Few events have generated as much anticipation and buzz as Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC 2023). Held Monday, it presented some of the new products that the company will be launching in the coming months and surprised everyone with virtual reality glasses, iOS 17 and many other fascinating gadgets.
Apple Vision Pro
The biggest news was Apple Vision Pro, Apple's new virtual reality glasses. They will go on sale in 2024 and will be priced at $3,499.
Unlike their competition, they chose to integrate the glasses into reality rather than trying to recreate it, thus allowing adaptation to different environments in a more organic way. In addition, it is designed to work differently for different uses.
One of its most striking features is that it adapts at all times to one's environment while using the glasses. They allow users to consume multimedia content in different applications and also to navigate in Safari with a completely adapted interface, capable of simulating a movie theater.
In Tim Cook's words, it is the first operating system that, instead of looking "towards," allows us to look "through." This software, which can be controlled with hand gestures and is capable of recording panoramic videos, was named visionOS and is compatible with iOS and iPad applications.
Apple’s much awaited mixed reality vision glasses unveiled at #WWDC2023
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iOS 17
The new operating system was another highlight of WWDC 2023. Among its improvements are receiving calls, which will have personalized screens for different contacts, with the possibility of choosing a photograph, emojis and name with a personalized font.
In another technological leap, it will be possible to make real-time transcripts of conversations.
The interface will not change much with respect to iOS 16, so it will be quite intuitive when handling the device, although the photo application will feature significant improvements, such as allowing you to convert photos into stickers and add stickers to our own photos.
One of the most anticipated improvements has to do with the keyboard. Now, corrections will be more accurate, adding real-time suggestions for words that could replace others in the sentence.
As for AirDrop, iOS 17 will introduce NameDrop, through which addresses, contacts and other data can be shared. Another new feature is Journal, an intelligent application that selects music, podcasts and various entertainment that might be of interest to users. Apple promises that the data will be protected and that not even the company will be able to access it.
As usual, these new updates will leave out some of Apple's phones. Barring a surprise, these will be the compatible devices:
- iPhone SE 2020.
- iPhone SE 2022.
- iPhone XS
- iPhone XS Max
- iPhone XR
- iPhone 11
- iPhone 11 Pro
- iPhone 11 Pro Max
- iPhone SE (2nd gen.)
- iPhone 12
- iPhone 12 mini
- iPhone 12 Pro
- iPhone 12 Pro Max
- iPhone 13
- iPhone 13 mini
- iPhone 13 Pro
- iPhone 13 Pro Max
- iPhone SE (3rd gen.)
- iPhone 14
- iPhone 14 Plus
- iPhone 14 Pro
- iPhone 14 Pro Max
MacBook Air
This new version of the classic Apple laptop will be 15.3 inches, weigh 3.3 pounds and be less than half an inch thick. Priced from $1,299, it features a fanless M2 processor, 24 GB of memory and 2 TB of storage.
