12:52PM EDT – Today Apple is internet hosting its 2020 fall launch occasion. This 12 months on account of circumstances, we’ll be going digital and distant, nonetheless we’ll nonetheless be reside running a blog the present for individuals who favor non-video codecs. Apple’s WWDC on-line occasion had been an incredible success and we count on an analogous format for as we speak’s bulletins. What will we be seeing as we speak? Rumours state that the brand new iPhone will not make it to the September occasion this time round, though we’re nonetheless anticipating a set of various different new Apple units. Maybe a brand new iPad? New Apple TV? Stay tuned because the occasion begins off at 10am PT (17:00 UTC).
12:58PM EDT – Hello people, the occasion is beginning now. Excited to see what Apple has in retailer for us in these uncommon instances!
12:59PM EDT – Intro beginning off with Tim Cook.
01:00PM EDT – Today’s subjects: Apple watch and iPad
01:00PM EDT – Starting off with the Apple Watch
01:01PM EDT – “The most beloved watch in the world”
01:02PM EDT – Video clips about Apple Watch customers and the way the machine augments their day by day lives.
01:05PM EDT – Still discussing the well being advantages of utilizing Apple Watch monitoring and figuring out early points earlier than signs seem.
01:06PM EDT – WatchOS 7 recap with the brand new options.
01:06PM EDT – Ability to measure VO² Max
01:07PM EDT – New Apple Watch Series 6
01:08PM EDT – New well being sensor with new skills
01:08PM EDT – New blood oxygen sensor
01:09PM EDT – Blood oxygen measurement in 15 seconds by the brand new sensor
01:09PM EDT – Tracking within the well being app, additionally throughout sleep
01:11PM EDT – I’m questioning if Apple has acquired certification for the brand new sensor outdoors of the US- Samsung beforehand had such a sensor functionality in previous Galaxy units, however it was locked regionally on account of regulatory limitations.
01:12PM EDT – New S6 SoC within the Apple watch, utilizing Thunder CPUs from the A13
01:12PM EDT – Better always-on show that is extra environment friendly. 2.5x brighter than the earlier technology.
01:13PM EDT – Altimeter measurements that is always out there.
01:13PM EDT – New watch faces
01:14PM EDT – Memoji faces, animated with contact
01:15PM EDT – New “Solo Loop” watch band – made out of stretchable silicon
01:16PM EDT – Also a braided variant (out of silicon nonetheless)
01:16PM EDT – “The most advanced Apple Watch”
01:17PM EDT – Family setup – pairing an Apple watch with totally different iPhones than your personal – for instance pairing your child’s Apple Watch with the father or mother’s iPhone
01:19PM EDT – (Requires a mobile enabled Apple Watch)
01:19PM EDT – New Apple Watch SE
01:20PM EDT – Same giant display, however makes use of the S5 SoC chip
01:20PM EDT – Same sensors than on the Series 6, nonetheless seemingly with out the blood oxygen sensor
01:21PM EDT – Starting at solely $279
01:21PM EDT – Series 6 falls in at $399, Series three stays at $199
01:22PM EDT – Switching subject now to renewable power and Apple’s carbon footprint
01:23PM EDT – Apple is eradicating the USB energy adapter from this 12 months’s Apple Watches.
01:24PM EDT – (I suppose this implies, if you do not have one, you will have to purchase it further)
01:24PM EDT – Availability of the brand new Series 6 and SE begins Friday, pre-orders beginning as we speak.
01:28PM EDT – Intro a couple of new health service.
01:29PM EDT – Apple Fitness+ – a service for the Apple Watch in an effort to preserve you match.
01:30PM EDT – Integration with TV, iPad, iPhone for coaching classes
01:31PM EDT – New exercises each week by a variety of trainers and instructors
01:34PM EDT – Costly subscription and once more very restricted regional availability.
01:35PM EDT – Talking about subscriptions, now Apple is introducing Apple One amalgamating all their companies beneath one single subscription….
01:36PM EDT – Scales from $15 per 30 days to $30 per 30 days.
01:36PM EDT – Moving onto iPads
01:37PM EDT – This 12 months marks the 10th anniversary of the iPad
01:37PM EDT – 500 million…
