Editing Worldwide Developers Conference (section)

{{short description|Conference held annually in California, United States, by Apple Inc.}}
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{{Infobox recurring event
| image              = 
| imagesize          = 250px
| caption            = Logo from WWDC24
| status             = Active
| genre              = Conference
| years_active       = 41
| first              = {{start date and age|1983}}
| founder_name       = [[Apple Inc.]]
| last               = June 10–14, 2024 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXeOiIDNNek YouTube]
| prev               = June 5–9, 2023
| next               = June 9–13, 2025
| frequency          = 1983; 2006: August<br>1984: April<br>1986: January<br>1987: March and April<br>1988: April and September<br>annually (since 1989)<br>1989–2002: every May<br>2004: late June–early July<br>2003; 2005; 2007–: every June
| venue              = 1983: Dunfey Hotel<br>1984: [[Moscone Center]]<br>1986: [[Brooks Hall]]<br>1987: [[Universal Amphitheater]] and [[Santa Clara Convention Center]]<br/>1988–2002; 2017–19: [[San Jose Convention Center]]<br/>2003–16: [[Moscone Center|Moscone West]]<br/>2020–21: pre-recorded in [[Apple Park]] (conferences presented online due to COVID-19 pandemic)<br/> 2022–: pre-recorded and Apple Park (conference presented online and in-person at Apple Park)<ref>{{Cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604010300/https://developer.apple.com/wwdc23/special-event/ |url=https://developer.apple.com/wwdc23/special-event/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |archive-date=2023-06-04 |website=Apple Developer |title=Special Event at Apple Park}}</ref>
| location           = 1987: [[Santa Clara, California]]<br/> 2003–16: San Francisco, California<br/>1988–2002; 2017–19: [[San Jose, California]]<br/>2020–21: [[Cupertino, California]] (digital conference)<br/>2022–: [[Cupertino, California]] (in-person and digital conference)
| country            = United States
| attendance         = 23 million online viewers (2020)
| area               = Worldwide
| budget             = USD$50 million
| footnotes          = 
| organized          = [[Apple Inc.]]
| website            = {{URL|https://developer.apple.com/wwdc/}}
| name               = WWDC
| logo               = [[File:Apple WWDC wordmark 2024.svg|frameless|class=skin-invert]]
}}
The '''Worldwide Developers Conference''' ('''WWDC''') is an information technology conference held annually by [[Apple Inc.]] The conference is currently held at [[Apple Park]] in California. The event is used to showcase new software and technologies in the [[macOS]], [[iOS]], [[iPadOS]], [[watchOS]], [[tvOS]], and [[visionOS]] families as well as other Apple software;  new hardware products are sometimes announced as well. WWDC is also an event hosted for third-party software developers that work on apps for [[iPhone]]s, [[iPad]]s, [[Mac (computer)|Mac]]s, and other [[List of Apple products|Apple devices]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://manmadecycle.com.au/blogs/news/wwdc-2022|title=WWDC 2022: New rumours, new OS software, and new devices|access-date=2022-04-17|language=en|archive-date=April 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417152610/https://manmadecycle.com.au/blogs/news/wwdc-2022|url-status=live}}</ref> Attendees can participate in hands-on labs with Apple engineers and attend in-depth sessions covering a wide variety of topics.

The first ever WWDC was held in 1983, with the introduction of Apple Basic, but it was not until 2002 that Apple started using the conference as a major launchpad for new products. Beginning in 1987, WWDC was held in [[Santa Clara, California|Santa Clara]]. After 15 years in nearby San Jose, the conference moved to San Francisco, where it eventually became Apple's primary media event of the year and regularly sold out. WWDC returned to San Jose 13 years later.

WWDC 2020 and WWDC 2021 were hosted as online-only conferences due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. WWDC 2022 invited developers and the press back to Apple Park for the first time in about three years despite the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref name="WWDC 2022" /> Customers and consumers watched the event via online live streams. All of these events were hosted at Apple Park in [[Cupertino, California]]. WWDC 2023 was held both online and in-person; the most recent conference, WWDC 2024, was also held both online and in-person from June 10 to June 14, 2024.<ref name="WWDC 2024" /> The next conference, WWDC 2025, will be held both online and in-person from June 9 to June 13, 2025.

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