> And it's not just Apple devices that can use a FaceTime link to join a call. Android and Windows devices can join from the browser. Even on the web, FaceTime calls are still end-to-end encrypted.
Apple's whole thing is to see what features the market likes for a 3-5 years and putting it into an integrated package.
Nobody cares that a flagship android device can warp spacetime but could also take down an airplane when its battery explodes. People want to be able to share with their friends in the same ecosystem.
With Facetime, it was only 1-1 calls until the last year or two, now they are branching out and taking the features people like from other apps and making it native. People are less likely to choose those apps now. Google and Apple do the same thing in this regard.
Almost nothing about apple software is revolutionary except them getting people to treat them as if they are revolutionary. I got an iphone for work and was comically underwhelmed by iOS. Despite it being frustrating to use for a power user (in contrast to Android which I've happily used for over a decade), it's also unintuitive and convoluted for novice users like my grandma. Their hardware design is sometimes nice, but their final hardware products are equally underwhelming. IMO what makes Apple stand out isn't that it's particularly great, it's that everyone else is so bad.
Hey Apple employees! All I want is selective contact sharing! Its still all or nothing!
I can't give Clubhouse invites without them and the CCP knowing that I know important people that I don't want them to know! Help!
Also, ban apps from the appstore that link me with people who have shared my phone number/email already. I only want to be auto-suggested with people who we both have shared. No need to be linked with everyone I met once in my life, forever.
It’s pretty admirable how apple has year after year taken steps to actually reduce device usage*
I really like the “focus” features as this year’s example or this.
*I think they’re trying to increase meaningful device usage, so maybe I’m splitting hairs here, but it feels like overall the result is I use my device less and less while still doing more.
Also reducing frustration. At this point in time its no longer about having the most usage time on a device, it's about quality happy usage time.
If your device annoys the daylights out of you, you certainly won't love it. This is doubly true when you think that there is an entire ecosystem here to think about. You can get messages on your computer, ipad, iPhone and Watch. If you want to focus and can't because it takes several minutes to find and mute notifications on every device... that's very frustrating. Oh and then you might not remember to turn them back on and miss something important later. More frustration.
It looks like Apple maps may actually be surpassing Google maps. Never thought I'd actually say that, but I'd certainly give it a serious shot after seeing that demo, especially once it comes to CarPlay.
Works great for me all over the United States, including quite rural and remote areas - and I've been using it for over 10 years. Not sure what you mean by sucks ass but it gets me where I need to go and tells me when I'm going to get there and provides me alternate routes when there's construction. Maybe I'm not a power user, but it does everything I need.
It’s pretty interesting to look at a lot of these small updates as stepping stones towards making sure that when they launch an AR device in the next few years that it’s as compelling as possible (e.g. identifying text and objects, a huge focus on improving maps, etc…)
Yeah you know they don’t like to debut stuff until it’s ready, and they’ve been getting ready for ^^^ for like 5+ years now. It’s pretty astonishing to watch the chess match unfold in plain sight.
It’s a way more accessible way for people to learn how to engineer apps. I feel like Xcode and git can really be too high a bar for people who are starting from nothing. Not to say they’re not intelligent, it just requires pushing through frustrations in a way that this new feature is eliminating.
I finished an MVP for my screensharing iOS yesterday. Shoot. I wonder what usage will look like for screensharing via FaceTime. It is super neat that they're releasing this alongside their FaceTime update.
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from https://live.arstechnica.com/apples-wwdc-2021-keynote/
> machine learning blocks out ambient noise and prioritizes your voice
Ooo, and they're catching up with Google.
> Video calls will now get grid view.
Ooo, and they're catching up with Zoom.
> Now you can generate a link for a call and share it anywhere.
Ooo, and they're catching up with...basically everyone for the last 10 years. Was that really not a thing before now?
Nobody cares that a flagship android device can warp spacetime but could also take down an airplane when its battery explodes. People want to be able to share with their friends in the same ecosystem.
With Facetime, it was only 1-1 calls until the last year or two, now they are branching out and taking the features people like from other apps and making it native. People are less likely to choose those apps now. Google and Apple do the same thing in this regard.
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I can't give Clubhouse invites without them and the CCP knowing that I know important people that I don't want them to know! Help!
Also, ban apps from the appstore that link me with people who have shared my phone number/email already. I only want to be auto-suggested with people who we both have shared. No need to be linked with everyone I met once in my life, forever.
https://www.apple.com/feedback/
also it would be interesting if you could sue Apple here for an „assist“ in breaking consent regulations.
I’ll take a look
I really like the “focus” features as this year’s example or this.
*I think they’re trying to increase meaningful device usage, so maybe I’m splitting hairs here, but it feels like overall the result is I use my device less and less while still doing more.
If your device annoys the daylights out of you, you certainly won't love it. This is doubly true when you think that there is an entire ecosystem here to think about. You can get messages on your computer, ipad, iPhone and Watch. If you want to focus and can't because it takes several minutes to find and mute notifications on every device... that's very frustrating. Oh and then you might not remember to turn them back on and miss something important later. More frustration.
I'll give it a shot again for general navigation, it is the default any way
I wonder if they'll ever just give up and add windows to iPad OS.
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