News 357: WWDC20 State of the Union


Jun 22 2020 93 mins   83
Apple's Vice President in Software Engineering Andreas Wendker and other Apple engineers give us a deep dive on the transition to Apple Silicon, as well as changes to macOS, iOS, iPadOS, watvhOS, Xcode, and Swift. Highlights: - Apple Silicon is all about performance and interoperability. - Universal 2 will make Intel apps work on Apple Silicon with Xcode. - Unity runs on Apple Silicon. - Rosetta 2 virtualization uses Parallels. - iOS apps will run natively on macOS with Apple Silicon. - macOS Big Sur has a new design that borrows heavily from iOS and iPadOS. - Big Sur is macOS 11. - iPad Pro Lidar sensor has new uses in iPadOS 14. - Apple Pencil ads Scribble and Scratch in iPadOS 14. - You'll be able to code widgets with Swift in iOS 14. - You can also use Swift to code watchOS complications. - Xcode will help developers seamlessly transition their apps from Intel to Apple Silicon. Host: Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/twit-news. Sponsor: LastPass.com/twit