We’ll keep this quick. I have pictures!

Every June when Apple’s WWDC airs, I eagerly consume the software update showcase. It’s the start of a four-month prep window to think about how to leverage the tool in my pocket and at my fingertips for greater productivity. The process of reviewing the information is always the same:

• 🎬 Watch either the main showcase or CNET’s “Everything in 10 min”

• 🌐 Read the overview pages on Apple’s website

• 👀 See what sticks out to initial users on YouTube (Marques Brownlee’s “Impressions”)

And now I get to give you the highlights! I’ve organized each section via hardware, and only selected the top items that I think genuinely effect productivity/usability. Enjoy!

iPhone OS 📱

• Call Screening - Let Siri take care of spam, mitigating how many calls actually ring the phone.

• Message Screening - Sort message types and screen spam.

• Hold Assist - Let Siri stay on hold and notify the agent when it’s finally your turn.

• Visual Intelligence - Screenshot and then rub the image to quickly search the internet for what you’re looking at.

• Snooze Duration - Pick a specific snooze duration for your alarms.

• Polls in Messages - Native voting for your group chats.

• Photos App Overhaul - Because the current layout is rough…

Mac OS 🖥️

• Upgraded Spotlight (⌘+SPACE) - Attempting to assimilate Raycast Features (which every Mac user should have installed for free), Spotlight search can now do a whole lot more than ineffectively looking up files.

• Apple Intelligence Shortcuts - Now you can craft even more time-saving shortcuts for your regular use-cases.

iPad OS 🖐🏼

Continuing the slow integration of making iPad OS a “touchable” Mac OS…

• Upgraded Windowing - Drag from the corner to size and reposition apps more freely.

• Menu Bar - For quickly finding app commands like on Mac OS.

• Upgraded Files - File integration in the Dock and updated views for organizing folders.

Watch OS ⌚

• Wrist Flick - Toss notifications off your screen without having to tap them or cover the watch face with your opposite hand.

• Notes - For quick-adding to notes when you’re away from your phone.

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In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty - Proverbs 14:23