Worldwide Developers Conference

WWDC
WWDC
Status	Active
Genre	Conference
Frequency	Annually (since 1989)
Venue	Apple Park/Virtual (since 2020)
Location(s)	Cupertino, California/Virtual (since 2020)
Country	United States
Years active	41
Inaugurated	1983
Founder	Apple Inc.
Most recent	June 9–13, 2025 YouTube
Previous event	June 10–14, 2024
Next event	June 2026
Attendance	23 million online viewers (2020)
Area	Worldwide
Budget	USD$50 million
Organized by	Apple Inc.
Website	developer.apple.com/wwdc/

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 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 and 2024 were held both online and in-person.^[4] The most recent conference, WWDC 2025, was held both online and in-person from June 9 to June 13, 2025.

^ "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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[1] "Special Event at Apple Park". Apple Developer. Archived from the original on June 4, 2023. Retrieved June 4, 2023.

[2] "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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