Everything You Need to Know About Apple’s Upcoming Features and Changes
By Movieguide® Contributor
Apple announced a plethora of new features during this year’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC), including a large IOS update and a VR headset.
One feature that many people are excited about is the ability to leave a FaceTime video message, similar to a normal voicemail, if the person you are calling does not pick up.
“Omg finally!” captioned one user who shared a video of a crowd’s excited reaction to the news.
While some people complained that this should have long been a feature, mosts reaction was that they were happy the feature was finally coming.
During the conference, Apple also announced that they were dropping the “Hey,” from “Hey Siri,” to pull up the service.
This update was received with a lot less excitement, some people pointed out that this has been a feature for Amazon’s Alexa for years, and should have already made its way onto the iPhone, while others were concerned about the unintended consequences of this change.
“I don’t like this. It’s too easy for Siri to be turned on. What if I’m speaking about Siri in a convo?” Tweeted one user.
“It would have been so much better if we could customize the name of our iPhone and call it by name rather than SIRI,” another said.
It would have been so much better if we could customize the name of our iPhone and call it by the name rather than SIRI
— myKING🤴🏾😈👻 (@dafenone_) June 5, 2023
Other features include a new alarm clock-like display, crossfade between songs and Shareplay, customizable call screens, and a new feature, NameDrop, which allows you to share contact info by bringing two phones together.
While NameDrop sounds like a nice quality-of-life update, some users were nervous about how much control they would have over their personal info unintentionally shared.
“Waiting to see how it works in more detail cause this makes me kinda nervous,” was one reaction.
The largest announcement during the WWDC was Apple’s upcoming line of VR headsets, Vision Pro. While the technology shown was impressive, many people questioned how Apple would sell a $3,500 headset when Meta is struggling to sell a $500 one.
Movieguide® previously reported on the Vision Pro:
Apple announced its augmented/virtual reality headset, Vision Pro, during its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on Monday.
“Built upon decades of Apple innovation, Vision Pro is years ahead and unlike anything created before – with a revolutionary new input system and thousands of groundbreaking innovations,” Apple CEO Tim Cook said. “It unlocks incredible experiences for out users and exciting new opportunities for our developers.”
The headset will start at $3,499 and will release in the U.S. in early 2024. The Vision Pro runs on a new operating system, VisionOS, which Apple says was “designed from the ground up to support the low-latency requirements of spatial computing.” The headset has been in development for seven years.
Apple’s launch into VR and AR marks the first new product category that Apple has entered since the launch of the Apple Watch in 2015. During the launch, the tech giant presented the headset as a watershed moment in VR like the iPhone was for smartphones. The company expects to sell 900,000 units in its first year.
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