Apple Worldwide Developers Conference
| Apple Worldwide Developers Conference | |
|---|---|
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| Frequency | Annually |
| Venue | 2017-2019: San Jose Convention Center
2020-2021: pre-recorded in Apple Park with confidence online 2022-: pre-recorded in Apple Park with confidence online and in-person |
| Location(s) | 2017-2019: San Jose, California
2020-2021: Cupertino, California with digital confidence 2022-: Cupertino, California with in-person and digital confidence |
| Country | United States |
| Inaugurated | 1987 |
| Most recent | June 10–14, 2024[1] |
| Previous event | June 10–14, 2024[2] |
| Next event | June 2025 |
| Attendance | 9,000 (2019) |
| Area | Worldwide |
| Organized by | Apple Inc. |
| Website | |
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The Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC, also called "dub-dub")[3] is an event held every year for software developers who create software for macOS and iOS. The first WWDC took place in 1987. After 13 years of being held in early June in San Francisco, California, WWDC returned to San Jose, California in 2017. Sometimes new products are announced at the conference.
Since 2020, WWDC has been online-only event for the first time due to COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5][6] However, since 2023 people can enter an in-person event at Apple Park during WWDC.[7]
WWDC currently focus on operating systems such as iOS, iPadOS, WatchOS, audioOS, tvOS, visionOS and MacOS.
Attendance
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Attendees must be 13 years old or older and member of an Apple Developer program, also, ticket is required to enter the conference.
In 2018, WWDC has 6,000 attendees during WWDC18.
In 2019, WWDC has 9,000 attendees during WWDC19.
In 2020, WWDC no longer have in-person attendance due to COVID-19 pandemic.[8]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Ashworth, Boone. "Everything Apple Announced at WWDC". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2025-05-03.
- ↑ "Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference returns June 10, 2024". Apple Newsroom (United States). Retrieved 2024-11-30.
- ↑ Tynan, Dan (June 5, 2015). "Apple's Developers Conference: Best, Worst, and Weirdest Moments". Yahoo Tech. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
- ↑ "WWDC 2020 to be online-only due to coronavirus, with possible focus on Mac". Digital Trends. 2020-03-13. Retrieved 2025-05-03.
- ↑ Heater, Brian (2020-06-24). "Apple's first virtual WWDC keynote set a new standard for remote presentations". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2025-05-03.
- ↑ Metz, Rachel (2020-06-23). "How Apple put on a big virtual tech conference during a pandemic | CNN Business". CNN. Retrieved 2025-05-02.
- ↑ "WWDC23 Apple Park Special Event". Apple Developer. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
- ↑ Leswing, Kif (2020-03-13). "Apple moves WWDC developers conference online due to coronavirus". CNBC. Retrieved 2025-05-03.
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