Apple WWDC 2017: What to Expect

Apple’s annual WWDC conference kicks off Monday, June 5, and runs through Friday, June 9 nest week, in San Jose, California. For now the WWDC official has updated the schedule, Developers and interested users can click on the link for more details.

Including seminars and workshops between developers and Apple engineers, Apple usually use WWDC to announce the updates of primarily software (and sometimes hardware). As customers, they can possibly witness new generation updates of iOS, macOS and WatchOS, and the program language Swift and a host of developer API are also expected to be fully updated and expanded, include SiriKit, HomeKit, HealthKit and CarPlay. This year, the show begins at 10 a.m. PT, 1 p.m. ET. Here’s what we can expect.

iOS 11

Though a rumor about iPhone special edition will be likely announced in Apple’s 10-year anniversary later this fall, we’ll probably hear updates to the mobile OS itself, iOS 11, at WWDC. The new edition focuses on Apple’s digital software assistant Siri; updates to the messaging services iMessage and FaceTime; and updates to the digital payment system Apple Pay.

MacOS 10.13

As Apple keep going to make its ecosystem more cohesive, we expect MacOS to continue to incorporate even more iOS features. Last year, for example, Sierra introduced auto-login across different Apple devices, Siri desktop integration and Apple Pay for the web.

WatchOS 4 and TVOS 11

Except the update of iPhone and computers, we can also expect the company to announce software updates to its smartwatch wearable Apple Watch and its set-top box Apple TV.

Hardware Surprises

WWDC is known mostly as a software conference, but Apple always thrown some hardware surprises from time to time (for example, the Mac Pro and iPhone 4, were announced at WWDC). While we are taking these speculations with a grain of salt, we’re still keeping our eyes on these:
A bigger, perhaps 10.5-inch, iPad Pro
New MacBook models
A voice-enabled Siri smart speaker that will compete against Amazon Echo and Google Home
An entirely new Apple TV with 4K support