How Apple Is Forging Deeper Connections Between Desktop and Mobile

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Noah Sterling
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How Apple Is Forging Deeper Connections Between Desktop and Mobile

In our latest Ask a Dev video, iOS engineer John McIntosh discusses how Continuity will work in iOS 8 and Yosemite.

Continuity is one of the biggest new features that Apple announced at this year's WWDC, and it gives a look into their entire product vision. For Mac OS fans, it’s reassuring to see Apple focus on integrating the desktop with mobile, rather than merging both into a single platform.

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From Handoff that will allow you to easily share documents between devices, to SMS and calls right from a Mac — Continuity looks to bring ease to the multi-device lifestyle.

At this point, Apple has only announced Continuity between Macs and iOS devices, but it’s easy to see how they could expand it in the future to support additional platforms like the AppleTV or even the rumored iWatch.

Check out the video above to learn more about connected devices, and don't forget to subscribe to our Ask a Dev YouTube channel.

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