WWDC 2025

WWDC 2025 News Hub: iOS 26 is here

Chance Miller | Jun 9 2025 - 9:06 am PT

Today’s the day! WWDC 2025 officially kicks off this morning with an Apple Keynote. The company is expected to debut iOS 26 with the biggest redesign in over a decade, along with updates to the Mac, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV, and Vision Pro.

We’re on the ground at Apple Park in Cupertino. Follow along below with all the latest news from WWDC 2025.

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How to watch WWDC25

Apple makes it easy to follow along with WWDC from home:

The official YouTube livestream, which is available here
Apple’s TV app, where it will be linked on the Home tab
Apple’s Developer app
and Apple’s Events website

Learn more about how to watch in our dedicated guide.

Full coverage

WWDC25 Live Blog: iOS 26 and more.

Now we’re back to Tim, who’s wrapping things up. More coverage to come!

Background Tasks on iPad: long-running tasks like exporting videos can run in the background.
New features for audio and video: a new audio input selector, local audio and video recording, new audio processing tools.

Upgrades to Files: set defaults, resizeable columns, add folders to the Dock, and an all-new Preview app to edit and view your PDFs.

iPadOS 26 includes a new multitasking mode that makes it easier to resize windows, support for partially offscreen windows, a new cursor design, stoplight window controls, gestures, Expose to find all your windows, and more. There’s a new Menu Bar as well.
Now it’s time for iPadOS 26, which gets many of the same new features as other platforms. This includes a new Liquid Glass design, upgrades to Messages and Safari, and more.

visionOS 26: spatial widgets, new Apple Intelligence features, spatial scenes, and more. Personas are getting a huge update to feel more natural and familiar. There’s also a new Spatial Browsing mode, PSVR2 controller support, and more.
macOS Tahoe will include the new Games app.
There’s also a new clipboard manager feature available with Spotlight.
Spotlight is getting its biggest update ever with actions, a new design, and more. A Quick Keys feature makes it easier to get exactly where you want to go. For example, type “sm” to send a message.
New Shortcuts app features: run shortcuts automatically or when a certain action (like plugging in a display) is performed. There’s also integration with Apple Intelligence.
Live Activities are coming to the Mac with macOS 26. Accessible via the menu bar. The Phone app will also be available on the Mac.

The Liquid Glass design is also coming to the Mac, updating to the dock, menu bar, and more.
macOS 26 includes many of the same features coming to iPhone, such as updates to the Messages app, translation, and more.
macOS Tahoe is official: ‘all about giving you beautiful and powerful tools for the unique ways you use your Mac’
tvOS 26 also upgrades the Music app with new Apple Music Sing features.

Now we’re moving onto tvOS 26, which is also getting the new Liquid Glass design. There are also changes to the TV app, including larger poster art and more. You can also now display Profiles every time you wake your Apple TV up from sleep.

watchOS 26 upgrades Smart Stack with a new prediction algorithm. A new “Wrist Flick” gesture lets you dismiss notifications, leave the Smart Stack, and more.
Now we’re moving on to watchOS 26, which is also getting a revamped Liquid Glass design. There’s also a new WorkoutBuddy feature to help you learn more about your workout and Fitness data. It can also use an artifical voice to give you updates throughout your workout. The Workout app has also been redesigned.

Upgrade to Visual Intelligence: now available from your on-screen iPhone content. Just take a normal screenshot, and you’ll see Visual Intelligence as an option to identify what’s on screen. There’s also an “Ask” button to ask ChatGPT for more details about the content.

Here’s the dedicated Apple Games app, as previously reported. Home tab for highlighting new games and updates, along with a Library tab to see every game you’ve downloaded from the App Store. “Play Together” shows you what your friends are playing, including integration with Challenges.

Here are new features for Maps and Wallet:

New features for the Music app: lyrics translation, pronunciation guides, and a new AutoMix feature for seamlessly transitioning between songs. You can also now pin artists and playlists to the top of the music app.

There are new system-wide translation features coming to the Phone app and Messages.
Genmoji and Image Playgrounds have been upgraded. With Genmoji, you can now combine existing emojis in addition to using text descriptions. For Image Playgrounds, you can now use ChatGPT models to generate images.

There are also new features and design changes for the Phone app, as well as a new Live Transcription feature and Hold Assist. The Messages app is adding new features for group chats: custom backgrounds, typing indicators, Apple Cash for splitting the bill, and more.

CarPlay is also getting a revamp as part of iOS 26 with new icons, widgets, live activities, and more. The changes are also coming to CarPlay Ultra.

The new iOS 26 design also extends to the Camera app, which has been simplified with a clearer focus on the Photo and Video tabs. The Photos app has also been revamped with a tabbed interface for your library and collections.

Here’s more on iOS 26: Apple unveils iOS 26 with new design
Craig confirms that this year’s version numbers are unified: iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26, tvOS 26, watchOS 26, and visionOS 26.
The “Liquid Glass” name is legitimate. One of many points will all give Mark Gurman today.
Craig confirms we’re getting an all-new design this year, acknowledging that it is the first major redesign since the release of iOS 7.

Tim Cook and Craig Federighi take the stage for short introductorary remarks to kick the week off, touting the worldwide nature of WWDC and highlighting the Swift Student Challenge winners.
Walking to the stage now!
One of the highlights of every Apple event is riding arond the Apple Park ring on a golf cart.

I’ve made it inside Apple Park! Inside the goodie bag this year are some limited-edition enamel pins, a slick water bottle, and a keychain thingy.

See you soon #WWDC25! pic.twitter.com/xna3JqcGvp
— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) June 9, 2025

Tim Cook is awake and ready to go!

On Sunday, I had the opportunity to watch some of this year’s Swift Student Challenge Distinguished Winners present their apps to Tim Cook and Susan Prescott, Apple’s VP of Developer Relations. It was a fun time that I’ll share more about later!
One of the best parts about WWDC is hanging out with all the people I usually only get to talk to through the internet.
Happy WWDC day, everyone! Thanks for following along.

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