Keynote Rickies, WWDC 2025

Myke Generous Donor Score: 2 points
Flexing: 37.5%

Federico Keynote Chairman Score: 3 points
Flexing: 37.5%

Stephen Attorney General Flexy
Charity Chooser Score: 1 point
Flexing: 75%

The Rickies

Round 1
Apple rebrands version numbers of its OSes+1
Round 2
The updated visionOS gets an eye scrolling feature+1
Bonus round 3🔮
At least one visionOS app in compatibility mode becomes a native one now0
Risky Pick
Apple opens up AFM (Apple Foundation Model) to developers+1
1. It's a 3B parameter version only that runs on device
2. It's designed in a way that only specific “endpoints” can be used with a native API, like summarization or writing or prioritizing content
3. Apple shows off examples of how they're using the same tech in its own system apps

Round 1
Significantly new OS design on at least one platform+1
Round 2
New features are announced that are powered by Apple Intelligence+1
Risky Pick
Apple has a new app for gamers0
1. It’s called Apple Games
2. It creates new specific developer terms for games
3. It features a partnership with Microsoft for Xbox Game Pass

Round 1
The new version of macOS drops support for some Intel Macs+1
Round 2
iPadOS gets updated window management tools+1
Bonus round 3🔮
The Google Gemini logo is shown on screen as part of a partnership announcement0
Risky Pick
Apple announces an updated Mac Pro-1
1. The starting price remains at $6,999
2. The starting system on a chip is the Apple M3 Ultra chip with 32-core CPU, 80-core GPU, and 32-core Neural Engine.
3. There is a build-to-order option that exceeds the unified memory available on the Mac Studio, which currently tops out at 512 GB.

Apple teases bigger versions of AFM on the horizon 👎
Apple hints that a new “glass-like” material for its UI design is true to the nature of the hardware itself 💪
Split screen multitasking comes to the iPhone too 👎
Swift Assist mentioned and promised again 💪
The ChatGPT integration with Siri now has access to reasoning models 👎
A disclaimer is added to some features in the video saying whether it's real footage or simulated 👎
Shortcuts gets new Apple Intelligence actions💪
Apple announces a third-party assistant API for some markets👎

visionOS gets support for VR game controllers💪
Apple and Sony partner over VR controllers💪
Apple introduces the new OS design with an animated video showing the old look morphing in to the new look👎
Animated Genmoji👎
Image Playgrounds can make terrible videos👎
Apple partners with Anthropic for Xcode👎
People start claiming online they have found evidence of a folding iPhone 💪
During the opening Tim Cook uses the words ‘Love’ and ‘Developers’ in the same sentence👎

At least one new OS is referred to by its old marketing name in developer documentation or tools💪
There is no macOS developer beta by the time of recording 👎
Image Playgrounds is updated to not be quite as terrible 💪
At least one Apple Intelligence feature in announced for watchOS 💪
visionOS gets a dark mode 👎
iOS gets new Home Screen customization options 💪
Automator remains💪
Alan Dye is in the presentation to talk about the redesign💪