WWDC Apple: What's new in iOS 18, VisionOS 2, WatchOS 11, iPadOS 18 and MacOS Sequoia

CUPERTINO (CALIFORNIA) - Beyond artificial intelligence, Apple's WWDC was clearly full of news on the software front for various devices. Let's take a look at the main announcements, product by product, that came during WWDC in Cupertino.

Let's start by saying that Apple's visor is also arriving in other countries such as France and Germany (not yet in Italy). Then the new features introduced with VisionOS 2, which will be available in autumn as a free software update. Among the new features coming are a powerful way to turn photos into 3D memories, intuitive hand gestures to access the Home view and have the most important information at your fingertips, new features for the Mac's virtual screen, Travel Mode, a Guest User option, and improvements to the Mindfulness, Safari and Apple TV apps.

Important new features for iOS, the operating system for the iPhone. With version 18, coming this autumn, photo management changes and new ways to manage incoming mail in Mail are introduced, then comes 'Messages via Satellite'. On the design front, it will be possible to organise apps and widgets in any free space on the Home screen, customise buttons at the bottom of the lock screen and quickly access more options in Control Centre. In Photos, image libraries are automatically organised in a single view, and new collections allow you to have your favourite shots at your fingertips. Mail uses on-device intelligence to group emails by category and simplify inbox management, and new text effects are coming to iMessage. Using the revolutionary technology behind the satellite features already found on iPhone, the Messages app can now communicate via satellite in the absence of a cellular network or Wi-Fi.1

Apple also previewed watchOS 11, which will arrive on Cupertino's 'watches' from next autumn. The main new features: the new Vitals app, highlights key health parameters and their context to help the user make more informed daily decisions. In addition, the ability to measure training loads provides an innovative and revolutionary experience during workouts for a higher level of fitness and performance. Activity Rings are even more customisable, the Smart Collection and Photos watch face harness intelligence to deliver an ad-hoc experience, and Apple Watch and the Health app on iPhone and iPad offer additional support for pregnant women. Apple Watch is enhanced with new features such as the All Good feature, the Translate app and new double-tap gesture options for greater connectivity and convenience.

On the iPad front, iPadOS 18 arrives. And with this release, comes the long-awaited Calculator app, which among other things integrates with Notes and solves complex tasks even when written with Pencil. iPadOS 18 also supports Apple Intelligence (but only on iPads with the M1 chip). But back to the calculator, an app that iPad owners have dreamt of for far too long. The new calculator with Math Notes allows the user to type or write mathematical expressions and see them solved instantly, even if written by hand. Thanks to a new graphing function, the user can type or type an equation and enter a graph with a simple tap, and even add multiple equations to the same graph to see how they relate to each other. In addition, Math Notes are automatically accessible in the Notes app, within the new Math Notes folder.