Apple held its annual WWDC event this week. Announcements were mostly about incremental improvements - including new versions of MacOS, iOS, WatchOs, TVOS - and the usual updates to hardware. There was a big redesign for the App Store, and this version of MacOS - High Sierra, comes with virtual reality capabilities. The unsurprising surprise reveal was the Siri-enabled smart speaker, the HomePod. Tim Cook & co. seem to be pitching the device around music initially, rather than an AI assistant or home controller. It looks quite nice though. Read the rest of this week's tech news roundup here. |