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Live from Apple's WWDC 2015 on the future of iOS and OS X

Join us as we join Apple for its 2015 WWDC keynote presentation, which promises to serve as the epicenter of change as the company dishes details on the future of its iOS and OS X operating systems.

3rd & 7 37yd

Home kit adding support for security systems and environment sensors

by danielerancs 6/8/2015 6:12:22 PM
CarPlay adding support for car apps, wireless wifi support

by danielerancs 6/8/2015 6:13:09 PM
"We're adding lots of additional health metrics to be tracked in HealthKit."

by victormarks 6/8/2015 6:13:19 PM
Swift 2 adds lots of new features for developers. Making it Open Source to be used everywhere. Tremendous ::Applause::

by danielerancs 6/8/2015 6:14:58 PM
"Swift was designed from the beginning to be fast. and we've continued to roll out targeted optimizations all along. Now we have whole module optimization and the results are really fantastic. In addition we're bringing the language features you've asked for most, including the feature Tim has been begging for, protocol extensions."

by victormarks 6/8/2015 6:15:52 PM
New open source Swift for Linux!
iOS 9 will support all devices of iOS 8

by danielerancs 6/8/2015 6:16:08 PM
"We think Swift is the language everyone will be using for your apps and systems programming for 20 years to come."

by victormarks 6/8/2015 6:16:10 PM
"I really appreciate your time, have a fantastic conference, thank you!" - Craig out.

by victormarks 6/8/2015 6:17:37 PM
Apple App Store has passed 100 billion app downloads, $30B paid to developers #wwdc

by danielerancs 6/8/2015 6:18:35 PM
Tim Cook is back. "There's really so many possibilities to use these platforms and these tools to create unbelievable apps that will impact business, education, healthcare, and really everything in our lives. There's seemingly no limit to what you can do."

by victormarks 6/8/2015 6:18:58 PM
"We could not be more proud of the work you are doing. More and more, developers are transforming the very important things we do in our daily lives." runs video

by victormarks 6/8/2015 6:20:37 PM
A powerful video on how apps have changed the world

by danielerancs 6/8/2015 6:25:44 PM
Native apps for watchOS

by danielerancs 6/8/2015 6:26:05 PM
6 weeks of Apple Watch. New features: Kevin lynch coming up

by danielerancs 6/8/2015 6:27:17 PM
"On behalf of everyone at Apple, we want to thank everyone in the developer community for everything you've done. Thank you! You have changed every one of our lives and transformed the world in the process."

by victormarks 6/8/2015 6:27:23 PM
"For us, this is a giant moment. This is how we felt when we launched the App Store."

by victormarks 6/8/2015 6:28:05 PM
"We believe by opening up the platform you will create new and powerful uses that we can only begin to imagine."

by victormarks 6/8/2015 6:28:21 PM
"We're moving really fast on watchOS"

by victormarks 6/8/2015 6:29:03 PM
Photos watch face can cycle through your photos, time lapse images from several cities.

by danielerancs 6/8/2015 6:29:34 PM
"Great new timepiece functions, health, ApplePay, Maps and fitness"

by victormarks 6/8/2015 6:29:34 PM
Apple watchOS 2 will allow App developers will be able to create Complications

by danielerancs 6/8/2015 6:30:12 PM
Time Travel feature will let you across through time, seeing your appointments, weather and other data over time

by danielerancs 6/8/2015 6:31:03 PM
Nightstand feature turns your watch into a clock with alarm and snooze

by danielerancs 6/8/2015 6:31:52 PM
"With watchOS 2 you'll be able to read and reply to emails from your wrist."

by victormarks 6/8/2015 6:34:10 PM
"We're supporting FaceTime Audio calls on the wrist."

by victormarks 6/8/2015 6:34:25 PM
Add pages of friends to watch,
Reply to emails
FaceTime audio on watch
Native workout apps
Use Siri to start workouts
Sharable goal awards
Store cards, reward cards in Wallet
Transit maps with data, navigation
Siri transit directions.
Siri homekit control
Ask Siri to open Glances

by danielerancs 6/8/2015 6:35:08 PM
"We also focused on what we could do for developers. Out of the gate, you could use WatchKit. These apps today function by relying on the phone. All the app logic runs on your phone. With Native Apps you''ll be able to run the UI and logic on the watch. It's going to be a great new frontier for Apple Watch with native app support."

by victormarks 6/8/2015 6:37:41 PM
Support for short form video, audio
Health kit/ homekit access for devs
3rd party Tactic engine support
Digital crown UI controls

by danielerancs 6/8/2015 6:38:25 PM
Developers now have access to the microphone and accelerometer.

by victormarks 6/8/2015 6:39:12 PM
Kevin Lynch is now demonstrating making a photo face, zooming, cropping and panning. Force Touch, choose create watch face, and "there you go, beautiful new watch face!"

by victormarks 6/8/2015 6:41:10 PM
Demonstrating WeChat: Access to the microphone, and using the Digital Crown to rotate through stickers for messages.

by victormarks 6/8/2015 6:43:57 PM
One more thing

by danielerancs 6/8/2015 6:45:04 PM
"Before we close this morning, we do have one more thing..."

by victormarks 6/8/2015 6:45:50 PM
"I'd like to tell you about something we've been working really hard on and something we are super excited about.

by victormarks 6/8/2015 6:46:01 PM
you know, we love music. and music is such an important part of our lives and our culture.

by victormarks 6/8/2015 6:46:11 PM
we've had a long relationship with music at apple.

by victormarks 6/8/2015 6:46:17 PM
music has had a very rich history of change, some of which we've had a part in.

by victormarks 6/8/2015 6:46:27 PM
Apple Music
Introducing jimmy iovine

by danielerancs 6/8/2015 6:47:25 PM
"Today we're announcing Apple Music, the next chapter in music. It will change the way you experience music forever."

by victormarks 6/8/2015 6:48:25 PM
Jimmy Iovine: "I'm here because in 2003 the record industry was a ball of confusion. We had napster, lime wire, bit torrent, this giant invader from the north, technology. I'm looking at my guys saying, 'what do we do with this?'" So I go up to Apple and see Steve Jobs and Eddy Cue and they show me iTunes. and I'm like, wow, the ads are real! These guys really do think different!"

by victormarks 6/8/2015 6:50:00 PM
So now, 2015, the music industry is a fragmented mess. If you want to stream music, you can go over here. You want to see video, check some of these places out. Want to follow an artist, go here?

by victormarks 6/8/2015 6:50:29 PM
So I said to Tim Cook and Eddy Cue, can we build something with the simplicity that only Apple can do? One complete thought around music?

by victormarks 6/8/2015 6:50:52 PM
"One place, one complete thought around music."

by victormarks 6/8/2015 6:52:24 PM
"All the ways you love music, all in one place. and that place is in almost a billion hands around the world already."

by victormarks 6/8/2015 6:52:51 PM
"It's a revolutionary music service curated by the leading music experts we hand picked. "

by victormarks 6/8/2015 6:54:21 PM
24/7 global radio.

by victormarks 6/8/2015 6:54:29 PM
"Let's take a look at Connect and see what some of my favorite artists are up to"

by victormarks 6/8/2015 7:12:00 PM
"Here's Bastile, let's see what they have to say?" Video shows Bastile talking about recording a song and playing the riff for fans.

by victormarks 6/8/2015 7:12:22 PM
Ad free music videos
Use Siri to ask for music streaming
Request by song, by current chart, by hits from a specific year, from a given movie soundtrack

by danielerancs 6/8/2015 7:15:45 PM
Apple Music app $9.99, first three months free. For Mac, iOS, windows and Android. 100+ countries.

$14.88 for up to 6 family members, each with own account, preferences.

by danielerancs 6/8/2015 7:17:57 PM
Ending with a musical performance by the weekend

by danielerancs 6/8/2015 7:20:22 PM
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by AppleInsider 6/8/2015 7:24:25 PM
Wow: The Weekend played a world premier song on stage at WWDC

by danielerancs 6/8/2015 7:25:53 PM


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Live from Apple's WWDC 2015 on the future of iOS and OS X

Join us as we join Apple for its 2015 WWDC keynote presentation, which promises to serve as the epicenter of change as the company dishes details on the future of its iOS and OS X operating systems.

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