Celebrating a decade of Continuity on Apple devices becauseit’s better together

At its 2014 Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple teased a new programming language called Swift, several new features for its devices and something special… something every tech company today is trying to achieve – Continuity across devices.

After all, it’s better together… like all that experience of limerence on Valentine’s Day.

Continuity comprises a slew of features that show off the power of Apple’s tight hardware and software ecosystem. Of course, it’s best seen when you work across a bunch of Apple devices.

Let me give you an example – Continuity camera. If you want to improve video quality during calls over FaceTime, Webex or Zoom, the camera on the iPhone is the best device. All you have to do is lock your iPhone, keep it horizontal and steady behind your display using a mount or a pile of books, and suddenly you have a high-quality camera. Basically, you can use your iPhone as a web camera for any Mac using the Continuity camera function.

It brings us to Handoff, which lets you seamlessly continue your work across devices. So you start doing something on your Mac, you open your iPhone, you go to the multitasking screen, and you can tap on a little bubble and whatever you are writing, you can keep at it on your phone. Or, if you’re reading an article on your phone and you sit down at your Mac… you’ll see an extra Safari icon on the right side of the dock. Click it and it’ll instantly bring up the same window.