iOS 12 to Focus on Digital Health, ARKit Enhancements
Jun. 1, 2018Apple is all set to host its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) next week and the company is expected to make aton of announcementsregarding its software ecosystem. We expect the company to reveal the next major updates for iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS, along with improvements for its digital assistant Siri.
While we can’t exactly be sure of the announcements Apple will make during the course of the event, a recentreportfromBloomberghighlights the changes coming to the company’s mobile operating system iOS. The report cites information divulged by people familiar with the company’s ongoing work on iOS 12 and suggests that this year’s iOS upgrade will focus on ARKit enhancements and an initiative called Digital Health.
Unlike previous software related announcements from the company, which focus on making Apple devices a more crucial part of a user’s everyday life, this year the company will focus on a series of tools to help users disconnect. The sources claim that Apple engineers have been working on the Digital Health initiative to help users monitor how much time they spend interacting with their devices and within certain applications. The details will be added to a menu within the Settings app on iOS 12 and the company expects users to utilize the information to adopt a healthier lifestyle.
Apple’s devices have been criticized for their addictive nature several times over the last few months and the company aims to help people efficiently tackle the ‘addiction‘ with the help of the Digital Health tools. It’s worth noting that Google also laid emphasis on similar tools during the I/O developer conference earlier in May, introducing a newDashboard for Android phoneswhich helps users monitor their interactions with the device and reminds them to take a break.
