Focus even includes a Do Not Disturb function to block all notifications except urgent exceptions. This mode allows users to specify what activity they are focusing on (e.g., Work, Sleep, or custom) and to isolate themselves and only receive notifications set for those activities. However, many of these solutions have reaching impacts on the work experience of these OSes.įor iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, Apple released updates to the style and intelligence of notifications with its new “Focus” capability.
While the enterprise-specific announcements came later in the week, the keynote primarily focused on consumer-first solutions. As is tradition, the week started with Tim Cook kicking off the keynote presentation with a quick handoff to Craig Federighi to discuss the highlight capabilities of iOS 15, iPadOS 15, macOS Monterey 12, AirPods, HomeKit and more. Virtual WWDC allows anyone to view any recorded session on-demand, including the Keynote and Platform State of the Union. Building on last year’s success of 25 million viewers, Apple elected to virtualize their Worldwide Developer Conference, commonly called WWDC, again in 2021.
