Buna tekrar hoş geldiniz Week in Apps, the Extra Crunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and the money that flows through it all.
Uygulama endüstrisi her zamanki gibi sıcak rekor 204'da 120 milyar indirme ve 2019 milyar dolar tüketici harcaması. İnsanlar artık harcama TV kullanarak rakip uygulamalar kullanarak günde üç saat 40 dakika. Uygulamalar sadece boştaki saatleri geçirmenin bir yolu değil, aynı zamanda büyük bir işletme. 2019'da, mobil ilk şirketlerin kombine Mobil odak noktası olmayanlardan 544 kat daha yüksek 6.5 milyar dolarlık değerleme.
Bu Extra Crunch serisinde, haftalık olarak yayınlanan uygulama dünyasından en son haberleri takip etmenize yardımcı oluyoruz.
This week we’re continuing to look at how the coronavirus outbreak is impacting the world of mobile applications. Notably, we saw the launch of the Apple/Google exposure-notification API with the latest version of iOS out this week. The pandemic is also inspiring other new apps and features, including upcoming additions to Apple’s Schoolwork, which focus on distance learning, as well as Facebook’s new Shops feature designed to help small business shift their operations online in the wake of physical retail closures.
Tinder, meanwhile, seems to be toying with the idea of pivoting to a global friend finder and online hangout in the wake of social distancing, with its test of a feature that allows users to match with others worldwide — meaning, with no intention of in-person dating.
COVID-19 apps in the news
- Fitbit app: The fitness tracker app launched a COVID-19 early detection study aimed at determining whether wearables can help detect COVID-19 or the flu. The study will ask volunteers questions about their health, including whether they had COVID-19, then pair that with activity data to see if there are any clues that could be used to build an early warning algorithm of sorts.
- U.K. contact-tracing app: Uygulama won’t be ready in mid-May as promised, as the government mulls the use of the Apple/Google API. In testing, the existing app drains the phone battery too quickly. In addition, researchers have recently identified seven security flaws in the app, which is currently being trialed on the Isle of Wight.
Apple launches iOS/iPadOS 13.5 with Face ID tweak and contact-tracing API
Apple this week released the latest version of iOS/iPadOS with two new features related to the pandemic. The first is an update to Face ID which will now be able to tell when the user is wearing a mask. In those cases, Face ID will instead switch to the Passcode field so you can type in your code to unlock your phone, or authenticate with apps like the App Store, Apple Books, Apple Pay, iTunes and others.
The other new feature is the launch of the exposure-notification API jointly developed by Apple and Google. The API allows for the development of apps from public health organizations and governments that can help determine if someone has been exposed by COVID-19. The apps that support the API have yet to launch, but some 22 countries have requested API access.
