{"id":48016,"date":"2025-06-10T16:17:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T20:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=48016"},"modified":"2025-06-20T16:48:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T20:48:53","slug":"wwdc-2025-keynote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/10\/wwdc-2025-keynote\/","title":{"rendered":"WWDC 2025 Keynote"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple<\/a> (YouTube<\/a>, MacRumors live blog<\/a>, Adam Engst<\/a>, Lobsters<\/a>, Mac Power Users Talk<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

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Marques Brownlee<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I asked Siri if there’s an Apple event today… she has no idea 😅<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Dave Wood<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Zero mention of #siri or #homeKit. So much for the new home controller that was rumoured.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Geoff Duncan<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Joe Rossignol<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

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Rui Carmo<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>

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Direct access to Apple’s AI models via both APIs and<\/em> 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<\/em> for over a year now<\/a> 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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

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Helge Heß<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The new version numbers tell regular customers when they are supposed to actually install the software.<\/p>

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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Steven Woolier<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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I can’t wait to see what the dev version API looks like. My guess is it will not report 26.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Blacktop<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Wait so there WILL be an iOS19? 🤔<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

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Marco Arment<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I didn’t expect anything remotely resembling an apology for any part of developer relations or Apple Intelligence.<\/p>

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.<\/p>

And that’s exactly what we got!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

James Thomson<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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To me, the main thing Apple needed to fix this WWDC was their relationship with developers, and this keynote suggests they think otherwise.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

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Marco Arment<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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I actually liked that unhinged piano video<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

When I got to 6 out of 5 ⭐️<\/a>, I almost just closed the window, but it kind of grew on me.<\/p>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n