Apple WWDC 2021 highlights: iOS 15, macOS Monterey, iPadOS 15, other developer beta now available, public beta rollout in July

The developer beta for all the new OS’ will be available starting today and the public beta will be rolled out in July

My fav announcements so far:
🍎 Redesigned tabs on iPhone
🍎Web extension on iPad, iPhone
🍎Safari redesign on new macOS Monterey
🍎 New way to recover Apple account
🍎 Multitasking boost on iPad
🍎 Live Text on iOS15
🍎 FaceTime links on web and non-iOS device #WWDC21

— Nandini (@Nandiniwhy) June 7, 2021

Developers will now be able to make custom product pages for their apps

Web extensions rolling out to iPads and iPhone

That’s a brilliant update!

Tab on iPhone has also been redesigned 

Tab bar has been redesigned too

There are also tab groups that let you categorise your tabs to declutter the windows. Tab groups can also be dragged and dropped in emails. 

Oooh! Safari has a grogeous new redesign

MacOS Monterey brings AirPlay to iMacs

MacOS Monterey gets Share Play and Universal Control

Universal Control lets you drag and share details across iMac, MacBooks and iPads

Hey hey! We are talking about macOS now, and we finally have a name – MacOS Monterey 

Homekeys on iPhone

That’s the futuristic ish we are here for!

Apple TV gets profiles and shows who on your friends/family list is watch what

You can now also send images to Messages and Mails on Apple Watch

Apple Watch gets new portraits watch face

You can rearrage and resize the time stamp so that your image stands out

Apple Watch gets new Tai Chi workouts

Apple Watch will now track your respiratory rate

The breathe app has a redesign on WatchOS 8

Health app will now also let you track the health of your family members

This will basically let you set family sharing within the Health app, so that you can get heart rate notifications or other health report of your family members.

Three updates to Apple Health app

Apple Health gets a new feature called ‘Walking Steadiness’

This will alert you incase you have a “fall risk”.

Apple announces new way to recover Apple account

You can now set a “recovery contact” who can’t access your account but you can call them to get a code to get into your account.

Apple now lets you add Legacy contacts, so that when you pass on, your details can be passed on to your trusted contacts

Siri now has 600 million monthly active users

Apple Mails get mail privacy protection that hides your IP address, location and disables trackers

iPads also get quick notes that you can use parallely with third party apps and sites, and easily drag and note links and text

Notes in iPads get mentions and hashtags

Here’s a big multitasking boost to iPads

iPads get a new multitasking shortcut that will easily let you switch between apps in split view. There will also be a Shelf at the bottom that will show you all the opened apps.

With app library on iPad, you can also hide pages and rearrange them 

Moving to the iPadOS 15!

iPad finally get homescreen widgets and app library.

Siri senior enginner Gagan Gupta talks about the improvements to AirPods

AirPods Pro get new conversation mode, which will automatically boost conversation volume.

AirPods also get ambient Find My features even when they’re in the case.

Apple Maps app now has more details like crosswalks and bike lanes

Few US cities will also see 3D city experience on the app

Weather app now has a new design

My personal favourite new feature: 

iOS 15 gets new Live Text feature which automatically recognises text in images, including handwritten, and makes it selectable, and you can even copy and paste it.

iOS 15 comes with a new ‘Focus’ feature to tweak what you want to pay attention to