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Apple’s 2021 World Wide Developers Conference is June 7-11, so what can we expect?

APPLE HAS ANNOUNCED THAT ITS WORLD WIDE DEVELOPERS CONFERENCE (WWDC) WILL TAKE PLACE JUNE 7-11 AND WILL BE AN ONLINE-ONLY EVENT.The 2020 WWDC also took place entirely online so, although we had hoped for an in-person event this year, it’s not entirely surprising that the event has been made online-only again.

WWDC21 is a chance for the people who develop apps for your Mac, Apple Watch, Apple TV, iPhone or iPad, to get together and learn more about the latest technologies, tools and frameworks in Apple’s various operating systems. So, while the content of the conference tends to be over the heads of the average Apple user (unless you’re a dab hand at coding in Swift), the event itself also acts as a focus point for Apple’s new product releases. Although new hardware rarely demos at WWDC itself, Tim Cook will want something new and shiny to announce as he opens the conference. So, the conference usually coincides with the release of new Apple hardware in its run up, as well as being a good opportunity to check out the new features of the September/October releases of the next versions of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS. We might also get a few announcements about what the new products in September will include. There’s always a new iPhone in September, and this year there’s a lot of speculation that it will include a new A15 chip.