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Apple Updates 'Apple Developer' App With New Video Features Ahead of Digital WWDC

Apple today updated its Apple Developer app to add new features related to video watching and sharing. The Apple Developer app was formerly known as the WWDC app, and it is where content from this year's digital WWDC event will be accessible to developers.

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Today's update introduces multiple playback speeds for watching videos, an option to interact with full video transcripts, and a feature for sharing stories from the Discover tab and viewing them on the web.

Thank you for your feedback. This release allows you to:
- Watch videos at multiple playback speeds.
- Interact with the full video transcripts.
- Share stories from the Discover tab and view them on the web.
You'll also see accessibility improvements, and other enhancements and bug fixes

Apple hasn't yet provided details on when its digital-only WWDC event will be held, but it will take place sometime in June with an online keynote event to unveil new versions of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS.

The Apple Developer app can be downloaded from the App Store for free. [Direct Link]

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80 months ago

Maybe Apple sensed I started a trial of Tidal yesterday ;) I just wish Music wasn't so buggy on my iMac. Off topic sorry, but for weeks it would not show me new music.
What does the WWDC app have to do with music?
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