The second-biggest day in Apple’s calendar is nearly right here. On Monday, the annual WWDC occasion kicks off with a keynote presentation, the place all the main modifications to the corporate’s software program platforms will likely be introduced to watching app builders… and the world’s media. There might be just a few {hardware} surprises too.
Most individuals should wait till Monday to seek out out what Apple has in retailer for us. However Macworld readers can get that info proper now, because of sterling detective work from the individuals we pay to rifle by the trashcans at Apple Park. As soon as once more, they’ve provide you with an entire, albeit slightly coffee-stained draft of the script for the occasion, which we’re happy to publish right here.
From iOS 18 and macOS 15 Golden Gate to the way forward for AI, we’ve obtained all of the WWDC 2024 spoilers you would probably need. In different phrases, if you wish to be shocked, cease studying and watch the WWDC keynote reside at 10 am on Monday, June 10.
(For the avoidance of doubt, and to hopefully reduce the variety of indignant emails, this isn’t actual. The script under is a mix of educated guesses primarily based on leaks and previous habits, and foolish jokes primarily based on the mannerisms we’ve seen at Apple occasions. A few of this can become correct; some will likely be unsuitable. Please don’t take it too significantly.)
Introduction
09:57 am PT: The pre-stream begins. Struggling to call the musical accompaniment? It’s, after all, the toe-tapping pop hit “Platitude Queen” by Mrs Boothroyd’s Vacation Dancer. (By the way in which, Apple has already launched a WWDC 2024 playlist.)
10:00: Right here we go. The video stream is beginning! And the digital camera zooms by the sky earlier than alighting within the grassy bit within the heart of Apple Park the place Tim Cook dinner stands like an affable android.
10:01: Cook dinner needs us a great morning and guarantees every week of “innovation and braveness in service of the consumer expertise going ahead.” He says Apple has a historical past of constructing nice merchandise and that is underpinned by nice software program. We’re going to be speaking in regards to the iPhone, the iPad, the Apple Watch, and the Mac. (Unhappy faces among the many Apple TV fandom.)
10:03: “Synergy means innovation and safety going ahead,” says Cook dinner, bafflingly, earlier than including that know-how should be for people, not merely for revenue. Apple, he says, is conscious of the stress to ship on the AI hype, however will solely accomplish that if it makes the world a greater place.
iOS 18 and iPadOS 18
10:05: Cook dinner tosses it over to Craig Federighi to speak about “The largest leap in iOS. Ever.” Federighi is dressed up because the Terminator and rides onto the digital set on a motorcycle. It’s time to speak about iOS 18.
10:07: Federighi begins by making it clear that Apple has been a pacesetter in AI for years already, after which says AI goes to take iOS to the following degree. The buzzwords are: Private, Personal, Highly effective.
10:08: “And all of it begins with Siri.” Federighi reminds everybody how Apple was first with an AI assistant and launches into an instance of how the all-new Siri was “constructed from the bottom up” to be extra highly effective, private, and personal than ever earlier than. Siri will be capable of carry out all kinds of widespread duties or reply to requests for info, showcasing a way more pure conversational circulate and human-sounding vocal model.
10:10: John Giannandrea is launched to speak about all of the work Apple does on AI. He describes the AI {hardware} in most Apple gadgets and the large cloud infrastructure they’re constructing to maintain your knowledge safe. He explains that many Siri requests are dealt with solely on-device, however “for extra advanced requests” the corporate has particular cloud servers with a course of to maintain every thing safe and personal, even from Apple itself. “It’s probably the most personal and safe cloud processing on the earth,” he says.
10:14: Apple publicizes a partnership with ChatGPT to convey “its most superior mannequin” natively to iOS, to reinforce Siri’s superior privateness options.
10:15: AI goes to permeate Apple’s apps and companies, and the primary instance is Messages. Apple reminds us that iMessage is probably the most safe and personal strategy to message, and introduces new AI options: customized emoji primarily based on what you sort, and new auto-reply and auto-complete options which are primarily based in your prior messages, so that they sound extra such as you.
10:18: Subsequent up is Photographs, the place Apple reminds us (or makes an attempt to steer us) that it has been a pacesetter in AI for years. New generative AI options embody the power to take away background objects with only a faucet or to take a photograph and alter its model–cartoon, portray, and so forth.
10:22: Apple says AI is barely necessary if it will possibly enable you actually get stuff accomplished. An instance is Notes, the place now you can make voice recordings and so they’ll be transcribed by AI. One other is Apple Music, the place a brand new Sensible DJ characteristic appears at your track playback historical past, location, time of day, and extra to place collectively the proper combine for you. It runs solely on-device, too.
10:25: Safari will get its personal breakout part, exhibiting off new options to robotically summarize internet pages, an AI-powered search assistant, and a “magic eraser” that may take away elements of internet pages each time you go to them.
10:28: iOS 18 goes to be “probably the most private iOS ever” as Apple demonstrates a extra customizable house display, Management Middle, and lock display. Extra methods to make your iPhone really yours.
10:31: The “private, personal, highly effective” message extends to the brand new CarPlay, which was already introduced (and promised by the tip of 2023) however isn’t but in any delivery automobiles. Apple provides a greater demo and name-drops a number of automobiles coming this fall with the brand new system. It’s pitched not solely as the easiest way to customise your driving expertise however to maintain all of your knowledge in your cellphone, safe and personal.
10:35: Apple doesn’t have quite a lot of unique new options for iPadOS 18, but it surely factors out some enhancements to Stage Supervisor and makes use of iPad to showcase Pages, Numbers, and Keynote upgrades that may come to different platforms as properly. AI might help you write, make charts, make slides, and extra.
10:38: Apple makes use of iPad to point out the brand new enhancements in Mail, too. They embody a slew of interface tweaks, AI that will help you write emails, and even an AI-powered inbox that may enable you prioritize and manage your e mail.
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watchOS 11
10:41: After a stunning transition, Federighi is now dressed because the Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz. (Some type of robotic/synthetic intelligence theme tonight, maybe?) He’s sporting an Apple Watch and a apprehensive expression. “I don’t suppose the delicate well being monitoring options in my Apple Watch Extremely 2 are working correctly!” he wails. “Oh wait! I haven’t obtained a coronary heart. Phew!” This appears to be the watchOS 11 part.
10:43: It’s a disgrace there’s no reside viewers, actually, as a result of Federighi is strictly the type of speaker who would draw vitality from a crowd.
10:44: We’re speaking Apple Watch, and the way a lot it has modified because the first mannequin again in 2015. Federighi admits that Apple didn’t really perceive the system for the primary few years and that watchOS needed to evolve to accommodate what customers wanted. “And this yr watchOS evolves into our biggest smartwatch working system but!” That appears… self-evident, however Federighi sells it along with his common enthusiasm.
10:47: AI will allow the Apple Watch to develop into your private healthcare companion. (Wait, is that phrase from a film?) watchOS 11 will study your habits, the stuff you eat and drink, the way in which you train, your sleep patterns, and extra, and use these knowledge factors to focus on methods so that you can enhance your well being.
10:50: Should you select to allow the characteristic, the Apple Watch will converse useful ideas out loud, resembling “Possibly don’t drink that,” “Have you ever thought-about going for a run?” and “Do you know that sleep is a factor individuals do?” Siri’s new human-sounding supply goes to be very important on this not turning into madly annoying.
10:53: Your knowledge will likely be safe and personal, we’re advised. And all of watchOS 11’s AI processing will happen on-device. That’s reassuring, notably for these in nations that rely on medical insurance.
10:54: watchOS can also be gaining a brand new app. Effectively, not precisely a new app… It’s Notes! As we identified again in March, being able to talk and retailer notes on the go could be extraordinarily helpful.
10:57: watchOS 11 is in developer beta proper now, and can launch to the general public “within the fall.”
macOS 15
10:58: Now Federighi is switching to the macOS 15 portion of the keynote. He doesn’t look fazed in any respect after happening and on for an hour about Siri and iOS 18 and watchOS 11 and his hair nonetheless appears thick and opulent. (That is pre-recorded, not reside, so he actually must look good. Possibly his hair is generated by AI?) That is positively the Craig Federighi present.
11:00: As if on cue, at precisely the hour mark, Federighi is hyping up the “legendary crack product advertising workforce” (which is what he’s referred to as them for so long as we are able to keep in mind) that “traveled far and extensive” to seek out the right California location that’s befitting of a macOS identify. Federighi’s build-up to the reveal talks about how the advertising workforce was lured by the aroma of Dungeness crab and sourdough bread as they traversed the hilly panorama on vehicles of each the cable and (paradoxically) self-driving selection by the fog to get to the vacation spot that finds itself because the identify of the following Mac working system: macOS 15 Golden Gate.
(Aspect observe: There’s an AI tie-in with the identify! San Francisco is likely one of the prime places for AI firms, and in line with the State of California, San Francisco, and San Jose account for “1 / 4 of all Al patents, convention papers, and corporations globally.” Our interpretation: macOS 15 is a bridge from OSes of the previous to AI-enhanced OSes of the longer term.)
11:03: Numerous what was featured for iOS 18 can also be in macOS 15, and we’re now a abstract picture of these options: Siri, Highlight, Safari, Notes, Calendar and Reminders, on-device AI privateness, and so forth.
11:05: A brand new abstract picture seems that lists the brand new macOS 15 options. However there’s no time to jot down all of them down as a result of Federighi is now descending into “Apple’s secret underground lab.” He walks over to a Area Black 16-inch MacBook Professional that, unbeknownst to viewers, is utilizing a pre-release M4 Max. (He’ll later reveal this little Easter egg in a November 2024 video interview with Marques Brownlee.) His hair continues to be impeccable.
11:07: Since most of those options have been lined within the iOS 18 part, Federighi is shortly overlaying the identical new options in macOS 15: AI-enhanced Siri, AI-enhanced Highlight, AI-enhanced Messages and Mail, AI-enhanced Keynote, Numbers, and Pages, AI-enhanced Music playlists, AI-enhanced Photographs instruments, and he wraps up this cross-OS-features part with “and there’s an entire lot extra” with a abstract display that lists different AI options.
11:11: However that’s not all! We’re now a demo of the new Management Middle and the way new sensible house controls can be found.
11:13: A vociferous roar of approval comes from the viewers as Federighi demonstrates the brand new Calculator! It appears like it will possibly do all of the maths!
11:16: Federighi is wrapping up the macOS 15 presentation. He says macOS 15 is the very best model of macOS but and the macOS 15 beta is out there now with the official launch “within the fall.” There’s a beat of a pause as we hope to listen to Federighi introduce John Ternus to disclose Mac Studio and Mac Professional updates, however nope, not gonna occur. He wraps it up by saying, “And that’s macOS 15 Golden Gate.” No new Mac {hardware}. As an alternative, along with his hair nonetheless lookin’ good, he’s switching to…
One Extra Factor
11:18: Tim Cook dinner! Tim Cook dinner is again. Is that this the wrap-up?
11:19: Probably. Cook dinner is summarizing the bulletins we’ve heard tonight, and the way Apple intends to convey the ability of AI to its customers “responsibly, fastidiously, thoughtfully, and with innovation and synergy going ahead.” The iPhone, the iPad, the Apple Watch, and the Mac “are about to develop into much more highly effective,” he says.
11:21: Is that every thing? It appears not… Cook dinner simply used the magic phrase. One Extra Factor! Keynote-drinking recreation gamers all over the world simply downed their craft beers.
11:22: It’s a brand new HomePod! And this time it has a display. A correct display for displaying observe information, that’s, not the shiny mild present from earlier fashions.
11:24: Okay, it’s not truly a HomePod. It’s referred to as the Apple Hub. Cook dinner says will probably be the middle of your property, coordinating home equipment and safety gadgets, streaming music and TV, and connecting you to colleagues and family members by FaceTime.
11:26: Most of all, Apple Hub is an indication of the ability of AI. It can develop to know your preferences and wishes, alter lighting, play music, provide info and hints, and launch apps when it thinks you’ll profit from them.
11:28: Cook dinner says the Hub will launch “later this yr,” and that extra info will likely be forthcoming down the road. And with that…
11:29: The keynote is over! Builders will now file off to every week of workshops and networking occasions, however the remainder of us can now flip off and take into consideration what we’ve discovered.
Jason Cross (iOS and iPadOS) and Roman Loyola (Macs and macOS) contributed extensively to this text.
