iOS 16, RealityOS, new Macs and more: everything we hope to see at WWDC 2022

Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC, abbreviation in English), in addition to being the perfect event for developers to learn about Apple’s news in the field and learn new techniques, it is also a great opportunity for the company to announce new versions of their respective operating systems. systems. He does so, as usual, in his inaugural address.

WWDC kicks off this year June 6. Also the initial keynote, where, in addition, we could see not only news related to iOS 16, iPadOS 16, macOS 13, watchOS 9 or tvOS 16.

Apple may also introduce news of equipment, services or even technologies or platforms for products that may be launched later. Rumors have already circulated some other details of these unusual announcements at a conference focused mainly on software, and thanks to this we can get an idea of ​​\u200b\u200beverything we will see at WWDC 2022.

iOS 16 will be the main character at WWDC 2022

One of the main novelties of the opening speech of WWDC 2022 will be iOS 16 release, a new version of the operating system for the iPhone. A major update is expected not in terms of design and interface, but in terms of features and improvements to the features that are already there.

According to the latest data from Mark Gurman of BloombergiOS 16 will bring improvements to notifications and alerts. This is most likely to happen in the way they are displayed or grouped, both on the lock screen and in the notification center itself.

apple too can make the lock screen more useful adding shortcuts to some system settings. It will also improve some of its apps and services found on the iPhone, such as the Messages app. On the other hand, iOS 16 will likely include the ability interact with widgets on the home screenas well as support for the future screen function always ondesigned to display relevant information such as the time or notifications when the screen is off.

iPadOS 16, macOS 13, watchOS 9 and tvOS 16

All of these new features except one related to the screen always onmay also be available for iPad OS 16. An update to the iPad operating system that Apple will announce at WWDC is expected to improve multitasking with the ability to resize windows.

Apple, on the other hand, will announce respective new operating system versions for Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV. macOS 13, for example, performance-related improvements can be made. Also – we hope – with solutions to various bugs or crashes of previous versions.

Expected that watch OS 9 include new health-related features and of course new watch face skins. It may also include a new battery saver mode. Finally, according to the latest rumors, tvOS 16 will include new features related to managing smart home devices.

RealityOS, a possible new Apple operating system

Apple could also make a hole in the initial WWDC 2022 keynote to present first details about your mixed reality glasses (virtual reality and augmented reality). These “first details”, in particular, may be related to the operating system for the so-called Apple Glasses.

In fact, over the past few hours, there has been a registration of a new brand very similar to the one the Cupertino-based firm uses for its operating systems. It has a name ‘RealityOS’, which makes a clear reference to augmented reality. The company that registered the RealityOS patent, yes, is not Apple per se, but Realityo Systems LLC. It is a company involved in the “design and development of hardware, software, peripherals and video games”, which, oddly enough, has no record of activity, suggesting that it is Apple itself disguised as another company.

It is unlikely that Apple will announce the news of this operating system during WWDC, as it will, for example, with iOS 16. Instead, the company can disclose important data to move forward in development this platform. For example, special APIs so that developers can work on the compatibility of their services. This is what we already saw at WWDC 2020, when Apple announced the transition from Intel chips to its own processors.

Will we see hardware news at WWDC 2022?

Despite the large amount of software-related announcements, it is likely that Apple will introduce some other device for its product catalog. It is, of course, about new poppies.

At the last Apple Event, a company led by Tim Cook hinted at a future Mac Pro release. Therefore, it would not be strange to see this device announced at WWDC 2020, a conference dedicated to the professional public. It is also likely that Apple will also announce the expected 2022 MacBook Air, which will have a new design and a more powerful chip. We can also see 13 inch Macbook Pro with more basic specs than the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro with the M1 Pro chip. There is also hope for a new 27″ iMac with M1 Pro chip.

Finally, Apple may also update mcmini with a more powerful processor, new design and improved performance. The 24-inch iMac, announced by the company just a year ago, could also feature a more powerful processor.