Speaker 1: The other announcements from Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, and there
Speaker 1: are a lot of them. Hey guys, what's going on.
Speaker 1: I'm Rich damiro This is Rich on Tech Daily. On
Speaker 1: the last podcast, I talked about all of the things
Speaker 1: happening with iOS twelve when that launches later this year.
Speaker 1: But in this podcast, I'm gonna take a look at
Speaker 1: some of the other things that Apple mentioned at WWDC
Speaker 1: when it comes to the Apple Watch, Apple TV, maccomputers,
Speaker 1: and more. Let's start with Apple Watch, which I think
Speaker 1: is the best wearable on the market. I also love
Speaker 1: my Fitbit Versa, which works with iOS and Android, but
Speaker 1: it definitely has less features and options than the Apple Watch,
Speaker 1: but also a lower price tag. Now, the new software
Speaker 1: for Apple Watch will be called Watch OS five, and
Speaker 1: it's not going to work on the first generation of
Speaker 1: Apple Watches, which are going on three years old. Now, clearly,
Speaker 1: these are not like a Rolex that you can pass
Speaker 1: along to the next generation. These things have a lifespan.
Speaker 1: Several new features are coming to Watch, including automatic workout detection,
Speaker 1: which will be a really nice addition, plus a feature
Speaker 1: called walkie Talkie. This will let you send short bursts
Speaker 1: of audio back and forth right from your wrist to
Speaker 1: another Apple Watch user. It kind of reminds me of
Speaker 1: Next Tell back in the day Pleae bleep. But The
Speaker 1: Verge got a hands on demo and it seems like
Speaker 1: it's more like a FaceTime audio call. Once you initiate it,
Speaker 1: then you can do sort of these little back and forths.
Speaker 1: But if you stop talking for about five minutes, you're
Speaker 1: gonna have to reinitiate the walkie talkie process. And it
Speaker 1: sounds like Apple is still working on the details, especially
Speaker 1: that time out period. Apple Podcasts is coming to the
Speaker 1: Apple Watch, which is a big win for this growing area.
Speaker 1: Now you're gonna be able to store podcasts like this
Speaker 1: right on the watch itself. Now, a podcast app I
Speaker 1: like called Overcast already does this, but apparently and I
Speaker 1: have not tried it, but the transfer process is a
Speaker 1: bit slow. So hopefully with native support from Apple, the
Speaker 1: new podcast app will download to the watch using Wi
Speaker 1: Fi while you're charging, so every sort of happens in
Speaker 1: the background and a lot faster. Apple Watch just continues
Speaker 1: to get better and better. I think this is one
Speaker 1: of the biggest growth areas for Apple right now, and
Speaker 1: I just wish maybe they would get Spotify on there.
Speaker 1: That'd be kind of cool. Apple is also releasing the
Speaker 1: second version of AR kit. This is what developers use
Speaker 1: to create augmented reality apps on the iPad and iPhone.
Speaker 1: Apple's making their own app called Measure, which will be
Speaker 1: included in iOS twelve. It's kind of like a virtual
Speaker 1: measuring tape that can quickly tell you the size of
Speaker 1: objects that you pointed at in real life. Apple also
Speaker 1: worked with Pixar to create a new open file format
Speaker 1: for AR, which should help the platform grow because now
Speaker 1: there's a standard that people can work with them. When
Speaker 1: they share it, they know people can open it. I
Speaker 1: played a game at WWDC called swift Shot. This is
Speaker 1: something that Apple created as a test, really just to
Speaker 1: inspire developers and to show what's possible. The game is
Speaker 1: played using the screen of the iPad as a lens,
Speaker 1: and you tap the screen to actually engage these slingshots,
Speaker 1: and on the table in front of you you see
Speaker 1: a giant playspace filled with all kinds of blocks and slingshots,
Speaker 1: but it's all in virtual reality, so you don't actually
Speaker 1: see it in front of you unless you're looking through
Speaker 1: the iPad screen. It's really interesting you attempt to knock
Speaker 1: down your opponent's slingshots before they can knock down yours.
Speaker 1: It's not a game that will be released to the
Speaker 1: general public, but it shows just how powerful this platform
Speaker 1: can be in creating entirely new ways to play. All right,
Speaker 1: let's move on now to Mac os. The next new
Speaker 1: release will be called Mojave, and it looks like a
Speaker 1: big one for starters. You're gonna get a dark mode,
Speaker 1: which makes your screen easier on the eyes in low
Speaker 1: light settings, or just really cool in general. Plus, several
Speaker 1: iOS apps are making their way to the Mac desktop
Speaker 1: for the first time ever, including news, stocks, voice, memos,
Speaker 1: and Home, which you use to control your smart home devices.
Speaker 1: Apple also showed off some really powerful tools when it
Speaker 1: comes to screenshotting, video capture, and markup right from quick Look.
Speaker 1: This is when you tap the space bar to preview
Speaker 1: a file. I love that feature. Now you're gonna be
Speaker 1: able to manipulate files right from that window. That's pretty genius.
Speaker 1: And when it comes to Apple TV, several little things
Speaker 1: happening here with tvOS twelve For starters, Apple TV four
Speaker 1: K is gonna get an upgrade to use Dolby at
Speaker 1: most audio now, when Apple announced this, it literally sounded
Speaker 1: like a little earthquake happened in the auditorium. It rumbled
Speaker 1: that much. It reminds me a lot of the THHX
Speaker 1: bumper you would see and here in movie theaters back
Speaker 1: in the day. iTunes movies that you own will be
Speaker 1: automatically upgraded with the improved Dolby at most audio if available.
Speaker 1: There's also a new screensaver on Apple TV literally shot
Speaker 1: by NASA in outer space, so that's gonna be pretty cool.
Speaker 1: And screen savers finally get the feature that I've been
Speaker 1: asking for forever, text on the screen that tells you
Speaker 1: what amazing place you're looking at, so no more guessing.
Speaker 1: And finally, a feature called zero sign in will help
Speaker 1: you access movies and TV shows on the various video
Speaker 1: apps without signing in at all with your cable company
Speaker 1: name and password. This happens all the time where my
Speaker 1: kids want to watch something on one of their apps
Speaker 1: and I have to sign in again. It's such a pain.
Speaker 1: But in the future, as long as you're on the
Speaker 1: same Internet account as your cable account, you'll be authenticated
Speaker 1: in the background, and you might be thinking so for
Speaker 1: me personally, this would not work because I have Charter
Speaker 1: for my cable and then I have DirecTV Now for
Speaker 1: my service that I sign in with, so that wouldn't
Speaker 1: work for me. But I get what they're trying to
Speaker 1: do here. Charter and all these other cable companies want
Speaker 1: to make this work because guess what, now you're gonna
Speaker 1: want to subscribe to cable TV through them as well
Speaker 1: as Internet, and they just won that battle. By the way,
Speaker 1: Charter Spectrum is going to be the first to implement
Speaker 1: that feature, and they're also working with Apple in a
Speaker 1: different way as well. They're going to give customers the
Speaker 1: option to ditch their cable box entirely for an Apple
Speaker 1: TV later this year. And this is pretty compelling because
Speaker 1: if they offer me all of the same features as
Speaker 1: Direct TV Now, including a DVR and my local channels,
Speaker 1: why wouldn't I have both on the same bill plus
Speaker 1: zero sign in. There you have it some of the
Speaker 1: biggest announcements from WWDC. If you want to hear the
Speaker 1: ones that have to do with iOS twelve, check the
Speaker 1: last podcast. Thanks so much for listening. You can find
Speaker 1: links to everything I talk about here, including a post
Speaker 1: on my behind the scenes at WWDC on my website.
Speaker 1: Just go to richon tech dot TV. I'm Rich Tomiro.
Speaker 1: Talk to you real soon.