SAN FRANCISCO, June 6 ― At Apple's annual developer conference on Monday (WWDC 2018) iOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS all received a bunch of new features, including apps, skills and partnerships.
Here are some of the more “fun” features that are coming this fall.
Animoji (iOS 12 & iPhone X)
Animoji welcomes four new characters (koala, tiger, ghost, and T-Rex) as well tongue detection to the collection; so stick your tongue out and snap a cheeky photo.
Memoji (iOS 12 & iPhone X)
Users can create an Animoji version of themselves, by manually selecting a hairstyle, eye color and so on. With the help of iPhone X's facial recognition technology and camera, your cartoon doppelganger can stand in on video calls or selfies, no need to look fresh in the morning for those early conference calls.
Easily add emojis to an email (macOS Mojave)
Ever wanted to throw in a little smiley on your email? With the new macOS Mojave, emoji lovers can do just that as simply as they would on their iPhone.
Group FaceTime (iOS 12 and macOS Mojave)
Speaking of conference calls, now iOS and macOS will give users the option to “Group FaceTime” with up to 32 people at once, enlarging the video of whoever is speaking at the time.
Activity Competitions (watchOS 5)
Those sporting an Apple Watch may soon receive messages looking like this, “So and so challenges you to a 7-day challenge”. The new watchOS feature will allow each participant to earn points based on the percentage of their Activity rings that they closed. Nothing like a bit of healthy competition right?
Walkie Talkie (watchOS 5)
This feature turns Apple Watches into walkie-talkies, it's simple as that. Tap the name of a contact wearing a compatible Apple Watch and talk.
