Just a few hours, practically, before WWDC 2022 begins with Apple’s keynote, which will take place on June 6 at 10 am PT. The importance of the keynote lies in knowing what issues Apple will decide to officially reveal, some of them would be iOS 16, WatchOS 9, iPadOS 16 or macOS 13. Therefore, among the many possibilities of announcements before the great event that the WWDC means, there are some rumors with possibilities such as a new MacBook Air, the redesign and update of iPadOS 16, among some other announcements.
What you need to know about WWDC 2022
The Apple event of great magnitude and repercussion, having a duration of a whole week starting from the opening speech by the company. It also includes State of the Union, Apple Design Awards, as well as various conferences for developers, both in groups and individually in the specialized Apple laboratories. Among other events, here’s a bit of the schedule from the keynote:
Apple Keynote at WWDC: Starts Monday, June 6 at 10am PDT.
State of the Union platform: June 6 at 2 pm PDT.
Apple Design Awards: Also June 6 at 5 pm PDT.
This year was a bit more special, because the COVID-19 situation calmed down at least as much as possible to hold a small face-to-face event during WWDC 2022. This would take place in conjunction with the online events where developers were also invited. and members of the press. Everyone will gather at Apple Park to witness the keynote and will be invited to the labs and more events.
The absence of AR/VR Headsets at WWDC 2022
During these days there were a lot of reports about the AR/VR headset. Finally, the long-awaited announcement or look that was rumored to happen during WWDC 2022 seems to have no place in the event. After all the events that served as obstacles for the device, It sounds quite likely that the premiere will not happen until 2023 being optimistic. Factors such as what happened this season with the supply chain or the problems with the assembly of the software and hardware evidently delayed the project even more.
Problems have dogged the project since January, according to Bloomberg, among which he mentions overheating. As well as the assembly of all the elements, complicating the union of software and hardware. Especially when trying to integrate the camera.
Until just about 4 weeks ago, The Information also indicated the same factors. The media added that thanks to Jony Ive’s decision because the device is much more independent than others, it has apparently been the cause of various problems.
The first idea raised by Apple mentioned a station where it would work, reducing the size of the headset, although they depended a lot on the base. Especially speaking of performance and battery, this was the main idea, although Ive thought that it was not the best option in design to attract consumers.
Ive caused the whole project to become even more complicated in the development that it has had during the last time. Those involved in the device project have been working for there to be a correct correlation between battery and performance. It also works on not raising the temperature too much.
Due to all the above factors that have delayed the project, Apple does not seem to be ready to have a look at the headset during WWDC 2022. However, this does not exclude that there will soon be some kind of teaser, at least speaking of until the following year.
MacBook Air, perfectly likely, but not as you imagine
Regarding this issue, the rumors have been strongly divided, diluting the information, even contradicting each other. Still, chances are that the MacBook Air has plenty of points to show for it. This has been said for a year now, although it was mainly caused by the repeated situation of the supply chain that Apple has.
Everything indicates that the new MacBook Air will change the flat edges a bit based on those of the 24-inch iMac. Perhaps this would not be the only thing based on the iMac, because Reports also believe that the Mac would have a similar range of colors, however this does not seem to be the case.
Mark Gurmann posted on his Twitter profile, a few days ago, latest information from the MacBook Air. According to Bloomberg, they “exaggerated” the range of possible colors that this product will have. Gurman believes that this new device will continue to be available in the same colors as before. Although he points out that the gold would be more similar to “champagne”, in addition to the blue color of the new model would be similar to the 24 ‘iMac.
Mark stated that the approximate premiere for this model would be tomorrow during WWDC. Although there is still the possibility that the launch will be postponed, only if the supply chain has such a problem that it is impossible to have it ready by Monday.
iPadOS 16 redesigns and updates multitasking mode
Last but not least, another of the great mentions in recent weeks. Bloomberg reports this week that iPadOS 16 appears to arrive with a totally surprising update for WWDC 2022 this Monday. Bloomberg comments that iPadOS will have improvements and changes in the multitasking mode interfacemaking all the applications used by the user much more practical and efficient, as well as the change between them.
This important change will be accompanied by better ways to manage the size of application windows. In addition, now it will be easier to use and work with several apps at the same time. What the company is looking for with all these changes is to focus iPadOS on a system that can offer laptop experiences, at least when it comes to multitasking.
