Topic guide
Essentials
Start with the major platform announcements, strategic themes, and concise orientation sessions from each WWDC.
Essentials provides the map before the details. Keynotes, Platforms State of the Union, and overview sessions explain the year’s platform direction and point to the technologies that deserve deeper study.
- Sessions
- 37
- 2026
- 13
- 2025
- 11
- 2024
- 13
What this topic covers
- Keynotes and platform direction
- What’s new across Apple platforms
- Conference orientation and major themes
WWDC 2026
13 sessions- Announcing Apple’s next big step for Siri and iPhoneIntroducing Siri AI in iOS 27, with more power than ever. Transform your images with next-generation AI. Create photorealistic imagery for wallpapers, Contact Posters, and backgrounds across the system in…
- Design intuitive search experiencesExplore new patterns and best practices when implementing search in your app. Discover how search plays a key role in helping people find and navigate content, and find out how to integrate search across…
- Dub Dub Daily: Day 2The biggest announcements of WWDC26, all in one place. Catch up on everything revealed, go deeper on the themes shaping this year's conference, and hear from a special guest joining us to break it all down.
- Dub Dub Daily: Day 3Apple Intelligence is evolving — fast. Today we dig into the latest AI announcements, what they mean for your apps, and what's possible now that wasn't before. Plus, a special guest joins to explore where it's…
- Dub Dub Daily: Day 4Your tools just got a serious upgrade. We're covering Xcode and the developer toolchain designed to help you build faster and smarter — with a special guest who knows what it takes to make developers more…
- Dub Dub Daily: Day 5Swift keeps getting better. Today we explore the latest language updates, what they unlock for your code, and why this is an exciting moment to be a Swift developer — with a special guest to help us go deeper.
- Get ready for WWDC26Get the inside track on everything Apple has to offer — and make the most of every session, lab, and moment.
- Inside Apple Intelligence and Xcode: Special PresentationStep inside Steve Jobs Theater to discover the latest Apple Intelligence and Xcode advancements. Learn how to accelerate your development with new agentic coding workflows in Xcode 27, and discover how App…
- KeynoteDon't miss the exciting reveal of the latest Apple software and technologies.
- Keynote (ASL)Don't miss the exciting reveal of the latest Apple software and technologies.
- Platforms State of the UnionDiscover the newest advancements on Apple platforms.
- Platforms State of the Union (ASL)Discover the newest advancements on Apple platforms.
- WWDC26 Platforms State of the Union RecapCatch up quickly on the newest advancements for your apps and games — all in five minutes.
WWDC 2025
11 sessions- Design foundations from idea to interfaceGreat apps feel clear, intuitive, and effortless to use. In this session, you'll discover how app design can elevate functionality, communicate purpose, guide people through your content, and use components…
- Discover machine learning & AI frameworks on Apple platformsTour the latest updates to machine learning and AI frameworks available on Apple platforms. Whether you are an app developer ready to tap into Apple Intelligence, an ML engineer optimizing models for on-device…
- KeynoteDon't miss the exciting reveal of the latest Apple software and technologies.
- Keynote (ASL)Don't miss the exciting reveal of the latest Apple software and technologies.
- New things on the way from AppleHere's your guide to some of the big announcements from this year's Worldwide Developers Conference.
- Platforms State of the UnionDiscover the newest advancements on Apple platforms.
- Platforms State of the Union (ASL)Discover the newest advancements on Apple platforms.
- Principles of inclusive app designDiscover how understanding disability can help you create better apps for everyone. Find out how to make your apps more inclusive by supporting multiple types of interaction, providing customization, and…
- WWDC25 Platforms State of the Union RecapCatch up quickly on the newest advancements for your apps and games.
- Welcome to WWDC25There's so much to dive into at WWDC25. Here's a quick guide to help get you started.
- What’s new in SwiftUILearn what's new in SwiftUI to build great apps for any Apple platform. We'll explore how to give your app a brand new look and feel with Liquid Glass. Discover how to boost performance with framework…
WWDC 2024
13 sessions- 18 things from WWDC24Here's your guide to the big announcements from this year's Worldwide Developers Conference.
- A Swift Tour: Explore Swift’s features and designLearn the essential features and design philosophy of the Swift programming language. We'll explore how to model data, handle errors, use protocols, write concurrent code, and more while building up a Swift…
- Extend your Xcode Cloud workflowsDiscover how Xcode Cloud can adapt to your development needs. We'll show you how to streamline your workflows, automate testing and distribution with start conditions, custom aliases, custom scripts, webhooks…
- KeynoteDon't miss the exciting reveal of the latest Apple software and technologies.
- Keynote (ASL)Don't miss the exciting reveal of the latest Apple software and technologies.
- Meet Swift TestingIntroducing Swift Testing: a new package for testing your code using Swift. Explore the building blocks of its powerful new API, discover how it can be applied in common testing workflows, and learn how it…
- Platforms State of the UnionDiscover the newest advancements on Apple platforms.
- Platforms State of the Union (ASL)Discover the newest advancements on Apple platforms.
- Platforms State of the Union 5-Minute RecapWatch a quick recap of the newest advancements on Apple platforms.
- SwiftUI essentialsJoin us on a tour of SwiftUI, Apple's declarative user interface framework. Learn essential concepts for building apps in SwiftUI, like views, state variables, and layout. Discover the breadth of APIs for…
- What’s new in SwiftUILearn how you can use SwiftUI to build great apps for any Apple platform. Explore a fresh new look and feel for tabs and documents on iPadOS. Improve your window management with new windowing APIs, and gain…
- What’s new in Xcode 16Discover the latest productivity and performance improvements in Xcode 16. Learn about enhancements to code completion, diagnostics, and Xcode Previews. Find out more about updates in builds and explore…
- Xcode essentialsEdit, debug, commit, repeat. Explore the suite of tools in Xcode that help you iterate quickly when developing apps. Discover tips and tricks to help optimize and boost your development workflow.