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Watch WWDC 2020 now: Apple’s new Arm-based Mac chips, Apple’s iOS 14, iPad OS 14, Mac OS Big Sur and other big reveals

Apple’s opening keynote for WWDC 2020, its annual Worldwide Developers Conference started with Tim Cook addressing the empty auditorium about Black Lives Matter and coronavirus before it launched into the announcement of iOS 14 and its home-screen redesign and new widgets. Thus far, we’ve heard about the new iPad OS 14, Mac OS Big Sur, TV OS and Watch OS updates as well. But the big news was Apple’s highly anticipated move to Arm-based chips away from Intel.  


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More magic for AirPods! Smart switching the connection across devices comes to our rescue, and AirPods Pro gets spatial audio using a gyro and accelerometer to track your head movements. It supports multiple spatial standards.  Apps will provide more granular options for location tracking and give developers a way to show you more detail about what they’re capturing.

Better multiuser support in TV OS lets you pick up where you left off in a game, and it now supports Xbox Elite and Xbox Adaptive controllers.  Apple TV Plus has lots and lots of screens under its belt.


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iOS 14

 There are new capabilities for Siri, including a Google Translate-like app for live conversational translations. Messages, too, gets much-needed updates with the ability to pin messages, improvements in group conversations, and more looks for Memoji customizations.     


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Maps, too has new features, such as cycling navigation for more cities, EV routing to alleviate worries about running out of juice en route. CarPlay “rethinks car keys.” They’re now virtual and shareable! App Clips come to the App Store for quick access to new apps and to link to apps from Safari and more.

For smart home, the Home app provides adaptive lighting, the ability to define activity zones for cameras, plus face recognition notifications from your doorbell across all the devices.

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iPad OS 14

You’ll find the same redesigned widgets as iOS 14, but iPad OS improves Photos navigation with a sidebar; the sidebar design has also been integrated into several of Apple’s own apps, with tapping and dragging. Compact notifications for incoming calls and more won’t obscure your screen — that’s in iOS as well. Search has been redesigned to work from anywhere and to operate more like Spotlight on the desktop.

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And finally, the new Scribble app provides handwriting recognition notetaking for use with Apple Pencil and the ability to cute and paste more intelligently, as well as the ability to write into text fields — very Windows 10-like. It can recognize different languages as well.

Mac OS Big Sur

A complete redesign will greet you when you update, though you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s a pretty subtle change.. The same Photos design from iPad OS comes to Mac OS, as do many of the app updates that we’ll get in iOS and iPad OS. Control center in the menu bar, widgets and notification center is more sophisticated as well.

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Mac Catalyst, the tool for porting iOS apps to Mac OS fleshes out some of the capabilities to make it more native Mac OS-like. Safari will be faster at loading frequently visited web sites and enhanced privacy features, including more granular controls over how long the privileges you’ve granted a site last.

Watch OS 7

Customize your face with multiple complications — customizing is easier, too — plus there are some new faces. You’ll be abloe to share faces, as well. Your body will also appreciate the new Dance app to jazz up your workout. At the other end of the spectrum, it adds sleep tracking. With the new OS, the Watch will be able to track your handwashing as well.


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The company is expected to also discuss new MacOS software to power its Apple Watch, MacBooks, iMacs and Mac Pros, too. But the biggest change may not be about the look of Apple’s Macs or a new feature for the iPhone. Apple is expected to announce that the chips powering its Mac computers will change, shifting from chips made by Intel to new Arm-based ones similar to those built for the iPhone.

The move has been rumored for years, most recently in a report by Bloomberg citing anonymous sources familiar with the company’s plans. Making such a change could allow Apple to make thinner laptops with better battery life and potentially quieter cooling fans. But the transition will likely take a year or more, meaning you’re in for a wait for new computers with those chips inside.

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Apple’s holding its opening keynote for WWDC 2020, its annual Worldwide Developers Conference, where it’s expected to discuss iOS 14 for the iPhone and iPad, as well as new WatchOS and MacOS software to power its Apple Watch, MacBooks, iMacs and Mac Pros, too. But the biggest change may not be about the look of Apple’s Macs or a new feature for the iPhone. Apple is expected to announce that the chips powering its Mac computers will change, shifting from chips made by Intel to new Arm-based ones similar to those built for the iPhone.

The move has been rumored for years, most recently in a report by Bloomberg citing anonymous sources familiar with the company’s plans. Making such a change could allow Apple to make thinner laptops with better battery life and potentially quieter cooling fans. But the transition will likely take a year or more, meaning you’re in for a wait for new computers with those chips inside.

WWDC 2020 start time

Apple’s WWDC 2020 keynote, which will be headed by CEO Tim Cook, takes place June 22, at 10 a.m. PT / 1 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. BST. Also: June 23 at 3 a.m. AEST.

How to watch Apple’s WWDC keynote livestream

CNET will be hosting a livestream discussion of Apple’s event as it’s happening, and we’ll have a live blog with up-to-the-minute analysis during the event. Watch live on CNET in the video at the top of this article.

Apple will host a livestream of the event on its Apple Events page too. If you’re an Apple TV owner, you can also watch the livestream via the Apple Events app — there are also archives of older events, if you’re feeling nostalgic.

What to expect from WWDC 2020

Almost certainly we’ll get updates to iOS, MacOS and WatchOS. TVOS for the Apple TV may also get an update. Rumors point to a possible update for the iMac, in addition to Apple’s announcement of its plans to change the chips inside its computers.

Apple’s WWDC invitation mascots this year are a group of coders, whose faces mimic the company’s memoji animation technology.


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While Apple’s WWDC 2020 keynote may include the biggest changes for the Mac computer in years, it’ll also be the first time Apple will be holding a keynote amid the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected nearly 9 million people and killed more than 468,000 around the globe. 

In response to the crisis, Apple and other tech giants like Facebook and Google canceled their in-person conferences around Silicon Valley. Apple and Microsoft instead chose to hold virtual conferences, livestreaming presentations to developers around the world.

CNET’s global team will be covering Apple’s event, as well as other conferences that have shifted online. Our coverage will include the real-time updates, commentary and analysis you can only get here.

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