What’s New from Apple’s 2018 Keynote
A look at the new iPhones, Apple Watch, iOS 12 and macOS Mojave. This week Apple held its Keynote event, where it showed us what’s new in its operating systems and mobile devices. Let’s review these innovations so we can take them into account when updating or creating new apps, web apps or desktop apps. Let’s take a look:
This week Apple held its Keynote event, where it showed us what’s new in its operating systems and mobile devices. Let’s review these innovations so we can take them into account when updating or creating new apps, web apps or desktop apps. Let’s take a look:
What’s new in macOS Mojave:
- New Dark Mode interface for working at night
- Improved organization of folders and files in Finder
- Enhanced actions in Quick Look
- Better control over your screenshots
- Instant photo sharing between iPhone and Mac
- FaceTime calls with up to 32 people at once
- Launch of the new News app
What’s new in iOS 12:
- Apps open up to 2x faster
- FaceTime supports up to 32 people
- Custom Animojis
- ARKit 2 with improvements for augmented reality
- Grouped notifications
- Improved privacy
What’s new in the iPhone XR:
- 6.1-inch display
- Liquid Retina Display, the most advanced LCD screen
- Tap to Wake: tap the phone to turn on the screen
- Face ID
- New A12 Bionic chip
- Real-time machine learning, for improvements to Animoji, the camera and more
- Smart HDR for better photos
What’s new in the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max:
- 5.8- and 6.5-inch displays
- HDR photo and video with Super Retina Display
- Improved Face ID
- New A12 Bionic chip, 50% faster
- Up to 512 GB of storage
- Real-time machine learning for improvements to Animoji, the camera and more
- Siri Shortcuts
- Improved graphics for augmented reality, such as AR Quick Look, new games and more
- Camera with an improved sensor, faster aperture, Smart HDR for better photos and 2x optical zoom
What’s new in the Apple Watch Series 4:
- 32% and 35% larger, to fit more information on screen
- New user interface
- Improved speaker and microphone
- Improved cellular reception
- Fall detection to make emergency calls
- Takes electrocardiograms (ECG)
- 2x faster
- watchOS 5
As we can see, Apple hasn’t just changed: it has evolved most of its devices.
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Octavio Acosta
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