Technology giant introduced iOS 14 that includes a huge change in design • The company's CEO addressed the protests in the US and said: "We announced a black developer promotion program" • And there is a innovation that will greatly delight AirPods users

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Apple's annual developer event, WWDC, opened this evening (Monday) and the tech giant unveiled innovations in its line of hardware and software products - most notably a new version of iOS, the iPhone and iPad operating system - and hardware innovations in the form of a personal assistant, the Map app (less relevant to Israel). ), And the implementation of messages. For the first time ever, the event took place without an audience and went live to millions of viewers online following the Corona virus.

As every year, the event was also opened by Apple CEO Tim Cook, who accepted the job after Steve Jobs in 2011. In his remarks, Cook addressed protests against racism in the US following the murder of George Floyd by a police officer. "We need change. We are committed to being a force for change," he said. He added: "We recently announced a program for promoting black developers and we are seeing how the Corona is affecting the world."

Cook also addressed the spread of the Corona virus in the US, thanked the medical staff, and told of the company's assistance to state authorities. "Throughout history we have faced great challenges with great creativity and we have seen how our products help people around the world."

iOS 14

Among the plethora of updates introduced this evening, the update to the iPhone and iPad devices, iOS 14, was notable, and this time Apple seems to be focusing on changing the application interface and settings, refreshing menus, including adding requirements and requests received from its users in recent years. "This year we spent quite a bit of time thinking about some of the most iconic elements on the iPhone - the home screen," Cook said.

Since 2007, the day Steve Jobs stood on the stage and introduced the first iPhone, the iPhone operating system screen arrangement has hardly changed. Now, Apple has been able to rearrange apps and add widgets between apps on your iPhone and iPad, something that's been on Android devices for more than a decade.

And that's not all, tugging away at the last home screen will take you to a screen where you can see all your apps in a neat and bigger way by categories. The organization is done automatically, but you can also organize it manually. Another feature that has been addressed is the ability to view videos in the background while using the device, so you can change the video location and continue using the device.

And one of the last things we do today with the smartphone is to have phone calls. And since 2007, every time a call is received, it has completely taken over the screen of the device. Now, Apple is adding a feature that has been familiar to Android users long ago - an incoming call alert notification on the top bar of the device.

AirPods

Apple makes syncing between its devices smarter. If you have an iPhone, iPad and a bottle - the headphones will recognize that you opened the device and connect to it automatically, without having to do it manually. For this to happen, you will need to connect to your iCloud account on each device. The update is expected to arrive automatically in the coming days.

In addition, a new update to AirPods Pro will allow a higher sound experience. The headphones will use motion tracking to provide you with a more accurate sound experience.