Apple WWDC22 will open on June 7
iOS 16, M2 chips can be expected?
In the early hours of this morning, Apple announced that it will hold the annual Worldwide Developer Conference WWDC2022 online from June 7 to 11 for all developers to attend for free. And this year's theme is "Call to code.".
Apple mentioned in the press release that Apple's global developer community is growing, with more than 30 million developers. It is expected that at this developer conference, Apple will bring new systems for iOS 16, iPadOS 16, macOS 13, tvOS 16 and watchOS 9, and there may also be AR/VR headset hardware products. Of course, there is also the possibility of bringing new Mac products powered by Apple Silicon chips.
In addition to online meetings, Apple will host a special event for developers and students at Apple Park on June 6, local time, where they will watch keynotes and platforms State of the Union video with the online community. Event space is limited, and registration information will soon be posted on the Apple developer website and app.
In addition, the traditional Swift Student Challenge is back this year, inviting students around the world to create a Swift Playgrounds app project with a theme of their choice, and participants can submit their work by April 25.
AirPods Pro 2 may be released in the second half of this year
The AirPods Pro generation will be discontinued at that time
According to MacRumors, Tianfeng International analyst Mingxi Guo said on Twitter today that Apple plans to release AirPods Pro 2 wireless headphones in the second half of 2022.
Guo Mingxi also said that because due to the failure of the product segmentation strategy, the demand for AirPods 3 is significantly weaker than that of AirPods 2, and the airPods 3 orders in the second quarter to the third quarter have decreased by more than 30%, in order to avoid repeating the same mistakes, apple will stop production after Apple officially launched airPods Pro 2 wireless headphones in the second half of this year. Demand for AirPods 3 is significantly weaker than AirPods 2, Explains Kuo, "Consumers are reluctant to spend $50 more on The New Selling Point of AirPods 3." Without more innovative features, AirPods will sell for $249 at best. ”
In addition, there has been news that AirPods Pro 2 wireless headphones will adopt a new design scheme, more compact; it is expected to be equipped with a new wireless chip, equipped with motion sensors, support for audio-related functions such as active noise cancellation, and endurance may also be improved; the AirPods Pro charging case will also be improved, that is, it can produce sound (to help users find devices) and have a certain waterproof function.
The new generation snapdragon 7 platform specifications are exposed
Using a 4nm process, it is inferior to the Snapdragon 870
This year, Qualcomm released a new generation of Snapdragon 8 processors, but due to high power consumption and serious problems of heat generation, the desired results were not achieved. Not long ago, in addition to releasing the flagship Tianji 9000 processor, MediaTek also released the Tianji 8000 series processor, positioning the high-end Tianji 8000 series processor, but received good market feedback.
In addition to the Snapdragon 8 series flagship processor, Qualcomm also has a high-end Snapdragon 7 series processor. Today, according to @Digital Chat Station, the new generation of Snapdragon 7 processor uses a 4nm process, the CPU is composed of 4 large-core A710 and 4 small-core A510, the large-core CPU frequency is 2.36GHz, the small-core CPU frequency is 1.8GHz, and the GPU uses Adreno 662.
From the perspective of the parameters of the processor, the performance of the Snapdragon 7 processor is inferior to the Snapdragon 870, which should be an upgraded iteration of the Snapdragon 778G, but due to the use of 4nm process technology, it may be better in power consumption. The blogger also said that at present, it is a software detection parameter, the process is uncertain but the probability is Samsung, for reference only does not represent the official specifications. Xiaomi will continue to debut this 4nm chip, and the model with a high probability of starting is the Xiaomi Civi 2 generation mobile phone.
Microsoft officially announced several new features of Windows 11
File Explorer will support tabs
At the hybrid work launch event on the evening of April 5, Microsoft confirmed a wave of new features that will be brought to Windows 11 systems. Although some of them have already been launched in the beta version, this statement means that these features will not have a beginning and an end, and will appear in the official version.
For enterprise users, Windows 11 will allow IT administrators to customize organization messages with Microsoft Endpoint Manager and allow organization messages to be sent to team members through the lock screen, desktop, or taskbar. Windows 365 Cloud PC service will also be deeply integrated with Windows 11, in addition to providing new native apps for Windows 365, users can use the Windows 365 Boot feature to directly choose to boot to Windows 365 Cloud PC at boot time, or you can quickly switch between local and cloud PCs through the virtual desktop function within the Windows 11 system.
For video conferencing, Windows 11 will be the first to build background noise reduction, voice highlighting and other functions on devices equipped with Qualcomm processors, and also support the automatic adjustment of line of sight position with the help of AI, bringing more natural and realistic eye contact effects during the meeting.
In addition, Microsoft also announced that it will bring full-screen widget support and tabbed explorer to Windows 11 at this event, but Microsoft did not announce the official launch time of tabbed explorer at this event.
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