#Apple keynote news series

Voice Memos are also coming to iPad, synced automatically over iCloud. Stocks is coming to iPad too, for all that big-screen stock action you've been craving all these years. Two become one here вЂ“ the Stocks and News apps will now combine, bringing the app your rich uncle loves alongside the one that tries to collate all your favorite news sources into one place. When it knows you're in a cinema it can remind you to put your phone on silent.

Siri will also make suggestions from the lock screen, letting you know what's in the vicinity, and will also give you prompts to inform colleagues if it appears you're running late for a meeting.

#Apple keynote news series

Such features will be identified with an 'Add to Siri' option within apps, while you can also train the voice assistant to trigger a series of commands with custom commands вЂ“ for instance, setting up a routine that would both message a spouse and adjust a connected thermostat when you tell Siri you're 'heading home'. Apple demonstrated sizing up a suitcase and a photograph for framing. Showing off the benefits of the digital and physical worlds merging was a new app called Measure, letting you use AR to see the size of items just by dragging a finger across them when your camera is pointed at them. iOS 11 problems like the awful-sounding 'black dot' bug were PR for Apple and an unpleasant experience for users.ДЄugmented reality and Apple's ARKit development platform was also showcased, with Apple teaming up with Pixar to develop a new file format for sharing AR content. On the one hand, iOS 12 sounds less exciting due to its security and performance focus. App loading in general is now twice as fast with iOS 12. Apple says keyboards on the aging iPhone 6S Plus, for example, will fire up 50% faster than previously, with the camera ready to snap 70% faster, showing Apple isn't giving up on older devices. It's set to work with all the same devices that can already handle iOS 11.