Yesterday was a Busy Day for Apple

Yesterday (June 6, 2022) was a busy day for Apple. They held the World Wide Developers Conference 2022 event and had some live attendees for the first time since 2019.

Announced at the event were a bunch of new features for their upcoming IOS 16 as well as a number of Apple watch updates coming this fall.

But first the bad news…
iPhone 6s, 7 and first-generation SE’s won’t get iOS 16. If you own any iPhone prior to an iPhone 8, it’s probably time to upgrade. None of the new features including, iOS 16, will be available for your iPhone.

Let’s explore some of the more important feature updates:
1: Apple has announced iOS 16, and the update brings a totally revamped and customizable lock screen interface. This lets you add custom wallpapers, change the date and time’s font and color, as well as add new widgets for weather, activity rings, calendar events, and more

2: iOS 16 brings Live Activities that let you pin and manage notifications, like live sports scores, on your lock screen.

3: Apple is getting in on the “buy now, pay later” trend that lets you make a purchase and pay it in a series of installments. The new Pay Later feature is coming to Apple Pay with iOS 16.

4: Apple has overhauled its Home app, allowing for more efficiency as you manage the devices around your smart home. The update introduces new categories specifically for climate, lights, and security and also lets you view four security cameras at once.

5: The redesigned MACBOOK AIR and the new 13: MacBook Pro will come with the new M2 chip. There’s a newly announced macOS 13 Ventura with an improved multitasking tool called Stage Manager.

6: An important step towards the future has Apple Safari Passkeys replacing passwords on your MAC and iPhone. You will be able to use Touch ID or Face ID to sign into everything on the web. Passkeys is a sign-in standard that’s built with cross-platform support to enable logins that don’t use passwords at all. Apple isn’t alone in this effort either, as last month Google and Microsoft joined with Apple to announce their new step forward for a long-in-development plot to kill passwords once and for all.

7: watchOS9 introduces a number of new health-tracking features such as new running metrics, atrial fibrillation tracking, medication reminders heart rate zones and multisport support. In addition to these new features, watchOS 9 also adds four new watch faces.

You can review all the new features on TheVerge.com
https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/6/23141939/apple-wwdc-2022-biggest-announcements-ios-16-macbook-air-macos-watchos

If you have 24 minutes to spare, there’s a video from the event (and The Verge) so you can see first-hand what took place yesterday