Apple reveals dates for Tim Cook’s final WWDC conference as CEO

Apple fans, mark your calendars – Apple is on Monday Dates announced For the upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference. The event, known as WWDC 2026, will start on June 8 and run until June 12. WWDC 2026 is likely to feature artificial intelligence news prominently, especially since… Apple has already announced that it has picked up Gemini from Google To turn on the next version of Siri. It will mark the last conference with Tim Cook at the helm of the company.

Apple is not expected to announce iPhone news until at least September. The company typically uses WWDC to highlight software updates. The biggest update announced at WWDC 2025 was Liquid glassA refreshing glass-inspired design.

The keynote address is scheduled for 10 a.m. PT on June 8 and will be available to stream apple.comthe Apple TV appand Apple channel on YouTube. Other events will include the State of the Union at 1 PM PT, also on June 8. The conference includes video sessions and guides, group labs, live online presentations and Q&A sessions hosted by Apple engineers and designers, the Apple Design Awards, and more.

An Apple representative did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

WWDC 2026 will be Cook’s last developer conference as CEO. In April, the company announced this John Ternos He will take over the reins in September. Ternus is the company’s senior vice president of hardware engineering. Cook became CEO in 2011, succeeding Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who died two months later. Cook oversaw a period of record growth for the company.

Despite Apple’s announcement Apple intelligence At WWDC 2024the company’s rollout of AI features has progressed more slowly than many investors and consumers expected. Competitors Samsung and Google They have spent the past two years aggressively integrating generative AI into smartphones, research and productivity tools, and mobile operating systems, giving them a significant head start in shaping consumer expectations of AI-powered devices.