Episode 118 - WWDC 2025 (Did Apple finally hear us?)

This week on the Solid State Podcast, well… there’s just no other way to say it… it’s WWDC! 

That’s right, it’s summertime in 2025 and that means nothing other than Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference just took place and with it a slough of announcements, Beta releases to play with, and an ever-sharpening picture of where Apple at least thinks it wants to go with its broader product line in the coming months, years, and frankly beyond…

We know full well our episodes are never exactly… umm… short… But this one was a challenge even for us to fit it all into a single run. We’re not saying it was an action packed event… far from it in fact… but what Apple did bring to the table could have far reaching implications for almost every corner of their product and service offerings. 

User interface and design, power user workflows, a new naming convention across the board of their OS’s, and… dare we say it… an actual mouse pointer in iPad OS? Yeah, this isn’t exactly “put it up on a billboard” kind of stuff, but in possibly a much more meaningful way it could represent one of the most end-to-end changes in both the look-and-feel as well as the overall usability of Apple’s core products for many of its users. 

And, at the end of the day, if you’re really just here to have an iPhone, use it every day, and be annoyed once every Fall when all of your buttons move around for seemingly no reason after a reboot one night… then, well, this Fall is likely to be no different for you…

This year had all the hallmarks… an internet full of “Apple is doomed” predictions, further confirmation of Apple “falling behind” in a race that may or may not even actually be happening, and once again adding Wallpaper to one of its product was an on-stage, announcement worthy moment for team-fruit… 

Like I said, it’s WWDC, would we have it any other way?