On Monday, Apple will deliver its opening speech at WWDC 2020, the annual global developer conference. The company is expected to discuss its new products at WWDC iOS 14 iPhone and iPad software as well as new WatchOS and MacOS software to power Apple Watch, MacBooks, iMacs and Mac Pros too. However, the biggest change may not affect the look of the Apple Macs or a new feature for the iPhone. Apple is expected to announce that chips for its Mac computers will change and switch from chips from Intel to new chips similar to those for the iPhone.
Apple’s Macs will change soon.
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The move has been rumored for years, most recently in a Bloomberg report citing anonymous sources familiar with the company’s plans. This step may allow Apple to make thinner laptops with better battery life and possibly quieter fans. But the transition is likely to take a year or more, and new computers with the chips in them are unlikely to arrive immediately.
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While Apple’s WWDC 2020 keynote may contain the biggest changes for the Mac computer in years, it will also be the first time that Apple has made a keynote in the Corona virus Pandemic that infected nearly 8 million people and killed more than 434,000 people worldwide.
Apple’s WWDC invitation mascot this year is a group of programmers whose faces mimic the company’s Memoji animation technology.
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In response to the crisis, Apple and other technology giants like Facebook and Google have canceled their personal conferences around Silicon Valley. Apple and Microsoft opted for virtual conferences and live streaming presentations instead to developers around the world.
The WWDC 2020 keynote, led by CEO Tim Cook, will take place on Monday, June 22nd, at 10 a.m. Apple will host a live stream of the event on its Apple Events page.
If you are one Apple TV Owner, you can also watch the livestream through the Apple Events app – and there are archives of older events if you feel nostalgic.
The CNET global team will report on Apple’s event and other conferences that have moved online. Our reporting includes the real-time updates, comments and analysis that you can only get here.
WWDC 2020 start time
Apple’s WWDC 2020 keynote will take place on Monday, June 22, at 10 a.m. (local time). ET / 5 p.m. GMT / June 23 at 3 a.m. AEST.
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CNET will host a livestream discussion of Apple’s event, and we will have a live blog with current analysis throughout the event. Watch LIVE on CNET here.
Apple will also host a live stream of the event on its Apple Events page. If you are one Apple TV Owner, you can also watch the livestream through the Apple Events app – there are also archives of older events if you feel nostalgic.
What can you expect from WWDC 2020?
We will almost certainly receive updates for iOS, MacOS and WatchOS. TVOS for Apple TV may also be updated. Rumors suggest a possible update for the iMac, in addition to Apple’s announcement of its plans to change the chips in its computers.