Apple Recaps 18 Key Announcements From WWDC 2024 Keynote in Short Video

[MacRumors]

Apple promised that the WWDC 2024 keynote would be action-packed, and it absolutely was. With new updates like iOS 18 and macOS Sequoia, along with a whole new Apple Intelligence suite of AI features, there were a ton of announcements.

To help out, Apple has shared the nearly three-minute video above highlighting 18 key things that it unveiled during the keynote.

Of course, we'll have our own in-depth coverage of Apple's announcements here at MacRumors, so be sure to follow along to learn more.

Article Link: Apple Recaps 18 Key Announcements From WWDC 2024 Keynote in Short Video

 

[fel10]

I haven’t been this excited for new updated operating systems from apple in a long time. I think they actually brought a lot to the table this time.

 

[rafark]

Very disappointing. Probably the most boring release in years. Weren’t we supposed to get an iOS redesign?

 

[AlexJaye]

More like 18 yawns.

I remember when folks were excited for Siri’s debut.

🤣🤣🤣🤣

 

[StoneJack]

Cook and Federini should resign

 

[spinedoc77]

Seemed very weak overall, but I guess there is only so far AI can take you. Even the AI stuff, meh.

 

[StoneJack]

Very disappointing. Probably the most boring release in years. Weren’t we supposed to get an iOS redesign?

They forgot about it while being busy making those jumping intro videos

 

[Razeus]

Weak overall.

I don't think AI is going to anything for anybody. Especially coming from Apple, who's supposedly been into Siri for over a decade - even buying up all sorts of companies to help Siri out. And it still sucks.

 

[canadianreader]

The AI stuff like image generation is very disappointing so much resembles AI's first steps from a year or 2 ago.

 

[DelayedGratificationGene]

It was awesome! Apple Intelligence is a game changer. So much stuff. On device plus Apple Servers cloud. I’m ready to upgrade all iPhones and Macs in Sept

 

[jimthing]

Voiceover by:

Serenity Caldwell​

 

[dinobear]

I miss Mac OS

 

[danny1305]

Weak overall.

I don't think AI is going to anything for anybody. Especially coming from Apple, who's supposedly been into Siri for over a decade - even buying up all sorts of companies to help Siri out. And it still sucks.

You will be left behind with that mentality. AI is game changing stuff already, and this is still very early

 

[Gigolo Joe]

18 minor software bumps with zero hardware bumps = "action packed"???

Swiftly losing the will to keep up with Apple as a brand - given the self defeating attitude to their core hardware customer base, and the disdainful lack of software support for older machines that are still very much useable..

Also finding Macrumors fanboy approach wearing very thin..

 

[stringbender]

I miss Steve Jobs.

 

[kagharaht]

So you need an iPhone 16 or M chipped iPads.

 

[Septercius]

Is anyone else bored by AI? AI this, AI that, AI something else. I'm getting old and I'm set in my ways; I'd rather do things my own way than cheat and have a computer guess at what I actually want. And it's not AI, really. It can't learn itself. It's trained.

Apple also has this weird fixation with (fetish for?) emojis.

This was one of the few keynotes that I skipped entirely. Even a 3 minute summary video was excessive.

 

[boss.king]

Very happy with a lot of the features announced. I don't care about AI, but every device is getting at least a handful of actually useful non-AI things I've been wanting for a while now.

 

[Jmausmuc]

I’m unhappy that apple gave into including these cheapo GenAI features like image generation and text generation.

The enhanced Siri sounds promising, seems to be using some smaller LLM and some type of RAG which stores the knowledge from all the apps.

 

[klasma]

“It’s AI that gets you!”

(a) Yeah, I doubt it.

(b) Oh, now I understand: It will get us all in the end!

 

[tomsop]

Can't wait for the next Chris Lawley video where he gushes over everything (Apple can do no wrong). I find many people have become cultish around Apple - they will take any scraps and put on a smiling face - even Dan. I do give Apple credit for the iPad calculator and the handwriting improvement features - but these were the only biggies besides AI SIRI - the core apps still suck and too much window dressing/eye candy updates (custom UI and Emoji stuff they been doing for the last 5 years now). No new stock apps or major redesigns - I feel Safari needs to adapt more Arc browser stuff. We need overhauls not tinkering with existing stuff. Yet I will prefer these updates to sticking with existing OS for another year. They have the money I just want them to invest more into software - why is Day One still better than the stock Journal app even after this point? Stuff like that.

 

[steve123]

This was the most significant WWDC in a long time. Apple does appear to be paying attention to the need to get their act together with respect to AI and this keynote does give us hope they are heading in the right direction. If they can deliver on the promises there are some very useful and helpful features coming our way.

 

[.wojtek]

More like 18 yawns.

yawn and cringy AF...

 

[Gator5000e]

There is usually a bunch of stuff not included in the announcements that are included in the actual updates. I'm sure MR will be all over those once they discover them in the Betas.

 

[Dorv]

18 minor software bumps with zero hardware bumps = "action packed"???

Swiftly losing the will to keep up with Apple as a brand - given the self defeating attitude to their core hardware customer base, and the disdainful lack of software support for older machines that are still very much useable..

Also finding Macrumors fanboy approach wearing very thin..

Yeah, I hate it when they don't announce new hardware at their software focused event. World Wide DEVELOPERS Conference.

(And if you're talking about fanboys in these threads, I don't think we're reading the same thing)