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WWDC 2017 Summary

  • 16 million registered developers (from 10 years old to 82 years old)
  • Amazon Prime is coming to Apple TV later this year
  • Apple watch will have Siri Watch face with better intelligence and Pixar Toy Story Watch faces
  • Apple Watch will have direct communication witj gym equipment, exchanging data (heartrate to gym equipment, elevation and speed data to watch)
  • new MacOS will be called High Sierra
  • Safari browser will block auto-played videos and prevent tracking, this may have implication on ad tracking and measurement
  • P2P Payment : iMessage with Apple Pay for sending and receiving money
  • Siri has 375 million active monthly users
  • Apple users take a trillion photos a year
  • iOS 11: Do Not Disturb while driving mode
  • 500 million people visit the App Store weekly
  • Apple Music : 27 million Music subscribers
  • App Store passed 180 billion downloads. Download rate : 149 million a day
  • App Store with new UI, curation and editorial picks of the apps will be more important and games will have separate tab.
  •  ARKit is going to be powerful AR platform
  • QR code support in camera app
  • iPad Pro screen refresh rate : 120 Khz => smooter & responsive content and better experience for Apple Pen