The World Wide Developers Conference, nicknamed WWDC, will be held on the week of June 5th 2017. Registration for the exclusive event will start on March 27th. Apple usually kickstarts its developers' conference with a keynote address where it offers third-party developers and customers a sneak peak at some of the software features coming to its iOS, watchOS, tvOS and macOS operating systems later in the year.
That means Apple fans can expect to see the first glimpse of iOS 11, which is rumoured to bring substantial improvements to voice assistant Siri, as well as allow Apple Pay transfers between contacts in iMessage. macOS 10.13 will also make an appearance on-stage. Last year, Apple previewed the new messaging features for iMessage. The Cupertino-based company also unveiled its dramatic redesign to Apple Music. News that WWDC 2017 will be held in San Jose – after spending the last 13 years in San Francisco – was revealed by Jim Dalrymple of The Loop. Mr Dalrymple had the opportunity to speak with Apple's marketing chief Phil Schiller and San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo.
It will be hosting some 5,000 developers and 1,000 engineers at San Jose's McEnery Convention Centre – much closer to Apple headquarters, in Cupertino. The conference will be live-streamed through the Apple Developer website (developer.apple.com/wwdc) and on the WWDC app for iPhone, iPad and Apple TV.