APPLE is days away from revealing major news on artificial intelligence, Siri, and virtual reality, an expert predicts.
Speaking to The U.S. Sun, an industry insider has revealed what he thinks Apple is most likely to announce at its major WWDC event on Monday, June 10.
What is WWDC 2024?
WWDC is the Worldwide Developers Conference, an annual Apple event that's nearly upon us.
It's typically aimed at app makers, but the keynote event usually reveals plenty of good news for Apple fans.
We'll typically hear about the yearly free updates coming to iOS for iPhone, as well as iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and now even visionOS for the Vision Pro headset.
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So if you're looking forward to getting some free new features on your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch, you're in luck.
This year's event will kick off on June 10, 2024 at the company's Apple Park HQ in California.
It'll run all the way to June 14, but the main news comes on the Monday at the 10am keynote (that's local time, so it's 1pm for New Yorkers or 6pm if you're in London).
This keynote will be livestreamed all around the world for free.
So you can tune in and watch what Apple CEO Tim Cook and his fellow execs have lined up for you.
But The U.S. Sun will also be attending, bringing you the latest news and updates live from Apple Park.
WWDC 2024 PREDICTIONS REVEALED
We spoke to tech expert Paolo Pescatore, a long-time industry analyst and Apple aficionado.
He said that we've got plenty to look forward to, include an AI overhaul of Siri and some VR news too.
"All attention seems to be focussed on AI," Paolo told The U.S. Sun.
"While rivals have been touting their AI capabilities, Apple has a proven pedigree and has been working in AI for a long time."
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Paolo noted that Apple recently unveiled its brand new M4 chip, which featured in the latest iPad Pro.
"With the introduction of its premium M4 chipset, this will be a will be a big draw among users and developers which will allow the porting of the same services across devices," Paolo, of PP Foresight, explained.
"We should expect to see a preview of its devices new OS upgrades and some powered by the new chipset."
Voice should play a prominent role with the growing focus on AI and therefore may get an overhaul with improvements for Siri.
Paolo Pescatore
But Apple is facing stiff competition from rivals when it comes to artificial intelligence.
So Paolo expects major AI upgrades to be unveiled.
"AI should feature across the entire platform range including software and hardware," Paolo said.
"Samsung introduced some neat features as part of Galaxy AI earlier in the year with transcription, better browsing and photo editing tools.
"Similar features along with further focus on personalisation will be paramount for Apple.
"Apple should build upon its credibility with users on privacy to reassure them given the huge ongoing concerns around AI.
"Voice should play a prominent role with the growing focus on AI and therefore may get an overhaul with improvements for Siri."
The big question is whether we'll see new devices announced at WWDC.
Most experts think that the event will mostly stick to software, but we could see Apple release its Vision Pro "spatial computing" headset outside of the U.S.
The headset was announced during the 2023 WWDC event, and launched for Americans in February 2024.
It's possible that Apple could begin launching the headset in other countries, including the United Kingdom.
But any other gadget news beyond minor hardware upgrades seems unlikely, Paolo explained.
"This is a developer driven event. Having said this we should not ignore the possibility of new devices as well as an update to Vision Pro including new markets, features etc.," Paolo told us.
"Apple could follow Samsung in unveiling a ring which builds upon its heritage on health and fitness; highly unlikely."
