WWDC 2016

The WWDC is just around the corner and Apple is expected to release a couple of updates and announcements this year. WWDC for those of you who don’t know is a annual Worldwide Developers Conference held by Apple in San Francisco, California. This year conference will be held June 13–17.

So, what can we expect from this event?

Macbook Lineup

Macbook fans were not able to see the upcoming models of the MacBook lineup during the company's spring event in March, as they are long overdue but they are keeping their hopes up with this event. 

Rumours suggest that the New Macbook lineup 2016 will have a design refresh that could potentially include Touch Id integration, reduced bezels and OLED touch bar. It is most certain that the lineup will now include screen size of 14-inch and 16-inch display in the same form factor basically by reducing bezels and and these will be powered by the latest Intel Skylake processors.

iOS 10

Apple is most likely to unveil iOS10 at this event. Reports suggest that Apple Pay could be in for an update, with a new person-to-person payment feature. The update may also include Apple pay support for web browsers which would allow Apple pay to make purchases through web browsers.

 And it is almost certain that iOS10 would include a Siri SDK to allow developers to build Siri support into their apps. More 3-D touch integration throughout the entire OS could be seen.

Mac OS

Rumour has it that Apple will be changing the name of its desktop OS to fit with other platforms like iOS,tvOS. Rumours also claim that biggest update will include integration of Siri on MacOS. 

Siri may be accessible using an icon in the Menu bar or an app icon. Potentially Siri would be able to open apps, tweak system settings, answer user’s queries and much more. And the update in photos app could also be seen.

Apple TV improvements

Apple has long been rumored to be working on a streaming TV service to take on Netflix although it’s pretty unlikely. As far as improvements go, it's possible Apple could further open up Apple TV to developers by allowing more gaming options. 

Currently all Apple TV games are required to support the Siri Remote, which limits what game makers can do. It’s possible that Apple could allow game developers to make cambs that require a control pad. This would allow for much more feature-rich, console-level games. Seems interesting, huh?

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~papa smurf