauled iOS 16 lock screen with widgets, more laptop-like iPadOS 16 multitasking, redesigned MacBook Air, and more, but no headset
but there's some bad news Chance Miller / 9to5Mac : WWDC 2022: Last-minute rumors on MacBook Air, iPadOS 16, more Samuel Axon / Ars Technica : What to expect at WWDC 2022: iOS 16, M2, and more Chris Smith / BGR : A last-minute MacBook Air leak mentions color options ahead of WWDC 2022 Kif Leswing / CNBC : Apple's big annual conference kicks off next week: Here's what to expect Ewan Spence / Forbes : Forget The Latest MacBook Pro, Apple Has Something Better Mark Gurman / Bloomberg : Sources: Apple is working on VR versions of FaceTime and Maps, SwiftUI for AR and VR apps, and extending a Mac's display to its headset, bringing it into 3D Tweets: @mingchikuo : (2/2) 2H22 shipment forecast of new MBA is 6-7mn units if Quanta's Shanghai capacity can be back to pre-lockdown level before 3Q22. Delivery for new MBA made by two EMS (Quanta the 1st & Foxconn the 2nd) should be better than existing 14"/16" MacBook Pro (shipped by Quanta only). @samifathi_ : The Apple Store didn't go down during WWDC 18, WWDC 19, WWDC 20, or WWDC 21 - all the years we got no hardware. #WWDC22, the store is down. We're getting hardware. Mark Gurman / @markgurman : Power On: Apple's mixed reality headset will dominate WWDC—even without being there. New details on the device and realityOS, the new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, iOS 16 and more https://www.bloomberg.com/... Sigmund Judge / @sigjudge : A new preview has populated in the TV App's Watch Now tab ahead of tomorrow's #WWDC22 opening keynote which will stream live in 4K and Spatial Audio from 10am PT https://twitter.com/... Novall Swift / @novallswift : 1 sleep til #WWDC22 !! 🤩🌈🚀 [Picture of Apple Park somewhat reminiscent of Windows XP wallpaper] Miguel de Icaza / @migueldeicaza : My first WWDC was in 2010, and it was both great and awkward. Apple had introduced rule 3.3.1 and it cast doubts about the future of our C# compiler for iOS. I have always enjoyed the event, but the sense of being seen as a barbarian at the gate has never left me. https://twitter.com/... Tim Cook / @tim_cook : Developers assemble! It's going to be a great day! #WWDC22 https://twitter.com/... @suhail : It's pretty cool that by tomorrow Apple will change the future beyond how we previously imagined it or make us collectively yawn. But either way, it's amazing that this one company can make us wait with such anticipation. @samifathi_ : Tomorrow, the first day of #WWDC22, will mark 1,000 days since @Apple had its last in-person audience for an #AppleEvent (Sept 2019). You're telling me they won't show *any hardware*? Not buying it. https://twitter.com/... @ijustine : Getting Hyped for #WWDC22 ✈️ On my way! 👀 Went over a few rumors in my latest video.. https://www.youtube.com/... Joe Rossignol / @rsgnl : The last time the Apple Store went down ahead of WWDC in 2017, we got an absurd amount of hardware refreshes to the iPad Pro, MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and iMac, along with early previews of the iMac Pro + HomePod. (Not saying to expect that much again today.) #WWDC22 https://twitter.com/... Joe Rossignol / @rsgnl : Not many rumors about an Apple siliconMac Pro being unveiled at #WWDC22 tomorrow, so I am keeping my expectations low, but both the 2013 and 2019 models of the Mac Pro were previewed at WWDC and launched in December in each of those years. Ian / @ianzelbo : @MKBHD They also said that the Mac Pro was “for another day” at the last event. I think it has to be tomorrow @aaple_lab : At WWDC22, Apple may sneak peek the new Mac Pro (my opinion) - Apple promised to transition all of Macs on their chips in two years - Mac Pro is usually shown at WWDC - Apple hasn't updated Mac Pro for a long time - Mac Pro would fit perfectly into Silicon family with chip X1 https://twitter.com/... Joe Rossignol / @rsgnl : Apple introduced the HomePod five years ago today. https://twitter.com/... Steven Aquino / @steven_aquino : This is such a better variation on the classic Windows XP wallpaper. https://twitter.com/... Steven Sinofsky / @stevesi : WWDC always interesting. In the pre-show guesses, one topic caught my eye—even more windowing / “multitasking” for iPadOS incl *resize*. This deserves to be thought of in the context of “Apple is always playing the long game...and is very patient”. https://www.macrumors.com/... /1 https://twitter.com/... @samifathi_ : The hype and build-up for #WWDC22 far exceeds last years. Joe Rossignol / @rsgnl : Important: the Apple Store did NOT go down ahead of WWDC when the new Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR were merely previewed months early. My guess would be a new MacBook Air and perhaps a new 13-inch MacBook Pro with orders starting either during or very shortly after WWDC week. https://twitter.com/... Marques Brownlee / @mkbhd : 2 years ago: June 2020, at WWDC Apple announces the beginning of the Apple Silicon transition for Mac that would take 2 years Tomorrow: WWDC, 2 years later 👀 (Companies break promises all the time, but a Mac Pro sneak peek would just feel so right) https://twitter.com/... @theapplehub : This is what to expect at #WWDC22 tomorrow! Are you excited? [picture with new OSes, MacBook Air, Mac mini, and Mac Pro listed] Joe Rossignol / @rsgnl : This is the first time the Apple Store has gone down ahead of WWDC since 2017, when there were several hardware announcements. This is a great sign of at least one hardware announcement today *and* orders beginning either today/tomorrow/within the next week. A new MacBook Air? https://twitter.com/... Mark Gurman / @markgurman : If the Apple Reality headset/rOS isn't announced next week (still believe unlikely), I'd still keep an eye out for new frameworks, video codecs, and Metal upgrades that are obviously geared toward the device. Tanner B / @nsexceptional : Someone please ask how to do something impossible in SwiftUI, like how to make the search bar focus immediately https://developer.apple.com/ ... David Ciatto / @davidseaotter : Looking forward to chatting with folks about their app's accessibility in the #WWDC22 labs again this year. Requests open June 6: https://developer.apple.com/ ... @sjsuengineering : Congratulations to Krishna Babani for winning the Swift Student Challenge in WWDC22! https://developer.apple.com/ ... @krishnababani https://twitter.com/... Aaron / @aaron_farr : Apple WWDC22 next week 🥳 1. keynote @ 1.00pm EST 2. platforms SOTU @ 4.00pm EST https://developer.apple.com/ wwdc22 David Pierce / @pierce : If the M2 Mac Mini is real I'm gonna buy it so hard, my Mini is already starting to feel creaky and slow https://9to5mac.com/... Brian Tong / @briantong : 👀...Very Interesting. ‘Apple reseller B&H Photo lists ‘M2 Mac mini’ and ‘Mac mini tower’ ahead of #WWDC22’ https://9to5mac.com/... Oliver Haslam / @oliverjhaslam : Apple is not only going to have Hollywood directors create content for its mixed reality headset but it's also going to use WWDC for a stealth launch of sorts. https://www.nytimes.com/... @swiftuiseries : The Dub Dub Series is featured on Apple's Beyond WWDC page! Explore a newly announced API or framework and send in your submissions before Friday the 10th! https://developer.apple.com/ ... https://twitter.com/... Craig / @thedevme : Looking forward to presenting again this year at #trySwiftDubDub https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/... Joanna Stern / @joannastern : On the plane to SFO for Monday's #WWDC22 keynote. Here's what I DON'T expect to see. From this week's Tech Things newsletter: https://techthings.cmail19.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
The much-reported idea of the new MacBook Air coming in a range of “several colors” is probably exaggerated. Right now it comes in space gray, silver and gold. I wouldn't expect more than those colors (though the new gold will be more champagne like) plus my favorite iMac color.
The Apple Store didn't go down during WWDC 18, WWDC 19, WWDC 20, or WWDC 21 - all the years we got no hardware. #WWDC22, the store is down. We're getting hardware.
A new preview has populated in the TV App's Watch Now tab ahead of tomorrow's #WWDC22 opening keynote which will stream live in 4K and Spatial Audio from 10am PT https://twitter.com/...
It's pretty cool that by tomorrow Apple will change the future beyond how we previously imagined it or make us collectively yawn. But either way, it's amazing that this one company can make us wait with such anticipation.
The last time the Apple Store went down ahead of WWDC in 2017, we got an absurd amount of hardware refreshes to the iPad Pro, MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and iMac, along with early previews of the iMac Pro + HomePod. (Not saying to expect that much again today.) #WWDC22 ht…
Important: the Apple Store did NOT go down ahead of WWDC when the new Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR were merely previewed months early. My guess would be a new MacBook Air and perhaps a new 13-inch MacBook Pro with orders starting either during or very shortly after WWDC week. http…
This is the first time the Apple Store has gone down ahead of WWDC since 2017, when there were several hardware announcements. This is a great sign of at least one hardware announcement today *and* orders beginning either today/tomorrow/within the next week. A new MacBook Air? ht…
At WWDC22, Apple may sneak peek the new Mac Pro (my opinion) - Apple promised to transition all of Macs on their chips in two years - Mac Pro is usually shown at WWDC - Apple hasn't updated Mac Pro for a long time - Mac Pro would fit perfectly into Silicon family with chip X1 ht…
WWDC always interesting. In the pre-show guesses, one topic caught my eye—even more windowing / “multitasking” for iPadOS incl *resize*. This deserves to be thought of in the context of “Apple is always playing the long game...and is very patient”. https://www.macrumors.com/... /…
Apple is not only going to have Hollywood directors create content for its mixed reality headset but it's also going to use WWDC for a stealth launch of sorts. https://www.nytimes.com/...
If the Apple Reality headset/rOS isn't announced next week (still believe unlikely), I'd still keep an eye out for new frameworks, video codecs, and Metal upgrades that are obviously geared toward the device.
Looking forward to chatting with folks about their app's accessibility in the #WWDC22 labs again this year. Requests open June 6: https://developer.apple.com/ ...
Congratulations to Krishna Babani for winning the Swift Student Challenge in WWDC22! https://developer.apple.com/ ... @krishnababani https://twitter.com/...
2 years ago: June 2020, at WWDC Apple announces the beginning of the Apple Silicon transition for Mac that would take 2 years Tomorrow: WWDC, 2 years later 👀 (Companies break promises all the time, but a Mac Pro sneak peek would just feel so right) https://twitter.com/...
The Dub Dub Series is featured on Apple's Beyond WWDC page! Explore a newly announced API or framework and send in your submissions before Friday the 10th! https://developer.apple.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
On the plane to SFO for Monday's #WWDC22 keynote. Here's what I DON'T expect to see. From this week's Tech Things newsletter: https://techthings.cmail19.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
(2/2) 2H22 shipment forecast of new MBA is 6-7mn units if Quanta's Shanghai capacity can be back to pre-lockdown level before 3Q22. Delivery for new MBA made by two EMS (Quanta the 1st & Foxconn the 2nd) should be better than existing 14"/16" MacBook Pro (shipped by Quanta only).
Power On: Apple's mixed reality headset will dominate WWDC—even without being there. New details on the device and realityOS, the new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, iOS 16 and more https://www.bloomberg.com/...
My first WWDC was in 2010, and it was both great and awkward. Apple had introduced rule 3.3.1 and it cast doubts about the future of our C# compiler for iOS. I have always enjoyed the event, but the sense of being seen as a barbarian at the gate has never left me. https://twitter…
Listening to ATP this week and I'm still confused about SwiftUI. Marco and Casey's experience sounds like mine — constantly hitting walls — but I also heard from people saying they've been working in SwiftUI exclusively for two years and have multiple production Mac apps.
If Apple announces an AR device tomorrow, there will not be hundreds of millions of users in 2023, no matter how amazingly cool it is (obvious, perhaps, but somehow needs to be pointed out)
Apple will show off a new 3D datatype that AI developers call “neural radiance fields” or NeRFs. What does this really mean? We are headed into a photorealistic augmented world. https://twitter.com/...
Tomorrow, the first day of #WWDC22, will mark 1,000 days since @Apple had its last in-person audience for an #AppleEvent (Sept 2019). You're telling me they won't show *any hardware*? Not buying it. https://twitter.com/...
Not many rumors about an Apple silicon Mac Pro being unveiled at #WWDC22 tomorrow, so I am keeping my expectations low, but both the 2013 and 2019 models of the Mac Pro were previewed at WWDC and launched in December in each of those years.
@JamesX08fu Bingo. It's likely going to be a historic WWDC for features that will come to XR As Gurman recently said: “I think we'll get a ton of new clues at this year's conference and that the device will hit stores next year (an arrival in the US first is under consideration, …
I wish @BeatSaber would be available on Apple's AR/VR headset if they ever release one But Meta acquired @BeatGamesStudio a while back, so I'm not sure the likeness they'd make it available on realityOS in the future. Still wishing it'd happen though
Worth remember just how long it took for iPod and iPhone sales to take off (Watch never disclosed but looked similar). Apple is almost never ‘first’, but equally, the v1 Apple product is often an MVP https://twitter.com/...
Apple only sold 380k iPods in the first year and 5.7m in the first three years. The iPhone was the same - only 5m units in the first year and it took 4 years for sales to take off.
@alexeheath It will be, the Google vs Apple of the smart phone age. Although I wouldn't underestimate TikTok/Bytedance. They may have enough money to take a decent piece.
With Apple perhaps launching a new platform on Monday, worth thinking about how the Apple watch has been a huge hit but failed to become a vibrant developer ecosystem - as did iMessage, Facebook Messenger, the iPad and Alexa
“Apple is also working on a new version of SwiftUI for building AR and VR apps. The system will predictably work closely with RealityKit and Metal.” ✌🏻 https://www.bloomberg.com/...
An 'iPhone Moment" for headsets is an unlikely paradigm. More likely: a “Mac moment,” in which an expensive device sees adoption among the professional class before going mainstream.
Convinced “extend a Mac's[/computer] display” will be the primary VR use case & how Apple competes with the Quest. We use computers everyday. Improve that ux for a path to adoption. + why spend money on a display when there is a headset that creates infinite display space? https:…
@SadlyItsBradley They'll probably be some AR demos on stage but the devil is in the details, many of the stuff that is a perfect fit for AR/VR won't look like that at first glance, the real fun is when you dig through their sessions after the keynote and the dots start to connect…
can't wait for this Apple headset to finally come out so I can stop having to convince folks that Apple v Meta is the next big tech platform battle for years to come https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
@Jason @facebook For better or for worse, I think FB will get their revenge on the AR/VR battlefront. They are years ahead and have already captured a young generation of users. Apple hasn't shown they can ship anything radically new without Jobs and Ive
If this holds true, Apple's first VR headset will put key features in place to transition mobile away from handhelds to head-mounted devices. Not quite all the way there, but still, planting the seeds for a future where headsets will be a viable option for mobile. https://twitter…
@seyitaylor Meta is doubling down on VR since they want to own the hardware + software but I have a feeling that Apple might leapfrog. They're great at being the second mover.
FB creates worlds greatest ad targeting FB buys Oculus as next platform after smartphones Apple launch's modest ad product Apple plans AR/VR platform Apple destroys @facebook tracking on privacy grounds tanks FB revenue/stock Apple launches personalized advertising 🤌 https://twit…
Another scenario is “Apple Watch moment” - a consumer-focused product that underwhelms at first but sets the state for future success. Arguably this is what Meta is doing with Oculus Quest 2 (which is just $299).
VR is all the hype today. Meta's Oculus Quest has a 78pc market share, with ~10mn unit sales last year. That's pretty pretty niche. But if Apple cracks AR, Goldman Sachs reckons such headsets would see rapid adoption “on a trajectory not too far below that of the iPhone.”