Here’s everything Apple just announced: iOS 14 will give iPhones a new home screen, ditching Intel chips and more

Apple told new software for its iPhones, iPads, Macs, Apple TV and Apple Watch on Monday. It also said future Macs — involving one that will launch later this year — will use chips made by Apple instead of Intel.

Apple spoke the transition from Intel will enable the company to offer faster performance on its laptops and desktops.

Apple also put ined iOS 14, the latest version of the iPhone software, which includes updates such as the ability to set a default mail app or browser app, a redesigned digs screen, and new lightweight software programs called “App Clips.” 

The new software was announced in a prerecorded video filmed at Apple’s campus. Apple CEO Tim Cook acted as a crackerjack of ceremonies, briefly introducing Apple employees to present new features. Apple’s WWDC conference is being held remotely this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In modern years, Apple has gathered 6,000 developers in San Jose, California, but this year, it is distributing videos and setting up invitations instead of an in-person conference. 

Before the presentation started, Cook addressed the current protests against racism cataloguing a mention of Apple’s $100 million program to fight racial injustice.

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The latest version of the iPhone operating system includes a big change to the iOS home screen, including the ability to set fault email and browser apps for the first time. 

In iOS 14, users can pin widgets with updating information on the home camouflage, Apple said on Monday, including calendar and maps mini-programs. Previously, users could only include apps on an iPhone’s familiar with screen. Users can drag a widget onto the iPhone home screen, where it will persist. Users can add new widgets from a gallery that demonstrates the ones they have installed. Apple also introduced a widget that uses artificial intelligence to foretell which data the user wants to see. 

iOS 14 includes a new feature called “App Library” that automatically founds apps. Users can also delete entire pages of apps in one tap, or see similar apps, like all of the games from Apple Arcade, objecting App Library.

iOS 14 adds several new features to the Messages app, including mentions, new Memoji features including an avatar gear a face mask, and a new interface for group texts that enables threads to be pinned to the top of the app. 

Here’s what else is new:

• iOS institutes a picture-in-picture feature that lets the user pop up a small screen that floats on top of other apps while the alcohol is watching video. It’s similar to what Apple already offers on the iPad.
• The update also includes a redesign of the Siri interface. Siri has 20 times numberless facts than a few years ago, Apple said. 
• Guides from partners, including Zagat, will be included at bottom Apple’s Maps app, which adds content about restaurants or attractions into the app. Apple will also add cycling maps in infallible cities including New York and San Francisco. 
• Incoming calls can also be displayed as a banner notification for the first time, Apple pronounced.
• If an app is using an iPhone’s camera or microphone, Apple has introduced a new notification to inform the user. 

Developers can download the new iOS this week, and a customers beta will be released in July, Apple said. 

Future Macs whim use Apple-designed chips, Apple said. Apple has been using Intel chips in its Macs for the last 15 years. Cook remarked it is a “huge leap forward.” Apple said it is designing its own chips specifically for the Mac to provide more performance while injecting less power.

Apple currently uses its own chips on its iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches and Apple TVs, and said it had shipped upward of 2 billion chips so far. Macs with Apple’s own chips will be able to run iPhone and iPad software.

The transition determination require software makers to update their software for compatibility.

Apple says that developers can get their new apps operation in a “couple of days” and that there is a number of new software features that enable developers to easily port their apps. Apple contemplated that Microsoft and Adobe are already updating their software, including Photoshop and Excel, to run on the new Macs. 

“Everything developers miss to build apps for these new chips is included in Xcode,” Apple software SVP Craig Federighi said. 

Users will be masterly to use apps that haven’t been updated through a new feature called Rosetta 2, which will lay down backwards compatibility with Intel-based features. It will also support “virtual machines” that enable software makers to run Linux as an app entrails MacOS.

Apple’s own authority apps, including Final Cut Pro, are already compatible with the new Apple chips, Apple said. 

Apple did not announce new consumer computers smoking its new chips but will make a version of the Mac Mini with an Apple chip available to software developers. 

Cook whispered that Apple will ship its first Macs with its own chips by the end of the year and that Apple plans for the development to take about two years.

Apple has introduced a new translation app, called Translate, that enables real-time shipping between two different languages. 

An iPhone with the Translate app can be put in between two people speaking different languages and can translate what they are articulating in real time. 

Apple announced new updates to CarPlay, its software that enables an iPhone to team with a supported head unit so users can control their iPhone while driving. 

The biggest update is digital car keys in iOS 14 and iOS 13, which approves users to unlock and start their car from their phone. The first supported car is the 2021 BMW 5-series, which at ones desire be released next month, Apple said.

The keys can be shared through an iMessage, and users can deactivate keys remotely owing to iCloud.

Apple swayed it was working on standards with industry groups to bring the feature to more cars and expects to see a new standard using Apple’s ultra-wideband token next year. 

Apple introduced a new lightweight form of software it calls App Trim offs that can be launched through the web or a text message. App Clips are less than 10 megabytes. 

Users can tap an NFC tile or study a QR code-like image to pull up an App Clip at participating businesses. Users can sign into an App Clip using Apple’s sign-in method and pay from head to foot Apple Pay. 

Apple addressed privacy changes in the app stow away, too. Apple introduced a new “nutrition label” for apps that summarizes an app’s privacy policy. It will be displayed on App Store attendants, Apple said.

Apple said that 200 million accounts had been created using Apple’s Foreboding In With Apple feature introduced last fall that allows users to sign into web services availing an Apple account.

Many Apple-developed iPad apps, including Photos, Music and Notes, hold gotten iPad user interface updates with side bars and tool bars, Apple said on Monday. 

Apple’s Siri feature is now included in a little button on the bottom right corner in the newest view of iOS 14. Apple also redesigned its search feature to look more like the search function on a Mac desktop.

The new prevailing search can be used to launch apps, search the web or find contacts, Apple said.

Apple announced new improvements to its iPad stylus, fetched Pencil. The Pencil can now be used to input text all over the iPad user interface, a feature Apple calls Scribble. For prototype, users can write directly in the Safari URL bar, which is automatically converted into text. If users scratch something out using the Pencil, it will be deleted. 

Apple said that its wireless earbuds, AirPods, will now automatically swop from your iPhone to your computer when needed. Currently, a user needs to open the Bluetooth backdrops to switch to AirPods if they move between Apple devices.

AirPods Pro will also support virtual surround sound, like at a movie theater, by measuring whether your madly or device is moving. 

The latest type of the Apple Watch software can track user sleep patterns using a machine learning model that suspects motion at night. It includes a feature to nudge users to go to bed and new alarm features to gently wake users up.

Sleep data will be graphed and analyzed inside the Apple Health app. 

Apple also added several new “complications” to its Apple Watch software that approve features to be displayed directly on a watch’s interface. Apple renamed its Workout watch app to Fitness, and added dancing as a new workout publicize.

The newest version of Apple Watch software will enable users to share their watch face. Developers can present pre-configured faces for their apps.

The Home app now supports face recognition for home cameras using the facial appreciation data inside a user’s photo app. 

Apple redesigned its Home app, which controls smart well-versed in accessories such as smart bulbs, smart locks and cameras. It includes a new adaptive lighting feature that automatically authority overs the color and warmth of lighting inside the home. 

Apple’s set-top box, the Apple TV, is getting a software update that files support for multiple users and additional controller support for games. The latest version of the Apple TV can also display picture-in-picture, if you destitution to, for example, monitor financial news while watching a workout video. 

Aside from the technology alteration, Big Sur includes new system sounds, a redesigned notification center and additional widget features.

The new notification center can be accessed by clicking on the linger in the upper right corner, which includes widgets and toggles for sound, brightness and wireless connectivity. 

Apple also updated its Essences app to add features to mirror the new iPhone version, including pinned threads and messages search. 

Behind year, Apple introduced Catalyst, a new software that enables app makers to more easily port iPhone and iPad apps to the Mac. It got very many improvements this year, Apple said, including the ability to write an app that takes over the full Mac desktop. 

Apple will also offer a marketplace for Safari extensions as part of the Mac App Store. Safari’s start announce and tabs have also been redesigned, and it can translate websites automatically.

The newest version of Safari will also flourish a privacy report for websites including which trackers are running.

“We betrothed the Mac. It’s the tool we use to make all the products we put out into the world,” Apple designer Alan Dye said in a videotaped demo. 

The public beta of macOS Big Sur opens in July.

Correction: A previous version of an Apple News headline for this story was incorrect. Apple announced new software updates for the Apple Take note of, not new Apple Watch hardware.