WWDC21 starts Monday, June 7 and kicks off with a virtual keynote at 10 a.m. PT. CEO Tim Cook and team are likely to …
WWDC21 starts Monday, June 7 and kicks off with a virtual keynote at 10 a.m. PT. CEO Tim Cook and team are likely to announce iOS 15, a new M2-chip MacBook Pro and new versions of software for most Apple products — including a possible new operating system called HomeOS. On Wednesday, an Apple job posting for a senior iOS engineer included mentions of « HomeOS » which have since been removed and replaced with HomePod. The job posting wasn’t the only possible leak. Unofficial Apple beta-tester and four-time NBA champ LeBron James might have leaked a brand-new Apple product. King James shared a photo on Instagram that showed him wearing what appear to be Beats Studio Buds. The only problem is Apple doesn’t sell the wireless earbuds and hasn’t announced them. But you can’t blame the leak entirely on LBJ: Last month, iOS and TV OS beta releases had mentions of the Beats Studio Buds, too. Apple’s annual developers conference runs June 7 to June 11 and, like WWDC 2020, it will take place entirely online. The five days of virtual sessions come under the ever-brightening shadow of the pandemic. Aside from new products and operating systems, WWDC is really about giving software developers early access to explore new features with the help of Apple engineers. A keynote event on the first day will yield the biggest news with previews of Apple’s next operating systems — likely iPadOS 15, MacOS 12, WatchOS 8, TV OS 15 and iOS 15. There could also be hardware news, like the successor to Apple’s M1 chip and new « pro » Macs that use M-series processors in lieu of Intel. Apple first announced its M-class chipsets at last year’s WWDC. The system on a chip is designed in-house and vital to the company’s transition away from Intel chips. The next iPhone, likely to be called the iPhone 13 (unless it’s the iPhone 12S), probably won’t be launched until the fall. But a new version of the iPhone’s operating system, likely called iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 for the iPad, is expected to be revealed. Last year, iOS 14 included new customizations for the home screen, picture-in-picture video, better widgets, a new Siri interface and App Library, a new way to organize your apps.
