WWDC 2018: Apple reveals major Apple Watch, iPhone, iPad and Mac updates – as it happened

Augmented reality, Siri updates and new apps

What is WWDC 2018? Andrew Griffin explains

Apple CEO Tim Cook has taken to the stage at his company's annual Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) to unveil iOS 12 – the next major software update for the iPhone – as well as new apps and features for Apple Watch, iPad, iPhone and Mac.

"We now have over 20 million Apple developers worldwide," Mr Cook said as he opened the keynote, which paid tribute to them through a video in the style of a nature documentary.

The Independent covered all of the event and the fallout live from San Jose, where the event is being hosted.

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Key Points

• New iOS 12 will make iPhones faster, not slower
• Why WWDC was so mysterious this year
• New iPhone software will 'stop people using it too much'
• Apple finally fixed Siri with one brand new feature
• iOS 12 feature will stop people using their iPhone

[4 June 2018 16:59 · Andrew Griffin]

A whole host of WWDC scholars just arrived to get into the queue, all running and clapping and shouting. (They’ll probably be put near the front so that they can keep that energy up through the keynote, too.)

[4 June 2018 17:08 · Andrew Griffin]

[4 June 2018 17:08 · Andrew Griffin]

[4 June 2018 17:20 · Andrew Griffin]

The room for WWDC is absolutely huge. That picture only shows a limited part of it – in total, there are five ENORMOUS screens and a giant stage. There are thousands of people in here – so many that just getting them in the room is a complicated process requiring handlers and even pacers to stop people sprinting too fast into the room.

[4 June 2018 18:00 · anthony.cuthbertson]

Good news for anyone without Apple's Safari browser, the official livestream of WWDC appears to be working on Chrome – even on Windows 7. 

The keynote should be kicking off imminently.

[4 June 2018 18:04 · anthony.cuthbertson]

And we're off! We start with a David Attenborough-esque video showing "the great migration" of developers making their way to California.

"Originating in the remote garages of Silicon Valley, developed evolved at an unprecedented speed..."

[4 June 2018 18:05 · anthony.cuthbertson]

The opening video concludes: "The developer is no doubt a species will continue to study for millennia."

[4 June 2018 18:06 · anthony.cuthbertson]

The crowd seemed to love that, despite being referred to as "nocturnal cave dwelling creatures."

[4 June 2018 18:07 · anthony.cuthbertson]

Apple CEO Tim Cook strides on stage and begins by rattling off some numbers.

"We now have over 20 million Apple developers worldwide," he says.

[4 June 2018 18:11 · anthony.cuthbertson]

“We believe that coding is an essential skill, and we believe it should be offered in every school," Cook says.