This year’s WWDC Keynote was all about software, and it had updates for iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS. Here were my favorites.

iOS

  • Share back in photos

  • Siri shortcut integrations

  • Shortcut editor

  • Travel plans

  • Heading home

  • Screentime

  • Time limits

  • Allowances

  • Memoji

  • Personalized animoji

  • Group FaceTime with up to 32 people

  • Pivot directly from Messages to group FaceTime

watchOS

  • Automatic workout detection, which is retroactive, and also works for stopping workouts

  • Lift to talk, no hey Siri

  • Walkie talkie

  • Siri shortcuts on Siri watchface

tvOS

  • Dolby Atmos

  • Zero auth

macOS

  • Mojave

  • Dark mode

  • Xcode in dark mode

  • Desktop slowly changes during the day

  • Desktop stacks

  • Gallery view

  • Video screen grabs

  • Continuity camera

  • News to the Mac

  • Voice memos to the Mac

  • Voice memos in cloud

  • Shutting down share and comments to avoid tracking

  • Avoiding fingerprinting by looking like everyone else

  • New mac app

  • 0365 on the way

  • CreateML with custom data you can mess with in code playgrounds

  • UI kit iOS apps on Mac

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