IOS 8 · Mac OS X Yosemite announced "WWDC 14" Information Summary

Apple's event for developers "WWDC 14" was held in Japan time from 2 am on June 3, 2014 (Tuesday). Event relay can be viewed in real-time if Mac OS X v10.6 or later + Safari 4 or later, iOS 4.2 or later + Safari environment, in other environments it will be delivered after the event is over.

Apple - Apple Events - Special Event June 2014
http://www.apple.com/apple-events/june-2014/

The event began at 2 am. Many reporters and developers are filling the venue.


First of all it starts with screening of presentation movie which expresses "possibility of application".






After the movie was finished, Tim Cook took the stage.






Saying "I will make an announcement on iOS 8 and Mac OS X".






51% of OS X users use Mavericks


On the other hand, it is 14% that Windows users are using Windows 8. Tim Cook who shrugs his shoulders "Ha ha?"


And a new Mac OS X "Yosemite" was announced.

New Mac OS X "Yosemite" announcement - GIGAZINE


Following Mac OS X, announcement of "iOS 8".

Presentation of "iOS 8", greatly improving user experience - GIGAZINE


"HealthKit" "Health" was also announced as a health management application which was rumored to appear.

HealthKit application for iOS "HealthKit" "Health" announcement - GIGAZINE


This is a family sharing "Family Sharing"





Up to 6 members


It is possible to use not only data such as photographs, but also that children acquire permission from parents that they want to buy this with a credit card.





The photo app has also been enhanced


Photo search



Smart Edit function


If you make corrections on the photos you took ......



It will be reflected in the cloud as soon as it is synchronized







The storage capacity is free up to 5GB, 20GB for 99 cents a month (about 101 yen), 200GB for 3.99 dollars a month (about 408 yen), the maximum capacity is 1 TB.



This is about strengthening Siri. We integrated "Shazam" which reads music and tells what kind of song, and responds to 22 languages ​​newly.


Strengthen the map


Currently, the number of applications on the App Store is 1.2 million.



300 million people use the App Store every week


75 million times downloaded


Various App Store has been improved as well.







In iOS 8, 4000 new APIs have been added








Touch ID API


Before introducing Touch ID, the ratio of those using passcodes and those who do not use was almost half ... ...


Pass code use increased to over 80% after Touch ID introduction.



Camera API



Health-related "HealthKit"


"HomeKit"Is a smart home function that manages various switches.






CloudKit


So far, the relation between the client and the server is like this, and we had servers with various parts including authentication ... ...


ICloud is responsible for it.


CloudKit is free and available with restrictions



MetalAPI for A7 processor




Up to 10 times the draw call rate of graphic performance





Zen Garden Demo





SpriteKit, SceneKit is for games.






In addition, in the developer presentation, the development language of the iOS application has been "Objective-C" so far, but by being able to do it more easily, the new programming language "SwiftIt was announced to use.













Demonstration was done here












Beta version of iOS 8 is available from today


It is scheduled to be offered from this autumn for general users


Compatible terminals look like this, models up to iPhone 3GS and first-generation iPad and others are not eligible.


Finally, let Apple staff stand up and applaud the officials who made this day realized, "CEO Cook



This is the end of the event. Unfortunately, there was no hardware announcement such as large iPhone.