Out of concern for health and safety issues in the face of pandemic Coronavirus (COVID-19), the Cupertino Giant announced this Friday (13) that its famous Developer Conference this year, better known as WWDC (Worldwide Developer Conference), will take place in June of this year and will adopt a new fully virtual format. 191k66
In its announcement, Apple highlighted that the WWDC, now in its 31st year, will take on a new format, with content for consumers, developers and the press. At the event, the company has a tradition of announcing the new versions and technologies of the iOS, iPadOS, MacOS, WATCH e tvOS, in addition to attending dozens of workshop sessions with Apple's own engineers, and product launches.
“The current health situation required us to create a new format for WWDC 2020 that delivers a program with presentations and online sessions, providing a great experience for our entire developer community around the world.”
Phil Schiller, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing
The program impacts Apple's global developer community, which, according to the company, has over 23 million developers ed in more than 155 countries. All content will be made available through the official website Apple Developer and also through the app Apple Developer.
“With all the new products and technologies we are working on, WWDC 2020 is going to be big. I look forward to our developers getting their hands on new code and interacting in new ways with Apple engineers, contributing technologies and frameworks that will shape the future across all of Apple's platforms.”
Craig Federighi, Senior Vice President of Software Engineering
The Apple company also announced that it will commit to $ 1 million to local organizations in the city of San Jose, California — where the last three events were carried out, bringing together more than 5.000 developers from around the world in each one — to reduce the financial impact caused by the new online format.
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Earlier this March, the 5th, Apple had already announced that it would not participate in the event. SXSW (South by Southwest), a major film, music and technology festival, which usually gathers 100 people, scheduled for the 22nd in Austin, Texas, USA, concerned with the same reason. During this event, Apple had plans to present three new projects for the Apple TV + — your service streaming.
Other companies operating in the sector, such as Netflix, Amazon, Twitter, Facebook e Intel, had already made the same decision, however the event organization itself, on March 6, decided to cancel its realization for the 2020 edition. It is expected that more events will be postponed, canceled or transformed into online events, until there is control over the outbreak of COVID-19.
