WWDC 2025 Keynote
Apple (YouTube, MacRumors live blog, Adam Engst, Lobsters, Mac Power Users Talk):
Watch the WWDC25 keynote introducing our broadest design update ever and a more helpful Apple Intelligence. You’ll also learn about exciting features coming with iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26, watchOS 26, visionOS 26, and tvOS 26.
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I asked Siri if there’s an Apple event today… she has no idea 😅
Zero mention of #siri or #homeKit. So much for the new home controller that was rumoured.
I don’t think I’ve cringed at a WWDC presentation harder than “I’ll use visual intelligence to determine what instrument this is,” followed by using Apple Intelligence for “What rock songs use this instrument.”
During the WWDC 2025 keynote today, Apple’s software engineering chief Craig Federighi said that the company will share more details about the personalized Siri features in the coming year, signaling that they are still not ready.
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If you discount the completely over the top book-ending (the F1 cameo featuring Craig’s hair and the weird app review medley at the end), there were a few actual surprises in the keynote.
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Direct access to Apple’s AI models via both APIs and Shortcuts, which is a game-changer for app developers and something that should have been done in the first place (I have been doing almost exactly what they demoed for over a year now with custom Shortcut actions that invoke Azure services, so I am glad they are finally catching up). But having that (and all the privacy-preserving components of their confidential computing platform) available to app developers is a huge win, and I hope they will also make it easier to use custom models in the future.
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The new version numbers tell regular customers when they are supposed to actually install the software.
Like when iOS 26 is released in September 25, everyone now knows that one should better wait for January. Until all the most glaring bugs got ironed out by early adopters.
I can’t wait to see what the dev version API looks like. My guess is it will not report 26.
Wait so there WILL be an iOS19? 🤔
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I didn’t expect anything remotely resembling an apology for any part of developer relations or Apple Intelligence.
I expected a cheerful demo of the new design, and a bunch of really cool new features, most of which were unrelated to what’s going on in AI elsewhere.
And that’s exactly what we got!
To me, the main thing Apple needed to fix this WWDC was their relationship with developers, and this keynote suggests they think otherwise.
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I actually liked that unhinged piano video
When I got to 6 out of 5 ⭐️, I almost just closed the window, but it kind of grew on me.
Previously:
- macOS Tahoe 26 Announced
- iOS 26 Announced
- iPadOS 26 Announced
- watchOS 26 Announced
- tvOS 26 Announced
- visionOS 26 Announced
- WWDC 2025 Preview
- WWDC 2025 Wish Lists
- Apple Operating System Version Years
- Rumored Redesign in iOS 19 and macOS 16
- Rotten
- Apple Delays “More Personalized Siri” Apple Intelligence Features
- WWDC 2024 Links
Update (2025-06-11): Joe Rossignol:
In this WWDC 2025 edition of our Rumor Report Card, we have reflected on some of the bigger hits and misses leading into Apple’s annual developer conference.
Apps built before the iOS 26 SDK get “19.0” as the system version from ProcessInfo. Once built with the iOS 26 SDK, the version then becomes “26.0”.
This is powered by a “SystemVersionCompat.plist” file in /System/Library/CoreServices
WWDC25: The Bento Boxes
I wasn’t satisfied with Apple, and Tim Cook, going into WWDC this year, and I remain dissatisfied after the fact. I don’t have the warm fuzzies when I see Craig on screen. There’s a distinct lack of new ideas in how the event is put together, and in many things in the event itself, despite all prior criticism about these very tame presentations lacking an air of sincerity and feeling incredibly “produced”.
Apple’s event lasted for an hour and a half, but we’ve recapped all of the announcements in a 10 minute video, just in case you don’t want to sit through the entire spiel. We’ve also rounded up all of our coverage below, so you can dive deeper into any of the new features.
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I'm sure Tim Cook is a nice guy (seems like it) but damn, he has about as much charisma as a potato.
Also, something seemed weird about the vocals in the keynote video. Almost like they recorded the video and then went back and overdubbed the vocals via ADR. Anyone else get that feeling? The sync seemed off in some spots, and the vocals sound way too clear and close-up for people who appear to be speaking from the middle of large rooms.
Yeah, there was definitely some ADR/re-recordings that didn't sound exactly the same. Especially when the person wasn't on screen.
The only technical glitch I noticed was during the wrap-up on iPad 26. My feed stuttered, and a quick check told me it wasn't my WiFi nor my fiber connection. By time it was fixed there was some guy playing a piano.
If you lean hard into the parodic cheesiness of "6 Out of 5 ⭐," it's actually not bad and a little fun.
Another Tim and Craig skit, another hair joke. Another joke about the crack macOS version naming team. Stale, stale, stale.
I couldn't work out if they were gently mocking themselves a bit during the whole thing. Federighi's "wow!" at minor changes seemed like a nod to the fact that they know they've messed up. Did anyone else get that sense? Apple presenters are always a bit over the top, but this was the first time I've really felt like they were winking at the audience when they were doing it
Craig has been mocking their operating system's slow development and long overdue implementation of basic features for years now.
It would be funny if HE wasn't he one responsible for it!
Should have typed more but the more I think about it, it's so insulting. It can only mean one of two things.
Either he is just as frustrated as we are and for some reason doesn't have the power to just improve the basic functionality and give people what they want. He's just as frustrated that they keep putting new coats of paint over the creaking old wood of iOS, but he's powerless to stop it.
Or, and more plausibly, he doesn't care. He knows he's untouchable, he knows he can just slow drip basic functionality. But look at this hair, what are you gonna do about it?
I really haven't noticed it before now, which either means he's REALLY laying it on thick now or I'm just not tuned in that much
Either way, it does suck that your second option - that he knows this stuff is bad but is past caring - is so plausible. I kind of liked him
