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WWDC22 Rumors and Announcements


Apple works on software throughout the year, whether its software updates involving bug fixes, or software patches for upcoming products, but the month of June is when they proudly get on stage and show off their latest innovations. This year is no different. In fact, they are keeping the event online-only, following the process used in 2020 and 2021.

 

Their event is supposed to take place on the 14th of June, according to the invite put up on their site. And people have high hopes for the next releases of their operating systems. In this article, we’re going to go through major changes to iOS and macOS.

 

iOS 16

 


iOS is expected to get a massive design overhaul this year. It is rumoured that the Control Centre is getting a refresh, with a new design that makes the main toggles, larger and more like individual tiles, reminds me of what Xiaomi did with their Notification Shade. There’s a larger Now Playing widget, which is more interactive, and allows us to scrub through a track. It features a larger album artwork tile, and changes colour based on the album art.

Apple is also going to offer a fresh pack of widgets, which can resize below the 2X2 format, and can apparently scale down to 2X1 or 1X2. Other than that, we’re supposed to get interactive widgets, for example: Being able to toggle Cellular right from a widget or being able to complete reminders right from the widget.

Apple is also apparently going to add Split-View, a feature that power users have been requesting for years, but to no avail, up till now.

 

macOS 13: Mammoth


From what we know, there’s a proper render available on 9to5Mac’s site, which looks somewhat like what Concept Maker Avdan had framed in one of his videos. From this render, we can say that macOS 13 is also having a big overhaul of the User Interface Design. Corners are more rounded, and there is a new floating menu bar design, which might fix the issue of menu bar items going under the notch, on the 2021 MacBook Pro. There is a new Spotlight Search bar, and it looks like they’ve added the ability to put widgets at a place of choice. There are app folders in the dock, a feature I’d really appreciate because if you’ve been following me lately, I’ve had a messy dock all the time. For example, here’s what my dock looked like last year:


Other than that, we cannot determine internal changes, for the OS is still in the works. But that just about wraps it up for this article, and let’s tune in together on June 6th to see for ourselves, if the renders were right or they weren’t.


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