On Monday morning (8) occurred the WWDC 2015 (Worldwide Developers Conference), Apple's annual conference for developers, where new company software ads always occur.
This year, Apple talked a little bit about new versions of operating systems, music streaming service, Car Play and Apple Pay.
Below you check the main news of the company for the market.
iOS 9
The long-awaited system update on Apple devices has been officially announced. One of the new features of the system is Siri, who has now become smarter. The apple's personal assistant has earned a feature called Proactive, which provides useful information and contextual data according to its location, similar to Google Now.
The new feature takes into account your habits, location and information saved on the device to display data. It's like now Siri's really a personal assistant. The functions range from starting a music app when connecting a headset to remind you to leave the house for some event marked on your calendar.
It is worth remembering that the function is not limited to the system, but is integrated into several other applications, such as Mail, for example.
In addition to the new functions, iOS 9 brings a slight visual reaction with changes to the basic typography of the system.
Another interesting news is for iPad Air: Now he's multitasking. Exactly, now it is possible to run two side-to-side apps on the tablet. With the Picture in Picture function, you can watch a video while doing something else. In addition the screen to switch between applications has been updated and now there is support for shortcut keys if you use a physical keyboard.
About the maps: The public transport routes have finally arrived. But calm there, the functionality will be initially restricted to the cities of New York, Toronto, London, Chicago and some other cities of China. The app will also be able to find local trade with indicator if the establishment supports Apple Pay, Apple payment system.
In addition to visible news, iOS 9 demonstrates an improvement in power and performance management. According to Apple, iPhone 6 running iOS 9 can have increased battery life in one hour. Another interesting novelty is that iOS 9 only needs 1.3 GB of storage, against 4.3 GB of the previous version.
As we had previously reported, the i OS will even extend the life of some old appliances, including iPhone 4S. Below is a list of devices that will receive the update.
Apple Music
Rumors have been confirmed, Apple has announced its music streaming service. With the premise of centralizing the content produced by the artists, from clips and songs, Apple Music is integrated with the classic Music app and will feature a 24-hour radio station controlled by DJs.
The service has exclusive functions and some already known, such as "For You", a tab with recommendations based on the songs you've heard and suggestions from Apple experts. There is also the "Connect" tab, where artists can leave messages for fans, spread the news and post photos. As previously said, Apple Music wants to centralize the content produced in one place.
Some songs available on iTunes are also on Apple Music, as well as music videos. Like in other streaming services, you can share playlists and download to listen offline.
Apple Music is known to have a monthly cost of US$ 9.99 for a user, giving the option of a family package at the price of US$ 14,99, for up to six people.
The official launch is scheduled for 30 June, where the service will arrive for more than 100 countries. In principle Apple has revealed that Apple Music will have a period of three months for the user to experience the service before he starts paying. Apple Music will be available for iOS, Android, OS X and Windows.
There is still no information on when the service will arrive in Brazil.
OS X – El Capitan
The new update for Apple's operating system is focused on performance and practicality, bringing improvements to the execution of tasks. Named "El Capitan", the update comes with news ranging from gestures in the trackpad to performing actions to the Pinned Sites on Safari.
Pinned Sites allow you to set certain web pages in your own browser, something similar to what Google Chrome does with "Fix Guide". Another novelty for Safari is the possibility to silence tabs that are emitting some sound with just one click.
Spotlight has also been improved, removing plaster from research using formal language to make the experience more natural and close to the language used by the user in everyday life. During the presentation of the system, the examples cited were "Documents I opened in June" and "Emails I ignored from Phil", showing that the search actually works more informally. In addition, Spotlight will be able to display weather forecast, sports information and stock exchange.
The company also presented changes in other native system applications, such as the possibility of writing more than one email simultaneously in Mail using tabs. Another novelty for Mail is the possibility of performing simple actions, such as deleting an email, with gestures in the trackpad. There are also changes in Notes applications and a function to split the screen with apps, Split View. Function similar to Windows Snap.
In addition to usability news, Apple has stated that the biggest change in Mac OS X El Capitan is in performance. According to the company, opening applications is 1.4x faster than the previous version of the system, Yosemite. Switching between programs also had speed doubled.
According to the announcement, the test version of OS X 10.11 El Capitan will be available for developers from Monday (8). The public beta arrives in July and the final version by the end of the year. The upgrade will be free.
Apple Watch
Apple's smart watch won a system upgrade and a native application development package.
What improves with third-party applications? The first positive point is that with native apps Watch will have a better performance response, taking into account that previously apps were running on the iPhone, causing slow communication between the smartphone and the watch.
With the development package (SDK) it will be possible to create applications for Watch using all its capabilities and numerous sensors, as well as the digital crown.
The new Apple Watch system, watchOS 2, brings a number of enhancements to its predecessor, including new watch functions, health monitoring features, Apple Pay, improved communication, Maps and Siri.
With the upgrade, Apple Watch will be able to show the time of a flight, the load level of an electric car and even sports scores.
There is also a new resource named "Time Trip", which allows you to move forward and back up to 72 hours to see future events or that have passed.
Another novelty is Time-lapse, a feature that shows famous locations from around the world filmed for 24 hours. In addition, the user will be able to choose a background image, which will be superimposed by the display of the hours, or choose a full album so that the images switch every time there is movement to see the hours.
WatchOS 2 for developers is now available and the final version should reach users in October as a free update.
WWDC 2015 took place on Monday morning (8/06) and this text was written using the portals as a basis Tecnoblog, Canaltech and Apple Press Info.
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