TWiT News 356: WWDC 2020 Keynote




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Summary: <p>Tim Cook, Craig Federighi, Kevin Lynch, and others deliver the World Wide Developers Conference 2020 keynote.<br><br>Highlights:</p><ul> <li>iOS 14 will include App Library, Widgets, Picture-in-picture video, and improvements to Siri, Messages, and Apple Maps.</li> <li>Starting with new BMWs, you can use your iPhone as a car key.</li> <li>Emily Schubert talks about how you will be able to use your iPhone as a car key. App Clips will let you use parts of apps without downloading the whole app.</li> <li>iPadOS 14 adds Sidebar and new Apple Pencil features.</li> <li>watchOS 7 gets customizable complications and professionally designed watch faces. Other new features include sleep tracking, a handwashing timer that automatically senses when you are using soap, and new dance workouts.</li> <li>HomeKit will be further integrated with Google Home and Amazon Alexa.</li> <li>Foundation comes to Apple TV+ in 2021.</li> <li>macOS Big Sur has all-new design that looks very similar to iPadOS 14.</li> </ul><p>And the big finish: In their secret underground lab, Tim Cook, Johny Srouji, and Andreas Wendker show off the new Apple Silicon chips for Mac.</p><ul> <li>Apple apps like Final Cut Pro and Xcode are already ready for the transition.</li> <li>Universal 2 will let apps run on Intel and Apple Silicon.</li> <li>Microsoft Office and Adobe apps like Lightroom and Photoshop already work on Apple Silicon.</li> <li>Rosetta 2 will automatically translate Intel-based apps to work on Apple Silicon.</li> <li>Virtualization will let you use Linux on Macs.</li> <li>iOS apps will work natively on Mac.</li> <li>The Quick Start program will help developers with the transition, and the Developer Transition Kit, a Mac Mini with an A12z Bionic chip, is available now.</li> <li>Apple Silicon Macs will be available by the end of the year, and the whole transition will take two years.</li> <li>Developer betas of all OS's are available now; public betas will be available in July.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Hosts:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a> and <a href="https://twit.tv/people/mikah-sargent">Mikah Sargent</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to this show at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/twit-news">https://twit.tv/shows/twit-news</a>.</p> <p><strong>Sponsor:</strong></p><ul> <li><a href="http://LastPass.com/twit">LastPass.com/twit</a></li> </ul>