Kevin C. Wong

Apple WWDC Keynote (Jun 06 2022) p3

iOS 16 (continued)


Home
- Matter: cross-platform standard
- Apple can't see data or how you use Home app
- Redesigned Home app
++ more categories
++ multi-camera view (4 cameras)

Car Play
- supports all car screens including instrument cluster
- widgets in gauge cluster (in front of driver)
- adapts to any car screen layout
- custom layouts with themes and styles

WatchOS 9


- Four new watch faces
- Banner notifications
- New Share Sheet and Photos Picker APIs

Fitness
- New running metrics: vertical oscillation, stride length, ground contact time
- Heart Rate Zones
- Custom workouts
- Multi-sport workout type that can tell when you switch to different activity
- Fitness app will be added to iPhone using its sensors

Health
- Sleep Stages
- Apple Heart & Movement Study (voluntary participation)
- AFib History (Atrial Fibrillation)
- Medications app: track medications and vitamins, receive notifications
++ Drug-drug interaction warnings


Home app has not been that useful to me even though I only have Philips Hue lights in three rooms. I did download Controller for HomeKit (3rd party app) but never used it. Maybe the new Home app will be easier for me to use.

It's nice that Fitness app will now be on iPhone. Also all the Fitness and Health features are neat and I can see why an Apple Watch would be nice to have.