As with the other online events Apple has held since early 2020, today’s keynote was a fast-paced affair that covered a lot of ground including upcoming updates to iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS. If you didn’t follow the live stream or announcements as they unfolded today, you can replay it on Apple’s Events site or catch it on YouTube.

The keynote video can be streamed here and on the Apple TV using the TV app. A high-quality version will also available through Apple Podcasts as a video and audio podcast. There is an American Sign Language version of the event, too, which is available here.

You can follow all of our WWDC coverage through our WWDC 2021 hub, or subscribe to the dedicated WWDC 2021 RSS feed.

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WWDC will kick off online later today, and the MacStories team has been busy preparing.

As always, our coverage will begin with Apple’s keynote presentation. On MacStories, you’ll find in-depth coverage of Apple’s announcements, overviews of OS updates and any new hardware, and roundups of everything happening throughout the week. You’ll also get the kind of details that aren’t widely reported as the team combs through session videos, product pages, social media, and other sources.

Last year’s expanded coverage on AppStories was a big hit, so we’ll be back again this year with daily episodes beginning tomorrow. Tomorrow, Federico and I will cover the keynote and State of the Union presentations, followed by episodes Wednesday through Friday that dig into each of Apple’s big announcements, session videos, and more. On Friday, we’ll also release our usual episode of MacStories Unwind where we’ll wrap up the week’s most important stories and discuss what it all means.

You can follow along with all of the MacStories, AppStories, and Unwind coverage on our WWDC 2021 hub, or subscribe to the dedicated WWDC 2021 RSS feed.

Finally, we’ll send a special issue of MacStories Weekly to Club MacStories members one day later than usual on Saturday, June 12th. The issue will be packed with WWDC-themed features and our thoughts on everything revealed.

If you’re not a member of Club MacStories, you can join here.

To recap, stay tuned to MacStories, our shows, and the Club for a full week of WWDC coverage:

Monday - Friday

• Continuous Keynote, State of the Union, and session coverage on MacStories

Tuesday - Friday

• Daily episodes of AppStories covering all of Apple’s announcements big and small

Friday

• An episode of MacStories Unwind wrapping up the news of the week

Saturday

• A WWDC-themed issue of Club MacStories Weekly newsletter

We’re all excited for next week and hope you’ll join us for the festivities.

You can follow all of our WWDC coverage through our WWDC 2021 hub, or subscribe to the dedicated WWDC 2021 RSS feed.

Apple has announced the winners of its annual WWDC Swift Student Challenge. This year, the group includes 350 students from 35 countries and regions.

Susan Prescott, Apple’s vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations and Enterprise and Education Marketing said of this year’s participants:

Every year, we are inspired by the talent and ingenuity that we see from our Swift Student Challenge applicants. This year, we are incredibly proud that more young women applied and won than ever before, and we are committed to doing everything we can to nurture this progress and reach true gender parity.

Of the many winners this year, Apple chose three sets of winners to spotlight in its press release:

• Sisters Gianna and Shannon Yan, whose app Feed Fleet matches volunteers with at-risk people for free grocery during the pandemic
• 15-year-old Abinaya Dinesh, whose app Gastro at Home helps people with gastrointestinal disorders, access information and resources about their conditions
• Damilola Awofisayo, who created TecHacks, a non-profit with the mission of “creating a supportive environment for girls everywhere to create, problem-solve, and showcase their talents alongside like-minded females to compete and work with.” Awofisayo is also working on an American Sign Language app

Apple’s WWDC Student Challenge has changed over the years, most recently focusing on the Swift programming language, but it’s been a mainstay of the conference for years now. The competition is one of my favorite parts of the conference, too, having had one of my own kids participate in it in 2013 and seeing how it inspired him to pursue a career as a developer. Since then, I’ve had the chance to meet many past winners and cover their apps on MacStories, which has made it clear to me just how big an impact the program has had in many students’ lives.