alt Hacker NewsAre we living the worst times in a while technology wise, this presentation showed nothing useful. Last year at least they showed some interesting features, but as always I don’t use any of them, the only one I wanted in the past few years was to use the iPhone from my mac, but never shipped in EU. And the other feature was universal control that I use every day and works just fine most of the time.
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This WWDC is thin, but it seems like a lot of it outside of AI is a refinement year.
For them to just blanket announce that a bunch of stuff across the platforms perform better, that shows that Apple spent most of their effort on quality over shipping features. It’s also possible they’re preparing for less availability of RAM long term and trying to optimize.
The list of stuff they had go highlighted includes a whole bunch of small but impactful little tweaks.
iCloud shared libraries being easier to use outside of Apple operating systems, that’s great. And adding full resolution support, also great. I’ve left iCloud Photos and macOS for myself but I’m stuck on iCloud shared photos with family albums, so making it easier for me to participate is a big plus.
Custom EQ in AirPods. Awesome.
Smoother network transitions between WiFi and cellular. Huge positive impact.
Send indicator in messages, yes please.
The parental controls are industry-leading.
The AI features are the most boring and uninteresting to me, but the little stuff is all big news to me.
I don't think so. We have tons of apps and ideas and now AI. I honestly don't expect much from an OS on my phone or laptop and I am glad they improve what matter: OS performance and bugs. I don't mind having the "innovation" in the apps and not in the OS. Or at least for the first time and then brought in a well-thought-out ecosystem.