Apple continues to please with news on the eve of WWDC 2020. Yesterday, without any announcements or warnings, she updated the App Store Connect, the manager for working with iOS applications.

A trial is planned between the giants of the industry. Ubisoft has filed a lawsuit against Apple and Google. The reason for the quarrel was the game released by the App Store and Google Play — allegedly plagiarism from Rainbow Six: Siege.

In the search results of the App Store, you can again advertise games from Russian publishers. Apple has returned Russia to the list of countries with access to Search Ads.

The App Store will appear in 20 more countries. Eight of them are located in Africa, including Libya, Morocco and Congo. The store will also be launched in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Maldives. As a result, it will cover 175 states.

The coronavirus forced Apple to make allowances for iOS developers. They were given more time to migrate applications to the current iOS 13 SDK.

No meetings and personal communication in San Jose. The WWDC Developer Conference, traditionally the most important event of the year for any Apple developer, will not take place in the usual format. Due to the threats associated with the coronavirus, the Apple company decided to conduct it exclusively online.

Another cancellation due to coronavirus. Apple has abandoned the planned presentation of new smartphones. This is reported by Cult of Mac with reference to a source in the company.

To release the game in the Chinese App Store, it is now required to obtain a license from the State Administration for Press and Publications (SAPP). This became known at the beginning of the week. We asked Nekki, Playkot and Pixonic working in the Chinese market to comment on the situation.

China is tightening the nuts. Now the release and operation of the game in the Chinese App Store requires the permission of the State Administration for Press and Publications (SAPP).

From April 2020, the App Store will consider only games and applications with Xcode storyboards support for publication. Apple wants them to display correctly on any of its devices.

Of the 20 most downloaded games of the year, 14 are hyper-casual. Including Polysphere. The development of the Belarusian Playgendary turned out to be in sixth place in the world by downloads from the App Store at the end of the year.

On the eve of Christmas and New Year’s holidays, Apple summed up the results of the year. She published a list of games that she considers the best in the outgoing 2019.

Apple Company is working on products with augmented reality. In 2022, Apple may introduce an AR headset. A year later — AR glasses.

Recently, Apple has significantly reduced the number of ratings in its mobile app store. We are talking about the removal of 22 million reviews.

This week Apple released Catalina, the newest version of macOS. With it, Apple Arcade appeared on Mac, but 32-bit support disappeared.

Apple has acquired the British startup IKinema. He specializes in motion capture and animation, as well as AR/VR gaming technologies.

At least for third-party observers, Apple’s new gaming service lacks transparency. None of the Apple Arcade games are tracked by analytics services.

Yesterday, September 19, the official launch of the Apple Arcade service took place. Here’s what the media that tested it say about him.

At the presentation of the iPhone 11, Pascal’s Wager was announced. It was presented by Yang Yang, the founder of TipsWorks. He opened his studio with the funds he collected for a kidney transplant.