macOS Mojave will include 'Plug & Play' support for HTC Vive Pro headset

Apple will make it easy for owners of the HTC Vive Pro to use their virtual reality headset with their Mac, with the company advising it has worked directly with HTC and Valve to add support for the peripheral to macOS Mojave.

Malcolm Owen 8 years ago 9

HomeKit support for third-party remote controls coming in iOS 12 and tvOS 12

HomeKit didn't get any huge mentions during WWDC last week, but it did pick up one major new feature: support for remote controls that aren't Apple's Siri Remote.

Andrew O'Hara 8 years ago 6

Watch 5 great new features in macOS Mojave

Apple announced macOS Mojave at WWDC on Monday, including some pretty big new features and changes. After using the developer beta over the last few days, here's AppleInsider's top five features Apple included in its next milestone release.

AppleInsider Staff 8 years ago 29

Two students detail an "amazing" experience at Apple's WWDC18

For most of Apple's installed base, WWDC is a dramatic keynote address detailing the future of Apple's platforms—sometimes involving hardware product launches. But for attendees, the week-long conference is an opportunity to gain deeper insight into how things work in a series of Sessions; direct access to Apple's engineers in a series of Labs and the opportunity to meet and share experiences with other developers working on similar problems at Get-Togethers and other events, including the Thursday Bash.

Daniel Eran Dilger 8 years ago 3

Speed testing iOS 11 versus iOS 12 on an iPhone X

With the unveiling of iOS 12 at Apple's WWDC, Craig Federighi mentioned the company's focus on performance in its upcoming operating system update. AppleInsider starts speed testing the iOS 12 developer beta, comparing it with iOS 11 running on an iPhone X, to see how much faster it really is.

Max Yuryev 8 years ago 20

How Apple is making animations smoother in iOS 12

Users of iOS 12 may find the user interface to scroll smoother and process animations with fewer dropped frames compared to previous versions, thanks to a series of changes Apple made.

Malcolm Owen 8 years ago 35

Siri can interact with streaming media apps like Spotify in iOS 12

Apple appears to be relaxing its grip on Siri's media capabilities, as the company is building a new "Play Media" integration into iOS 12 that opens the door to compatibility with third-party streaming services like Spotify.

Mikey Campbell 8 years ago 13

This third-year WWDC scholarship winner built an ML model to recognize beer in one day

Every year Apple invites student developers to its Worldwide Developer Conference. This year there were 350 scholarship winners in attendance. This afternoon I met up with Collin DeWaters of Fredericksburg, Virginia, who already has four titles in the App Store and put together a new 3D racing game for his Swift Playground application in three days. He's 21.

Daniel Eran Dilger 8 years ago 9

At Apple's WWDC18, Beats and Nike Run Club shared the love of running

At WWDC, Apple and Nike celebrated 12 years of collaboration since the original Nike+ iPod by hosting an early morning run Wednesday. For attendees who came to run, Apple gifted Beats powerbeats3 wireless earbuds and Nike brought in professional trainers to share their infectious love for running.

Daniel Eran Dilger 8 years ago 7

Conan parodies Apple's Screen Time efforts with 'iPhone Basic'

The newest commercial parody by Conan O'Brien shows an iPhone without buttons, a screen, or any functions at all — the ultimate in device usage management.

Stephen Silver 8 years ago 18

Apple Maps extends to the web with MapKit JS beta

Apple is expanding what can be done with Apple Maps, announcing at WWDC 2018 that MapKit JS can be used to embed maps within a website, a function that has been offered by its competition for a considerable amount of time.

Malcolm Owen 8 years ago 36

Apple to host Panic! At the Disco at WWDC18 Bash

At Apple's 2018 Worldwide Developer Conference Bash on Thursday evening, the company will host a "special DJ" and a "victorious" performance by multi-platinum artists Panic! At The Disco.

Daniel Eran Dilger 8 years ago 6

Hands on with Dark Mode in MacOS Mojave

At least one long-awaited feature has made its way to the Mac at WWDC this year — Dark Mode. AppleInsider goes hands-on with the new system-wide UI in macOS Mojave.

Andrew O'Hara 8 years ago 17

Free trials of games & other apps coming to the App Store

Granting a long-standing wish from developers, Apple this week updated its App Store guidelines to allow free trials for all apps, rather than just those based on subscriptions.

Roger Fingas 8 years ago 8

Inside Apple's move to ramp up security & privacy in iOS 12 & macOS Mojave

Apple used the Platforms State of the Union presentation to detail the privacy and security enhancements it will be including in macOS 10.14 and iOS 12, protecting even more types of user data and making it safer for users to download macOS apps away from the Mac App Store.

Malcolm Owen 8 years ago 31

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