WWDC 2024 live updates: Apple Intelligence, iOS 18, iPadOS, MacOS and more

We're bringing you all the news from Apple's annual developer conference, right as it happens.

cherlynn low
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Apple's highly anticipated WWDC keynote is finally here. For 2024, expect the Worldwide Developers Conference to deliver the usual annual updates to Apple's platforms — iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS and more, as well as the software for the Vision Pro headset, which was introduced at WWDC 2023 and went on sale a few months ago. But this year, all eyes will be on how the tech giant will up its game on the AI front (which apparently may get branded as Apple Intelligence). In addition to AI-powered updates throughout the company's ecosystem, we're also hearing that Apple might be readying a brand new... Calculator app? We'll get the details once the keynote kicks off at 10am PT / 1pm ET today. I'm already on site with my colleague Devindra Hardawar, and we're prepping to bring you all the news, as well as the most important insights, like how Apple's snacks compare to the likes of Microsoft and Google's events. Plus, what do you think the new macOS will be named after? Stay tuned for ongoing live updates.

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  • Everything Apple announced at WWDC 2024, including iOS 18, AI with Apple Intelligence and more

    iOS 18
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    Missed our liveblog? We've got a big ol' article just for you. Today's keynote for Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference teased a lot of what users can expect later this year when all of its major software updates roll out. Big changes coming to iOS 18, macOS Sequoia and watchOS 11 include RCS support, a new Passwords app, a revamped Calculator app and a bunch of artificial intelligence (AI) infusions across the board thanks to the new "Apple Intelligence" system.

    Read the full story here.

  • ChatGPT is baked into Apple Intelligence

    Apple - ChatGPT
    Apple

    As rumored, Apple confirmed at WWDC 2024 that it’s made a deal with OpenAI to bring ChatGPT to the iPhone and other devices. GPT-4o will power cloud-based AI queries in iOS 18, iPadOS 18 and macOS Sequoia.

    Read the developing story here.

  • Apple's first attempt at AI is Apple Intelligence

    Apple Intelligence
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    Apple is going all in on AI in the most Apple way possible. At WWDC, the company’s annual conference for developers, the company revealed Apple Intelligence, an Apple-branded version of AI that is more focused on infusing its software with the technology and upgrading existing apps to make them more useful. Apple Intelligence will be powered both by Apple’s homegrown tech as well as a partnership with OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, Apple announced.

    Read the full story here.

  • Cherlynn Low

    Like Devindra said, thanks for joining us! We're off to see what demos are available and will be taking a zillion meetings over the next two days, where we expect to learn more about things that were previewed today. Stick around to Axget.com for more coverage and reports from WWDC 2024, we'll have lots to share!

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    Apple CEO Tim Cook summarizing all of today's big announcements.
    Apple CEO Tim Cook summarizing all of today's big announcements. (Apple)

  • Apple's new AI-powered Siri can use apps for you

    Siri's new AI powers.
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    As expected, Apple’s assistant is about to get much more helpful thanks to a load of new AI-powered capabilities. During WWDC, the company previewed a new version of Siri that can take actions on your behalf and understand a wide range of new queries.

    The new version of Siri has a better understanding of the apps on your phone and will be able to take more than 100 actions based on your activity and device.

    Read the full story here.

  • Devindra Hardawar

    Thanks for joining us folks, this has been an onslaught of news!

  • Cherlynn Low

    Cook is laying out what the rest of the week looks like for the developers that are here for WWDC. This is, after all, a developer conference. Who else would make the apps that actually work for us? Cook thanks us and we're done!

  • Devindra Hardawar

    "Personal intelligence" is the phrase Apple has used more than "artificial intelligence." The framing makes all the difference. Apple Intelligence will power tools that actually have context around you and your data, instead of just being based on a collection of stolen content from the internet.

  • Cherlynn Low

    Apple Intelligence will be available to try out in US English this summer, and it's coming to iOS 18, iPadOS 18 and macOS Sequoia this fall. "This is the beginning of an exciting new chapter for personal intelligence," Federighi adds.

  • Devindra Hardawar

    Generative intelligence is also coming to Xcode (developers around us cheered as this was announced). This sounds very similar to Microsoft's Github Copilot, which has been available for years.

  • Cherlynn Low

    "This is AI for the rest of us," Federighi is saying. Apple Intelligence, of course, not that other AI.

  • Devindra Hardawar

    Apple is making it easy for developers to integrate AI features. If a dev has been using SiriKit, they don't have to do much extra work to take advantage of the new Siri AI features.

  • John Falcone
    Here's the big summary slide for all of the Apple Intelligence announcements.
    Here's the big summary slide for all of the Apple Intelligence announcements. (Apple)
  • Devindra Hardawar

    You can also use ChatGPT to create stories on-demand, or its sibling Dall E to create images. No surprises here. ChatGPT integration is coming to all of Apple's new operating systems later this year.

  • Cherlynn Low

    Federighi actually called OpenAI's ChatGPT the best of the advanced generative AI models out there (I'm slightly paraphrasing). The company is integrating access to ChatGPT in its own products to reduce the need to jump between services and apps.

  • Devindra Hardawar

    The ChatGPT results also stay within the Siri pop-up. you're not being sent elsewhere.

  • Devindra Hardawar

    You can ask Siri about something, and it can ask if you want to reference ChatGPT about it. The confirmation is key

  • Devindra Hardawar

    ChatGPT gets a shout out as the market leader of generative AI.

  • Devindra Hardawar

    Instant transcriptions just made the Notes app 100x more helpful to me.

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