Apple WWDC 2018 keynote highlights: iOS 12 performance updates, watchOS 5.0, new tvOS updates , macOS Mojave and more announced

​Craig Federighi confirms that macOS and iOS will never be combined.

Apple is however working on a multi-year project that will bring iOS apps to the macOS in 2019.

No, Apple is not merging macOS and iOS.

Updates coming to macOS Mojave: Dark Mode, Continuity Photo, News, Stocks, Safari, Mac App Store

Dark Mode comes to macOS Mojave inspired by the Mojave Desert nights

Xcode also comes in Dark Mode

Dynamic desktop changes according to the time of day

Mojave brings desktop stacks to clean up your desktop

Quick Look integrates Mark Up

Screenshots becomes even more powerful with Mojave allowing users to record animations on screen and more

Continuity Photo lets you share details from your phone to your desktop and more.

News and Stocks now comes to Mac

Voice Memos comes to macOS Mojave as well.

Home also comes to the macOS allowing for Siri voice control via MacBooks and Macs

Safari brings better ad and data tracking protection with better ad blocking

Mac App Store gets a revamp with a new Discover Tab, Top Charts, all inspired by the iOS App Store

There are new Work, Play and Developers tabs.

Video previews also come to the Mac App Store

Also new is a ratings and review API for Mac Apps

Microsoft will bring Office 365 to Mac App Store

The new macOS will have a more comprehensive UI. 

macOS Mojave is going to introduce new data protection techniques.

Ummmm…..

MacOS Mojave to come with Dark Mode

macOS time….

Apple TV and new tvOS updates at WWDC 2018: Dolby Atmos, Live Sports, News

Apple TV 4K brings Dolby Atmos sound

iTunes will provide free upgrades to Dolby Atmos content

Also added is Live Sports and Live News with 100+ video channels

Apple introduces Zero Sign-on with no credential needed.

Apple TV remote now also appears in Control Center

Apple ties up with ISS for Aerials

Next up tvOS for the Apple TV. Looks like this time Dolby Atmos is coming on Apple TV 4K.

Apple Podcasts app is now coming to watchOS 5.0

Apple watchOS 5 updates: New Workouts, Connectivity

Introduces Competitions 

Yoga, Hiking Workout types introduced

Rolling miles pace along with Pace Alerts comes to watchOS 5

Automatic workout detection with retroactive credits

Watch will also detect when a work out ends by tracking user heartrate

​watchOS introduces real time voice with Walkie Talkie

Simply select your friends and press to talk

Watch to watch connects with cellular or Wi-Fi

Siri Shortcuts also comes to watchOS

Finally can use third-party apps to your Siri Watch Face

No longer need to say “Hey Siri”

watchOS 5 brings Interactive notifications to Apple Watch

Can now view integrated web content on your wrist with WebKit on watchOS

​Podcasts comes to watchOS 5

3rd party apps will now be supported on watchOS 5.0 #WWDC2018 pic.twitter.com/hsmFhj0mLS

— Tech2 (@tech2eets) June 4, 2018

watchOS 5 will have a new feature called ‘Walkie Talkie’

watchOS 5.0 will focus on health and fitness

iOS 12 updates: FaceTime with up to 30 simultaneous participants

Go from individual chats to groups chat

Tiles go from bigger to smaller with depending on people speaking in the conversation

Can even access Sticker packs and Animoji from all participants

Group Face Time works across iPhone iPad and Mac

This is #memoji. #WWDC18 pic.twitter.com/bXyM19ydtU

— Tech2 (@tech2eets) June 4, 2018

iOS 12 updates: New Animoji and Memoji

Animoji lets you stick out your tongue

New: Animoji Ghost Koala Tiger and T Rex

Also Apple rips of Samsung with Memoji letting users make diverse custom made Animoji

​Lets you customise everything from freckles to hairstyles to head shapes.

Unlike Samsung’s personalised emoji, you have to create emoji yourself, they are not automatically created.

The most revolutionary animoji technology as per Apple is tongue detection and memoji. Wow.

More Animojis for iOS 12.

Addicted to your smartphone? iOS 12 can help you time your usage of apps.

Apple introduces its version of the digital detox in iOS 12: DND, Grouped Notifications, Screen time

DND works better and shows lesser notifications when activated

Instant Tuning for notifications from the locksreen

Finally, grouped notifications!!!

Single swipe lets you triage a group of notifications from an app

Screentime shows you how you use your phone.

App Limits lets you set your own limit helping you spend less time on some apps.

Limits also sync across devices.

Parents can create allowances for their kids with features like Downtime, Always Allowed, Content and Privacy

Indeed, there is a lot being pulled off from Google’s Android P here.

Finallyyyyyyyyy….. Grouped notifications coming to iOS 12.

Apple CarPlay to now support third-party apps.

iOS 12 updates: News, Stocks, Voice Memos, Apple Books, CarPlay

There’s a new sidebar in the News app.

Stocks finally gets some love with a completely design app.

Apple news comes to stocks. With Top Stores featuring business news.

More love! Stocks finally comes to iPad

Voice Memos finally comes to the iPad, with iCloud support.

Finally! iBooks is now Apple Books also gets a major revamp on iOS 12

A new store for ebooks and audiobooks

CarPlay gets support for third-party navigation apps on iOS 12

Apple News now coming to Stocks and Stocks will now also come on the iPad.

What do you think about the updates to Photos app in iOS 12?

Improvements to Photos search. That’s actually really fascinating to me. With years and years and years of photos, being able to actually find the right photo, is a big deal. #WWDC

— Stephen Staver (@sstaver) June 4, 2018

iOS 12 update number 3: Siri

New feature called Shortcuts

Siri can also suggest and place a regular order

Siri will suggest app actions

Turning DND on during movies

Users can even create custom shortcuts

There’s a new Shortcuts app, letting you make custom steps using the Siri Shortcuts Editor

What do you think about the updates to Photos app in iOS 12?

Improvements to Photos search. That’s actually really fascinating to me. With years and years and years of photos, being able to actually find the right photo, is a big deal. #WWDC

— Stephen Staver (@sstaver) June 4, 2018

iOS 12 update number 2: Photos

Search suggestions will now show places, people and places.

Photos indexes up to 4 million events 

A new tab called For You that has Featured Photos, Effects Suggestions and more.

Sharing also gets better with iOS 12 with Sharing Suggestions

Will recommend sharing full resolution photos, with friends in the photos

The system is built around iMessage and works with Machine Learning

iOS 12 will be improving the Photos app.

What is iOS 12 all about? Here are your answers

AR Kit 2 brings shared experiences

Martin Sanders of Lego gives a live demonstration on stage

3D object detection brings Lego models to life.

Lets 4 users play in the same AR space

Some more AR on stage here at WWDC. 

So here are some of the improvements for the ARkit 2.0

AR is going to be Apple’s key focus on iOS 12

Craig Federighi back on stage to introduce a new app called ‘Measure’ to measure objects in the real world

Measuring real world objects is easy with Measure.

Can automatically detect rectangles

Automatically detects measurements of photos

USDZ can be experienced in news articles as well

Works well with the web as well.

Some AR related updates on iOS 12. The first one is called ‘Measure’

Apple announcing "Measure" app, which makes it easy to get dimensions for AR. So your $1,000 iPhone X is now a 20 cent tape measure. #progress #WWDC

— Jeremy Kaplan (@SmashDawg) June 4, 2018

Abhay Parasnis from Adobe takes to the stage to explain USDZ

Adobe announces native USDZ support to Adobe Creative Cloud.

Familiar apps will be used to create new AR content