Action reminders can be set, such as reminding you to follow up on an email you sent if the recipient hasn't replied in a while. This app will gain an improved search, which can automatically ignore or fix misspellings, search attachment text, and search for synonyms of what you type. The next area that's getting a major overhaul is Mail. This way, you won't be flooded with dozens of notifications that clutter up your shiny new lock screens, but will just have a single notification that keeps updating itself.

Apps can now consolidate notifications into a single, constantly-updating display, such as something showing the scores of a game or the progress of an Uber ride. To prevent them from showing atop your widgets, notifications now roll up from the bottom. You can even choose a specific one to be used when a focus is enabled. When you're on a lock screen, simply swipe left or right to move between the various lock screens you've set up. You can add widgets to it, change the font and colors of the date and time, and choose a different image for each lock screen you create. We start with something that hasn't gotten any attention in years: the lock screen.Īpple is turning the lock screen into a sort of analog to Apple Watch faces. Version 16 will completely re-design a few areas, and add new features to others. The below features are coming to both platforms, unless otherwise noted. There was also a surprise MacBook Air refresh, which we'll get to in a bit.

As it always does, it started the conference with a presentation of what's in the works for all its major platforms, sharing highlights of the iOS, watchOS, iPadOS, and macOS updates set to be released in the fall. Today, Apple kicked off its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC).

Macbook keynote update progress