While WWDC doesn’t usually pack the same punch as the company’s fall iPhone launch event, it’s historically been an important milestone for Apple AAPL — showcasing the company’s software innovation and sometimes its more low-profile hardware products.

Apple will likely focus on the next iOS, which is rumored to have the most significant design change since the introduction of iOS 7.

Apple will be concentrating its Apple Intelligence launches at WWDC 2025 on developer tools, and wide-ranging translation for users, including live translation via AirPods.

A prime example is Microsoft Recall, a feature meant to record the user's screen and index the information to make it searchable with AI. It was announced in May 2024 and initially supposed to be released to the public in June 2024, but was delayed several times for privacy reasons, finally launching in preview in April 2025.

The keynote for WWDC 2025 takes place at Apple Park in Cupertino, California on Monday, June 9 at 1 p.m. ET. It is keynote is set to be streamed on Apple TV, the Apple YouTube page and on apple.com.

WWDC developer conference is almost here, and it’s shaping up to be an important one. Not just for iOS, which is taking another step forward into a rumored redesigned iOS 19—er—iOS 26, or for iPadOS,

It's been a rough first year for Apple Intelligence, while OpenAI, Meta and Google have made progress with their respective AI hardware strategies. "You may not need an iPhone 10 years from now," said Apple services chief Eddy Cue in court last month,