WWDC 2022 full preview: Everything we anticipate Apple to announce

Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference is developing on June 6, and the rumor mill is buzzing about all of the doable bulletins. WWDC is Apple’s largest occasion of the 12 months, bringing updates to each product and generally unveiling main {hardware} bulletins as well. So what’s going to occur this 12 months? Here’s a fast recap of all of the issues we hope and anticipate Apple to announce at WWDC this 12 months.

WWDC: OS and app updates

The one factor we’re positively going to get is a have a look at the brand new working programs that will probably be launched this fall” iOS 16, iPadOS 16, tvOS 16, watchOS 9, and macOS 13. Here’s what we’ve heard to date about Apple’s software program plans:

iOS 16

This could also be an important factor Apple releases all 12 months, merely due to the sheer variety of iPhone house owners throughout the planet. If you’ve bought an iPhone that’s sufficiently latest (iOS 15 runs on the iPhone 6s, so anybody with an iPhone 7 or later needs to be positive to get iOS 16) you’ll be capable of set up the brand new model of iOS when it’s launched later this 12 months.

But earlier than then, there’s an entire beta-testing cycle to get by. iOS 16 will probably be introduced at WWDC, then launched as a developer beta (for registered app builders solely) nearly instantly after the keynote. Even should you can, don’t set up this except you’ve got a second cellphone—there very nicely could also be critical flaws with the beta software program that might disrupt necessary options and even brick your machine.

Rumored new options for iOS 16 embody a brand new lock display with some interactive data or widgets (which can apparently get the “always-on” therapy solely within the iPhone 14 Pro this fall), important adjustments to the notification system, and new Heath and Fitness app options. Perhaps most significantly, a number of of Apple’s built-in apps are mentioned to be in line for a refresh.

iPadOS 16

The accompanying replace for iPad house owners, iPadOS 16 is prone to incorporate a lot of the new options of iOS 16 however tailored to a larger-screen interface. When Apple gave the iPad model of iOS its personal “iPadOS” identify a number of years in the past, they have been comparable in most respects, and that is still true at this time. Still, the iPad continues to get tailor-made options and interface adjustments.

However, this is perhaps the 12 months iPadOS breaks away from iOS. The most vital iPad-specific factor we’ve heard from the rumor mill is an enormous change to multitasking. That may imply a wholesale change to the numerous present methods to multitask on an iPad or one more methodology so as to add to the record. It may even imply a mode that lets the iPad, when docked, function with floating resizable home windows very similar to a MacEbook. We’ll simply have to attend for the WWDC keynote to seek out out.

macOS 13

The follow-up to macOS 12 Monterey needs to be macOS model 13, however don’t take that as a right: Apple noodled round on a single model quantity for a barely conceivable 18 years, from macOS 10.0 (Cheetah) in 2001 to macOS 10.15 (Catalina) in 2019. But that nonsense does appear to be out of the system now, with the final two releases—macOS 11 Big Sur and macOS 12 Monterey—every getting a brand new entire quantity increment.

As for the California landmark that can lend its identify to macOS 13, we’re amused by the concept it is perhaps Mammoth, however unsure Apple would wish to affiliate its working system with one thing that’s extinct. The identify additionally lends itself to large expectations, which can be greater than Apple goes to ship.

For options, rumors say that lots of the identical built-in apps that get huge updates in iOS will get up to date right here as nicely. System Preferences is alleged to get an enormous overhaul that makes it organized just like the Settings app on iOS, and there are imagined to be important new options that permit your Mac work collectively along with your iPhone and Apple Watch.

watchOS 9

The new working system for the Apple Watch may also be revealed at WWDC. watchOS is extra of a distinct segment OS than the iPhone, iPad, and Mac updates mentioned above however may convey necessary well being and health options to Apple Watch house owners around the globe.

Last 12 months’s watchOS 8 replace was obtainable for these working a Series 3. If you’ve bought a Series 4 or later you have to be positive to get the 2022 replace, and the Series 3 may even get another 12 months within the solar.

We hear that watchOS 9 will lastly replace a number of of the present watch faces, and naturally, there are at all times new faces obtainable as nicely. watchOS 9 can also be predicted to supply new well being and health options, however that’s a reasonably straightforward prediction to make at this level. And just like the iPad, “system navigation” can also be due for an replace. There are loads of watchOS options we hope to see in watchOS 9, so we’ll be conserving an in depth eye on the announcement.

tvOS 16

The lowest-profile of the 5 huge Apple working programs, tvOS is the platform that runs on the Apple TV. Last 12 months’s tvOS 15 replace added new Siri capabilities, multi-user suggestions, and the flexibility to screen-share applications with associates utilizing SharePlay. What will we get this 12 months? We haven’t heard a lot about it but, so we’ll discover out at WWDC.

homeOS

The huge 5 might but turn into the large six as a result of Apple is rumored to be engaged on a brand new branded OS named homeOS. While we’ve gotten home-related options at WWDC, this is able to be a brand new identify for the software program that runs on the HomePod and HomePod mini, at present known as HomePod OS. Going to the difficulty of rebranding the software program would recommend that Apple needs to make extra of a fuss of including post-launch options to the HomePods sooner or later.

Mind you, since Apple discontinued the full-size HomePod final March, this is able to solely run on a single machine—which raises the query of the place the corporate sees its smart-home technique getting into 2022. Has it bought different homeOS-based merchandise up its sleeve? We’ll have to attend and see.

realityOS

Before we transfer on to {hardware}, we must always convey up the “realityOS” rumor going round of late. A holding firm assumed to be an Apple shell firm filed paperwork for a trademark on “realityOS” final 12 months, and the deadline is simply days after WWDC. While we expect the shell firm probably is certainly one of Apple’s and the registration is legit, we don’t assume we’re going to be launched to Apple’s mixed-reality headset or “realityOS” working system simply but. It can be a fantastic shock, however don’t get your hopes up.

WWDC: Rumored {hardware}

Mac Pro

Over the years, a number of new Mac Pro fashions have been revealed at WWDC and this 12 months may convey one other one. By the time Tim Cook takes the stage on the WWDC keynote, it should have been two years since Apple introduced its plans to maneuver from Intel to its personal silicon, and the Mac Pro is the final Mac to make the transition. We anticipate the Apple silicon-based Mac Pro to be introduced or teased, probably with out pricing, with a launch date close to the tip of the 12 months. We’re unsure precisely what it should appear like, however we all know one factor—it’ll have a crazy-fast processor (or processors).

Mac mini

Also in want of an replace is the opposite Intel-powered Mac remaining within the lineup. The subsequent Mac Mini is alleged to have a barely redesigned shell, extra consistent with the just-released Mac Studio (solely thinner). But the true consideration will probably be on the processor, which many predict to be an M1 Pro to provide the Mac mini much more energy.

MacEbook Air

There are additionally some fairly loud rumors a few redesigned new MacEbook Air, maybe with an M2 chip. The new machine has been rumored ever since final 12 months and is predicted to convey a thinner design with new iMac-inspired colours and skinnier bezels. We may additionally see a brand new MacEbook Pro with an M2 processor, however that’s extra prone to seem at an October occasion if in any respect.

iMac Pro

When Apple launched the Mac Studio it additionally discontinued the 27-inch iMac, however that doesn’t imply that the massive iMac is useless. Indeed, Apple might launch a brand new iMac Pro at WWDC with a mini-LED show, thinner bezels, and extra ports. Perhaps they’ll name it iMac Studio?

Pro Display XDR

There are rumors that the Pro Display XDR may get an replace in 2022 and what higher place than WWDC, alongside a brand new Mac Pro. There have been rumors that Apple is engaged on a 27-inch mini-LED monitor with ProMovement to exchange the once more LCD. And this time we hope the stand doesn’t price $999.