Apple’s WWDC 2023 keynote will happen on June 5

Apple will host its thirty fourth annual Worldwide Builders Convention at its Cupertino, California, headquarters from Monday, June 5 via Friday, June 9, the corporate introduced on Wednesday.

The convention will kick off with “a particular all-day occasion,” inclusive of the customary keynote presentation and the platform State of the Union talks. The language on Apple’s web site means that like final 12 months, some or all of these shall be introduced in prerecorded video type somewhat than as a stay on-stage presentation.

After that first day, Apple will seemingly host varied panels on how builders can work with the corporate’s developer toolkits and APIs to assist new and previous options throughout the assorted Apple platforms.

Members of Apple’s developer program who need to attend basically join a lottery to see if they’re chosen, because the occasion can not host sufficient individuals in particular person to satisfy demand. That mentioned, your complete convention will even be obtainable on-line to builders. In both case, the convention is free.

The principle function of the WWDC keynote every year is often to announce and clarify new options coming to the subsequent variations of Apple’s varied platform working programs—on this case, iOS 17, iPadOS 17, tvOS 17, watchOS 10, and macOS 14.

That is nearly positive to be the case this 12 months as effectively. Generally Apple publicizes new {hardware} or client providers at WWDC, too—however not at all times.

There have been many experiences from dependable sources over the previous few months that Apple hopes to offer a primary take a look at its long-delayed mixed-reality headset and associated software program at this WWDC. In that case, we anticipate that to be a giant a part of the keynote.

Even when that is the case, the headset most likely will not be launched this June. It is more likely that Apple will define what to anticipate from a launch additional down the highway (probably in September alongside the brand new flagship iPhones, however perhaps even later) in order that builders can start work creating purposes, video games, and experiences for the brand new platform.

WWDC additionally coincides with Apple’s Swift Pupil Problem, a coding competitors for college kids. The deadline to use for that problem is April 19.

Ars Technica will cowl the bulletins as they arrive in on the day of the keynote.