Everything You Missed Today At Apple's WWDC Event

By Aaron Tilley and Miguel Helft

11:59am: Tim Cook wrapping up. “We believe technology should lift humanity and enrich people’s lives in all the ways people want to experience it — whether that’s on the wrist, in the living room, on the desk, in the palm of their hand, in the car or even automating their home.”

11:50am: Tim Cook is back to talk about Swift, its programming language for coders. Apple is releasing an iPad app called Swift Playgrounds to let kids start programing Apple apps on the iPad. The app is designed to make programming like a little game. Users are guided along with lessons and objectives. A character moves around and collects gems as the user completes objectives.

11:40am: Apple is opening up its messaging app to developers with iMessage Apps. Users can access these in the “App drawer.” Developers could build apps for stickers. The full software development kit gives developers access to the camera or payments — users could, for example, send or receive payment right in iMessage.

11:30am: The new Message app has “rich links” which share the art work from the website. Emojis will be three times bigger and Apple will be providing predictions for what emojis should appear in messages. "Invisible ink" hides messages that users can slide across to reveal. Hand written messages and drawings will now be possible in the new messaging app.

11:26am: Apple is getting more serious about the smart home. Apple is introducing a smart home app called Home app based on the company’s communication protocol called HomeKit. Smart home devices that have been HomeKit approved can now all be accessed through the app. In the lock screen of iPhone, users can access smart home device notifications.

11:20am: Apple is introducing subscriptions, so you can read news with pay walls right in Apple News.

11:19am: A downloaded music section is available be to quickly see which music is locally stored. The “For You” tab, where Apple suggests music, has “Discovery Mix” now at the top. This is where songs are tailored specifically for users.

11:16am: Now Apple Music, which has more than 15 million paid subscribers. People have often complained about the messy interface in Apple Music and Apple is trying to make the app's UI more intuitive.

11:10am: Eddy Cue is back to introduce the new Map design. Maps are now proactive, it will know when you had to work and filter where you might want to go. While driving, Apple Maps will now show traffic conditions while driving along a route. If there’s traffic ahead, it will give alternative routes. Maps will be available to developers for the first time. Users will, for example, be able to make reservations to restaurants in Apple Maps. The new Maps app is coming to CarPlay, Apple’s OS for infotainment systems in cars.

11:05am: Embedded computer learning is coming to the iPhone. In iOS 10, your iPhone will locally be able to do facial recognition to scan photos stored on an iPhone. The iPhone will also now be able to cluster photos based on criteria likes trips, specific groups of people or topics.

11:02am: Siri is coming to Apple’s messaging. It can help users respond where they are, for example. It will learn what you’re talking about and help add a calendar event quickly.

11:00am: Apple has officially announced its opening up its voice-activated digital assistant Siri to developers, an important step in making Siri a valuable service. Users can say, for example, “Tell Emily on WeChat I’m going to be five minutes late,” or send money through payment apps.

10:57am: Here comes the most important platform update: iOS 10. Ten big new features are coming. The first one is user experience. Apple is redesigning the lock screen and will give users quick interaction with apps with an expanded use of 3D touch. Users can now wake up the iPhone screen by simply bringing the phone up. In the lock screen, users can press in and get updates from apps, like the location of an Uber. Users can clear app notifications from the lock screen. The control screen now has special section for music.

10:50am: Siri is finally coming to the Mac. In a demo, Federighi showed how Siri can be summoned in the app dock at the bottom. Users can make queries for searching for documents or bringing up music playlists, for example.

10:46am:  Apple Pay is coming to the web. There will be a “Pay with Apple Pay” option in online stores. Users can authenticate with their fingerprint on their iPhone or Apple Watch.

10:45am: Apple is trying to make iCloud better. Optimized storage makes room for new files by keeping old files up in the cloud. It will help clear up data stored on the Mac.

10:41am: Apple is rolling out a “Universal Clipboard” that lets users copy from an iPhone and paste on their Mac.

10:40am: Craig Federighi, Apple senior vice president of software engineering, is up to talk about the Mac operating system. Instead of calling it OS X, Apple is changing the name of the Mac operating system to macOS Sierra.

10:38am: Apple is making it easier to access to cable network apps with a new feature called “Single Sign-In.” Single sign-in lets users sign in with their cable network provider and then access that content across any app.

10:34am: Siri on Apple TV now lets users search for movies by topics. Users can ask, for example, “Find high school comedies from the 80s.” Siri searches over 650,000 movies and TV show

10:33am: Eddy Cue, Apple's senior vice president of Internet Software and Services, is on stage to talk about Apple TV’s tvOS. The last generation Apple TV had only 80 video channels. The new Apple TV with tvOS now has 1,300 video channels and 6,000 native apps that have been created in the past seven months.

10:27am: The Apple Watch activity tracker will become better suited for wheel chair users. The "Time to stand" reminder will be changing to "Time to roll."

10:24am: Apple is introducing an app for sharing your activity. Users can check in with friends and family to see how they’re doing on different metrics, such as steps, work outs or heart rate.

10:18am: A demo of the watchOS 3 shows the now speedy app launch. One touch can start a ten-minute timer or call a car on Lyft.

10:17am: New watch faces are coming: Mini Mouse, activity health tracker and weather.

10:15am: New feature for writing messages called Scribble. Users can quickly draw letters on the watch face and letters will appear on top.

10:13am: Apple is starting out with updates to the Apple Watch OS, watchOS. The third generation OS will solve a major complaint with the device: slow third-party device launching. Apps will now launch instantly with little delay.

10:10am: Cook pointed out that Apple started the App Store eight years with only 500 apps. The company now has two million apps that have downloaded 130 billion times.

10:06am: Apple CEO Tim Cook started conference out with a moment of silence for the victims of the mass shooting in Orlando, Florida yesterday. “The Apple community is made up of people around the world, all different backgrounds and different points of view,” he said. “We celebrate our diversity. We know that it make us stronger and moves everyone forward. Please rise and join in a moment of silence to honor the victims and people who loved them.”

8am PT: Apple CEO Tim Cook is will take the stage Monday at 10am Pacific to kick off the company's annual World Wide Developers Conference. The focus is expected to be on software and services rather than hardware. There will be updates to iOS and OS X, as well as tvOS and watchOS. Also Siri is likely to open up to third party developers, and perhaps iMessage will be extended to Android. We will be updating you on all that and any surprises live from the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. Tune in at 10am PT.

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