WWDC 2025: Everything We Know

WWDC 2025 Overview

Apple's 36th annual Worldwide Developers Conference will begin on Monday, June 9, 2025, and will end on Friday, June 13. Apple plans to kick things off with a keynote event on Monday, June 9 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time.

WWDC 2025 will feature online sessions and labs so that developers worldwide can learn about the new software features and how to incorporate those features into their apps. Both the keynote and the online sessions will be available on the Apple Developer app, Apple website, and YouTube. WWDC has been a free, online event since 2020, and the format allows developers in many countries to interface with Apple engineers for app help.

While WWDC 2025 is an online event, Apple is planning a special in-person component for select developers, students, and members of the media. The in-person WWDC event will take place on June 9 at the Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California. Invited attendees will be able to watch the keynote and State of the Union at Apple Park, as well as meet with Apple employees. Current Apple Developer Program members, Apple Entrepreneur Camp alumni, prior Swift Student Challenge winners, and current Apple Developer Enterprise Program members were able to enter to attend the June 9 Apple Park event, and Apple selected participants through a random lottery.

WWDC provides developers and Apple customers with a first look at new versions of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS. Developers can attend engineering sessions, one-on-one labs, and participate in Apple Developer Forums, all with the aim of learning how to integrate new OS features into their apps. Apple's Developer app will serve as a one-stop hub for everything new that debuts at WWDC.

Every year, WWDC begins with a keynote event where Apple walks through all of the new software features and sometimes unveils new hardware. This year, we are expecting to see iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26, tvOS 26, watchOS 26, and visionOS 26. There is a possibility we could see new hardware such as the Mac Pro, but there are no rumors about new devices as of yet.

Apple always streams the WWDC keynote on Apple.com, the Apple Developer app, the Apple Developer website, the Apple TV, and YouTube.

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A Note on Naming

With this year's round of software updates, Apple is changing the way that it does numbering. The number that comes after the operating system name will reflect the upcoming "season," so the next-generation version of iOS will be iOS 26 because it will be available across 2025 and 2026.

Apple will use the year-based naming for all of its operating systems. So at WWDC, Apple is expected to unveil iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26, tvOS 26, watchOS 26, and tvOS 26.

Without this change, we would have been expecting iOS 19, iPadOS 19, macOS 16, tvOS 19, watchOS 12, and visionOS 3, all with different numbers that can be confusing to some Apple users. The synchronized numbering will make it easier to keep track of different operating system updates and their launch year, plus it is in line with rumors that Apple is introducing design changes that will better unify the look of its software for different platforms.

Software Announcements

Software is the main focus of WWDC, and iOS 26 will introduce significant design changes across the operating system, with iPadOS 19 and macOS 16 also set to get an updated look.

iOS 26 and iPadOS 26

iOS 19 and iPadOS 19 will "fundamentally change" the look of the operating system, introducing a more consistent cross-platform experience.

Apple will update the style of icons, menus, apps, windows, and system buttons, with plans to simplify navigation and control. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman described the design change as the biggest update to iOS since iOS 7.

Apple is loosely basing the new design on the Apple Vision Pro interface, which features round app icons with a lot of translucency for menus and other interface elements. We could see a glassy, floating design for buttons and other interface items, with Apple making tweaks across the operating system. Apps could see interface updates with more rounded button designs, icons could get overhauled to be more of a circular shape, and most apps could feature a pill-shaped bottom navigation bar.

Apple is working on an AI-based battery management feature to improve battery life across all iPhones, plus there could be new features for the AirPods, a new gaming app, and a revamped Health app with nutrition tracking and other options.

More on the updates expected for iOS 26 can be found in our iOS 26 roundup.

macOS 26

Like iOS 26 and iPadOS 26, macOS 26 will include an overhauled design with a new look for icons, menus, apps, and more. The new design will bring more consistency between macOS and iOS.

macOS 26 will include many of the same updates that are coming in iOS 26, such as a new gaming app and new features for the AirPods.

macOS 26 will have a new name based on a California landmark, though there's no hint yet at what name Apple might opt for. Back when Apple switched to California landmark names instead of big cats, the company trademarked a long list of options. Some of those names that have yet to be used include Condor, Diablo, Grizzly, Mammoth, Pacific, Redwood, Rincon, Tiburon, Shasta, and Skyline.

watchOS 26

watchOS 26 will include some visionOS-like design changes. The watchOS UI will be updated to match iOS 26, which is getting a refreshed look, but Apple is not planning for a complete design overhaul.

There will be some new interface elements inspired by visionOS, which emphasizes translucency, a glassy finish, subtle lighting effects, and rounded buttons. The Apple Watch is also set to get a new set of features that are "powered by Apple Intelligence," as the watch does not have the RAM or storage to support on-device Apple Intelligence options.

tvOS 26

tvOS 26 will feature some of the same design changes that are expected for iOS 26, with more translucent menus, buttons, and other interface elements, along with simplified app designs that put more focus on content.

Hardware Updates

There are no rumors of hardware updates at this point in time, but Apple has unveiled new Macs at WWDC in the past. The only Mac that could plausibly be unveiled at WWDC is a new Mac Pro. Most other Macs were already recently updated, and those that weren't, like the MacBook Pro, aren't set to get updates until later in 2025.

Past WWDC Events

WWDC 2024

With WWDC 2024, Apple introduced iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS 15 Sequoia, and the first Apple Intelligence features.

Apple Intelligence

iOS 18 and iPadOS 18

macOS Sequoia

WWDC 2023

WWDC 2023 brought our first look at the Vision Pro headset, new Mac Pro and Mac Studio machines with M2 Ultra chips, and iOS 17, macOS 14 Sonoma, tvOS 17, and watchOS 10.

WWDC 2022

At WWDC, Apple unveiled iOS 16, iPadOS 16, macOS 13 Ventura, tvOS 16, and watchOS 9, along with a new M2 MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro.

WWDC 2021

WWDC 2021 focused on software instead of hardware, with Apple introducing iOS 15, iPadOS 15, tvOS 15, macOS Monterey, and watchOS 8. Apple also introduced iCloud+, a suite of new privacy-focused features that are available for its paid iCloud plans, priced starting at $0.99 per month.

WWDC 2020

While WWDC 2020 also didn't see the introduction of any new hardware, there were significant operating system updates across Apple's platforms, and we also heard about Apple's long-rumored transition from Intel processors to Apple Silicon for its Mac lineup.

WWDC 2019

At WWDC 2019, Apple debuted new versions of iOS, iPadOS (now separate from iOS!), macOS, tvOS, and watchOS, all of which have a long list of new features, plus Apple gave us a peek at the new Mac Pro and 6K Apple Display.

WWDC 2018

At WWDC 2018, Apple made the following software and hardware announcements:

WWDC 2017

At WWDC 2017, Apple made the following software and hardware announcements:

WWDC 2016

At WWDC 2016, Apple made the following announcements:

WWDC 2015

At WWDC 2015, Apple unveiled the following services and software:

WWDC 2014

At WWDC 2014, Apple unveiled the following services and software:

WWDC 2025

Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference will take place June 9–13, 2025.