Apple software store visits up to 300 million times a week

BI Chinese station reported on June 4

Many of iOS8's new features were not introduced at the Apple Worldwide Development Conference. It is reported that in iOS8 operating system lock screen interface, Apple will be based on the location of the user, showing a most relevant application icon.

For example, the user is already at the Starbucks coffee shop. At this time, the iOS 8 lock screen will display the Starbucks coffee shop APP so that the user can easily check the product information or pay for the checkout.

It is unclear whether this feature of Apple will limit the software displayed. However, Apple is not expected to limit its own software or some large companies in the software's icon.

An iOS8 experience user posted a screenshot on Twitter. Allegedly, but he went to the train station, iOS8 lock screen interface, there was a train ride on the software icon.

Apple introduced the feature on a related page and allegedly decided to recommend the application based on iOS's Location Services module. "If the location service is already open, then the system will look at the location of the device, Lock screen interface recommended related applications. "

According to another report, Apple's lock screen display software icon, and some users have not yet installed AppStore software, Apple may be based on the user's location, take the initiative to recommend download and install this software.

Insiders speculate that Apple may be able to rely on this feature to open up a "Choi Road", that is, third-party software developers, if you want their software to be displayed on the iOS8 lock screen, you may need to pay Apple. At present, Apple has not confirmed whether it will charge software developers.

According to the U.S. news website BusinessInsider, at the Apple Software Store, the number of software has reached 1.2 million, so vast that users do not know where to start. Apple's above features, will also be a big step in software discovery.

At the Apple Worldwide Development Conference, head Cook Cook disclosed that the Apple Software Store has visited 300 million weekly visits and the total number of downloaded software has been as high as 75 billion since the store opened. In addition registered iOS software developers have reached 9 million people, more than half of this year increased by more. (Dawn)