April, 2021 — Apple Event

April, 2021 — Apple Event

Introducing the new iMac, iPad Pro, iPhone 12 in purple, AirTag, and Apple TV 4K.

At the first Apple event of 2021, the brand new iPad Pro and many renewed products and technologies were introduced. I convey these to you with their important details.

Apple Card

It seems Apple hasn’t forgotten its own card.

  • Apple Card will allow spouses and partners to share and merge their credit lines.
  • Anyone can use Apple Card from your family over the age of thirteen, which is called Apple Card Family.

Apple Podcasts

Fully new designed app.

  • A new interface for show and episode.
  • Channels, for finding new shows from creators. Besides that, users get recommendations for exploring new channels or creators.
  • Users can listen ad-free, special episodes, early access with Apple Podcasts Subscriptions.

AirTag

The new way to find your lost item.

  • The new Find My comes with end-to-end encryption and an anonymous network. This means you can locate your missing Apple device even offline.
  • With AirTag, users can locate their third-party lost items by Find My app. AirTag uses Find My network, iPhone can keep track of your lost item.
  • Every user can participate without sharing a location by Find My network.
  • AirTag includes safety features which are, unwanted tag detection, rotating identifiers, and audible alerts.

Apple TV 4K (Next Generation)

A whole new 4K technology.

  • Now built with A12 Bionic.
  • Apple TV 4K already supports HDR. Now with A12, can play HDR in high frame rates.
  • With iPhone, users already can record in Dolby Vision at 60 frames per second. With the new Apple TV 4K, AirPlay supports high frame rate HDR.
  • Users can improve their TV’s picture quality with the Color Balance feature, using an iPhone.
  • Siri Remote fully new designed. Circular gesture for jog control, new clickpad with five-way navigation, and entire clickpad with touch.

iMac

New, beautiful, redesigned computer with M1.

  • Now iMac built on M1. With this change, iMac getting thinner. In typical use, iMac stays under 10 dB, that sound equivalent to breathing.
  • New 24 inch 4.5K display. With P3 wide gamut, 500 nit brightness, and TrueTone, the display getting better even before.
  • iMac includes 1080p FaceTime HD camera. Larger sensors help the camera perform well in low light.
  • iMac’s camera is paired with M1’s image signal processor. This work upgrades image quality. So, that is the best camera ever in iMac.
  • Besides those new features, iMac has a studio-quality three-mic array. Mics ignore background noises, with this, users have a more natural and clear voice.
  • Apple has leveled up iMac sound system. iMac has six-speaker sound system. This means, users now have the best sound system on their iMacs even before.
  • In apps like Xcode, Lightroom, and iMovie, iMac has an 85% faster CPU. Users can compile apps in Xcode very fast, easily work with 100-megapixel photos in Lightroom, and export projects faster than ever in iMovie.
  • There is 2x faster GPU in like apps Photoshop, which means, iMac users can do edit renders in real-time with Affinity, quick transform a picture to oil painting with Photoshop, and in Final Cut Pro, edit five streams of 4K footage or one stream of 8K footage without losing frame.
  • ML is 3x faster.
  • iMac can run iPhone or iPad apps without breaking.
  • With iCloud, getting easier use to iPhone and iMac together. Your calls or texts appear right in iMac. Users can finish the e-mail on iMac where left of.
  • Ethernet can be connected to adapter.

The first Touch ID in iMac ever. This Touch ID directly communicates to Secure Enclave for creating encrypted channel to safe wireless communication for Touch ID.

‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏iPad Pro

iPad Pro getting stronger.

  • Now, iPad Pro has an M1 processor. This new iPad Pro has 50% faster CPU than the previous iPad Pro. Also when compared with the first-generation iPad, M1 has 75x faster CPU performance.
  • iPad Pro delivers 40% faster graphics performance. Again, when compared with first-generation iPad, delivers 1500x faster GPU performance.
  • Users can play games with console-quality graphics at high frame rates. Also includes 4-speaker and ProMotion display. Besides those newest technologies, supports latest PlayStation or Xbox controllers.
  • iPad Pro has all-day battery range. Among that features, users can access their contents faster. iPad Pro comes with 2x faster storage. Storage up to 2TB.
  • Thunderbolt added, that supports USB 4 well. This new Thunderbolt port allows 4x more bandwidth with 40 gigabits per second. Thunderbolt also enables big ecosystem of super performance accessories like super fast storage, Pro Display XDR.
  • 5G has been added to iPad Pro, that means users can communicate within ultrafast wireless connections. There no limit with 5G.
  • 5G enables 3.5 gigabits per second download speed. In the US, iPad Pro supports milimeter wave, this is high frequency version of 5G. With this, iPad Pro can reach 4 gigabits per second download speed.
  • With the Image Signal Processor, iPad Pro gets Smart HDR 3, here ISP and Neural Engine work together to adjusting color, contrast, and noise of photo. In low light, ISP and LiDAR scanner works together for focusing images and videos.
  • iPad Pro also has been got TrueDepth camera. This technology enables instant unlock with Face ID. Besides that, it has new Ultra-Wide camera with 122-degree field of view, specially designed for only iPad.
  • Center Stage, comes beside new Ultra-Wide camera. Center Stage uses Ultra-Wide camera and machine learning to determine the user and keeps the face in the center of the view. Also this technology recognize others when joins the view.
  • New Liquid Retina XDR delivers 1000-nits brightness with 1600-nits peak brightness. This new display technology has 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio.
  • Mini-LED technology, it 120-times smaller in volume than previous design. In new iPad Pro, display includes over 10,000 Mini-LEDs, which enables XDR level brightness. The lights shaped by series of thin, optical films and diffusers.

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