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This is an archive article published on June 14, 2016

Apple is making it easier to use its Apple TV

Apple's watch is getting an upgrade in September that will bring fitness tracking to wheelchair-bound users .

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Apple kicked off its annual software developer conference with new software features for its smartwatch and its streaming TV device, following a moment of reflection for the Sunday mass shooting in Orlando, Florida.

Saying that Apple offered its “deepest sympathies to everyone whose lives were touched by this violence,” CEO Tim Cook called the shooting a “senseless, unconscionable act of terrorism and hate aimed at dividing and destroying.”

He noted that Apple makes a point of celebrating its diversity, before asking the crowd to rise and take part in a moment of silence.

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As usual, Apple is using the conference to tout software improvements for iPhones, iPads, Mac computers and watches. An overhaul of its music service also could be in the mix. After Apple’s dust-up with the FBI earlier this year over iPhone security, it might also announce new security measures to protect users’ data.

Apple is making it easier to use its Apple TV set-top box as the new hub of a digital home. The new version of the tvOS system will enable you to sign in once to access multiple apps from various TV network providers. It’s also adding services like Dish’s Sling TV and Fox Sports Go.

Artificial intelligence, and Apple’s wisecracking digital assistant Siri, is starting to play a larger role in Apple’s future plans.

Apple’s watch, the company’s first new product since Cook replaced co-founder Steve Jobs in 2011, is getting an upgrade in September that will bring fitness tracking to wheelchair-bound users. The retooled watch software will include an “SOS” feature that will automatically call for help in emergencies and the ability to share exercise activities with other people. It will also launch software apps faster than before.

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On Monday, Apple announced that the voice-controlled assistant will work on Mac desktop and laptop computers, where it can locate files and perform other feats. Siri is also better integrated with Apple TV, where it will let you launch live TV viewing with voice command and search YouTube and the iTunes store for videos.

Apple will bring fitness tracking to wheelchair users in an upcoming Apple Watch update.

Among other things, it will prompt users to wheel themselves about–an equivalent to standing breaks. The efforts may boost the image of Apple’s smartwatch over stand-alone fitness trackers, though the target market isn’t huge.

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Apple partnered with two disability-fitness groups to help adapt distance and calorie formulas for wheelchairs.

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