What to Expect at Apple's WWDC 2023
Apple is hosting its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) next week, and like Microsoft’s Build, the show is largely a chance for Cupertino to give developers a sneak peek at what’s coming for its next-gen operating systems.
Don’t expect new iPhones or Apple Watches; those usually drop in September or October. But we will get an idea of the software updates they’ll feature with early looks at iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, plus next-gen watchOS, tvOS, and macOS.
Still, we may finally see a piece of hardware that’s been rumored for years: AR glasses. Whether or not they’ll be ready for primetime in 2023 remains to be seen, but it seems like Apple may finally be ready to compete against Meta, Sony, and others in that space.
Apple’s main WWDC keynote is scheduled for 10 a.m. PT / 1 p.m. ET on Monday, June 5, and will be live-streamed on Apple.com(Opens in a new window). Here’s what we expect to see.
The main no-brainer for WWDC is a first look at iOS 17 and iPadOS 17.
As part of Global Accessibility Awareness Day last week, Apple already previewed a few features coming to both OSes, including a voice-cloning tech that’s intended to help those with conditions that affect their voices communicate in their own words. With Personal Voice, people record 15 minutes of audio on an iPhone or iPad. People can then type in what they want to say and Apple’s hardware will read it out loud in their synthesized voice.
That may spook security-conscious iPhone users (and delight scammers), but Apple says it’s only available on-device, so in theory, your voice shouldn’t be accessible anywhere else.
Another accessibility feature on tap: Live Speech, which will let people “type what they want to say to have it be spoken out loud during
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