How To Watch Apple WWDC 2017 Event On Your Smartphone

Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference 2017 (WWDC 2017) will take place in San Jose from June 5-9 at 1 p.m. EDT Monday. The company is expected to make many new announcements at the event including the new version of iOS – iOS11, a new MacOS version, a new WatchOS version and even some hardware offerings such as a Siri-based smart speaker and a premium iPad 2 tablet.

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Live stream requirements: Unlike what happened in the past, you don’t need an Apple device to watch the event — you can live stream it on Microsoft Edge on any Windows PC. In case you want to live stream the event on an Apple device, you can do it on an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch with Safari on iOS 7.0 or a later version or on a Mac with Safari 6.0.5 or a later version and iOSX 10.8.5 or a later version. You can also live stream the event through Apple TV.

How to live stream: You can live stream the event by clicking on this link when it goes live at 1 p.m. EDT Monday.

WWDC 2017 is being eagerly anticipated mostly because of iOS 11. The new software update is expected to bring along features such as:

Improved 3D Touch: The operating system update is expected to let users make better use of Apple’s pressure-sensing technology. The functionality is currently used in a limited manner on iPhone 7 but is expected to have a wider application on Apple’s upcoming device the iPhone 8. The device is expected to have pressure sensitivity throughout its body and even have pressure-sensitive buttons instead of physical ones.

Kinect-like augmented reality based functionality: iOS 11 will prepare the ground for Apple’s upcoming iPhone 8 device. It is expected to have a 3D-sensing camera which will be used for both augmented reality-based gaming and facial recognition, similar to Microsoft’s Kinect technology, which detects motions and replicates the effects in virtual games.

No 32-bit support: iOS 11 is expected to end support for 32-bit applications, which would entail that software support for iPhone 5 and lower version would be cut off.

Improved Maps: Apple is expected to overhaul Apple Maps to keep competing with Google Maps. It could include improved navigation features such as inside views of buildings and improvements to car navigation.

Improved Siri: This is the biggest and the most awaited feature expected to be revealed at the event. Siri was the first conversational voice-assistant when it was unveiled back in 2011, but since last year, when artificial intelligence (AI) based voice assistants such as Google Assistant and Amazon’s Alexa were unveiled, it has lagged behind in terms of functionality. Many other companies including Apple’s major rival Samsung have come out with their own AI-based voice assistant and Siri seems to be left behind.

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Apple is expected to come out with a new version of Siri to keep in step with the competition. The new version of Siri is expected to have advanced machine-learning and AI-based features.