Worldwide Developers Conference 2023

Worldwide Developers Conference 2023 (or WWDC 2023 or WWDC23) is the 34th annual computer conference to be hosted by Apple Inc. for its developers, scheduled to be held from June 5 to 9 in 2023. Themes for this year's event include "Swiftly developing." and "Code new worlds." The weeklong conference will be held online through the Apple Developer website and app, with some live events for attendees selected at random from among requests submitted to the WWDC 2023 website.

Keynote
Apple CEO Tim Cook opened the keynote by highlighting the 15th anniversary of the App Store and focusing on developers. Senior VP of hardware engineering John Ternus then announced the new 15-inch MacBook Air with the Apple M2 chip, and the updated Mac Studio with the Apple M2 Max or M2 Ultra chips. Also introduced was the new Mac Pro with Apple M2 Ultra, which negates the need for an Afterburner Card. Senior VP of software engineering Craig Federighi and his staff then introduced iOS 17 with improved Neural Engine features, Journaling, and Standby. iPadOS was updated to support updated Lock Screens with Widgets. Federigh then introduced macOS Sonoma (version 14). tvOS 17 is being updated to support FaceTime. VP of technology Kevin Lynch also introduced watchOS 10. Cook and VP of human interface Alan Dye then introduced the Vision Pro AR headset, featuring the Apple M2 and R1 chips running visionOS.

Scheduled events

 * Apple Keynote
 * June 5, 10:00 a.m. PDT


 * Platforms State of the Union
 * June 5, 1:30 p.m. PDT


 * Apple Design Awards
 * June 5, 6:30 p.m. PDT

Expected announcements
Apple CEO Tim Cook has opened the keynote event at the conference since WWDC 2012. Operating system announcements, such as new versions of iOS, iPadOS, and macOS, are typically presented by Senior VP of Software Engineering Craig Federighi. New watchOS announcements are typically presented by VP of Technology Kevin Lynch. Hardware announcements are typically presented by Senior VP of Hardware Engineering John Ternus, with any new processors being presented by Senior VP of Hardware Technologies Johny Srouji.

Background
WWDC 2020 was the first Worldwide Developers Conference to be held virtually in an online format, due to the COVID-19 outbreak that temporarily closed all of Apple's retail stores at various times around the world. WWDC 2021 (and WWDC 2022 to some extent), were also held online in this manner due to the ongoing pandemic. However, like in 2022, WWDC 2023 will have a live component at Apple Park with developers and students selected at random to attend from among the following groups of qualified applicants:
 * Current Apple Developer program members
 * Apple Entrepreneur Camp alumni
 * Swift Student Challenge winners (2020 to 2022)
 * Current Apple Developer Enterprise Program members

Apple has also held annual scholarship events with the conference, such as the Swift Student Challenge, which were held virtually from 2020 to 2022.