Apple event 2022 – as it happened: New MacBooks unveiled alongside new iPad and iOS 16 at WWDC
All the news, updates and announcements from Apple’s annual developer conference
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Your support makes all the difference.Apple began its Worldwide Developers Conference – WWDC 2022 – in California on Monday, the annual software event that sees updates to all of its products.
All of Apple’s products saw new additions, from the smallest Apple Watch to the biggest Mac, through new iterations of the WatchOS, iPadOS and MacOS operating systems. All will be available for Apple users later this year, while developers will have instant access to a beta version.
Apple also launched new hardware, too, with a new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro – both powered by the M2 chip that gives significant performance gains.
The event was live streamed on Apple’s website and official YouTube channel. You can read the whole even, as it happened, in our blog below.
MacOS Ventura round-up
Here’s all the most important features of the new macOS Ventura:
iPadOS 16 builds on Apple’s focus on continuity
Many of the new updates for iPadOS 16 are also coming to iOS and MacOS, which makes sense for all the focus being put on continuity.
All three are increasingly interchangeable, and mean the experience is only differentiated by the form factor. From being on the move, to sitting on the sofa, to being in the office, the operating systems powering the iPhone, iPad and Macs are unified.
iPadOS 16 round-up
This is the round-up of all the new features of the iPadOS 16:
Goodbye from Tim Cook
Tim Cook is back to tell us about when all of this will be available.
All of the new operating systems - iOS 16, macOS Ventura, WatchOS and iPad OS - will be available immediately for developers in a beta version, and will officially launch for all users in autumn.
He signs off: “Thank you for joining us and let’s have a great WWDC”.
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