MacDailyNews presents live coverage of Apple’s WWDC 2025 keynote address

Get ready for the WWDC 2025 keynote address video streaming to you from Apple Park in Cupertino, California on Monday, June 9th at 10am PDT / 1pm EDT. You can watch Apple’s keynote address live, right on this page, below.
We will add our live notes on this page as the event unfolds.
The 2025 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off with what’s expected to be an in-depth look at the future of Apple platforms — iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, visionOS, and homeOS(?) — directly from Apple Park.
The keynote address will be available via apple.com, the Apple Developer app, the Apple TV app, and YouTube, with on-demand playback available after the conclusion of the stream.
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MacDailyNews WWDC 2025 Live Notes (in reverse chronological order):
• Singer sings positive reviews of apps to close the video presentation
• Dev betas of all OSes coming today. Public betas next month. Public release this fall.
• Cook: Thanks presenters. “What a big day for our users and developers.”
• Xcode predictive code gets more accurate
• Icon Composer helps developers create Liquid Glass icons
• Recap of APIs for developers
• AAPL: $202.15, -1.77 (-0.87%) @ 2:26:59 PM EDT
• iPadOS 26 windowing alone makes us want to get new iPads
• Background Tasks API for developers
• The power of Apple Silicon allows iPad to handle Background Tasks
• Background Tasks come to iPad
• Local capture for podcasters – works with any video conferencing apps
• Studio-quality vocals can be record with AirPods
• Audio input selector – choose the best mic for the job
• More complex workflows are now possible when working with audio and video
• Preview comes to iPad with markup and autofill for PDFs, images, etc.
• Files get updated List view. Folders can be colored, emoji and symbols added – just like in macOS 26
• Comes to every iPad that can run iOS 26 (also works on external displays)
• Menu bar comes to iPad in iPadOS 26
• Exposé comes to iPad
• Can also use tiling for windows
• Fluidly resize app windows and position wherever you want them
• Finally
• New windowing system on iPad
• Improved multitasking, files, and video
• Apple Intelligence features as in iOS 26
• Yes, Liquid Glass
• iPadOS 26
• New spatial content added
• Web developers can embed 3-D objects into pages for Apple Vision pro users
• Sony controller support come to visionOS 26
• New Logitech pen for Apple Vision Pro
• So, this portion of the presentation applies to an extraordinarily tiny percentage of Apple device users
• Statista forecast just 350,000 Apple Vision Pro units shipped globally in 2024 and 1.48 million in 2025.
• visionOS 26 demos continue.
• AAPL: $202.12, -1.80 (-0.88%) @ 2:09:24 PM EDT
• Widgets are spatial and customizable in visionOS 26
• visionOS 26 gets some Apple Intelligence features
• Federighi previews new games coming to Mac
• Metal 4 offers improvements to game developers
• New Games app also comes to Mac
• Developers can use App Intents API to tap into the new Spotlight
• macOS 26 Tahoe Spotlight demo
• Quick keys are short strings of characters (type “sm” in Spotlight to send message, for example)
• You can send emails within Spotlight
• Spotlight gets biggest update ever
• You can use ChatGPT within Shortcuts
• Intelligent actions let you create Shortcuts using Apple Intelligence
• Shortcuts can be run automatically now
• Phone app comes to Mac – synced from your iPhone
• Continuity – Live Activities come to Mac
• Add symbols or emoji to folders in macOS
• So. Much. Filler. (Was everyone at Apple on vacation for the past year?)
• macOS 26 Tahoe gets a lot of the same iOS 26 features
• macOS 26 name: Tahoe
• macOS 26: Again with the Liquid Glass
• Apple Music on Apple TV – iPhone becomes the microphone to sign along to lyrics displayed on TV
• Automatic Sign-In API for developers to simplify sign ins
• New originals coming to Apple TV+ promo
• tvOS 26 gets Liquid Glass look throughout
• Notes app comes to Apple Watch
• Notifications – ambient noise based – a quiet environment will get a quiet notification, louder areas get louder
• Smart Stack on Apple Watch prediction algorithm improved
• Workout gets a brand new layout with custom workouts just a tap away
• Available starting in English
• Workout Buddy analyze all of the data from you workouts to ID meaningful insights in realtime to provide encouragement, and info via AI voice
• watchOS 26 introduces Workout Buddy – based on you fitness history
• watchOS 26: Liquid Glass design
• Developers can add Visual Intelligence to their apps, too
• Tap on the “Ask” button to ask ChatGPT more about images
• Crate events from screenshots
• Visual Intelligence works with every app – if you see a jacket you like on X.com, use the screenshot buttons and Visual Intelligence can search for it online. You can save results to your favorites
• In iOS 26, Visual Intelligence extended to your iPhone screen
• Game Center leaderboards let single-player games hold challenges
• Play Together tab and Challenges lets you game socially
• New Games app: Everything to do with games all in one place
• Wallet offers AI order tracking
• Better airpost mapping and improved Boarding Passes
• Digital IDs can be created with your passport
• Apple Wallet: Car Keys offered by over 20 brand with many more coming soon
• In Maps, Visited Places can be saved in Library, protected with end-to-end encryption
• Apple Maps: iPhone learns you preferred routes
• Apple Music gets Lyrics Translation, Lyric Pronunciation, AutoMix (AI seamlessly mixes from one song to the next), Music pins let you pin your favs to the top of your timeline
• Apple Services improvements
• Works seamlessly, even when you call someone without an iPhone
• Live Translation translates real-time translation, on-device, in Messages, FaceTime, Phone calls
• Image Playground API lets devs add these features to their apps
• New ChatGPT-powered styles, like oil painting, for Image Playground
• Can expression of faces in GenMoji
• Apple Intelligence: Genmoji – you can mix together two emjoi into one
• New on-device spam detection for Messages
• Send, receive Apple Cash right in Group Chat
• Group Chats – Polls come to Messages
• Backgrounds come to Messages
• iPhone rings you when live agent finally picks up
• Hold Assist – Phone app keeps you spot in line when waiting for a live customer service agent
• Unwanted calls subject to Call Screening – automatically answers unknown calls in the background, rings when user says name
• New Voice Mail summaries, nee intuitive layout
• Same updates come to CarPlay Ultra (Aston Martin-only for now)
• iOS 26 delivers widgets to CarPlay (iPhone widgets work in CarPlay)
• CarPlay gets the new Liquid Glass look, too
• FaceTime gets similar dynamic controls (again, think Dynamic Island)
• Safari: Edge-to-edge top to bottom web pages
• New design in Photos app – offers separate tabs (Library and Collections)
• iPhone Camera app: iOS 26 delivers a new, more intuitive design. Elevates Photo and Video modes above all else
• Lots and lots of window dressing so far, as expected
• Unifying version numbers: iOS 26, iPadOS 26, watchOS 26, tvOS 26, visionOS 26
• Reminds us of those plastic translucent BINGO chips
• Very Dynamic Island-like
• “Liquid Glass” look throughout the OSes
• Inspired by visionOS
• Universal design across all of Apple’s OSes
• iOS 7 was the last major redesign
• Apple devices are more frequently used together, setting stage for more unified look
• New OS designs
• Available when offline
• Apple Intelligence Foundation Models Framework – on-device AI for developers
• Apple continues to work on a more personal Siri
• Private Cloud Compute
• Mail summaries, Smart reply, and more
• Writing Tools, Genmoji, Image Playground, Clean Up in Photos, Visual Intelligence
• Apple Intelligence: Lats year, we took the first steps
• After woodenly appearing in the video, Cook woodenly introduces Federighi
• Video begins with “F1: The Movie” promo tie-in with Tim Cook and Craig Federighi
• AAPL: $204.59, +0.67 (+0.33%) @ 12:49:53 PM EDT
• AAPL: $204.46, +0.54 (+0.26%) @ 12:00:57 PM EDT
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