Returning directly to Apple Park in California two years after the Pandemic, developers around the world received a flood of WWDC 2022 announcements earlier this week, which will run through Friday. Here, in four stages with the analysis of two Montreal partners, what to keep in mind.

Kareem Benazai
Press

Fusion

For Transit CEO Sam Vermet, the general thread through the announcements he sees in 2022 is “merger”. His app was shortlisted for the Apple Design Awards in the “Interaction” category, and finally won the American Studio breakpoint on Monday evening. “This is a direction they have taken over the years to merge activities between different platforms, explains Mr. Vermet. They borrow actions from each other, becoming richer and more powerful from the user’s point of view. ⁇

Some examples? WhatsApp In shape, Collecting physical activity data from an Apple Watch will become independent with iOS 16 and will use the sensors of an iPhone, especially to calculate the number of steps for cycling and running and to track training. With the new MacOS Ventura operating system, the iPhone can be used as a computer-related webcam, for example, allowing video conferencing to be easily transferred from one device to another.

Reunion

Since the appearance of the iPad Pro, the most powerful model of its tablet in 2016, Apple has often tried to present it as a valid alternative to the laptop. However, one important factor is missing: the ability to actually multitask. With the fall of the iPadOS 16 operating system, we present an innovation that fills the “Stage Manager” gap. It basically allows you to display up to four active applications simultaneously, an external monitor for up to eight iPod Pros and an Air with M1 chip, to lower windows and perform data transfer operations between apps.

Many applications including Mail, Messages, Freeform Etc. FaceTime, Will provide better opportunities for user collaboration. Finally, the app Weather forecast Apple’s House, which is already available on the iPhone, enters the improved version of the iPod. The iPad still does not have an Apple calculator, however, a mysterious absence that has been repeatedly reported since 2010.

Shares

Apple’s computers are far from the favorite of amateur video gamers of large productions. No matter, Software Engineering Vice President Craig Federici on Monday promised “a new day for Mac gaming” and released resource-intensive titles like these. Resident Evil Village, Presentation of the Metal 3 programming interface and the announcement of the newer and more powerful chip M2, which will set up the next MacBook Air. Apple’s fighting spirit in this area does not disappoint Jacques Durand, Creative Director at Gameloft Montreal. He arrived Monday evening to receive for his studio one of the 12 Apple Design Awards in the Visuals and Graphics category for the game. LEGO Star Wars: CastwaysApple offers in the arcade.

“I’m been an Apple fan for 30 years, and I’m been following all the rumors, talking about an Apple TV for gaming for years. […] It would be fun to have a box with an Apple controller with enough graphics capabilities for video games. ⁇

iOS 16

Apple may have diversified its operations for a decade, but by 2022 the iPhone will continue to be its top seller, with 52% of its revenue coming in at $ 97.3 billion, according to its latest quarterly report. The latest version of its operating system, iOS 16, will be available to the public in the fall and will offer a major change to the lock screen. The time and date can be adjusted with a variety of characters and colors, displaying several “widgets” indicating the next events on the agenda, weather, battery level, and physical activity circles. Time may even be embedded behind the person who took a photo.

Like the next operating system for the iPad, you can share with up to five other people who can modify, add, or delete your photo library. Finally, up to 15 minutes after sending, sent text messages can be canceled or modified. Messages.