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Apple Worldwide Developers Conference

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Jun 14, 2016, 00:32:29 IST

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Apple Worldwide Developers Conference

The Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, the annual conference of software developers, is taking place at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. Major announcements regarding the future of OS X, iOS, watchOS, and tvOS are being made. Stay with us for live updates

00:32 (IST) Jun 14

Tim Cook calls iOS 10 "the mother of all releases."

00:21 (IST) Jun 14

Swift Playgrounds will revolutionize the way people learn to code: Tim Cook#WWDC2016 pic.twitter.com/h9jLbboSMY
— TOI Tech (@toi_tech) June 13, 2016

00:17 (IST) Jun 14

iOS10 will be available in the third quarter of 2016 to all iOS devices for free

00:12 (IST) Jun 14

Differential privacy to be incorporated into Apple products

00:06 (IST) Jun 14

Here's how the home automation as a system-level interface on the iPhone looks. #WWDC2016 pic.twitter.com/j6KKQ0KNKK
— TOI Tech (@toi_tech) June 13, 2016

00:05 (IST) Jun 14

Home lets you control all your devices, individually or with scenes. #WWDC2016

LIVE | https://t.co/kiGOrLzSJl pic.twitter.com/ODGRYS5qqz
— TOI Tech (@toi_tech) June 13, 2016

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00:05 (IST) Jun 14

A new 'invisible ink' feature also introduced for iOS

23:58 (IST) Jun 13

iPhone will now also support handwriting using text boxes

23:54 (IST) Jun 13

With Cisco's partnership, you can now take calls from work on your iPhone while on the go

23:52 (IST) Jun 13

#WWDC2016 all new design of #Apple news on #iOS10: new categories, #BreakingNews notifications pic.twitter.com/m4nE3aQk5m
— Prasad Sanyal (@PrasadSanyalTOI) June 13, 2016

23:50 (IST) Jun 13

HomeKit app comes to iPhone

23:49 (IST) Jun 13

Apple Music to now display lyrics as well in the music app

23:46 (IST) Jun 13

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWDC2016?src=hash">#WWDC2016</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AppleMusic?src=hash">#AppleMusic</a> — redesigned from the ground up! For live updates: <a href="https://t.co/2BvWWNSNu0">https://t.co/2BvWWNSNu0</a> <a href="https://t.co/RKgJgVhOwD">pic.twitter.com/RKgJgVhOwD</a> &mdash; Times of India (@timesofindia) <a href="https://twitter.com/timesofindia/status/742419658419015682">June 13, 2016</a></blockquote>

23:43 (IST) Jun 13

Maps updates are coming to CarPlay, too. #WWDC2016

LIVE | https://t.co/kiGOrLzSJl pic.twitter.com/rN3cDYkEYQ
— TOI Tech (@toi_tech) June 13, 2016

23:41 (IST) Jun 13

iPhone's music app revamped with new addition 'Downloaded Music'

23:36 (IST) Jun 13

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"> Advanced AI to cluster photos — but totally local on device which <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Apple?src=hash">#Apple</a> is stressing on. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWDC2016?src=hash">#WWDC2016</a> <a href="https://t.co/CnnJNmejEQ">pic.twitter.com/CnnJNmejEQ</a> &mdash; Times of India (@timesofindia) <a href="https://twitter.com/timesofindia/status/742417406975303680">June 13, 2016</a></blockquote>

23:35 (IST) Jun 13

There's a new tab at the bottom of photos called Memories, which shows you highlights and people, a map of locations, and related memories.

23:34 (IST) Jun 13

This is possibly the biggest update to Siri we've seen since it was launched. And in the meantime other virtual assistants have advanced.

23:28 (IST) Jun 13

New lock screen experience on #iOS10. #Siri open to developers #Apple at #WWDC2016. Support for apps like #wechat pic.twitter.com/9Zzs9qmUQB
— Prasad Sanyal (@PrasadSanyalTOI) June 13, 2016

23:26 (IST) Jun 13

#WWDC2016 | iOS 10 lock screen experience has been redesigned with new notifications and expanded use of 3D touch pic.twitter.com/G7foRHL5fo
— Times of India (@timesofindia) June 13, 2016

23:24 (IST) Jun 13

3D touch on apps updated, now shows more information without actually launching the app

23:23 (IST) Jun 13

Control centre now comes with a dedicated music panel

23:22 (IST) Jun 13

3D touch comes to notifications for iPhones

23:22 (IST) Jun 13

iPhones users can now use feature 'Raise to Wake'

23:20 (IST) Jun 13

On a lighter note

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> Craig: “How do you like being on a Mac?” Siri: “Nice, unibody walls. No complaints about the lack of Windows”<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Ouch?src=hash">#Ouch</a> <a href="https://t.co/lAoUZHTyfN">pic.twitter.com/lAoUZHTyfN</a> &mdash; TOI Tech (@toi_tech) <a href="https://twitter.com/toi_tech/status/742413444415033344">June 13, 2016</a></blockquote>

23:19 (IST) Jun 13

#WWDC2016 | #Siri comes to mac OS Sierra

Live updates: https://t.co/2BvWWNSNu0 pic.twitter.com/sUf3rv2351
— Times of India (@timesofindia) June 13, 2016

23:15 (IST) Jun 13

Siri to be available on macOS now

23:15 (IST) Jun 13

With 'Picture-in-Picture' feature, you can continue watching a video on your Mac while doing other work on the system

23:10 (IST) Jun 13

With new iCloud drive, you can access your files on all your Apple devices

23:09 (IST) Jun 13

There are around 10 billion customer documents in iCloud drive right now

23:06 (IST) Jun 13

OS X to be officially called macOS

23:03 (IST) Jun 13

'Single sign-on' for Apple TV will let you sign-in only once to access all apps

23:01 (IST) Jun 13

tvOS now allows you to search movies by topics

23:00 (IST) Jun 13

Siri makes it easier to search channels because you can only tell her what you want to watch

22:58 (IST) Jun 13

tvOS to now offer 1300 video channels as compared to 80 channels till now

22:57 (IST) Jun 13

Free upgrade for all users of watch OS to be available this fall, developer preview to be made available from today

22:53 (IST) Jun 13

Activity rings on watch OS 3 to be optimized for wheelchair users, with 'time to walk' being changed to 'time to roll'

22:51 (IST) Jun 13

watch OS 3 comes with 'Activity Sharing' feature

22:48 (IST) Jun 13

SOS feature on watch OS 3 works internationally

22:48 (IST) Jun 13

With 'Scribble', you can write messages in multiple languages directly on the Apple watch

22:46 (IST) Jun 13

watch OS makes changing 'watch face' easy by only swiping, along with other features like setting goals, locate friends among others

22:44 (IST) Jun 13

A new scribble feature comes to the #Apple watch #WWDC2016

Live updates: https://t.co/2BvWWNSNu0 pic.twitter.com/x0ynt0xwio
— Times of India (@timesofindia) June 13, 2016

22:42 (IST) Jun 13

watch OS 3 offers various modes to reply on the same screen, along with a few smart replies and the new feature 'Scribble'

22:40 (IST) Jun 13

watch OS 3 is seven times faster than watch OS 2

22:35 (IST) Jun 13

Apple now has 2 million apps on the App Store, which have been downloaded 130 billion times: Tim Cook

22:34 (IST) Jun 13

Apple has awarded 350 scholarships this year, with the youngest developer being only 9 years old: Tim Cook

22:32 (IST) Jun 13

WWDC 2016 begins with Tim Cook and other participants offering a moment of silence for the victims of Orlando gay nightclub shooting.

22:25 (IST) Jun 13

The stage is all set for Apple's annual Worldwide developer’s conference, or WWDC 2016.

As is the case every year, Apple will be using WWDC to provide a glimpse of what the Cupertino-based tech giant has been working on since the past one year. Not just that, Apple will also give insight regarding what the tech world and consumers can expect from it in the coming year.

21:24 (IST) Jun 13

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21:24 (IST) Jun 13

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