How To Watch WWDC 2025: IOS 26, WatchOS 26 And More

One of the biggest days of the year for Apple is upon us. Perhaps the only day bigger than WWDC is the iPhone launch in September.

Today, Apple will take the stage in a likely pre-recorded video to debut the next version of each operating system. This includes iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS. And Apple reportedly has some big plans this year.

While last year was all about AI and Apple Intelligence features that didn’t ship, this year is going to be about unifying all of its software, not only in the version number, but also in design. According to multiple sources, Apple is going to debut a new design that is more glassy and uses more transparency than before. This is likely to be the biggest redesign since iOS 7 in 2013. That was a pretty controversial update and had loads of problems at launch.

These software updates will be available in a developer beta later today, with public betas launching next month. iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, and watchOS should all be available in September, around the Monday after the iPhone launch. With macOS being available in October, likely that some new Macs will be announced.

WWDC will be live-streaming around the world on Apple.com, Apple TV, and, of course, YouTube. Now that wasn’t always the case. For many years, Apple only let you watch WWDC and its other events on Apple devices. But now you can watch it on any device you choose.

The show will kick off at 10AM PT. That’s 1PM ET for those of us on the East Coast. In the UK, that’s going to be 6PM, and 7PM for the rest of Europe.

Typically, WWDC keynotes last between an hour and a half to two hours. Last year’s keynote was one hour and 43 minutes.

What is WWDC?

WWDC is Apple’s own developer conference, it stands for World Wide Developers Conference. It’s actually one of the oldest developer conferences, having first started in 1983.

This is where Apple gives developers updates on all of its products, and sometimes, there’s some hardware announced. While it is a developers conference, the opening keynote is usually very consumer-friendly, unlike Google I/O or even Microsoft BUILD.

Since the pandemic, Apple hasn’t really had much of an in-person conference, it has been available for free online to everyone. Some developers are being invited to Apple Park to watch the pre-recorded keynote with the media.

Of course, Tim Cook will kick things off today, saying “Good Morning”.