Each year Apple kicks off its Worldwide Developer Conference with a few hours of back-to-back-to-back announcements,
generally covering things from iOS to watchOS to — sometimes! — new hardware.
We get it! We’ve wrapped up all of the biggest news in an easy-to-skim digest.
The lock screen is getting an overhaul. It’ll allow for more customization, plus support for widgets
including widgets for third-party apps. Notifications will now “roll in” from the bottom of the screen,
while a “Live Activities” API will let developers update notifications in real time (think sports score tracking.)
– You’ll be able to edit or “unsend” recent messages in iMessage — or mark a thread as unread.
SharePlay (which lets you, for example, watch a streamed movie in sync with a friend) will now work in iMessage, not just over FaceTime.
Live Text will be able to translate and replace text it detects in a photo, allowing you to more easily read through something like a menu in a language