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This year's WWDC had a bit of an elephant in the room.

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With the Apple vs. Epic trial and arduous App Store policies,

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Apple's relationship with developers has become frayed.

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And to compound that, none of those issues were addressed today.

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And the features made for developers were left until the end of the presentation.

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Instead, Apple led with almost two hours of software features that'll be coming

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to all their products and platforms. And we're gonna talk about those.

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But why don't we put developers first and check out what attention Apple has given them,

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at least, development-wise.

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Perhaps the most anticipated feature is TestFlight for Mac.

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Currently, it's easy for developers to conveniently run and test their iOS apps

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on their Mac with TestFlight. But there's never been a way to do that

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with any Mac apps they're developing. That's changing, though it'll take a while.

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Because this will be a part of Xcode Cloud, an integrated system for developers

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to offload app building and testing off their Mac

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and make collaborating easier. It's all coming out next year.

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Another neat announcement for developers is the addition of Object Capture

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with their Reality Kit 2. What it does is let you upload multiple photos of an object

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and then it interprets it as a 3D model that can get uploaded

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to any 3D content creation apps that support it. This will be great for video game developers.

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In my mean, you'll see more 3D models of furniture available to explore when shopping online.

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All right, so what about the features for the rest of us?

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Now, one thing that stood out to me in this presentation

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was that a lot of these features work holistically across iOS and iPadOS 15

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and MacOS Monterey, especially FaceTime.

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You can now create FaceTime links to share with family members you want to call

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but who may not have an Apple device. Yep, FaceTime works on Android and Windows,

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just through a browser. It's about time, especially considering that Steve Jobs himself

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promised that FaceTime would be an open industry standard back in 2010.

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This isn't quite the same, but it's in a good direction.

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Then there's SharePlay, which lets you watch a streaming show

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or listen to music together virtually. The protocol syncs up playback between all parties

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and if you have an Apple TV, you can maintain a call on your phone while watching on the big screen.

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Oh, and for those of us who deal with the stress of blind tech advice with family members,

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they can now share their screens in FaceTime.

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Hallelujah. Next, I share the same enthusiasm as Craig

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for a feature that works across iPadOS and MacOS, literally.

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It's called Universal Control and it brings those devices closer than ever.

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Simply by dragging your Mac's mouse towards your iPad,

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you can pass it to that device and continue working there. Better still, you can drag and drop files

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and content between them too. What I think is cool about this

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is that unlike Sidecar, which turns your iPad into another screen,

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Universal Control lets your iPad remain an iPad round cursor and all.

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So it can complement your Mac with its unique functions, streamlining the different workflows each platform brings.

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Along with adding widgets on the home screen and an app library like the one found on the iPhone,

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Apple is improving multitasking on iPadOS.

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Up until now, it's been a little convoluted to figure out how to move and split apps,

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let alone drag one into the sidebar. But now, above every open app will be an ellipsis

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that you can tap to reveal a menu with options on where you want the app to go.

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And if you're using an app that supports multiple Windows, there's a shelf that you can minimize those Windows too.

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These are going to be some welcome improvements for iPad power users.

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But I think more importantly, it might mean that regular users have a chance

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at learning how to use multitasking without help.

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Unfortunately, multi-user support on iPadOS

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is still very, very absent.

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Today, iPhone plays so many roles in our lives.

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The phone has become a distracting and busy part of our lives

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and so Apple gave notifications and what they call focus, some attention.

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It's a complex problem and Apple is throwing some on-device intelligence at it

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in hopes of making your digital life a little less chaotic.

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With notifications, all I really want is a way to be able to get notifications from people I know

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who are trying to communicate with me and everything else can just go away.

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It appears that Apple has come close. Non-communication notifications can now be delivered

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in a notification summary once or twice a day

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while communication notifications get much higher priority.

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It's not clear how Apple is parsing through these notifications.

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I just hope that it can tell the difference between my meal delivery arriving

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and a promotional offer for my next delivery.

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And I don't want to have to go back into notification settings to figure that out, please.

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If you turn on do not disturb, other iMessage users will see

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that your notifications have been silenced. Though there's a notify anyway button

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that I suspect could cause some social issues.

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Now with focus, users can create different profiles

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for different moods and states they may have like working, driving, family time, et cetera.

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There you can set up different home screens that reflect the mode you're in

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with different notification profiles based on who and what you want to hear from.

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Reminds me of a feature that was on BlackBerry 10. BBM me if you know what I'm talking about.

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Safari has also been redesigned, but I'm a little unsure about it.

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On iOS, I appreciate how the address bar has moved to the bottom of the screen,

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but I don't see a back button. On iPad and Mac, you can create tab groups now,

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which puts them in the sidebar based on interest.

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That's great, but I'm worried that if you have a lot of tabs open,

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they're going to be sooner compressed into Favocon's only,

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which can be a little ambiguous. Oh, and lastly, I'm surprisingly excited

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that Siri requests are now processed on device,

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which means that you can use Siri if you're out of service.

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I'm still a little salty that in the past, if there was no cell signal on my iPhone,

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it wouldn't just default to the pre-Siri voice control feature.

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So this is so welcome, and it'll probably be faster too.

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If you were hoping for any hardware announcements, any chips maybe, sorry,

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because this event was packed full of software updates.

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It's almost mind-numbing how many features and protocols were touched on today.

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Like, here goes, AirPods Pro and Macs

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are part of the Find My Network, and can boost conversations should you never, ever want to take them out

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in social situations. iCloud Plus provides additional privacy features

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to those who are paying for iCloud storage in the form of hide my email, iCloud Private Relay,

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and expanded HomeKit secure video support. Apple continues to clamp down

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on email and web browser tracking, as well as providing tracking reports

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should you be interested in that. The Wallet app now supports car keys,

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hotel keys, smart home keys, and your ID if your state supports it.

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No more keys, wallet, phone mantra, just phone.

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Maps has a pretty neat non-satellite 3D mode that shows elevation, overpasses, and even trees,

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along with improved transit routing. There's the very Samsung-like feature of QuickNotes,

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which is available to iPad and Mac users. Siri voice control can be integrated

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into third-party devices. Shortcuts is available on the Mac.

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There are more keyboard shortcuts on iPadOS. Maybe you can now use your iPad with only a keyboard,

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like the old days of Command Lines. Live text will read text saved on photos

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and let you copy and search them in spotlight. You can send photos from your Apple Watch.

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Photos and messages are displayed in collections.

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Any photos, links, podcasts, Apple TV shows, songs,

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and websites that are shared with you in messages will appear in those apps too.

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So what happens in messages no longer stays in messages.

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Your health data is more shareable. You can share with family members or your doctor

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if they use a supported service. There are more workouts in Fitness Plus,

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respiratory rate tracking while you sleep with the watch.

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Your iPhone will tell you if you're having trouble walking steady.

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You can airplay content from your mobile device to newer Macs and HomePod mini pairing to Apple TV 4K.

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But there's still that elephant in the room and I fear that no amount of features

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and there were a lot of them can adequately address it.

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What we got was a showcase of how Apple's platforms are evolving.

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This was never going to be the place where fair relationships get fostered.

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As for us users, we won't be able to check out these features until they're released in the fall

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and you'll need an iPhone success or newer,

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iPad Air 2 or faster and a Mac mostly made after 2015.

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And before you do check these features out, maybe let me test out how well everything works together

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in case there are any major bugs. This is all still a long ways off.

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Thanks for dropping into this Mac Address. Make sure to subscribe if you wanna see more

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and give this video a like if you like it. I'm curious what feature announced today

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will be most useful for you. I think for me it's universal control.

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I can't get over how cool it is.