Apple SVP Greg “Joz” Joswiak confirmed via the social media platform formerly known as Twitter that the company’s annual World Wide Developer Conference will be held June 10-14. . It's definitely a nod to the company's artificial intelligence ambitions, with executives promising the event will be “absolutely incredible.”
As the name “D” in WWDC suggests, this event focuses on developers of Apple's various operating systems. The event, recently held at the Steve Jobs Theater on the company's Cupertino campus, features several days of panels and workshops focused on various ecosystems. This event also serves as the starting point for the aforementioned ecosystem. Among other things, we can expect big announcements regarding iOS and his iPadOS 18, MacOS 15, and WatchOS 11.
Given that this year's show marks one year since the Vision Pro announcement, we expect to see a number of new developers on the headset and its VisionOS operating system. It seems very likely that we'll see an Apple Silicon update, and perhaps a new Mac as well.
But Apple's AI plans are almost certain to take center stage at the show. During his latest earnings call, CEO Tim Cook answered a question about his plans to catch up with the generative AI products of competitors such as Microsoft and Google, highlighting “groundbreaking innovations” he plans to unveil later this year. promised. WWDC seems to be the most likely platform for such an announcement to take place, and perhaps details regarding his rumored partnership with Google Gemini for the iPhone will also be announced.
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Further rumors point to iOS 18 potentially being the “biggest” update in the operating system's long history.
The announcement comes less than a week after the Justice Department announced it would sue the hardware giant over allegations of monopolistic practices surrounding the iPhone.