WWDC 2021 — new report says these four big upgrades are coming
Apple is planning to reveal changes to four key bits of software at next week’s Worldwide Developer Conference, with Safari, Health, Maps and iMessage all set for special treatment.
That’s according to the Wall Street Journal’s Joanna Stern, who tweeted that the quartet would all be getting “big updates,” and that these would be announced at WWDC 2021. Obviously, this is far from an exhaustive list of what to expect when the conference kicks off on Monday (June 7), but given that all four are arguably a little undercooked compared to their main rivals, it certainly makes sense.
The Health updates will be worth paying special attention to, because they may well give us an indication of what to expect from the upcoming Apple Watch 7. We’ve heard that blood glucose tracking may finally be on the way (though perhaps not this year), and it will be interesting to see if other health metrics are added to the overall package.
On a more basic level, one rumor suggests that food tracking will be added to the app to make it more of a rival to MyFitnessPal.
Speaking of rival apps, it would be a good time for Apple to show that iMessage hasn’t been forgotten, as Facebook continues to deal with the fallout of its WhatsApp privacy changes.
Apple has obviously made a big play on privacy of late, but other quality-of-life improvements such as improved iCloud syncing and a better way of searching old messages would be welcome, and could give users more reason to make Apple’s solution their main way of communicating. Given the WWDC hashflag on Twitter has a little iMessage thumbs up logo, we may see a lot of changes here.
