I really dislike, no, I HATE pressing & holding the crown to unlock the screen on Watch! Prior, using the crown to scroll was much more intuitive and faster!!
As of today, there's just a month to go until the keynote event for Apple's 2023 WWDC event, which is set to take place on Monday, June 5. WWDC 2023 is going to be exciting, because in addition to iOS 17 and the usual software updates, we're also expecting to see Apple's AR/VR headset.
We thought we'd do a quick rundown of everything that's rumored now that we're at the 31-day countdown mark.
iOS 17
iOS 17 won't be an update where we get a major feature overhaul like iOS 16's Lock Screen, but according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, it will have some of the "most requested features" that iPhone users have been hoping for.
Note that some of these features, like the journaling app and mood tracking, come from reliable source Mark Gurman. Others, like the widget rumor and the changes to Dynamic Island, are from a source with a less established track record.
- Dedicated journaling app for tracking and recording daily activities and thoughts.
- Updated Control Center interface.
- More functionality for the Dynamic Island.
- More interactive widgets.
- Search improvements.
- Health app to expand to the iPad.
- Health app will include new mood tracking functionality, asking users about their day and tallying up the results over time.
- Health features for tracking vision changes.
- Minor Lock Screen updates, such as font size tweaks and option to share Lock Screen designs.
- Apple Music Lock Screen interface to possibly gain support for lyrics.
- Manual adjustment options for App Library folders.
- More streamlined and intuitive Wallet app.
- Find My improvements.
- Support for sideloading apps in Europe.
watchOS 10
We aren't getting notable updates to the Apple Watch hardware this year, but changes are coming in watchOS 10. This could be one of the bigger watchOS updates that we've had in recent years, with Gurman describing it as "fairly extensive."
Mixed Reality Headset
- A new widget system will make it easier to get to key information on the Apple Watch without the need to open an app. Widgets will be scrollable, and will allow glances at activity tracking, weather, calendar appointments, and more.
- Buttons like the Digital Crown could be more customizable, with users able to choose to have a press open up the widgets interface rather than the Home Screen.
- Apple could overhaul the Apple Watch Home Screen in some way, offering a more intuitive layout than the app grid.
Apple's mixed reality headset, which could be called the "Reality One" or "Reality Pro," will be the company's first new product category since the 2015 launch of the Apple Watch. It will be Apple's second wearable device, and rumors suggest it is going to be packed with cutting edge features.
[*]The headset will use dual 4K micro-OLED displays from Sony for 8K total resolution and a display quality that exceeds the display quality available from competing products.
[*]Dozens of cameras will be included for everything from mapping the environment around the wearer to monitoring facial expressions, hand gestures, and leg movement.
[*]Iris scanning will be used for authentication.
[*]Facial expression tracking will be available to relay the wearer's facial expression to a virtual avatar in chats and calls.
[*]Augmented reality and virtual reality capabilities will both be available, with users able to swap between them using a Digital Crown-like knob. AR will use the cameras to map the world around you, overlaying virtual objects on the real world, while VR is entirely virtual and shuts out the world.
[*]The headset will be controlled by hand gestures detected by the cameras.
[*]Mac-level M2 chips will be included in the headset to handle all of the processing needs. Rumors suggest Apple will use one high-end main processor that's supplemented with another lower-end processor that manages the sensors in the device.
[*]There will be no built-in battery, with the battery instead attached to the headset via a cord and worn in a pouch at the waist. Battery life will be around two hours.
[*]Rumors suggest we can expect a thin and light design for the headset, and it will be lighter than competing headsets because it doesn't have an included battery.
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I just wish iOS would:
Fully remove modal pop ups! For 2FA ok that’s fine but for ads from UberEats and such, alarms should be 1 second only for a glance and just Be Gone, back to notification center. Not stay on the screen for 3 seconds plus cause your wrist is up.
We live in a fast paced world! Runners, cyclists and anyone else don’t want to nor need to stare at the screen that long. Allow 1 second notification, and just be gone unless the notification is tapped on to stay for longer reading.
It’s becoming a safety issue looking like a dork reading a notification alert while bike riding or running in the city!!
Anyone else notice from navigations to alerts & navigations etc that iOS and WatchOS has been getting slower and slower with every new release over th years?!!!
