WWDC 2025 is nearing, with Apple’s opening keynote scheduled for Monday, June 9 at 10am PDT / 1pm EDT. The annual developer conference typically showcases updates to Apple’s software platforms, with iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26, watchOS 26, tvOS 26, and visionOS 26 expected to be revealed. The usual question looms: will Apple also announce new hardware?
Joe Rossignol for MacRumors:
The answer to that question is likely no. In his Power On newsletter last weekend, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman said that Apple has no major new devices ready to ship, so there might not be any hardware announcements at WWDC 2025.
Apple could still surprise us on the hardware front, of course, and Gurman did not explicitly rule out smaller device announcements.
WWDC is always focused on software, but there are hardware announcements at the conference in some years. Most recently, Apple unveiled the Vision Pro and updated three Mac models at WWDC 2023. In 2024, however, it was a software-only affair.
MacDailyNews Take: Of course, it’s a conference for developers, so it’s mostly, and often exclusively, about software.
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Apple can actually deliver on time and in its final form with no Alpha or Beta bs.
Unless the insane trade war has killed it, Apple and its thousands of suppliers could offer:
updates to the Mac Pro, making it a class leading workstation again
refreshed displays up to 36” size
a hundred long overdue improvements to iCloud
another hundred improvements to iWork, making it a serious competitor in the market
a return of Aperture, a proper pro photographer application
a new generation of Airport, offering a family of pods that offer serious internet security and local wireless storage (NAS) that just works AND IS CONTINUALLY UPDATED
announcements of partnerships with AI safety nonprofit organizations that vet all the crazy conflicted models that are being foisted on consumers
a simplified range of iPads in 3 sizes, (iPad Mini, iPad, and iPad Max), ditching the Air and Pro misnomers and standardizing display aspect ratios. Offered in a few colors and memory sizes, all OLED, and updated every few years as needed.
a partnership with schools to offer laptops to kids at cost, since federal underwriting of education has stupidly been slashed.
a partnership with leading automakers to build in Airpod functionality as an OPTION in vehicle security systems, which can significantly help recover any stolen vehicles globally
spell checking and multilanguage translation that actually works.
the announcement of a 50% off sale for RAM upgrades
announcement of a focused effort to reenter education, architecture, CAD, CAM, production, and medical industries with coat effective alternatives to Windows based products. Start by featuring other stuff besides games in the app stores, and stop incentivizing “in app purchases”. host a store fit for professionals