Apple Shares New 'Sleek Peek' Teaser Ahead of WWDC 2025 Next Week

[MacRumors]

WWDC 2025 is just one week away, with Apple's opening keynote scheduled to begin on Monday, June 9 at 10 a.m. Pacific Time. Ahead of the annual developer conference, Apple updated its WWDC page today with a new "Sleek peek" tagline, which replaces the original "On the horizon" tagline that it used over the past few weeks.

The graphic for WWDC 2025 has also been updated. It is now a glass-like Apple logo with colors shining through. Until now, it was a glass-like rainbow.

Is the "Sleek peek" tagline a hint at what is to come? It could be a subtle reference to the sleek new look of iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26, tvOS 26, and watchOS 26, which are all rumored to feature a new glass-like, visionOS-inspired design.

WWDC 2025 was added to the Apple Events page today. Apple's keynote will be available to stream on that page, as well as in the Apple TV app, and on YouTube. It will also be available for on-demand replay afterwards.

Last, Apple's marketing chief Greg Joswiak has shared a short WWDC 2025 animation with a glass-like Apple logo, a Swift logo, and a rainbow. For those who are not aware, Swift is a programming language that was introduced by Apple in 2014.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1929558230990049758

WWDC 2025 runs from June 9 through June 13.

Article Link: Apple Shares New 'Sleek Peek' Teaser Ahead of WWDC 2025 Next Week

 

[sniffies]

Something's telling me the new UI will have frosted glass effect.

 

[germanbeer007]

never forget

 

[attohs]

Brushed Metal > Glass

 

[iZac]

never forget

I was thinking the same - from that animation it could be more 'Aqua 2.0' than the dull grey of VisionOS. I'm a little worried about legibility though. Dare I say Microsoft tried to go full-glass with Vista and quickly regretted it. Hopefully Apple learnt some lessons from their failures.

 

[nfl46]

I love the VisionOS interface. I can’t wait to see what they do with this new sleek design.

 

[klasma]

It’s almost an anagram of Peak Leaks.

 

[McWetty]

I stole this from someone else… but still funny:

MacOS 26: Buena Vista

 

[Artemiz]

Can’t wait for all the “this is the worst design ever” posts.

 

[RickDEGH]

Glass is glass … and glass …

 

[aries81]

Can’t wait for all the “this is the worst design ever” posts.

Well this is MacRumors, so that's a given.

 

[minik]

The Apple logo looks quite good, only a week away!

 

[emmab2006]

Very Glassy. love it

 

[macdaddy43]

Apple: We lied about our technological capabilities regarding Apple Intelligence, and have increasingly introduced more and more bugs on our platforms.

Also Apple: Everyone look over here! Look how shiny it is! Don't worry about how far behind we are, look at how cool the glass is!

 

[bartszyszka]

It's already confusing that the "26" things will be released in 2025, and announced at WWDC 2025, no? Like when you're doing your taxes but they're for the year before?

 

[Jashar7]

I love the VisionOS interface. I can’t wait to see what they do with this new sleek design.

To be honest yeah i love the VisionOS too it’s so unfortunate that the price of that thing overshadowed everything else cause the Vision Pro it’s a unbelievable piece of technology but again the price is ridiculous.

 

[SAIRUS]

We plan on adjusting the cornerRadius of things and we will celebrate it...

...but honestly I think Apple is just a few slip ups away from pissing of the developer community...but Google/Samsung are still quite a few steps away from securing them...

 

[Etc_]

Apple: We lied about our technological capabilities regarding Apple Intelligence, and have increasingly introduced more and more bugs on our platforms.

Also Apple: Everyone look over here! Look how shiny it is! Don't worry about how far behind we are, look at how cool the glass is!

Oh, they are absolutely going to milk Apple Intelligence dry, but only in retrospect, highlighting how awesome the features are that they’ve already released, without mentioning the unreleased but announced features.

 

[klasma]

It's already confusing that the "26" things will be released in 2025, and announced at WWDC 2025, no? Like when you're doing your taxes but they're for the year before?

Wait until you learn about Apple’s fiscal year.

 

[contacos]

What’s old is new again 🤩

No seriously, I am glad they are finally changing something about the look.

 

[thebart]

Apple getting back to their core competence: pretty UI

 

[turbineseaplane]

Something's telling me the new UI will have frosted glass effect.

I'm already looking for the "Increase Contrast" toggle.

 

[KENESS]

It's already confusing that the "26" things will be released in 2025, and announced at WWDC 2025, no? Like when you're doing your taxes but they're for the year before?

Considering it comes out in the fall every year, naming it for the upcoming year seems perfectly fine to me.

 

[Populus]

Something's telling me the new UI will have frosted glass effect.

Yeah, just like when they used brushed metal on the MacOS interface, remember? Or the glossy drops of water/crystal during the Aqua era… they went to a neutral-grey interface for all this years, and I guess frosted glass is the new prominent material.

Not gonna lie, I started using macOS (Snow Leopard) when brushed metal was nowhere in the interface, and always missed being able to “put it” on the windows bezels and borders… because just grey looked too bland. But with the release of Mavericks and the first retina MacBooks, they gave the “grey material” sort of A subtle, grainy texture, like it was made of some sort of elegant polymer. Obviously, they eventually removed this texture to the grey, and in Big Sur wasn’t perceivable anymore.

But, yeah, it will be interesting to see a new “material” taking the stage in the new operating systems.

 

[VisceralRealist]

Is it 2007 again?

Nah, but we've basically been on iOS 7 for the past 12 years. It's time for something new.

I'd rather they focus on what they can actually do than over-promise with features that aren't ready.