I’m incredibly excited! I’ll be watching with one of my best friends, Adam, later. Really interested in how Apple approachs this new AI world we’re living in…

If you’re curious about what I’m hoping for, or want to see all of my WWDC24 coverage, here are links:

• My wishlist
• All WWDC24 coverage

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• A nice design refresh for iOS/iPadOS 18 — bring it more in line with the rest of the OS family! Both have felt more or less the same, or similar, since iOS 7. Shake it up!
• macOS Big Sur and later icons on iOS, PLEASE. iOS needs to feel less bland and flat.
• macOS 15 should be improvements focused, don’t cram too much new stuff in. Make battery and other performance improvements. Double down and do some summer cleaning!
• watchOS 11 could do with some improvements too. Battery improvements on older models, especially…

If there’s anything else, I’ll update this… but I don’t really care about the other platforms so much. So this what I really, really want! I’m watching the events with a friend on event day, and I couldn’t be more excited! Love WWDC, favourite time of the year!

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Joz from Apple said on Twitter tonight that “apps designed specifically for Vision Pro” have surpassed 1,000. The company previously said just a couple weeks ago that there were 600 when the product initially launched at the beginning of this month. [h/t to MacRumors]

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A few years ago, I discovered a weather app so sassy that I just had to have it. That app was CARROT. I got my friends on it and everything. We have a Discord channel dedicated to just sharing some of the unhinged crap the sentient app bot spits out at us. It has even spawned some absolutely hilarious inside jokes for my friends and I, too! We love it!

Well, the developer behind it has brought it to Apple Vision Pro, and it’s really nicely designed. It is worth checking out, even if you don’t have an Apple Vision Pro! It’s just that pretty!

Also, download CARROT. You won’t regret it. Such a good weather app!

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It’s true, Google wouldn’t do it, so Christian Selig (of Pixel Pals, and if you’re old enough to remember — Apollo — fame) did. He made a new YouTube app called Juno for the Apple Vision Pro.

It’s native and beautiful, too. Available now for $4.99 USD on the App Store.

Not an ad, just thrilled that my favorite developer is building more stuff. I’ve missed him!

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Just a heads up… Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says that “the first wave of non-curated” reviews for Apple Vision Pro will release tomorrow, since the headset launches on the 2nd of February (Friday). I’m excited for the concept and how it potentially pushes the industry forward–though not the headset itself because of that price tag. That’ll get better as it ages, though!

I’m more curious how they’re going to show things from the headset–is there a way to screen record within visionOS? There’s a lot of questions I have as well about visionOS that I hope get answered in some of these reviews.

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