As we approach a critical date on the tech industry’s calendar, the horizon where Apple’s ‘leadership in innovation’ can be glimpsed is coming into view. At the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC 2024), set to begin at 6am on 10 June, tech enthusiasts and aficionados alike will learn the latest software developments driving Apple’s creativity and the ‘exciting’ developer community behind it.
Whether you want to savour every moment of an Apple keynote, or you’re heading out and only want to catch the highlights, multiple streams are available – both on Apple’s event page and on YouTube (which is likely to be delayed by a few minutes). This opening ritual is, after all, a means of revealing what’s new in iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS – and now also the teased visionOS.
Apple has already dealt with criticism over its apparent lag behind giants such as Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI in the generative AI race. Now, under the direction of Tim Cook, at WWDC 2024 in the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, Apple promises to reset its AI narrative to address these criticisms and compete in the space. Whispers of an alliance with OpenAI and the creation of ‘Apple Intelligence’ promise excitement and give us a glimpse into a renewed Apple ready to tackle the AI challenge.
Historically, the announcements we’ve come to expect at WWDC have been software-focused, but Apple has been toying with our expectations as of late – flirting with hardware announcements to great acclaim after the success of Apple Silicon and Vision Pro. But, among all the noise, rumours suggest we’ll be getting the quietest of years for hardware news. This tactical pause signals a new determination to rein in hardware dreams and return to the glory of software dominance with iOS 18 and macOS 15 stealing the show.
iOS 18 is a lighthouse for Apple’s software innovation to shine on but, introducing macOS 15 as ‘design reinvented’, calcs on the iPhone are fundamentally not the same app anymore As summarised by Apple, and as expected, AI is ‘everywhere’, woven throughout iOS 18 and welcoming ‘a new generation of advanced user experiences’.
The release of macOS 15 will integrate aesthetics and function in a beautiful, intuitive interface designed for the way we use things today. This shift in design philosophy will go far beyond window dressing, embedding AI features throughout the operating system, so that macOS will continue to define the industry for imaginative, user-centred technologies.
As TechCrunch prepares to bring live coverage from the beating heart of Apple Park, the tech world awaits one of the biggest events of the year, the one proclaimed to be ‘Apple’s most important event of the year’: WWDC 2024 And WWDC 2024 is not just a conference, it’s testimony to the fact that Apple’s tight grip on the highest echelons of designing and manufacturing world-class consumer electronics and software has never been stronger – driven by the developers, and the experience of making, that sit at the heart of Apple’s businesses.
Apple Inc. is a company driven by innovation, ingenuity and the pursuit of perfection. From its very beginning, Apple has revolutionalised the world of tech by providing products and services that embody the principles of simplicity, beauty and utility. WWDC 2024 isn’t just a show where Apple will announce new products and new software, devices and services, it is a celebration of what drives the tech company, because Apple continues to be the company that uses technology to influence most of our lives, by making technology that is intuitive, responsive and simple, and ultimately empowering. As we look forward to WWDC 2024 and beyond Apple finds itself in an interesting place as a tech company, standing on the cusp of tomorrow tomorrow, shaping the future of the world one innovation at a time.
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