Apple Worldwide Developers Conference "soft" thorough

Tencent technology Xiuxian Qian June 3 reported

This year's Apple Worldwide Developers Conference "soft" thorough, iWatch rumored even iPhone6 ​​did not show any traces, but the entire conference and the "Write the code. Change the world" theme interlocked, the newly released Mac OS X 10.10, iOS 8 and the programming language Swift created one of the strongest closed system empires for developers.

Although Cook's Apple has long failed to comply with Jobs in the size of the hardware Proverbs, but at the system level, the company still tenaciously stick to the vitality of the closed system. With Andrews pressing harder and harder around the world, Apple is still trying to stay competitive by closing the big picture:

First, rely on multi-device synergy to enhance cross-platform consistency experience; Second, strengthen the new version of iMessage trying to dominate the user's social relationship chain; Third, under the premise of information security, open and orderly third-party API to allow open access; Fourth Heathkit and Homekit show Apple's potential in wearable and smart home two hot areas; the fifth is the release of the new programming language Swift, greatly reducing the development threshold.

Many developers told Tencent Technologies that the WWDC14 show for developers made them mixed, with some APIs open to developers who never had permission, but the Swift programming language has brought development convenience as well as increased Cross-platform development of the difficulty, which is 9 million developers is also a difficult choice.

iOS 8 closed and open

"Although Apple did not release a new iPhone at WWDC14, it is actually equivalent to the release of iPhone 11/13/15 / 21.5 / 27 five sizes," which seems to be the latest release of the seamless interaction between OSX and iOS Appropriate ridicule.

At WWDC14, the happiest consumer news is that you never forget iPhone again, because iOS 8 seamlessly connects with OS X Yosemite, cell phone calls can be tapped via Mac, phones can call speakers on Mac, etc. . Users can also view calendar, info, etc. on the iPhone, and vice versa.

Another news point worth mentioning at this conference is iMessage's voice and video junk. IOS 8 is trying to make iMessage more like IM, support for group chat and voice and video support, which seems to be the case for Whatsapp, WeChat, etc. Software brings trouble. However, as we all know, iMessage can hardly really replace WeChat with the lack of support from the Android camp.

Apple's system updates have always been the case, when they agree with an App product, you can make a system-level tool-based applications, the impact of third-party applications. Earlier Apple iOS 6 introduced Passbook, to many third-party coupon management tools to bring the impact.

But in addition to the IM software, more developers at WWDC14 will feel the opening of Apple. Compared with previous years, Apple maintained an orderly and open access to third-party applications while keeping information and privacy safe. For example, this time in the input method of opening up, allowing users to escape more than half the power, the Touch ID open, so that developers may create more powerful boutique applications.

Break the APP island impact Android

During the WWDC2014 theme release, before introducing the iOS 8 operating system, Apple did not mean to give the Android Green a few PPT's length - Apple CEO Cook used to ridicule Google's Android operating system.

Cook said that 130 million users bought the first iPhone of their life last year, many of them from the Android camp. They accidentally bought the wrong cell phone, but now they have found a better experience and life. He emphasized that almost half of iPhone users in China are running from Android.

Cook compared two system upgrades to the user's appeal: 89% of iPhone users to upgrade to the latest iOS 7 system, while the latest version of Android accounted for only 9% of users. Many Android users still use the system 4 years ago, 99% of the cell phone viruses are Android contribution.

Cook's confidence is that one of the major improvements of iOS 8 is that App is no longer an isolated island. This has been the previous cell phone browser supporters Tucao.

Apple uses Extensibility to make the App both standalone and linked. A single App is still in a sandbox, but different App can interact with other App through iOS system-level security. Users to share content to other App, in the photo application using its App filters, in the notification bar to add Widgets. Android system is still unable to do this.

In addition to the above speech and function of the impact on Android, Swift programming language to bring ease of development while also increasing the difficulty of cross-platform development, apparently, Apple is increasingly looking to end developers to develop the same products for both iOS and Android.

Wearable and smart home platform ambitions

At this WWDC14, Apple released Heathkit and Homekit exposed Apple's ambitions on wearable devices and smart home platforms. In both areas, after Apple did not have much action. When other Samsung, Sony's smartwatch has been updated two generations, the legendary iWatch has not released.

However, with the release of iOS 8, the layout of Apple began to fully show Heathkit is to connect all wearable devices, intended to solve the problem of not having a centralized view of wearable App data, which means that Heathkit will users Get through the data reading, derived more guiding function;

Homekit is to connect all the smart home devices, through the open API, access control to ensure security, Homekit allows the phone to control home lighting, locks, sockets and so on. At the scene, Cook described a scene that could be expected, when the user said to Siri "ready to sleep", the family responded to this, lock the door and dim the lights, science fiction and warmth.

Apple's Heathkit and Homekit are not technically innovative, but do not neglect Apple's strong technology integration capabilities. The company has always been adept at bringing existing technologies together in tandem to give consumers a better user experience .