Thanks, Tim. All right, let's dive right in.
For many of us, our iPhone has become indispensable.And at the heart of iPhone is iOS. iOS powers
the experiences we've come to rely on. This year, we were inspired to create even more meaningful
ways iPhone could help you. Our new release is iOS 15. It's packed with features that make the iOS
experience adapt to and complement that way you use iPhone, whether it's staying connected with
those who matter to you most, finding the space to focus without distraction, using intelligence
to discover the information you need, or exploring the world around you. Let's start off with
features that will let you stay connected in brand-new ways. In a year when figuring out how to
get face-to-face has felt more essential than ever, we've all found ourselves using video calling
for just about everything, and when it comes to making calls that are easy, spontaneous, and connect
us with the people who matter most, FaceTime is a standout. With its incredibly intuitive design
and end-to-end encryption since day one, FaceTime is how we catch up with friend around the world
and how we stay close to family members when we're apart. Enjoying these deeply personal moments
over video can bring so much joy, but it also has its challenges. When talking in person, our brain
process hundreds of social, auditory and visual cues. When talking on a video call, many of those
signals can get lost, leaving us feeling drained. So this year, we've set out to make FaceTime calls
feel more natural comfortable, and lifelike. First is a feature that makes FaceTime calls sound like
you're sitting in the very same room. We're bringing spatial audio to FaceTime, creating a sound
field that helps conversations flow as easily as they do face-to-face. Now your friends' voices are
spread out to sound like they're coming from the direction in which they're positioned on the video
call, making your calls more comfortable and more natural. Next, let's talk about two powerful new
options for your microphone. The first is voice isolation. When you're on a FaceTime call, you mic
is picking up a cacophony of sound, so in voice isolation,machine learning distinguishes those
sounds, blocks out the ambient noise, and prioritizes your voice so that it comes through crystal
clear. Check it out. Sometimes, though, we want every bit of sound to come through, and that's when
you switch to wide spectrum. In wide spectrum, your mic picks up an entire symphony's worth of
sound: your voice and everything around you. Next, let's turn to video. When you want to see every
face in the room, you can now turn on grid view, giving you another way to view your group
FaceTime calls. Here, you see people in the same size tiles, and you'll be able to clearly
identify who's speaking while seeing everyone else's reactions. And to make your FaceTime
video capture more beautiful than ever, we're introducing portrait mode, where we've taken
inspiration from iPhone's stunning portrait photos. In FaceTime, portrait mode blurs the
background and naturally puts the focus on you. Next, to help you schedule your FaceTime calls,
we've created FaceTime links. Now you can generate a link for a FaceTime call and share it anywhere.
It's a terrific way to plan ahead for a call. You can send the FaceTime link in places
like Messages, email, WhatsApp, or jump into Calendar and make an event for your FaceTime call
so everyone will know exactly where to meet and when. And it's not just Apple devices that can
use a FaceTime link to join your call. Your friends with Android and Windows devices can use
your FaceTime link to join the call right from their browser, and even on the web, FactTime
calls are still end-to-end encrypted, so your privacy is never compromised. Some of our favorit
ways to connect involve more than just talking, like getting together for a weekly movie night
or listening to an album with a friend that brings back amazing memories. We love enjoying shared
experiences, and so we built SharePlay. SharePlay is a powerful new set of features for shared
experiences that you can enjoy when you're on a FaceTime call. With SharePlay, you can bring music
into your call for a shared listening experience unlike any other, watch movies and TV shows while
having rich, real-time connection with your friends. And share your screen, giving you limitless
possibilities for bringing apps right into your FaceTime calls. Let me show you how this works,
starting with listening together. Say you're hanging out on a FaceTime, talking about a new album
that came out over the weekend. With SharePlay, you could bring that album right into the
conversation. When you're on a call, all you need to do is press play in Apple Music,
and you can choose to listen together. And like magic high quality music playback will start
in sync for everyone on the call, and you're still connected with FaceTime while listening.
Everyone on the call add songs to a shared queue, and shared playback controls let anyone
press play, pause,or jump to the next track. Now let's check out what it's like to watch together.
When you're on a FaceTime call, jump to streaming app and press play. And boom, you and your friends
are watching the same video totally in sync. SharePlay is unlike any other shared content experience
out there because it moves fluidly throughout the whole system. Maybe you want to order takeout
while you watch. Picture in Picture lets you see your friends and the video you're enjoying
together, and controls are always accessible with just a tap. And if the group wants to stay
connected with no interruptions to the video's sound, you can jump into Messages and keep the
conversation going there. And when the moment calls for a bigger screen, you can extend the video
to your Apple TV and watch it there while sharing the moment with your friends over FaceTime
on your iPhone. Even when you're using SharePlay across multiple devices, everyone will remain
in sync. We wanted to make sure you have a ton of incredible experiences to share in FaceTime,
so in addition to Apple Music and the TV app, SharePlay is designed to work with your other
favorite apps and streaming services. With an API built for easy adoption, developers can bring
their own apps right into FaceTime. And today, we're so pleased to announce that we're already
working with some incredible partners. Watch blockbuster movies with your friends on Disney+,
and hit TV shows on Hulu. Catch originals from HBO Max. And see your friends react live to
a buzzer-beater in the NBA app. Or a speed run on Twitch. Jump on TikTok to watch the funniest
videos of the week, learn a new skill with a friend on MasterClass, and so much more. Finally,
check out screen sharing. You can use it to browse Zillow listings live with your future roommates
or show off a tricky move in your favorite game. Screen sharing is also a simple and super effective
way to help someone out and answer questions right in the moment. And it works across Apple devices.
So that's SharePlay, a whole new way in FaceTime to connect and share experiences with the
people you love. Next, when it comes to staying connected throughout the day, our go-to is Messages,
and these days, so many of our conversations are inspired through sharing articles, photos,
and more. So this year, we're introducing great new ways to enjoy all of this amazing shared content
and the exchanges that follow. Here's Mindy to show you how it all works.