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The biggest day of the year for Apple fans is here. It’s WWDC day, where Apple is going to announce the next version of every software platform they have, and maybe a few new hardware products too.
While WWDC is technically a developers conference, it is still very consumer focused, at least in the opening keynote. Unlike Google’s developer conference, where it’s more of a hybrid of developer and consumer focused announcements.
This year, WWDC is still going to be mostly online. All sessions are going to be available online for free, and some press has been invited to the Apple Campus to watch the opening keynote.
You can watch the keynote here on YouTube, below. The event will kick off at 10AM PT or 1PM ET for those of us on the east coast.
What will be announced at WWDC 2023?
There’s a lot of rumors about what Apple will be announcing today. But we do know for sure that they will be announcing the next version of iOS, iPad OS, tvOS, WatchOS and macOS. iOS 17 is rumored to be a pretty small update this year, mostly fixing bugs that have plagued the system for years, as well as some user-requested features. There will also be a few apps coming to iOS 17 this year, like a new journaling app.
Now, on the hardware-front, we’re expecting to see a few hardware products here. Of course, the big one is the AR/VR headset which will be powered by xrOS. This is Apple’s first time launching a headset, so it’s set to be a big deal and likely a big part of this keynote this year. It’s rumored to be priced at $3,000. Which sounds crazy, but with leaks saying it will use micro-OLED displays that are 5,000 nits of brightness, that price doesn’t sound quite as crazy.
There’s more hardware coming too. Like a MacBook Air 15. This is basically a 15-inch version of the new 13-inch model that Apple announced last year at WWDC. It’s rumored to come with a M2 chipset, despite many expecting a M3. There could be other Macs announced too, like the Mac Studio and Mac Pro. These are less likely, though a new Mac Studio with new M2 Max chips have been seen in testing recently. So that’s a bit more likely than the Mac Pro.