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2023 WWDC Rickies

4th September 2024 at 4:47pm

▶️ Episodes

🥇 Regular Picks

Host	Pick	Score
Federico	Regular	"The Health app gets mood tracking and an iPad version"	1
Myke	Regular	"The headset is unveiled"	1
	Indeed, this pick has been made a few times, but the only one Myke is ineligible to pick is his much more detailed and already incorrect annual pick. Federico makes some implausible claims about his involvement in the development of the headset.
Stephen	Regular	"Apple will announce a 15-inch MacBook Air"	1
Federico	Regular	"Apple introduces a brand new journaling app"	1
	Not graded: "location features for friends, ability to take notes and attach images, maybe integration with Music?"
Myke	Regular	"watchOS 10 gets widgets"	1
	Was originally "A widget-like interface comes to the Apple Watch" before some workshopping.
Stephen	Regular	"The phrase "one more thing" will be used before the headset is announced"	1

⚠️ Risky Picks

Host	Pick	Score
Federico	Risky	"The next version of iPadOS will introduce a brand new audio routing system, with support for selecting different input sources, similar to macOS..."	-1
	"... This feature will finally allow podcasters like me to record local audio while also being on a FaceTime or Zoom call (assuming apps add support for it)." And there's even more that isn't graded: "Devices that do not require drivers will work out of the box, like in macOS. I think the Sounds page of Settings will be redesigned." Federico guesses that this is his longest-ever Risky Pick, and he's right, this is in fact his longest ever pick period, beating out this one from earlier the same year.
Myke	Risky	"Apple introduces a Copilot-like feature for Xcode powered by AI/ML"	-1
	Not graded: "A feature in Xcode that uses AI/ML to suggest how to improve your code or solve common problems. It will most likely live in a sidebar and will probably be a Beta feature."
Stephen	Risky	"The announced price of the headset will be less than $2,500"	-1

🏆 Scores

Stephen: 1
Federico: 1
Myke: 1

As in 2019, it's a 3 way tie. Once again, a "knockout" method is used to resolve it, and once again Stephen is the victor.

💪 Flexie Picks

Host	Pick	Score
Myke	Flexie	"The iPadOS cursor appears to be repurposed for using iPad apps in VR"	1
	It wasn't obvious from the keynote, but later session information showed that when connected to a trackpad, visionOS indeed uses an almost exact clone of the iPad cursor.
Myke	Flexie	"No Mac Pro teaser video"	1
	It wasn't teased, it was outright announced, so that's a point. Myke's risky pick from last year turns out to have been almost dead on.
Myke	Flexie	"We do not know what the price of the headset will be"	0
Myke	Flexie	"The headset portion of the keynote lasts over an hour"	0
Myke	Flexie	"tvOS is not covered in the keynote"	0
Federico	Flexie	"The Messages app gets an easier way to send photos that does not require tapping an iMessage app anymore"	1
Federico	Flexie	"Stage Manager for iPad gets support for clamshell mode with external displays"	0
Federico	Flexie	"The next version of macOS is called Skyline"	0
Federico	Flexie	"We see at least one new Dynamic Island feature"	1
Federico	Flexie	"The Wallet app gets a new design"	0
	Apparently left unfinished in the document, this was originally just "The Wallet app."
Federico	Flexie	"Some new Shortcuts features get covered in the State of the Union"	1
	Single-action app Shortcut items now appear in Spotlight, among other "app intents" features.
Federico	Flexie	"The next version of iOS brings at least one new AirPods-related feature"	1
	Adaptive audio was introduced.
Stephen	Flexie	"The keynote video runs over 2 hours"	1
Stephen	Flexie	"The 15-inch MacBook Air will be powered by an M3"	0
Stephen	Flexie	"Apple reframes an existing feature as being powered by "AI""	0
Stephen	Flexie	"Jeff Williams has a major role in introducing the headset"	0
	Was originally Kevin Lynch until Myke, ever the sportsman, pointed out that Lynch is supposedly on the car project, not the headset.
Stephen	Flexie	"iPadOS 17 gains Lock Screen customization"	1
Stephen	Flexie	"We see a Mac Pro preview"	1
	Ultimately it was both a preview and not a teaser... apparently.
Stephen	Flexie	"The next version of macOS is not called Skyline"	1

💸 Flexie Scores

Federico: 57.1% (4/7)
Stephen: 57.1% (4/7)
Myke: 40.0% (2/5)

Another coin flip, with Federico as the victor. Myke donates $75 to the ASPCA.