Live Coverage of Apple's WWDC 2016 Keynote: iOS 10, macOS 10.12, and More [Keynote Over]

[lauratherose]

Tim's a great CEO. In fact, titles aside, he's effectively been in that role since about, oh, 2004. Take it from someone who worked for him for over a decade.

If Apple were any other company, and Steve were any other person, his title would have been "Chief Creative Officer," or something similar.

That's the problem they have no creative vision - no drive. They're just playing catch up. I'm a hard core mac user, but when you have brand loyalists who are saddened by the lack of innovation and drive, which is a key component of the brand, then it starts making it hard to continue your love affair with them. They built their recent brand on impressing consumers, but everything in the last few years has been industry standard wrapped up in a glittery bow. Sure you can impress with a glittery bow for a few seconds, but where's the substance behind it?

 

[MH01]

Apple TV got dark mode... but not OS X. boooooo.

OS X has it. I think u Mean iOS

 

[Lone Deranger]

I'm in shock.

 

[Alenore]

Anybody else take a look at the developers watching the Swift Playground demo and conclude that the developers were thinking "Great, more competition :/ "?

Yes, we're thrilled about competition from kids who'll submit their apps to the stores and flood it even more than now, which will make our own apps totally invisible.

 

[840quadra]

For all the 9 year old developers in the audience, right?

I don't see how making coding fun, is a bad thing.

They sure did gear the event to the younger side of the coding world, But that's fine IMO. Many people are commenting on how much better the keynote is when Craig comes out, and while he is no longer a kid, I think Apple can do to see more youthful energy injected into the brand, but maybe that's just me.

 

[actinide]

I didn't even see it but Microsofts E3 conference has brought a HUGE MASSIVE SMILE TO MY FACE....

With the new Xbox One S.

where can i stream the "live" coverage... Damn i wasted two hours on this event.....

 

[sracer]

My only expectations going into this WWDC:

• iOS improvements to make better use of the 12.9 iPad Pro (including finer icon grid on the homescreen, support for pointing devices, expanded support for USB peripherals, etc.)
• The actual announcements would be disappointing

So Apple came through with 50% of my expectations.

 

[yaxomoxay]

Saying white poeple will get your post removed becUse it's offensive. We are kidding here???? My god are we adults or kids here. What BS. Poor choice of words it states ??? Wow. Just wow.

In all fairness 90% of the keynote was aimed at people 13yo or younger.

 

[insomniac86]

LOL I agree... what the heck we're some of you expecting? My goodness... Apple just opened up just about every aspect of all the OS's to developers. That's huge on it's own!

Personally... I see a great foundation coming for all new hardware in the fall... and BTW... I too was hoping for new Macs, but also knew that usually does not happen at WWDC.... but was still hoping they'd break tradition and bring them anyway.

All good stuff from what I saw.

I think it's because many users on here are 12 year old girls with a mental handicap of a 4 year old. The stupidity in 90% of the comments i read on here blew my mind.

 

[Toutou]

I'm sorry for all of you who've invested serious amounts of money in Apple devices and Mac software. I own a single MacBook and switching to a Linux distro sounds very compelling now.

 

[Sorenhornum]

And yeah massive disappointment just like rumours suggested... but the worst part is how they talk about the new features... They aren't that amazing, its old, already done by others, or simply useless things most of us will never use.

How long must I wait before I can finally replace my 2010 macbook pro with something thats NEW? NEW!!

Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) kicks off today in San Francisco with the traditional keynote being held for the first time at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, the same location Apple used for its "Hey Siri" media event last September.

Photo by Walt Mossberg​

The keynote begins at 10:00 AM Pacific Time / 1:00 PM Eastern Time, and we're expecting to see a number of announcements focused primarily on software updates including iOS 10 and OS X 10.12, as well as new versions of watchOS and tvOS. We may also see some updates to Apple's services such as Apple Pay, iCloud, and perhaps iMessage, but major hardware announcements are not expected.

Apple is providing a live video stream on its website and via Apple TV.

In addition to Apple's video stream, we will be updating this article with live blog coverage and issuing Twitter updates through our @MacRumorsLive account as the keynote unfolds. Highlights from the event and separate news stories regarding today's announcements will go out through our @MacRumors account.

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[thelead]

Every time I see these increasingly childish keynotes I'm so so glad to be working in finance.

Seriously. The messages and itunes segments were cringeworthy.

 

[TheRainKing]

I feel like downgrading to Mountain Lion and iOS 6 (the last two OS's that I actually liked).

 

[iBug2]

The moment I saw people criticising Swift Playgrounds is the moment I stopped reading the comments. What is wrong with you people?

 

[Rogifan]

Btw for anyone paying attention all the iOS changes are paving the way for an iPhone without the home button. I'm predicting it already for next year: OLED screen, no home button and dark mode.

 

[apolloa]

People who are moaning need to realise that WWDC is not for the average consumer but developers, there was never a guarantee that we would get any hardware.

The usual Apple Apologist remark I see...

And what about the Apple hardware Apple has announced at all it's previous WWDC events then... Oh but I guess you'll tell me that's different, that was a different Apple, the new Apple you have insider knowledge off now thinks WWDC should never be about new hardware.....

http://www.cultofmac.com/171879/the-history-of-wwdc-apples-biggest-announcements-feature/

 

[mattburley7]

so you can remove stock apps now?

 

[Anuba]

- What do we want??
- TEPID OS UPDATES!!
- When do we want it??
- MAYBE SOMETIME THIS FALL!!

 

[ItsTaylorTimes]

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LOL I agree... what the heck we're some of you expecting? My goodness... Apple just opened up just about every aspect of all the OS's to developers. That's huge on it's own!

Personally... I see a great foundation coming for all new hardware in the fall... and BTW... I too was hoping for new Macs, but also knew that usually does not happen at WWDC.... but was still hoping they'd break tradition and bring them anyway.

All good stuff from what I saw.

usually does not happen? The Mac Pro, the Unibody MBP, The Retina MBP, the MacbookAir were all revealed at WWDC.

 

[newtestleper]

When my iMac dies in probably 2-4 years I think I might be doing what I never wanted and going back to Windows. I don't believe Microsoft can offer me things I want any more than Apple can (if this is any indication) but at least they can do it cheaper and I can build it myself.

macOS' features almost all seem dependent on an iPhone or Apple Watch which I don't really care for and if this is the direction iOS is going (childish and bloated) than its only a matter of time before macs get the same treatment.

I love you Apple, I really do, but you need to stop pushing away your professional audience.

Two years is a long time to be on standby waiting for a computer to give up the ghost. Have fun with that!

 

[TitanicManDC]

can't wait to get these useless stock apps off the phone. it's about time they let us do this.

Did they announce this? I don't think they are going to let us

 

[alex2792]

Come to the good side with a custom built PC and Nexus

Yeah I got a XPS 13 and S7 to replace my iPhone 6 and 2013 MBA, no complaints so far.

 

[shadow puppet]

I miss the days when hearing "the next big thing" meant something innovative and fun was coming...

 

[nt5672]

No new Xcode announced. Get ready for programming on the iPad using Siri.

 

[NOTNlCE]

You know, in all honesty, what a joke.