Apple WWDC '17 Keynote Impressions

[Croc]

Now that the annual WWDC keynote this year is over, it's time to unwind and talk about it!

If you haven't watch it yet, you can watch it here.

Main things announced today...

1. tvOS
   • Amazon Prime video coming later this year
2. watchOS
   • Toy Story watch faces
   • New Siri-focused watch face with machine learning stuff
3. macOS High Sierra
   • Dumb new name :rofl:
   • Some minor improvements to the OS
   • Metal 2 sdk
   • VR support
   • New iMac Pro (Mac Pro replacement) coming later this year
     • Support for up to 18 cores
4. iOS 11
   • confusing new control center
   • Apple Maps improvements
   • "Do Not Disturb While Driving Mode" (yes that's the official name)
   • Upgraded iPad hardware (changed size of 9.7in to 10.5in)
   • Drag n' Drop support on iPad, woo!
   • More Mac-like Dock on iPad (you can put lots of icons now)
   • New "Files" app essentially eliminating the new for apps like Readdle and Goodreader
   • Document scanning functionality in Notes
   • Screenshot and pdf annotation
   • Many more changes...
5. HomePod smart speaker (Apple's take on Amazon Echo and Google Home)

What are your thoughts on everything announced today?
Is there anything you wished Apple announced today that they didn't announce?

 

[ZDesigns]

HomePod is probably going to cost like $300 lol

 

[Croc]

HomePod is probably going to cost like $300 lol

You are spot-on, it's $349, release in December

 

[ZDesigns]

You are spot-on, it's $349, release in December

Lol, the advertise it like a sound system.

 

[Ivain]

You'd think that the company that used to be famous for their spot on and innovative interaction design would be capable of designing a non-confusing control center.

context: I get interaction design courses as part of my game design program, and one of the first things we were told about is that the one thing that really set apple's OS apart in the early stages of graphic interface (and to a lesser extent physical interface) was the intuitive and unique way their buttons and other interactions worked. That interaction and interface design remained one of their key selling features for most of their lifetime. If you're a total computer noob (lived-in-a-cave type), it was usually easier to become comfortable with an Apple OS than it is with Windows.
Now they seem to have abandoned that for a generic 'designer' look. Like furniture that's meant to look cool instead of being comfortable.
well, they still have mobility and battery life, I guess.

 

[Croc]

You'd think that the company that used to be famous for their spot on and innovative interaction design would be capable of designing a non-confusing control center.

We all need to keep an open mind that things could change quite a bit before GM (public release) goes live in fall. *crosses fingers*

 

[Sloth]

I’ve been using the IOS 11 beta download since it’s release last night and I can’t say that its had much of an affect on me. A lot of the new features are very technical and I don’t see myself really using them. The control center is kinda confusing but I like that you can add things into it. My battery life has changed quite a bit though. It tends to die faster now but charge significantly faster. I’m sure a new build OG the beta will be released in the coming days or weeks that will fix all the bugs which would be great.

 

[Pogchamp]

They are announcing the new control center like it is a new feature, but imo it just makes it more complicated. Apple needs to stop changing stuff too quickly.