When Apple announced that it would release a new version of its operating system during WWDC 2025, and that the version number might be unified as "26" (meaning 2026), Bloomberg News reporter Mark Gurman pointed out that Apple's use of "Liquid Glass" design in the new operating system is in preparation for the launch of a new iPhone in 2027 to commemorate its 20th anniversary.The product codename is "Glasswing"., and will be presented in an all-glass body.
According to the description, the code name "Glasswing" comes from a butterfly with transparent wings, whose scientific name is Greta oto. This echoes the fact that the new iPhone will be made of an all-glass body, covered with curved glass, and equipped with a narrow bezel design. The screen opening design is eliminated to present a more extreme full-size screen.
The new version of the operating system, which is expected to be announced at WWDC 2025, is expected to be completely replaced with a "liquid glass" design, which not only echoes the visonOS operating interface style previously used in Vision Pro, but also allows the operating interfaces of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS and other operating systems to maintain consistency, thereby improving the cross-device linkage experience.
However, some believe that Apple's current progress in the development of artificial intelligence applications is slow. Even the new Siri demonstrated during WWDC 2024 last year has not yet been implemented in the iOS operating system. Many insiders have even revealed that Apple's insistence on using existing coding content to create a new Siri faces many obstacles, and even only develops new services with a limited budget, unlike OpenAI, which built services such as ChatGPT from scratch and continued to inject sufficient funds into research and development.
Therefore, OpenAI has continued to attract market attention with its impressive generative AI technology in recent years, and Google has caught up with the current pace of AI development in just about a year. This has led many to worry that Apple will have difficulty keeping up with the competition in the AI market. Some even speculate that this year's WWDC 2025 will not have any eye-catching AI technology, but will focus more on operating system function updates. At the same time, it may not have the Vision Pro on display like in 2023 (but there are also views that Apple may announce its new hardware development plans such as smart glasses in advance).
Apple WWDC 2025 is expected to start at 6 a.m. Pacific time on June 9 (10 a.m. Taiwan time on June 6). The keynote speech is expected to include details on the updates to the new operating systems including iOS 10, macOS 1, iPadOS 26, and watchOS 26.
