Read more about WWDC 2021: Apple to boost iPad features, privacy tools at developer event on Business Standard. The virtual event beginning Monday will also include software updates for the Mac, Apple Watch and Apple TV as well tools developers can use to build apps
Inc. will debut major software updates for the iPhone and iPad at its developers’ conference next week to an audience that has grown increasingly critical of the company’s App Store policies. The virtual event beginning Monday will also include software updates for the Mac, Watch and TV as well tools developers can use to build apps. The company plans to discuss new privacy protections for limiting data collection as well as health-tracking, notifications and messaging features. Executives also will promote significant improvements to iPad software, making the device more capable and appealing to more advanced users. This year’s conference arrives while Apple is facing criticism from some developers over its App Store policies. The controversy was highlighted by a three-week trial last month of a lawsuit filed by Epic Games Inc., which argued that the iPhone maker’s policies and revenue share of as much as 30 per cent are anticompetitive. Unhappy developers have grown more willing publicly to express discontent, Apple executives have been grilled by US lawmakers and companies such as Microsoft Corp.
