and new health feature called healthkit. they also took the opportunity to jam the competition saying more customers are coming to apple. over one 130 million 100 30 million customers who bought an ios device in the past 12 months was buying their first apple device [applause] many of these customers were switchers from android. an android phone soughtake and then had a better experience and a better life. [laughter] iphonesded to check out and ios. threw a few punches at microsoft. new features aside, did apple hit a home run? our editor-at-large cory johnson is with us. we're also joined by one the leading authorities on apple, a senior research analyst and covering apple since 1995. also with us, brad stone. brad, i will start with you. how would you rate today's conference compared to prior years? >> there was no blockbuster hardware announcement so perhaps disappointing in that respect. it was a genuine developer of event. iosr advancements for 8. opening up aspects of the iphone, that touch id so any developer can come

homekit, healthkit, these are placeholders. in the fall, i think we will see those products. >> we will dig deeper into homekit and healthkit. gene, brad, cory, stick around. apple is the latest tech giant trying to help you stay healthy. also, the latest company getting in on the growing smart home field. we will look into apple's new features next. ♪ >> welcome back to "bloomberg west." if you are just joining us, we are talking about today's announcements from apple at the worldwide developers conference. cory johnson is still with me. also with me is gene munster and brad stone. let's talk a little more about what this means for apple's bottom line. they ended it slightly down in their shares today. what do these health and smart home initiatives -- what do they actually mean for apple's bottom line? >> this is laying the groundwork for the iwatch which will come out later this year. >> it will come out? >> i say they all but announced it today by coming out with this platform. i think the groundwork is there. let's assume

healthkit, a comprehensive health service that pulls all of the data from your fitness apps into onee spot. family sharing lets multiple users access the same itunes purchases. messages is getting a new keyboard and the ability to send audio and video messages. and the photos app will have more integration between devices. but one thing ios 8 won't do.... yep, its all over for the iphone 4. make room in your smartphone masoleum, ios 8 will only work on the iphone 4s and up. >> check out this front facing camera. >> we remember that old phone. it was a big deal. but it's all over for the i phone 4. a moment of silence for the i phone 4. not to be left out, samsung unveiled its latest gadget late sunday night. the samsung z runs on its new operating system called tizen. its their first phone to depart from google's android operating system. samsung says the new tizen platform is quicker and easier to use. and finally, if you always wanted your own render farm, pixar is here to help you out. the studio behind hits like toy story and monsters university will be offering its renderman 3d

apple also introduced two new apps of its own, healthkit is a new health monitoring app for your iphone or ipad which tracks your heart rate and sleep. it also connects with other health-related apps as well and then there's home kit. it allows iphone users to manage things inside their home including door locks, lights and garage doors. >>> four people were injured during a bike ride to raise money for aids research in california. it happened yesterday during the aids life cycle ride near highway 101 near moss landing in monterey county. 2300 cyclists participating in the ride from san francisco down to los angeles. the chp says the cyclists were hit by a truck driver who was turning into a gas station. >> make you to cause accident so it's really about being aware and responsible for you and others, the other people. >> event organizers say while none of the cyclists have life threatening injuries, two may require surgery. the cyclists are expected to continue south to pass pass robe -- paso robles today. >>> the tactics now being used to attract new officers to the force. >>> expect

a new health feature called healthkit. a new smart home developers feature called homekit.

it really didn't move the stock but we saw healthkit, a new app that will allow apple and mayo clinicur health date from other competitive apps. a family sharing plan. phone calls can be made across ipads and computers. they showed that off with a little phone call to dr. dre himself, hyping up that $3 billion deal we saw go through earlier this month with beats electronics. but what is so interesting tim cook took the stage and took a couple of shots at android, which by the way dominates 80% of the smartphone market. here is what he had to say? >> if you looked at a broader group, over a third of their customers are running a version of android from four years ago. that's like ancient history. [laughter] >> developers really liked new language that was made available to them, a new programing language which analysts are telling me will allow them to build more apps, more quickly for apple which is always good for the iphone market itself. and also, liz and dave, the star of the show, craig, the senior vice president of software engineering stole the show with the demos. really being

healthkit is a new health machine terring app -- monitoring app.lso connects with other health-related apps and homekit allows you to manage things inside your home, including door locks, lights and garage doors. >>> apple is quietly changing one of the company policies as well. it will let software developers convert transactions in their apps. it has not mentioned bitcoin by nail. but it does open the door. apple says all forms of digital money must comply with state and federal laws wherever the app can be used. >>> ollie screr stone is -- oliver stone is bringing the edward snowden story to the big screen. the author of the big will serve as a consultant on the film. it will explore how snowden found his values at odd with the government and went on to release documents detailing the nsa's spy programs. >>> dan marino is joining the concussion lawsuit against the nfl. the players joined 4500 others who previously accused the league of misleading the players about the dangers of concussions. the lawsuit alleges that the concussion could lead to