Kevin C. Wong

Apple WWDC Keynote 2024

WWDC opened this week and the keynote was yesterday.

iOS 18

  • iPhone 14 and later can send and receive Messages via satellite (was limited to SOS only). I wonder how much it'll cost one it's a paid feature.
  • Multi-page Control Center seems a bit much since CC is a bit confusing to me due to a lot of small icons without text. But I guess I simply don't create a second page of controls.

iPadOS 18

  • Calculator app, which also adds Math Notes: handwriting recognition, deciphering formulas you write and calculating results including graphs. It's neat use of AI even if I'll never use it.

macOS 15 Sequoia

  • iPhone Mirroring so you can remote control your iPhone -- meaning Mac automation tools will be able to remote control an iPhone (blindly even if they can't read what the iPhone showing).
  • Tiling a window by dragging it to the edge of the screen and letting macOS suggest a tile. Not as versatile as Mosaic which is the app I use now but it's nice having basic capabilities built-in.
  • Passwords app. I hope it can replace Keychain Access though I can't tell if Passwords supports secure notes.

Apple Intelligence

  • Half the keynote was on this. It's more like a framework that is integrated into apps in various ways. Since Apple's AI efforts are all on-device no-server it makes Private Cloud Compute interesting for third parties that want to do more, maybe aggregate, AI work that maintains privacy.