| WWDC | |
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| Status | Active |
| Genre | Conference |
| Frequency | 1983; 2006: August 1984: April 1986: January 1987: March and April 1988: April and September Annually (since 1989) 1989–2002: Every May 2003; 2005; 2007–: Every June 2004: Late June–Early July |
| Venue | 1983: Dunfey Hotel 1984: Moscone Center 1986: Brooks Hall 1987: Universal Amphitheater and Santa Clara Convention Center 1988–2002; 2017–19: San Jose Convention Center 2003–16: Moscone West 2020–21: Pre-recorded in Apple Park (Conferences presented online due to COVID-19 pandemic) 2022–: Pre-recorded and Apple Park (Conference presented online and in-person at Apple Park)[1] |
| Location(s) | 1987: Santa Clara, California 2003–16: San Francisco, California 1988–2002; 2017–19: San Jose, California 2020–21: Cupertino, California (Digital conference) 2022–: Cupertino, California (In-person and digital conference) |
| Country | United States |
| Years active | 41 |
| Inaugurated | 1983 |
| Founder | Apple Inc. |
| Most recent | June 10–14, 2024 YouTube |
| Previous event | June 5–9, 2023 |
| Next event | June 2025 |
| Attendance | 23 million online viewers (2020) |
| Area | Worldwide |
| Budget | USD$50 million |
| Organized by | Apple Inc. |
| Website | developer |
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 iPhones, iPads, Macs, and other Apple devices.[2] 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. 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.[3] 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 and June 14, 2024.[4]
- ^ "Special Event at Apple Park". Apple Developer. Archived from the original on June 4, 2023. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
- ^ "WWDC 2022: New rumours, new OS software, and new devices". Archived from the original on April 17, 2022. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
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