GoKawiilApple is expected to make big waves over the next few months, and all the action starts on Monday.
The company's Worldwide Developer Conference begins with a keynote address at 10 a.m. PT at Apple Park in Cupertino, California. We'll get a glimpse of Apple's upcoming features and software updates, like previews of iOS and WatchOS, but likely won't see any new hardware, like Apple's rumored foldable iPhone, yet.
For now, WWDC 2026 is all about Apple's software features and AI developments. And everything is still a big mystery. But that makes it fun to speculate about what might be coming next week.
To lean into the excitement, the CNET Group is hosting a Big Guessing Game contest across its websites -- CNET, Lifehacker, Mashable, PCMag and ZDNet. Three rounds of guessing let you make predictions on what Apple will unveil this year. Each answer you get right earns you one chance in a drawing to win the latest Apple Watch announced in September.
The Big Guessing Game Round 1 was all about Apple's new software (like iOS, iPadOS, VisionOS, WatchOS and MacOS). Your guesses ahead of June's WWDC event are in and are outstanding.
Most readers think Apple's new CEO will speak at WWDC
June's WWDC keynote is expected to be the last one for Apple CEO Tim Cook before he resigns in September. Whether Apple's incoming CEO, John Ternus, will speak at the event is still unknown. The vast majority of CNET readers (96%) believe Ternus will speak during Monday's keynote, while 4% think he won't.
Here's some food for thought. Cook was Apple's chief operating officer before being named CEO. He was less involved with product development and announcements and instead created and refined Apple's robust supply chain ecosystem, which helped Apple become a trillion-dollar company.
Ternus is currently Apple's vice president of hardware engineering, and has been a part of Apple event keynotes before. We'll have to see if Ternus lands onstage at any point as a presenter, but it's almost certain that Cook will kick off the event with his usual, low-key "good morning."
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