Adam Kos WWDC6, Apple's annual developer conference, begins on June 22, at which we can expect the company's new operating systems, namely iOS 16, iPadOS 16, macOS 13, watchOS 9 and tvOS 16. But are Apple users still interested in the new systems?
When new hardware is introduced, people are hungry for it because they are interested in where the new technologies will take each product. It used to be the same with software. New versions can breathe new life into old devices. But Apple hasn't been bringing anything revolutionary lately, and its systems are rather just begging for functions that are definitely not used by the majority.
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Stagnation of technology
This is for several reasons. First of all, we already have what we needed. It's hard to come up with any features that you really want in your iPhone, Mac or Apple Watch. That is, if we are talking about completely new functions, not those that Apple would borrow from, for example, Android or Windows.
We would like interactive widgets from Android
The second reason is that we still know that even if Apple introduces some features in the new systems, we will have to wait for them. So not until the official release of the systems to the general public in the fall of the year, but probably even longer. It's hard to say if the pandemic was to blame, but Apple simply doesn't have time to introduce news in the basic versions of its systems, but only with tenths of updates (and not the first ones).
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Killer feature? Just a redesign
E.g. the greatest glory of iOS came with version 7. It was the one that came with a completely new flat design, while not forgetting to throw in some new things in the form of Control Center, AirDrop, etc. Apple's number of developers has increased dramatically, because many ordinary users are developers they registered just so they could install iOS 7 right away in the beta version and test the system. We now have an official beta program for regular Apple device owners.
This is how Apple presented Universal Control at WWDC
But WWDC itself is relatively dull. If Apple switched to direct publishing of news, it would be different, but usually we get to them through a big detour. However, it should be noted that this conference is for developers, that's why a lot of space is dedicated to them and the developer programs they use. Of course, Apple would add a certain attractiveness by publishing some hardware, but it would have to do it regularly, and we would have to at least suspect it in advance in order to pay attention to the opening keynote.
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For example, Google spent an hour and a half talking about software at its I/O 2022 conference, and spent the last half hour spouting one piece of hardware after another. We are not saying that Apple should be inspired by him, but it would definitely need some change. After all, he himself does not want new systems to leave potential users in the cold, because it is in his own interest to achieve the greatest possible adoption as soon as possible. But that must first convince us why install new systems at all. Paradoxically, instead of features, many would appreciate simply debugging and better optimization.
