The effects of COVID-19, which necessitate social distancing and nationwide stay at home orders, are evident even when it comes to press events. On Mo

Apple Announced This 5 Most Exciting Things at its Virtual WWDC 2020

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2020-06-25 18:38:17

The effects of COVID-19, which necessitate social distancing and nationwide stay at home orders, are evident even when it comes to press events. On Monday, Apple hosted its first ever pre-recorded Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). The stream featured some snazzy camera work, and updates to both Apple software and hardware from CEO Tim Cook, SVP Craig Federighi, and various other Apple employees, including a number of women and people of color, the most ever shown in a single keynote presentation from the company.

Aside from the new faces, Apple went on to highlight the newest features coming to its software for its iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch devices, along with its Apple TV and macOS platforms.

On top of all that, the company announced a long-rumored shift in the hardware that powers its Mac computers-one that echoes a transition it made 15 years ago that set it up for over a decade of success in the desktop and laptop space.

While most of the company’s updates to the operating systems governing its iPhone, iPad, AppleTV, and Mac platforms addressed functional and visual issues long overlooked (and long solved by competitors like Microsoft and Google), its most major hardware change suggested that Apple, as Cook said at the end of the keynote, was still innovating.