Apple SVP Greg “Joz” Joswiak just confirmed via the social media platform formerly often known as Twitter that the corporate’s annual World Wide Developer Conference is about for June 10–14. In what’s little doubt a nod to the corporate’s artificial intelligence ambitions, the exec is promising that the event will probably be “Absolutely Incredible.”
Because the name “D” in WWDC suggests, the event is heavily focused on developers for Apple’s various operating systems. The event, which has most recently been held on the Steve Jobs Theater on the corporate’s Cupertino campus, features several days of panels and workshops focused on its various ecosystems. The event also serves as a launching pad for said ecosystems. Anticipate big announcements around iOS and iPadOS 18, macOS 15 and watchOS 11, amongst others.
Seeing as how this 12 months’s show will mark one 12 months for the reason that Vision Pro was announced, I’d anticipate a LOT of latest developers across the headset and its visionOS operating system. Updates to Apple Silicon and, perhaps, recent Macs seem pretty likely as well.
But Apple’s AI plans will almost actually take center stage on the show this trip. Responding to questions on the corporate’s plans to meet up with generative AI offerings from top competitors like Microsoft and Google on its most up-to-date earnings call, CEO Tim Cook promised “groundbreaking innovation” set to be announced later this 12 months. WWDC looks like the more than likely platform for such an announcement — and, perhaps, details on a rumored Google Gemini partnership for the iPhone.
Joz’s sneaky backronym will little doubt only further speculation.
Additional rumors have pointed to iOS 18 potentially being “the most important” update within the operating system’s long history. Fairly than simply leaning into generative AI and being done with it, nevertheless, reports point to “AI tools that help manage your day by day life.”
Definitely the notion of the AI smartphone isn’t Apple specific. Samsung leaned heavily into the concept earlier this 12 months with the launch of its Galaxy S24 line, which also relied on Google’s Gemini efforts. The next month, Apple claimed that the brand new M3-powered MacBook Airs are the “World’s Best Consumer Laptop for AI,” mostly because of the neural processing units included in its first-party SoCs.
Apple adds, “Developers and students can have the chance to have a good time in person at a special event at Apple Park on opening day.” This is probably going a reference to the news-filled keynote that traditionally kicks off the show. In fact, things remain dramatically scaled down for the reason that pre-pandemic days on the San Jose Convention Center.
As ever, the event will include a small cohort of “winners,” 50 of whom will probably be invited to the in-person event in Cupertino. The event follows soon after Google I/O (May 14–15) and Microsoft Construct (May 21–24).
The announcement arrives lower than every week after the Department of Justice announced that it’s suing the hardware giant over claims of monopolistic practices surrounding the iPhone.
