Despite the containment measures that force most Apple engineers to work from home, the manufacturer has not frozen the development of future products. According to Bloomberg, new versions of HomePod, Apple TV, MacBook Pro, iPad (entry level), Apple Watch and iMac are still in the pipes and planned for this year. And the 2020 batch of the iPhone should indeed come out of the Cupertino oven this fall as every year, which contradicts rumors of a launch pushed back to Greek calendars.
In the San Francisco Bay Area, movement restrictions are in effect until May 1. What does not make things easier, the culture of secrecy in force at Apple strongly complicating telework. Communication between Apple Park employees is provided by FaceTime, Slack, Jabber (Cisco) or WebEx, while file sharing takes place in the home, Quip (Salesforce) and Box applications.
It is impossible to take a future device with you unless you get the green light from a vice-president, a measure which can be understood (even in less daring companies), but which can block or slow down certain developments. For Apple, considering the possibility of letting an employee go home with a prototype is already exceptional! Working on future operating systems also requires the management of a big boss. Despite everything, the usual calendar should be respected: in June, during WWDC only online, Apple will unveil its new OSes, according to the site. Confinement or not, Apple intends to continue its activities.
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