Top Stories: WWDC 2025 Announced, iPhone 17 Pro and iOS 19 Rumors, and More

Apple's large developer lawsuit is simply a small implicit 2 months away, and rumors astir what we tin expect to spot successful Apple's adjacent large operating strategy updates are becoming progressively frequent.


A nationalist merchandise of iOS 18.4 is besides imminent with a fig of updates and improvements, though we won't beryllium getting the large Apple Intelligence Siri upgrades that had reportedly been planned for this update. This week besides saw updated rumors astir the iPhone 17 Pro models coming aboriginal this twelvemonth and the archetypal foldable iPhone apt coming arsenic soon arsenic adjacent year, truthful work connected beneath for each the details!

Apple Announces WWDC 2025 Event for June 9 to 13

Apple this week announced that its 36th yearly Worldwide Developers Conference volition statesman connected Monday, June 9, and tally done connected Friday, June 13. As with WWDC events since 2020, WWDC 2025 volition chiefly beryllium an online lawsuit that is unfastened to each developers astatine nary cost.


WWDC 2025 volition footwear disconnected with the accepted keynote connected June 9, wherever Apple volition unveil iOS 19, iPadOS 19, macOS 16, tvOS 19, watchOS 12, and visionOS 3.

iPhone 17 Pro Launching Later This Year With These 10 New Features

While the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max are not expected to motorboat until September, determination are already plentifulness of rumors astir the devices.


The astir instantly evident plan alteration volition beryllium a ample rectangular camera bump crossed the apical of the device's rear, and it looks similar the rear ammunition volition beryllium a operation of aluminum and glass. Other rumored features see camera improvements, an A19 Pro chip, a larger battery, and more.

Top 5 New Features Coming successful iOS 18.4

Apple this week seeded release campaigner versions of iOS 18.4 and related updates, signaling that a nationalist merchandise is apt to hap sometime adjacent week.


While immoderate of the Apple Intelligence updates we were expecting for iOS 18.4 person been delayed, determination are still a fig of improvements coming with the release, including Priority Notifications, expanded instrumentality enactment for ocular intelligence, caller emoji, and more.

Here's What Apple's iOS 19 Messages App Might Look Like

Leaker Jon Prosser has teased a glimpse of what the Messages app mightiness look similar successful iOS 19 erstwhile it arrives aboriginal this year, and he's followed it up with a afloat video outlining what helium says helium has seen with immoderate further plan changes for the update.


Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has warned, however, that at slightest immoderate of the images "aren't representative" of what's really coming successful iOS 19, with Prosser's accusation possibly based connected "very aged builds" oregon "vague descriptions."

Rumors suggest that plan changes successful iOS 19 whitethorn see adoption of immoderate of the "glassy" elements recovered successful visionOS and Apple's caller app releases specified arsenic Apple Sports and Apple Invites, an thought that has been reinforced by the authoritative WWDC 2025 logo unveiled this week.

AirPods Max to Gain Lossless Audio and Low-Latency Audio successful iOS 18.4

iOS 18.4 and a related firmware update volition bring immoderate caller capabilities to Apple's AirPods Max headphones with USB-C, including enactment for lossless audio and ultra-low latency audio. As portion of the update, wired connectivity for AirPods Max that was dropped with the motorboat of the USB-C models volition return, and Apple is now selling a USB-C to 3.5mm audio cable to assistance alteration that feature.


While the summation of lossless audio whitethorn not mean overmuch to galore users given Apple's erstwhile claims astir compressed AAC audio from Apple Music being "virtually indistinguishable" from lossless audio, immoderate demanding users similar musicians and dependable mixers volition beryllium capable to payment from the upgrades.

Foldable iPhone Expected to Launch Next Year, Costing Around $2,000

Rumors astir Apple's foldable iPhone are continuing to mount, and they're lining up down a launch arsenic soon arsenic precocious adjacent twelvemonth with a terms tag of astir $2,000 if not more.


Bloomberg's Mark Gurman notes that Apple volition leverage galore of the advancements coming successful this year's "iPhone 17 Air," including display, chip, battery, and modem updates that volition each assistance Apple acceptable everything into a super-slim chassis for the foldable model.

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