Apple WWDC22 Highlights: iOS 16, watchOS 9, MacBook Air & Pro M2 unveiled

Apple WWDC22 Highlights

Sanjeev Thakur
3 min readJun 7, 2022
Apple WWDC22 Highlights

WWDC22 Highlights: Apple kicked off its annual Worldwide Developers Conference with a first-of-its-kind special event held at Apple Park that welcomed developers, students, and media to a viewing of the keynote, Platforms State of the Union, and an unveiling of the all-new Apple Developer Center.

Here are the highlights from the Apple WWDC22 keynote address:

Apple WWDC22: iOS 16

  • Customisable lockscreen with support for wallpapers, photos, live widgets, animations, and transitions
  • Stacked notifications on lockscreen
  • Live Activities is a new design element added to lockscreen
  • Separate lockscreens based on focus settings
  • Messages gets edit and retract feature, which lets user edit the text message or retract the message.
  • SharePlay is coming to Messages
  • Dictation typing with automatic punctuation is coming to Messages
  • Live Text is enabled for videos, translate camera
  • Visual look-up is coming to Messages
  • Apple Maps is reaching more countries, but India has to wait a little longer
  • Multistop routing with up to 15 stops coming to Apple Maps
  • Transit with fare details is coming to Apple Maps with iOS 16

Apple WWDC22: WatchOS 9

  • Play time, Lunar, Metropolitan, and one more watch face is coming to Apple Watch series with WatchOS 9
  • Refreshed Siri UI and banner notifications
  • Three new running metrics for workout routine are added
  • Sleep stages is finally coming to Apple Watch series
  • Afib history is added
  • Medications app to schedule, track, and monitor medications

Apple WWDC22: macOS Ventura

  • Stage Manager gather all the open windows together in a single pile for clutter free UI
  • Grouping windows becomes easier with Stage Manager
  • Spotlight to support quick look, live text in photos
  • Mail to get undo action, schedule option, and more
  • Safari gets shared tabs group for easy sharing with select contacts
  • A safer alternative to web passwords, Passkeys debuts with new Safari
  • Gaming on Mac gets a boost with Metal 3
  • Village — Resident Evil is coming to Mac later this year
  • FaceTime is a new app to support Macs’ Continuity feature
  • Continuity camera: iPhone to double up as webcam with Centre Stage and Studio Light support

Apple WWDC22: iPadOS 16

  • Collaboration: To share for collaboration and not just send a copy of document.
  • Free Form app (coming later this year): For brainstorming session
  • Gaming: Metal 3 is coming to iPad with M1 chip
  • Apps are set to get optimised for desktop-like experience
  • Stage Manager on iPad to allow windows resizing, over lapping windows, windows reposition besides gathering all the open windows together in a single pile for clutter free UI

Interested viewers can watch the full event here as we have embedded the live link of the event below:

https://youtu.be/q5D55G7Ejs8

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Sanjeev Thakur

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