The World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC, for its acronym in English), in addition to being an ideal event for developers to learn about Apple’s news in this area and learn new techniques, it is also a perfect opportunity for the company to announce the new versions of their respective operating systems. He does it, as usual, in an inaugural keynote.
This year the WWDC will start June 6. Also the keynote inicialwhere, in addition, we could not only see news related to iOS 16, iPadOS 16, macOS 13, watchOS 9 or tvOS 16.
Apple could also present news of hardware, services or even technologies or platforms for products that could be launched later. The rumors have already advanced some other details of these extraordinary announcements in a conference dedicated mostly to software and thanks to that, we can get an idea of everything we will see at WWDC 2022.
At WWDC 2022, iOS 16 will be the protagonist
One of the main novelties of the opening keynote of the WWDC 2022 will be the iOS 16 release, the new version of the operating system for the iPhone. A major update is not expected in terms of design and interface, but in terms of functions and improvements to those features that are already present.
According to last details from Mark Gurman, from Bloomberg, iOS 16 will bring with it an improvement in notifications and alerts. It will probably do so in the way they are displayed or grouped, both on the lock screen and in the notification center itself.
apple too could make the lock screen more useful adding shortcuts to some system options. It will also improve some of its applications and services present on the iPhone, such as the Messages app. On the other hand, iOS 16 is likely to include the ability to interact with home screen widgetsas well as support for a future screen feature Always-onintended to display relevant information, such as the time or notifications, when the screen is off.
iPadOS 16, macOS 13, watchOS 9, and tvOS 16
All these new features, except for the one related to the screen Always-oncould also be available for iPadOS 16. It is also expected that the update of the operating system for the iPad that Apple will announce at WWDC will also improve multitasking with an option that will allow you to resize the windows.
Apple, on the other hand, will announce the respective new versions of the operating systems for the Mac, Apple Watch and Apple TV. macOS 13, for example, could come with improvements related to productivity. Also —we hope— with solutions to the different bugs or failures of the previous versions.
It is expected that watchOS 9 include new health-related features and of course new skins for the dials. It’s also likely to include a new battery saving mode. Finally, and according to the latest rumours, tvOS 16 would include new functions related to the control of smart home devices.
RealityOS, the —possible— Apple’s new operating system
Apple could also make a hole in the initial keynote of the WWDC in 2022 to present the first details of your mixed reality glasses (virtual reality and augmented reality). Those -first details-, in particular, could be related to the operating system for the so-called Apple Glasses.
In fact, in the last hours it has appeared registration of a new trademark very similar to the one that the Cupertino firm uses for its operating systems. This one has the name of ‘RealityOS’, which makes a clear reference to augmented reality. The company that has registered the RealityOS patent, yes, is not Apple as such, but ‘Realityo Systems LLC’. It is a company dedicated to the “design and development of hardware, software, peripherals and video games” of which, curiously, there is no record of activity, which suggests that it is Apple itself camouflaged under another company.
It is unlikely that Apple will announce the news of this operating system during WWDC, in the same way that it will, for example, with iOS 16. Instead, the company could reveal important data to advance with the development of this platform. For example, specific APIs so that developers can work on making their services compatible. It is something that we already saw at WWDC 2020, when Apple ad the transition from Intel chips to its own processors.
Will we see hardware news at WWDC 2022?
Despite the large number of announcements related to the software, it is likely that Apple will also present some other device for its product catalog. We are talking, of course, about new macs.
In the past Apple Event, the company led by Tim Cook hinted at a future release of the Mac Pro. Therefore, it would not be strange to see this device announced at WWDC 2020, a conference dedicated to the professional public. It is also likely that Apple will also announce the expected MacBook Air de 2022, which would come with a new design and a more powerful chip. We might also see a 13-inch MacBook Pro with more basic specifications compared to the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro with the M1 Pro chip. There is also hope for a new 27-inch iMac with M1 Pro chip.
Finally, Apple could also renew the Mac Mini with a more powerful processor, new design and improved specifications. The 24-inch iMac that the company announced just a year ago could also be upgraded with a more powerful processor.