Apple has announced the date of the presentation of iOS 14 at WWDC 2020. What's special here

Despite the fact that Apple announced in March that WWDC 2020 will be held for the first time in an online format due to the coronavirus pandemic, the company did not announce specific dates for the conference. The only thing that was limited in Cupertino is an indication of the month. According to the established tradition, June was supposed to be. But, given that Apple depends only on the readiness of the products to be shown at the event, by and large June could equally be replaced by any other month. However, now there is specificity.

WWDC 2020 will be held June 22

The Worldwide Developers Conference, also known as WWDC, kicks off this year on June 22nd. This was announced by Apple a few minutes ago. As originally planned, the event will be held online and will bring together a huge number of participants. According to preliminary estimates of the company, more than 23 million developers from around the world will participate in the conference. This is an incredible figure that will allow Apple to claim an absolute record and is likely to change the company's future approach to future events.

Apple 2020 Developer Conference

WWDC 2020 will bring together more than 23 million developers. It's a record

This year, the WWDC conference will not only be held in a unique format, but will also become the largest in its entire history: our community of developers from around the world, more than 23 million people, will come together for one week in June to learn about the future of Apple platforms, said Phil Schiller, Apple's Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing. “We look forward to meeting the developers online and showcasing our new technologies that will help them create even more amazing applications and services.” As we approach WWDC20, we will be reporting new details about this wonderful event.

What Apple will introduce at WWDC 2020

Since Apple has already released almost all the hardware innovations that it could present at WWDC 2020, it is obvious that this year the event will be mainly devoted to software updates:

iPadOS 14
tvOS 14
watchOS 7
macOS 10.16

It is possible that Apple will find the strength and announce the new iMac Pro, but given the disruptions in the production and development of new products that were encountered in Cupertino, there is a possibility that the next-generation professional all-in-one can be very delayed.

What makes WWDC 2020 unique?

WWDC 2020 risks changing all subsequent conferences

However, WWDC 2020 is interesting not only and not so much with the new products that will be presented in its framework, but with the very concept of the future conference and the impact that the event will have on Apple. Indeed, the traditional format of such events, obviously, has already outlived itself. Not only does the company have to spend money to receive, accommodate, feed and in every way please the guests, but also the exhaust from this is not so very noticeable.

In the case of online conferences and presentations, Apple may, firstly, convene a lot more guests and participants. Secondly, to demonstrate to them their latest achievements in the field of live broadcasts, which can be carried out using virtual or augmented reality. Well, and thirdly, it will be completely optional to organize a showroom with new products that you still can’t sell to anyone anyway, or you can simply send them to top journalists and bloggers who will be happy to tell their audience about their impressions for free.