Apple event - as it happened: All the announcements from WWDC 2020, including iPhone, Mac and Watch updates
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Your support makes all the difference.Apple held its WWDC event on Monday, revealing updates for every one of its platforms.
As well as new versions of the operating systems for its iPhone, iPad, Macs, Apple Watch and TVs, the company also revealed major new changes including the introduction of entirely new chips for its Macs.
It is the 31st time that Apple has held the event. But it is the first ever time that it has been entirely virtual, conducted only through the internet.
You can watch a replay of the live stream above and read The Independent's full coverage below.
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With just over two hours to go, Twitter user Qamar Javed (@QamarJvd7) has put together this handy list showing start times for WWDC around the world.
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Various clips of old WWDC events are doing the rounds online. This one of Steve Jobs from 1997 had me wondering: when did Apple stop taking questions from the audience at these events? It'd be great if they brought that back.
Apple has released the schedule for WWDC, which runs from today until 26 June. The full list of events and sessions can be found here.
Not much detail is given about today's keynote. The description simply states: "Discover exciting new innovations and updates coming to all Apple platforms later this year."
Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering Craig Federighi didn't have much more to say in March when Apple announced this year's WWDC.
He said: “With all of the new products and technologies we’ve been working on, WWDC 2020 is going to be big. I look forward to our developers getting their hands on the new code and interacting in entirely new ways with the Apple engineers building the technologies and frameworks that will shape the future across all Apple platforms.”
Keynote bingo anyone? (courtesy of student developer Dylan Mcdonald @DylanMcD8)
And here's another version of WWDC bingo put together by @patrickhmason and @davidmoss.
It includes "Smiling children in an emerging market play with an iPad" and "Male presenters undo yet another shirt button" (Craig Federighi?).
My bet for WWDC bingo is that Tim Cook will mention this fact within the first five minutes:
Apple’s App Store ecosystem facilitated over half a trillion dollars in commerce in 2019.
Less than 30 minutes to go now. You'll be able to watch the live stream on this page, just above the live blog feed. If it's not showing for you, hit refresh and it should appear.
There's no way to know how long today's keynote will go on for, but if it's anything like last year's, you might want to get comfy. WWDC 2019 lasted more than two and a quarter hours.
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