iOS 14, iPadOS 14, watchOS 7 details leaked
Couple of details leaked about upcoming operating systems and new Apple's products:
iOS
- Over-ear headphones with AirPods feature are coming,
- iPhone SE 2 will have TouchID,
- AirTag might have removable battery,
- Home screen will get list view for the apps,
- New augmented reality app will display detail information about real objects,
- 3rd-party apps will be able to integrate their wallpapers with the system
- HomeKit will be able to change the color temperature of lights throughout a day.
iPadOS
- Smart keyboards with trackpads are in the works,
- iPad Pro might have triple camera system,
- Extended support for mouse pointers,
- New OCR system capable to detect text written with Apple Pencil
- Sharing watch faces with friends & family,
- Watch face with tachymeter,
- Watch face with country flags,
- Photo watch face could be made not only out of single photos, but entire albums as well,
- Parental controls,
- Sleep tracking app,
- Blood oxygen tracking,
- WatchOS apps will be no longer be based on extensions.
New MacBooks
According to Ming-Chi Ku, couple of new MacBooks will be released in upcoming months:
- 14- inch MacBook Pro and MacBook Air with Scissor Keyboards will come in second quarter,
- MacBooks with ARM processor will come in late 2020 or early 2021.
Google Pixel 4a
New details regarding upcoming budget phone have surfaced:
- 5.8-inch (2340 x 1080) display,
- Snapdragon 730 CPU,
- 4GB or 6GB of RAM,
- Hole-punch selfie camera,
- Single 12-megapixel rear camera,
- Fingerprint sensor on the back,
- 3.5mm headphone jack,
- support for dual-sim in 6GB model,
- 3080mAh battery,
- Phone will be available in April starting at $399.
Coronavirus vs conferences #3
This week another conferences have been affected by coronavirus:
- E3 2020 joined has been cancelled,
- Microsoft's Build 2020 has been converted to online-only event,
- WDDC 2020 will be an online experience.
Dope Links
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- Class-only Protocols: class or AnyObject
- Google's Swift Style Guide
- Getting started with Vue & Apollo GraphQL
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- Re-imagining the Windows Experience
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