INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Apple announced the next version of iOS at its WWDC developer conference
While iOS 12 won&t be available before the fall, it always interesting to get a sneak peek at the next version of iOS.
Apple's senior vice
president of Software Engineering Craig Federighi first talked about some numbers
81 percent of iOS users are currently running iOS 11
6 percent of Android users are currently on the last version.
&For iOS 12, we&re doubling down on performance,& Federighi said
iOS 12 is going to be available on all devices that currently support iOS 11.
It interesting the Federighi talked about iOS 12 on the iPhone
Apps launch 40 percent faster, the keyboard comes up 50 percent faster and opening the camera is 70 percent faster.
You get the idea, the
big new feature of iOS 12 is performance and optimization.
But it doesn&t mean that Apple didn&t think about new features
Apple has created a new file format for augmented reality called USDZ
Adobe CTO Abhay Parasnis talked for a couple of minutes to announce that Adobe apps are going to support USDZ.
Apple is launching a new app
to educate people about augmented reality
This app is called Measure and works pretty much like popular third-party app MeasureKit
While Apple says USDZ is a file format for augmented reality, Federighi also showed a USDZ 3D file in the middle of an Apple News
article.
And the company is also updating ARKit with multiplayer augmented reality
You can get the same augmented reality experience with multiple devices
The company invited Martin Sanders from Lego to talk about ARKit
You can point an iPad at a Lego set to add virtual buildings and objects, and recreate a tiny little city.
&Over a trillion photos are
captured on the iPhone each year,& Federighi said
Apple is updating search with iOS 12
While you&ve been able tp search for objects or categories, such as cars, dogs, beach and hiking, it been hard to find
Apple is going to add suggestions to improve discovery.
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