Apple Developer updated with new features ahead of WWDC 2024

Apple’s WWDC 2024 begins next week and the company is expected to introduce new versions of its operating systems, including iOS 18 and visionOS 2. Ahead of Monday’s keynote, the company has updated the app Apple Developer with new features. and improvements.

Update: The latest version of the app also includes new iMessage stickers. You can find them below.

What’s new in the Apple Developer app

For those unfamiliar, the Apple Developer app helps developers stay up to date with news and videos on Apple platforms. The company also uses the app to stream WWDC 2024 sessions.

With its latest update, the app now shows users a related video to then play at the end of a video. Also new in version 10.6 of the Apple Developer app is an option to tap a video’s thumbnail to present it in full screen when the iPhone is in landscape mode.

Additionally, Apple says it has fixed bugs and prepared the app for all WWDC 2024 sessions that will air next week. The company also included new animated iMessage stickers with the update.

You can download the Apple Developer app for free from the App Store. It is available for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Vision Pro.

Learn more about WWDC 2024

WWDC 2024 will begin on June 10 with a pre-recorded opening event. At this event, the company will unveil iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS 15, visionOS 2, and more. The company invited the press and some developers to watch the event from Apple Park.

Shortly after the keynote, a State of the Union for Platforms will begin at 1 p.m. PDT on June 10 and can also be streamed live in the Apple Developer app and on the developers’ website. Apple is expected to announce many new generative AI features for its devices at WWDC.

Throughout the week, developers will have access to Apple experts who will be available to help them implement all the latest features and technologies from upcoming software platforms into their apps. Of course, 9to5Mac will have full coverage of the entire event.