WWDC 2018: Apple reveals major Apple Watch, iPhone, iPad and Mac updates – as it happened
Augmented reality, Siri updates and new apps
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Your support makes all the difference.Apple CEO Tim Cook has taken to the stage at his company's annual Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) to unveil iOS 12 – the next major software update for the iPhone – as well as new apps and features for Apple Watch, iPad, iPhone and Mac.
"We now have over 20 million Apple developers worldwide," Mr Cook said as he opened the keynote, which paid tribute to them through a video in the style of a nature documentary.
The Independent covered all of the event and the fallout live from San Jose, where the event is being hosted.
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Another rumour we can confirm: Apple News will be available on Mac.
It will be coming to the all new Mac App Store, which will include features borrowed from iOS.
People are already getting impatient about when they'll get all these new apps and updates.
Federighi says that one of the questions he is often asked is: "Are you merging iOS and MacOS?"
There's a simple answer to that, apparently.
"I'd like to take a moment to briefly address this question: No. Of course not," he says.
"The updates will be available to our users this fall," says Tim Cook, who is back on stage to wrap things up.
The keynote is closing, just like it opened, with a video. This one isn't very funny though.
The closing video is of developers' family members, talking about all the sacrifices they made to build apps (TLDR: Late nights and Ramen noodles.)
"Their stories are great examples of all of your passion and creativity," Tim Cook says. "On behalf of everyone at Apple, thank you."
And it's over!
So, as audience members file out, we can look forward to exploring some innovative new features and fun apps in the coming months.
But it seems not everyone was impressed...
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