![]() October (iPads, consumer-focused Macs, and other products).June (WWDC – mostly software, sometimes high-end/pro hardware).March/April (often includes iPads, iPhone SE).HomePod, designed to work seamlessly with Apple Music and also function as a voice-activated HomeKit hub, lands this December at a cost of $349. On paper, and in the quick demo, the HomePod sounds like a quintessential Apple product: A high-end music device that works a lot like competing products but puts an Apple stamp (and a fat Apple price tag) on the audio enchilada. Will it be bold enough to “reinvent the way we enjoy music in the home,” as Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior VP of marketing, predicted? Still, the HomePod brought a little hardware razzle-dazzle to the WWDC 2017 keynote. ![]() (In fact, KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo pretty much nailed the smart speaker’s specs in a note to investors last month.) It’s not the sexiest name, and it wasn’t totally unexpected. In a refreshing throwback to the good old days when Steve Jobs would delight the world with “one more thing,” Tim Cook showed off Apple’s latest product: a smart speaker called the HomePod. Lewis Wallace One more thing … a new smart speaker called HomePod HomePod can be asked sophisticated music questions. The upgraded Siri can even work as a translator. Ultimately, that will let Siri know what you want next, said Federighi. In iOS 11, Siri will know your voice, the context of your query, your interests and how you use your device. The emphasis on Siri is encouraging - and badly needed. SiriKit, the framework that lets developers invoke Apple’s AI assistant for use in third-party apps, can do more than ever in iOS 11. If anything, Siri is about to become even more front and center on your Apple devices. Buster Hein Getting serious about SiriĪpple’s virtual assistant gets dinged often for its sometimes inane inability to perform tasks that seem simple. ![]() The upgrade also makes it easier for Apple Watch to communicate with gym equipment, making the device the best platform for fitness junkies. watchOS 4 makes its quicker to start workouts by reducing the number of taps to start training, and there’s even a new exercise mode for high intensity interval training. And Toy Story and Kaleidoscope watch faces bring even more variety to Apple’s supremely personal wearable.Įxercise and fitness features also received a lot of attention. “This is an intelligent, pro-active assistant - right on your wrist,” Apple technology VP Kevin Lynch said of the new Siri watch face.Ī new Apple Watch dock will bring up apps faster. New machine-learning tricks will enable the digital assistant to predict what you’ll need or want before you even know it. Some nice Siri upgrades - including a new Siri watch face - will make Apple Watch more powerful than ever. Photo: AppleĪpple continues to refine the UI for its popular smartwatch with watchOS 4. Lewis Wallace Apple Watch just keeps getting better Kevin Lynch shows off the new Siri watch face for Apple Watch. ![]() The new 10.5-inch iPad Pro ships next week. “The iPad is the ultimate multi-handed, multi-touch device,” said Craig Federighi as he showed off all the great new features coming to Apple’s next-gen tablet, which is available for order today at a base price of $649 for the 64GB Wi-Fi-only base model. Then there’s a new feature called ProMotion, which combines hardware and software acceleration to boost display performance and make Apple Pencil even sharper than ever.Īll that tablet-y greatness gets jammed into the 9.7-inch iPad form factor we’ve come to know and love, and the bigger screen means the 10.5-inch iPad Pro offers a full-size onscreen keyboard (and works with a full-size Smart Keyboard). It also sports the best display yet: It refreshes at 120Hz, delivers 600 nits of brightness, and brings True Tone, wide color gamut and HDR video support. With Apple’s latest A10X Fusion processor, the new 10.5-inch iPad Pro packs the best performance of any iPad ever. 10.5-inch iPad Pro looks like a stunner The 10.5-inch iPad Pro brings a bigger display in a familiar form factor.
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