News from the WWDC: Apple leaves Intel behind

The Software is in the foreground, if Apple is inviting in summer, its big developer conference. Normally more than 5000 programmer a tailspin every year in San José. This year the event Corona took place only virtually. Tim Cook and his staff held the opening speech in an empty Steve-Jobs-Theater, and much was recorded. A Studio production of the Live Event, and didn't like any.

Michael Spehr

editor in the Department "technology and Motor".

As always, however: During the Worldwide Developers Conference, WWDC, will be informed about the novelties of the forthcoming operating systems, it Trends and conditions are named, and in the autumn, the new devices come with finished Software. The WWDC is for the Apple world, the direction of the coming months.

The big Surprise is this time not in the mobile world around the iPhone and iPad. The computerized watch, Apple Watch learns about just a few improvements. The turning point was the announcement of Apple's to break in the long term with Intel and the X86 processor architecture, and to bring its in-house mobile processors in the Mac computer. Smartphone processors in the Notebook? In order for a performance to go hand-in-hand thrust, and the mobile devices back closer to the Mac computer. The change in platform, however, is not only the exchange of the hardware suppliers, but also means that all Software needs to be adjusted. A Herculean task that takes years.

iOS 14

for the iPhone, the version jump is carried out annually, and as always, many of the old devices will be equipped with the new Software. iOS 14 is focused on a moderate redesign of the control system, and improvements in Details.

The interface of the iPhone, the Home Screen will be reworked. Apps Hiking in an App Library, and you get suggestions of what application you might use next. Widgets come in the future in different sizes, offer more content, and can also be used on the Home Screen, slide. You can add a fixed window on the Home Screen fix and by individual content, leaves. There is also a picture-in-picture mode for Videos and Facetime calls.

Siri no longer starts in full screen mode, but faster and less Intrusive to the content found. In addition, the assistant will be smarter, once again. The speech recognition runs on the device, this means more privacy. In addition, there is a new Translation App to translate entire conversations, also offline, so without a data connection. To are the beginning of more than a dozen languages.

iMessage-messages of certain people you can, as in the case of Whatsapp, at the top of the message list to fix. Groups-messages should be clear, so you can mention about individuals. The new iMessage is based heavily on the already long in the case of Whatsapp, or Signal functionality.