Disclosure of iOS 17 and its most important features
We start with the new iPhone operating system, iOS 17, which Apple reviewed with us and brought a number of changes that some will see as a difference, others will see it as good or even normal, and some will not see it in the first place, as it does not support the iPhone 8 or iPhone 8 Plus, and even the iPhone X .
First: iOS 17 comes with a nice mode called Standby Mode, and by activating it, you will turn your phone into a luxurious accessory that displays all kinds of attractive things as soon as it is placed on the MagSafe holder. This mode allows you to display a lot of things on the phone screen, such as the clock, the weather, or the result of a match, moment by moment, and this feature appears during sleep; Your phone will turn into a stylish alarm clock that adapts to the room's light.
Second: Apple has updated its famous iMessage conversations application and added some practical features to it, such as converting voice messages into text messages, which will be very useful if you are in a crowded place and cannot listen to voice messages. In addition, Apple has improved the autocorrection system and its word selection has become smarter. Finally, a feature called “Check In” has been added that will make your relatives and friends who are iPhone users automatically check on you as soon as you arrive somewhere.
Third: iOS 17 included a new application that will urge you to write and write your diaries in an unusual way that may manage your entire life for you; Journal will use machine learning techniques to organize your day very intelligently and even suggest things for you to do. Anything you can think of, you can share with this app. Your contacts, the music you listen to, the places you visit, almost everything you will find in one place.
Fourth: You can now assign to the caller an Avatar or an image that will take over the entire screen during the call, and if you call a person and he does not answer you, you can leave him a video message via the new FaceTime feature.
Fifth: iOS 17 shortened the distance between its users and the smartphone assistant "Siri"; If you want to call her out in the future, just say “Siri” instead of “Hey Siri!”
Last but not least, the NameDrop feature, and this feature allows you to exchange phone numbers, and even photos with other iPhone users by bringing the two phones closer to each other, and the beautiful thing is that this feature works between phones and Apple watches, not just phones.
Announcing iPadOS 17
The new iPad operating system did not reinvent the wheel. iPadOS 17 came with additions, most notably improving the features of “widgets” and developing the lock screen to be customizable like iPhone screens. Moreover, Apple improved the notepad application, so that you can tamper with PDF files and volunteer them as you wish. And added the Health App, which is linked to Apple watches, to the iPad screens.
Upgraded M2 chip
Here is the American company announcing the M2 Ultra super processor, and like the M1 Ultra that was launched the previous year, it will be based on the UltraFusion architecture, which in its simplest form appears to be just a merger of two M2 Max chips into one huge chip, the result is a SoC chip consisting of 134 billion transistors. It sweeps the 20 billion transistors in the regular M2 version, with a unified memory of 192 GB, which is nearly double if compared to the previous version of the M2 chip.
The M2 Ultra chip comes with 24 cores and 76 cores for graphics processing (30% higher than the previous generation), and it can transfer files at an insane speed of up to 800 GB per second!
Apple announces a new Mac Studio and refreshes it with its super processors
Apple's smallest desktop and one of its most powerful devices has received a new update that replaces the M1 Max and M1 Ultra chips with the M2 Max and M2 Ultra. It's three times longer than the Mac Mini and has an ANU engine that's 40% faster, not to mention 8K resolution and up to 8TB of SSD storage. The price of the device starts from 1999 dollars.
The surprising new Apple "grater"!
Many did not expect Apple to announce a new Mac Pro, but the American apple surprised us all by presenting the device that will be equipped with Intel chipsets forever. The new Mac Pro also comes with the M2 Ultra chip, which is 7 times faster than the Intel-based Mac Pro. In short, you can take this super device as a reference to define what powerful devices are.
The new Mac Pro supports 6 screens and comes with two HDMI inputs and 8 Thunderbolt ports, in addition to 6 PCIe slots of the fourth generation, and this is an exaggerated number and we do not know what it will be used for, but it seems that Apple analyzes the price of the device, which is priced at $ 6999.
The new version of the MacBook Air
With a 15-inch screen and a weight of about 1.5 kg, the new version of the MacBook Air was unveiled. The device comes with the M2 chip, which was unveiled in last year's version of the same conference, and has a battery that lasts for 18 hours continuously. This device is distinguished by its slim thickness, which does not exceed 11.5 mm (the company even called it the thinnest laptop with a 15-inch screen) and its four attractive colors, in addition to that it opens with a fingerprint like the previous version.
The new version of the MacBook Air comes with a storage space of up to 2 terabytes, and a random access memory (RAM) of up to 24 GB. As for the ports, the device comes with a MegSafe charger port and two Thunderbolt/ USB-C ports (such as the 13-inch version). If you want to own this device, which is 12 times faster than any MacBook Air with an Intel processor, pre-order is available from now at a price of $ 1299.
Announcing MacOS 14
In the name of Sonoma (a city in California), the latest Mac operating system on the market brings modern and useful changes, most notably the ability to add “widgets” on the desktop, a new game mode that will make the most of the capabilities of the device while playing, and finally, in browser updates Safari, which will add an extra layer of protection for users and turn websites into apps for easy access.
On the occasion of the games, genius game director Hideo Kojima announced that Death Stranding is coming to Mac later this year.
Apple Watch gets lucky from the conference
As for Apple watches, the new WatchOS 10 operating system has been announced, which will enable you to integrate the watch backgrounds and what you see on them with the iPhone, meaning that you will be able to see your exercises directly from the phone. Add to this the improvement of first-party applications and the addition of new features such as the ability to use the compass to know the point at which you last connected to the Internet.
For the first time in its history: Apple unveils new glasses for augmented reality
After rumors that lasted for years and increased to their maximum intensity a few days before the conference, here is Apple cutting doubt with certainty and announcing its expected revolutionary technology, the Vision Pro glasses. These glasses come with M2 and R1 processors, and contain a security system called Apple Optic ID, which is like a face print that does not allow anyone but you to use the device.
As for the uses of these glasses, there is nothing wrong with them, and before we review with you an overview of these uses, we would like to tell you that we have devoted an entire article to talk about the details of the glasses. You can view it [everything you need to know about the Apple Mixed Reality glasses], but in general you can connect it to the iPhone Or an iPad or a Mac and you control it not with a manual device that you hold in your hand, but with your physical gestures with your bare hands, your eyes and your voice, which is why it is called revolutionary. The glasses also allow you to make video calls using the FaceTime app, creating an experience that makes you feel like you're talking face-to-face with people.
Although the glasses will work with a completely new operating system called VisionOS, it will support iPhone and iPad applications, as well as its ability to capture 3D videos, watch movies, enjoy games, etc., and all of this in 4K quality.
What I mentioned now is only the tip of the iceberg, and so as not to prolong you more than that, I refer you again to our detailed article and we conclude the summary with the price of the glasses – which will be available next year – which is exorbitant, equal to 3499 dollars.