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One more year, Apple is about to start its world developers conference, an annual event focused on programmers of the company's different platforms but in which it

also usually announces new products and the news

of its different operating systems.

The appointment, one more year, will be virtual although in this 2022 Apple will allow some developers to

go in person to Apple Park

, its campus in the Californian city of Cupertino, to see the inaugural speech and the new center for developers that the company has built in The enclosure.

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WWDC is first and foremost a

software

-focused conference , but new features in the operating system may hint at where

the company's product strategy is headed.

One bet that seems safe is that Apple will take advantage of the conference to make the

iPad experience more complete

.

According to

Bloomberg

, the company plans a new interface for the simultaneous use of apps on the tablet, with more options when it comes to changing the size of the windows of the different applications on the screen.

The iOS operating system, which gives life to the iPhone, will also have some new features, including a new lock screen.

Rumors suggest that a new feature of the most advanced iPhone this year will be the possibility of having

the screen always on to show the time or notifications

, something that some Android phones or the Apple Watch already do, but that Apple has not yet built into your phones.

The company is also ready to show off new app designs on both macOS -the operating system of its computers- and iOS.

new macs

Apple doesn't always launch new devices during WWDC, but it looks like it will this year.

Two new

hardware

products are expected by the middle of the year

and this could be the event to present them.

One of them is an expected renewal of the MacBook Air, the company's best-selling laptop

, and which would be the ambassador of the new generation of M2 processors.

Apple officially announced the M1 processor in November 2020, but at that year's WWDC, held in June, it already advanced its intention to bring its own processors based on the ARM architecture to Macs. The transition has gone very well, with a first generation of machines that has stood out for its

great power and low consumption

.

In addition to the Macbook Air, Apple could also present the first Mac Pro equipped with the company's processors - it is the

only equipment in the current catalog that still uses Intel processors

- or a new model of the Mac Mini more powerful.

Virtual reality

The big unknown this year is whether Apple will use WWDC to telegraph to developers (or directly announce to the general public) its

next steps in augmented

reality and virtual reality.

For years it has been known that the company is working on

augmented reality glasses

, capable of superimposing digital elements on the field of vision.

The first generation of these glasses could see the light at the end of this year or the beginning of 2023, according to several analysts.

But if Apple finally jumps into this market, it

will need to have games and apps ready to download

to the new headset, and that means putting the tools in the hands of its developers to create great experiences.

A few months ago, a company that could be a subsidiary of Apple registered the

RealityOS

brand and the term has also appeared revered in the code of some of its platforms.

There is a good chance that this will be the name that ends up having the company's augmented reality platform, which would complement iOS, watchOS, iPad OS, tvOS and macOS and could be formally announced next week.

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