![]() ![]() Parallel testing in the cloud means developers can test on a simulated version of every current Apple device.Īnother useful update: it’s now possible to use your iPad to create Swift UI code, and you can share beta apps with Macs using TestFlight. These useful features for any developer also make it easier for enterprise app development teams to work on projects remotely and engage in ad hoc internal testing with your own trusted teams. This wasn’t the only platform improvement Apple made that boosts enterprise workflows, remote or otherwise. Xcode Cloud, a new tool coming next year, will let you commit your Xcode projects to iCloud where they can be collaborated upon, tested, and distributed to beta testers once made. This feature makes the experience of using multiple Macs and iPads together feel far more unified. It makes the iPad and the Mac both extensions of the same screen, and support extends to drag-&-drop between these devices. It requires zero set-up, and means you can simply flick between the screens. This lets you use one keyboard and one mouse to control multiple iPads and a Macs. Perhaps the most profound improvement in terms of productivity is in the new support for keyboard and mouse via Universal Control. One little tweak involves the introduction of a larger-size widget, which should make the Files app more useful, though this may become more useful if OneDrive or Dropbox become supported archives. You also get widgets across the entire Home Screen, and subsequent pages. Multitasking has been made a lot more intuitive, making Split View and Slide Over easier to use and far more flexible with your own workflow, including a multitasking menu that appears at the top of apps. We had anticipated Apple might do some work on the iPad user interface following its decision to pop an M1 processor inside the iPad Pro. Of course, yet another signifier of the remote working world in which most of us have lived, Slack users can now share user status in conversations. (Let’s face it, that bird has flown and right now we all use Zoom.) Apple also knows that why else would it already allow third-party video-calling apps to exploit new FaceTime enhancements, including Voice Isolation, Wide Spectrum Audio, and Portrait mode? That’s not a perfect solution, of course, but it means remote workers will be able to use FaceTime to speak with colleagues on other platforms. ![]() Take FaceTime, for example. It may not yet be truly cross-platform, but Apple will now let you use FaceTime to videochat with people on the Windows and Android platforms (using a web app). Along with the transformation of work practices, the COVID-19 pandemic also means Apple’s people have direct experience with some of the pain points of working remotely WWDC ’21 saw the arrival of numerous useful improvements to take the edge off some of these. ![]()
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