Apple is preparing to unveil a series of new software and hardware releases alongside its annual keynote, which kicks off WWDC in June. We'll tell you everything about this major event, the exact date of the keynote, and of course the full list of new features we can expect.
Apple launches its new products at two key events set around the same time of year. At the turn of summer, the company holds WWDC 2025 (Worlwide Developers Conference), which is essentially a kind of seminar for developers with workshops, lessons, and other sessions. The keynote we're interested in will be held on June 9, 2025.
Tim Cook and a handful of Apple executives will unfold a list of announcements, most of which are easy to predict. At least, as far as software announcements are concerned, since the company launches a new version of its operating systems every year, with the regularity of a metronome. The numbering has changed, as we'll come back to below, but we can already tell you that Apple will talk about iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26, watchOS 26, tvOS 26, and visionOS 26.
Generally, beta versions are offered immediately afterward—which allows developers and the most impatient to immediately take advantage of newly announced features—for example, on their iPhone. Alongside this list of announcements that we're bound to get, Apple also often takes the opportunity to lift the veil on a few devices, or announce a new iteration of products already on sale.
The list of hardware announcements to expect, as you'll have understood, is therefore generally less certain. However, the emergence of information on products before the event still gives a fairly reliable overview of what Apple will tell us about.
iOS, iPadOS, macOS... Apple promises a revolution in the interface of its products
On the software side, while we expected Apple to use the same logic as in previous years to name the new versions, we already know that this will not be the case. iOS 18 will therefore not move to iOS 19, but rather to... iOS 26. A figure that seems arbitrary from a distance, with 8 increments of difference suggesting truly major, if not slightly confusing, advances.
In particular, real transformations in the interface design – which the company has only modified in small touches so far. A bundle of clues does indeed seem to confirm that major design changes are coming to these operating systems that bring to life the iPhone (iOS 26), iPad (iPadOS 26), Apple Watch (watchOS 26), Mac (macOS 26), Apple TV (tvOS 26) and Apple Vision Pro (visionOS 26).
What seems to be emerging is a visual language closer to what we saw in visionOS. With, at the end of these major versions, a better visual unity between the firm's products.
Apple has another good reason to upgrade all its operating systems to version 26
It is of course quite amusing to see some operating systems skip a mind-boggling number of version numbers. The Mac operating system is, at the time of writing, at macOS 16, while we are still on watchOS 12 and visionOS 3. This will undoubtedly raise questions for many readers.
It must be recognized, however, that the company's current naming convention sometimes leads to a certain intellectual gymnastics. Especially when it comes to giving the year of launch of this or that variant. If we follow this reflection to its conclusion, the choice of number 26 seems rather logical. Admittedly, we are currently still in 2025. But de facto, Apple does not always launch new stable versions of this list of operating systems at the time of WWDC.
The final version of each of them is generally officially launched later. For iPhones, however, there is an exception. Apple always matches the update with the release of new iterations. So, iOS 26 is expected to launch alongside the iPhone 17. We imagine you see where we're going with the release date of the next iPhone – which could be delayed.
Some hardware announcements are also possible
As for hardware announcements, we can only give you a few possible scenarios for now. Most Macs have received an update in the last few months. The only one that's really missing is the Mac Pro, so we can perhaps expect something on that front. However, we must remain cautious: the product doesn't correspond to a huge sales volume and benefits from a little less regularity in its evolutions.
Another possible hardware novelty, Apple is expected to launch a new HomePod, this time with a screen allowing for enriched use, and more possibilities. Sources close to the industry, however, suggest that its release is delayed by the development of a new version of Siri boosted with AI. In any case, if new information comes in, we will update this content over the days leading up to the Apple keynote.
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