Apple WWDC Announcements
You can learn more about the new Mac hardware here. My favorite announcement (as a non-Apple user): easily using your iPhone as a webcam. That would be very cool if Pixels and Chromebooks could work together that way.
Live Captions will caption audio live on FaceTime, videoconferencing, streaming media content, or phone call.
There are two new Google Lens-like features.
Live Text translates text live from the camera.
Visual Look Up lets you tap and hold on the subject of a photo, then lift it from the background to place in other apps. It recognizes people, dogs, birds, insects and statues.
Smarter Mail detects missing attachments and has improved Search.
Messages on the Mac can undo or edit recently sent messages, mark as unread and when sharing a file choose to send the file or collaborate.
Stage Manager lets you multitask on your iPad with overlapping windows of different sizes.
Safari Passkeys are designed to replace passwords. They use biometric verification and sync across Apple devices with end-to-end encryption. They also work across apps and the web, so you can sign in on non-Apple devices with your iPhone.
New privacy tool called “
Safety Check” quickly removes all access granted to others, signs out of iCloud on all devices, and limits messaging to just the device you are using.
YouTube and Video
June 16 is YouTube’s
Beauty Festival, featuring many “beauty” (makeup) creators and shoppable videos. Everyone can create
#WrittenInGlossier eyeliner challenger Shorts to create their own shoppable videos (but no, you don’t get a cut of the sales).
Learn more. And if you are a beauty creator, be sure to
watch this Creator Insider video featuring a content strategist reviewing up and coming beauty trends.
If you have a Pixel 5 phone (or higher) you can use the
new Pocket Operator app to “shoot video content and turn it into fun music and video cut-ups.” Mix sounds, visual effects and beats to make a unique video.
Chromebooks with ChromeOS M103 have
a new screencast app that lets you record a video of your screen along with a video of you. Plus it has some basic editing tools. (I can hardly wait to try this out!)
Photos
Google Photos
Real Tone Filters are now live on the web, Android and iOS apps. The filters are designed to work well across skin tones.
Publishers
Conferencing & Communication
At Google’s
Anywhere School event, they talked about n
ew features coming to Google Meet that will be helpful for education, including transcription of Meet calls directly into a Google Doc and livestreaming public events to YouTube.
Direct Guest Join is a new feature that lets Zoom Rooms call into Microsoft Teams Meetings, and vice versa, without any additional expenses.
Social Media
Twitter shared a research study on how their “Want to review this before Tweeting?” prompts work. Andrew Hutchinson at Social Media Today
has an overview. About 9% of people seeing this warning cancel their Tweet, and another 21% revise their Tweet to either be less offensive or at least not more offensive.
Productivity
Interesting
Dynamic World lets you see near real-time land cover data around the world. It can visualize events like snowstorms and volcanic eruptions, as well as changes due to climate change or urban development.
More information.