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Column. Powerful IMAC. iOS 11
What Apple showed: report from the WWDC 2017 conference
On June 5, the WWDC conference, which is organized by Apple, began in the city of San Jose (California). The event, as usual, began with the presentation of new products: the fresh version of Mac computers and iPads, as well as the latest versions of iOS and MacOS. And also the "smart" column of Homepod with the built -in Siri. Medusa journalist Sultan Suleimanov talks about the most interesting new products of Apple.
Apple has two important events in the year: “boring” WWDC for developers and “interesting” announcement of new iPhone models in the fall. This time, however, the company issued a lot of innovations at the WWDC 2017 - not only iOS, MacOS and other operating systems, but also updated IMAC, MacBook and iPad. And she announced the beginning of the production of a new class of devices for itself - “smart” columns.
iOS 11
When it comes out: in the fall of 2017
Over the past few years, journalists have been waiting for Apple to unite iOS with MacOS. This has not yet happened, but iOS 11 will definitely become a step in this direction: on the iPad, the system has become even more like an “adult”.
Dock will appear in iPads - a panel with applications, familiar to all users of poppies. And it is needed not only to run programs. The user can select the text, link or picture in one application and pull them onto the icon of another - and so transfer the data. And it can open two applications on the screen at once, and then pull the pictures between them.
In iOS 11, the “Files” application will appear, which also brings the iPad closer to desktop computers. ICLOUD DRIVE and other cloud services, such as Google Drive and Dropbox, are collected in the Files. Files can be distributed by folders and tags, as well as pulled into the applications icons in Dock.
From what will be available not only to the owners of the iPades: in iOS 11, improved Siri with new votes and in -depth understanding of the user's interests (for example, she also monitors what articles a person reads in Safari, then offer him similar materials in Apple News); the ability to transfer money to each other through Apple Pay; The editor of Live Photo, in which the photos can be fixed, put back and forth or turn into a semblance of filming with long exposure; The updated design of the control point, which is pulled out of the lower part of the screen - if now you have to leaf through the pages of this panel to get, for example, to control of music, then in iOS 11 all these elements will be visible immediately.
App Store
When it comes out: in the fall with iOS 11
The corporation radically changed the design of the application store for the first time in its existence. From the place where you can simply download the new game or the Medusa application , it turns into an independent media.
On the main screen, the user will see cards not to applications, but on materials about them - this can be a big story about the process of creating a game, an interview with a developer or a selection of tips on using a photo application.
From the main screen you can go into separate tabs with games and applications. There will also be recommendations from the App Store editors.
AR platform
When it comes out: in the fall with iOS 11
In iOS 11, a augmented reality platform appeared (AR) - to make it easier for the developers to create applications and games like the already forgotten Pokemon Go.
The louder of all about AR says Microsoft, producing Hololens glasses. It is still a rather experiment than the final product - the glasses are quite bulky and are very expensive. Apple has not yet decided on the production of glasses, AR will be built into iPhones and iPads. It will be enough for the user to put the camera on the table or floor, and after a few seconds virtual objects will begin to appear on the surface.
After the presentation, Apple showed reporters two simple demo versions of AR applications. In one, you could put a cup, lamp and a vase on the table. In another, play a board game based on Star Wars. On the screen of the iPad, one could see the translucent model of Jabba Hatt, hanging against the backdrop of people who passed behind.
They showed a more serious game from the stage: a whole village, which was attacked from the air, grew on the table. The buildings scattered into pieces, the inhabitants of the village - in a panic fell from the table.
IMAC - New Pro
When it comes out: you can already order; Pro version will appear in December
In 2016, it seemed that Apple forgot about professionals who use her computers. The updated MacBook Pro seemed to many not powerful enough; The corporation seemed to completely forget about the terribly expensive and once extremely powerful Mac Pro computer.
On WWDC-2017, Apple showed the MacBook Pro, which have become more powerful, now you can connect an external video card to them. IMAC has been updated - for example, they can be set twice as much as RAM, up to 64 gigabytes on the older model. Even the MacBook Air line did not throw the corporation, releasing a version with a processor of 1.8 gigaigers.
But they did not remember about Mac Pro at the conference. Instead, Apple showed IMAC Pro-a very powerful version of computers with a 27-inch screen in a dark gray housing. On IMAC Pro, you can install up to 128 gigabytes of RAM and up to 18 processor nuclei.
The price of IMAC Pro starts with five thousand dollars, on sale they will appear by December.
Homepod
When it comes out: at the end of 2017
The “smart” column is a product that was destined to appear in the Apple line, because the corporation is related to both music and voice assistants. Homepod turned out without surprises: this is a column with a built -in Siri, which knows how to communicate with the user, send messages for it, speak the weather, wake up in the morning, turn on the light and, of course, play music from Apple Music.
Inside the column - seven speakers, subwoofer, processor, as in iPhones, and six microphones (in Amazon Echo, for comparison, seven microphones; in Google Home - two). She can understand whether she is at the wall or in the center of the room, and adjust the sound to these conditions. Several columns are united into the network to play music together.
Homepod will begin to sell in the USA, Great Britain and Australia in December 2017; It will get to other countries only in 2018. On the WWDC, the column looked like a layout: she could not be touched and it was impossible to talk to her. The design of the column is minimalist - it is a large mesh cylinder with a luminous upper surface. Homepod costs $ 349.
Sultan Suleimanov , San Jose