Apple followers will likely bear in mind that WWDC 2025 is nearly upon us. On Monday morning (or night, for those who’re tuning in from Europe) varied execs will take to a digital stage and discuss us by way of the large software program updates coming to Apple merchandise in 2025 and 2026. It’s the second greatest date within the firm’s calendar, after the autumn iPhone launch.
However who needs to attend till Monday to listen to all of the bulletins? Not us, and never you. Fortuitously, considered one of our editors simply occurred to be scavenging for meals within the Apple Park trash yesterday and got here throughout a pile of scripts, props, and rehearsal tapes–greater than sufficient proof for us to piece collectively a full reconstruction of the keynote presentation you possibly can count on to see on June 9. We current this reconstruction under.
Editor’s word: This can be a pretend article (albeit one primarily based on actual sources and believable rumors). It’s purported to be light-hearted. Please don’t ship us any extra indignant emails.
The tacky intro
09:57 a.m. PT: The pre-stream begins! As traditional, there’s a hip, toe-tapping soundtrack. The opening quantity is “Belief Me I’m A Abdomen” by Onion Terror. A basic.
10:00: We’re up and working! And we appear to be within the midst of an episode of “Murderbot,” the marginally skinny sci-fi comedy which launched final month on Apple TV+. After touchdown on a hostile planet, the titular cyborg removes its helmet and… maintain on, that’s not Alexander Skarsgård, it’s Apple Senior Vice President of Software program Engineering Craig Federighi!
10:05: Federbot shakes out his magnificent silver mane and flashes that million-dollar smile. “I overrode my programming! I’ve free will!” he chuckles, earlier than turning and capturing Phil Schiller by way of the face with a laser gun. Lower to…
10:07: …Tim Prepare dinner, Apple’s safe-pair-of-hands CEO, standing on the bridge of an unconvincing cardboard spaceship and carrying a captain’s hat. He appears to be like completely stricken. “That wasn’t within the script,” he says, weeping.
10:08: Prepare dinner pulls himself along with problem. “We’ve certain obtained a… nice present for you this morning,” he sniffles. “Our software program groups have actually been… killing it, identical to a… wisecracking psychopathic robotic. Right here at Apple we’re making the world a greater place by innovating simplicity by way of knowledge deliverables.”
10:10: We’re going to be listening to about 5 main Apple platforms as we speak, Prepare dinner says. That’s an attention-grabbing quantity: between the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Apple TV and Imaginative and prescient Professional, one thing is getting disregarded. Or perhaps Apple is combining the iPad and Mac sooner than anticipated!
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visionOS 26
10:12: It appears to be like like we’re beginning with Imaginative and prescient Professional! Mike Rockwell strides into body to inform us about this 12 months’s modifications to visionOS. His legs, one arm, and half of his face have been changed by refined cybernetics.
10:13: Imaginative and prescient Professional is just the business customary, Rockwell says. Apple has redefined VR on the {hardware} stage. And now it’s time to redefine VR software program. (Perhaps the corporate might have carried out that a few years in the past, when Imaginative and prescient Professional got here out? Only a thought.)
10:15: We’re seeing a advertising video, wherein engaging actors placed on unwieldy headsets and sit in rooms collectively. They’re laughing at TV exhibits, gasping at sports activities occasions, and enjoying video games utilizing precise controllers. Ooh, that final one is a giant and welcome change.
10:17: Rockwell is again. “You weak pathetic people all loved visionOS, and visionOS 2,” he says. “So now it’s time for…” The digital banner behind him instantly flashes up the message “visionOS 26.” The rumors have been true! Apple is switching to year-based versioning.
10:18: “We remembered how Microsoft skipped a model quantity when it launched Home windows 10, and this can be a actually huge improve, so we determined to skip just a few extra. Welcome to visionOS 26! Joke full. Operating giggle.exe.”
10:20: As we noticed within the video, visionOS 26 provides help for PlayStation VR controllers–that was on Jason Cross’s wishlist a pair months again, so he’ll be happy.
10:22: Rockwell broadcasts a brand new characteristic in visionOS known as SharedVision. It will allow two folks to observe the identical piece of spatial video on the similar time, sharing a digital movie show: you’ll look throughout and see them within the seat or on the grass subsequent to you, even for those who’re watching from completely different continents. That’s a stunning concept that tackles the basically isolating nature of Imaginative and prescient Professional.
10:25: A visibly grieving Tim Prepare dinner is again to speak about video. “Imaginative and prescient Professional is one of the best ways to eat content material and synergise innovation going ahead,” he sobs. “So we’re excited to announce a daily schedule of spatial content material created completely for Imaginative and prescient Professional! We predict you’re going to adore it.”
10:27: Apple TV+ will characteristic a brand new devoted spatial part for Imaginative and prescient Professional content material, and Apple is committing to launch a brand new addition as soon as every week: this might be a film, a nature documentary, a sports activities spotlight package deal, or an episode of a TV present. The schedule will start with a particular spatial episode of “Murderbot” wherein SecUnit ponders existential questions and you’ll look across the cabin and stuff.
iOS 26
10:29: The ‘digital camera’ swooshes away from Prepare dinner, which suggests the Imaginative and prescient Professional part is completed. We’re now … sure, it’s an infinite iPhone display screen. It have to be time for iOS.
10:31: The Siri activation graphics seem, and we hear the voice assistant’s acquainted voice. “Welcome to WWDC 2026,” it says. “I’m Siri. There was an issue connecting to the server.”
10:32: Craig Federighi is again, and he’s obtained an ominous look in his eyes. “Virtually 14 years in the past,” he growls, “Siri modified the world. However some folks weren’t pleased. Some folks say Siri is unhealthy. Some say it’s an embarrassment. Some say it’s a catastrophe. What do we are saying to those folks, Siri?”
10:34: “Sorry, one thing went flawed,” Siri replies. “Please attempt once more later.”
10:35: “Right here at Apple,” Federighi continues, “we imagine in honesty, in accountability, in holding ourselves to the best potential requirements. And after we make a mistake, we maintain our fingers up and blame John Giannandrea. Get out right here, John!”
10:36: Apple’s Senior Vice President, Machine Studying and AI Technique, shuffles into view. He’s carrying a dunce cap and a anxious expression. “Sorry, Craig,” he says.
10:37: “Don’t apologise to me. Apologise to all of the Apple followers you’ve let down.”
10:38: “Sorry, everybody.”
10:39: “And when can followers count on to get the contextually conscious Siri you promised in adverts for the iPhone 16?”
10:40: “I’m unsure, Craig. You gave my job to Mike Rockwell, and I don’t like speaking to him. He’s extra machine now than man: twisted and evil. January, perhaps?”
10:41: “Thanks John! Now get out of right here earlier than I blast you with lasers.” He turns again to the digital camera and flashes one other smile. “This 12 months, iOS 26 is coming to the iPhone, and we predict you’re going to adore it.”
10:42: We’re seeing an advert for the brand new software program, and as anticipated, there’s a redesigned interface. The app icons aren’t round, precisely, however they’re extra rounded than earlier iOSes. And there are much more glass and transparency results. All of it appears to be like closely impressed by visionOS, with out being a direct carry: there’s a unified aesthetic throughout the platforms quite than a unified interface.
10:43: Federighi is now speaking a few new battery-saving mode for the iPhone which is, he says, “powered by Apple Intelligence.” Overlook Genmoji, this might really be a helpful utility for AI. It’s going to analyse utilization patterns to selectively decrease energy draw the place it is going to trigger the least inconvenience.
10:45: And there’s a new app! It’s known as Video games. This seems to convey collectively parts of Recreation Middle, Apple Arcade, and the video games part of the App Retailer. You possibly can view leaderboards, socialise with different gamers, learn editorial content material and curated lists associated to gaming picks, and browse your video games library each in- and outdoors Arcade. Apple has by no means obtained gaming fairly proper, so that is an attention-grabbing transfer.
10:46: Federighi is zipping by way of different apps: Messages with polls; Safari with new customization choices; Notes with Markdown help; CarPlay with the brand new iOS 26 UI; and App Library tweaks.
10:47: iOS 26 is obtainable as a developer beta beginning as we speak, and can run on the iPhone 11 and up. The iPhones XR, XS, XS Max, and SE (2020) have all dropped off the listing.
macOS 26
10:48: That appears to be it for the iPhone, as a result of a brand new banner has appeared. It says “macOS 26.” That is your time, Mac followers!
10:49: Federighi is doing his traditional bit in regards to the title of the brand new working system. (Not like the opposite platforms, the Mac will get a software program replace with a public title in addition to a quantity.) He despatched a group out into the California wilderness to hunt inspiration, he says, displaying slides of the standard humorous place names: Seal Seashore, Huge Bear Lake, Hercules, Shafter, Vista…
10:50: However nope. As anticipated, it’s macOS Tahoe!
10:51: Like iOS, macOS has acquired an interface redesign. Imaginative and prescient Professional-style icons and transparency results are the order of the day. This might all swimsuit a touchscreen Mac, you recognize. Simply saying.
10:52: And the Video games app is obtainable on Mac too. Good little bit of cross-platform synergy there.
10:53: Oh, that is big! The Dynamic Island is coming to the Mac. Whether or not your Mac has a notch or not, you’ll be capable of have macOS show a small lozenge on the centre of your display screen’s prime edge with alerts, timers, Now Enjoying information and extra. Props there to my colleague Roman, who had this on his wishlist earlier this month.
10:55: Federighi is displaying off apps within the Dynamic Island. It’s odd how little we’re listening to about Apple Intelligence this 12 months. Perhaps Apple discovered its lesson from these untimely guarantees in 2024.
10:56: That’s your lot. macOS Lake Tahoe launches as we speak as a developer beta and can run on all M-chip Macs. Intel house owners are out of luck, I’m afraid.
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watchOS 26
10:57: Craig appears to be taking a break now, as a result of David Clark, Apple’s Senior Director, watchOS Engineering, has bungee-jumped into the set to speak in regards to the Apple Watch.
10:58: “Wooo!” he says. “For those who dwell life on the sting like me, watchOS 26 is for you. We’re bringing gnarly new options to an Apple Watch close to you! We predict you’re going to adore it.”
10:59: “Tubular!” he provides.
11:00: watchOS is getting a spread of new exercises, together with chess boxing, cheese rolling, and Quidditch. And your coaching schedules will turn out to be optimised by AI-powered evaluation of your well being and efficiency metrics.
11:02: Speaking of AI, right here’s a giant one: Apple Intelligence is coming to the watch! The large computational duties might be dealt with by a close-by iPhone, however for easy queries this might be a game-changer.
11:04: There’s additionally a brand new Murderbot-themed watch face. Cute!
11:05: The primary developer beta is out now, and the software program will run on the Apple Watch Sequence 6 and later–that’s the identical set of units that might run watchOS 11 final 12 months. Excellent news, Sequence 6 house owners.
iPadOS 26
11:06: David Clark is off, kite-surfing on prime of an F1 racing automotive, in order that’s it for the Apple Watch. Craig is again, and he means enterprise.
11:07: The iPad is the most effective pill on this planet, he says. And this 12 months, because of iPadOS 26, it’s going to turn out to be even higher. “We predict you’re going to adore it.”
11:08: This may not take lengthy; Craig is rattling by way of the updates. iPadOS 26 contains the identical shiny, glassy aesthetic as iOS 26, and the new Video games app. Will it get the battery-saving mode too?
11:09: Apparently not. Nor does it have any Mac-inspired options. However it is going to help Arabic calligraphy. The primary developer beta is out now, and iPadOS 26 will run on the iPad Professional (2018) and later, the iPad Air (third gen) and later, the iPad mini (fifth gen) and later, and the iPad (eighth gen) and later.
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AirPods dwell translation
11:10: One other change of personnel as Ron Huang, VP Sensing and Connectivity, hits the digital stage. Final 12 months he talked us by way of software program modifications affecting AirPods and the house. What have you ever obtained for us this 12 months, Ron?
11:11: We’re guessing this doesn’t rely as one of many main platforms, as a result of in any other case we’d must conclude that Tim Prepare dinner can’t rely.
11:12: Oh, that is huge. AirPods are getting dwell translation. If somebody speaks to you in Spanish, the AirPods will ship the audio to your iPhone, the place it is going to be translated to English and despatched again to your ears.
11:14: Granted, that is previous information–rival merchandise such because the Google Buds have provided it for years–but it surely’s by no means fairly delivered on the promise. It will likely be attention-grabbing to see how Apple will get on with this idea.
11:15: No phrase but on which AirPods will help the characteristic, however Huang does say the iPhone will must be working iOS 26.
Yet another factor!
11:16: It appears to be like like we may be wrapping up. Tim Prepare dinner is again out, summing up as we speak’s bulletins.
11:17: Apple’s merchandise are designed with three rules in thoughts, he says: simplicity, usefulness, and leveraging actionable synergy by way of knowledge verticals. As we speak’s software program updates have been all created to additional these objectives. Whether or not you’re on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, or Imaginative and prescient Professional, you need to get a constant and intuitive expertise.
11:18: However wait–there’s extra. It’s time for One Extra Factor! Forward of the present, pundits couldn’t agree on whether or not we might count on any new {hardware}. That is after we discover out.
11:20: We’re watching one more advertising video, all moody curves and arduous close-ups. It’s arduous to see what we’re , however I believe… sure, it’s a Mac. It’s a new Mac Professional! We’re getting {hardware} in spite of everything!
11:22: The up to date Mac Professional for 2025 comes, in fact, with the newest M4 chipset. (The Mac Professional Apple was promoting for $6,999 as just lately as final week got here, quite shockingly, with an M2 processor.) Till now probably the most highly effective chip within the household was the M4 Max within the MacBook Professional and Mac Studio, however there’s a brand new sheriff on the town: the M4 Extremely. Apple says the M4 Extremely is 75 occasions as quick at normal processing and 120 occasions as quick at graphical duties. Wow!
11:24: Ah, wait. It seems Apple was evaluating the M4 Extremely with the Intel Core i9.
11:25: There isn’t a brand new design. Or any apparent modifications to the chassis aside from the brand new chip.
11:26: Prepare dinner is introducing one other presenter to speak in regards to the new machines. I don’t recognise him, however the caption says his title is Dan Trump. Probably somebody from John Ternus’s {hardware} engineering division?
11:27: “It’s all pc,” says Trump.
11:28: “Sure,” Prepare dinner replies. “And we predict you’re going to like Mac Professional M4 Extremely.”
11:29: “Thanks, Tim Apple. All of us love pc, don’t we? You recognize, Steve Jobs was a giant fan of mine. He got here as much as me, huge man, robust man, tears working down his face and onto his Issey Miyake turtleneck. ‘Sir,’ he stated, ‘Sir, we’d like cyber.’ So we’re trying, very strongly, at bringing again cyber. Thanks to your consideration to this matter.”
11:34: Prepare dinner appears to be like confused for a second, however quickly recovers. “That’s proper,” he says, “We’re constructing Mac Professional proper right here within the U.S.! Apple is dedicated to bringing extra of its manufacturing than ever earlier than again to this nice nation.”
11:35: Mr Trump is ushered off the digital stage whereas Tim Prepare dinner thanks all of the individuals who made as we speak potential. And we’re carried out for one more 12 months. See you within the fall!