Of the big Apple events of the year, WWDC is the most reliable: In each of the past 16 Junes, like clockwork, Apple has held a big get-together for its developer partners and announced a raft of important software updates. The September iPhone launch and the March/April spring event seem almost unpredictable by comparison.
Over the following pages we list the major announcements (and some of the smaller titbits) you can expect to hear about at WWDC 2023 this June. Some of these – updates to the five big Apple operating systems, most obviously – are as predictable as the timing of the event. But we reckon Apple will spring a few surprises too.
We don’t yet know when WWDC 2023 will kick off, but 5 June is a strong possibility for when Apple will hold its opening keynote. We don’t know if it will have an audience – last year the event was pre-recorded but Apple allowed some developers and students to watch the keynote live at Apple Park – but the event