We’re less than a week from one of the biggest Apple events of the year: the Worldwide Developers Conference! Every WWDC, we learn what new features are coming in the big annual updates to iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and more. We’ll likely hear about a whole new platform this time around, Apple’s mixed reality headset. It’s an exciting time.

On the latest Magic Rays of Light, my co-host Sigmund and I shared our predictions for what we expect to be announced next week. We make a bit of a game out of it, competing to see who can best guess what Apple has been working on. I thought I’d post my predictions here as well.

In accordance with our show’s rules, I have eight regular predictions and one “out there” pick, something a bit riskier that hasn’t been rumored elsewhere. Here’s what I think we’ll see next week:

iPadOS 17 will introduce the Health app on the iPad.
New actions to toggle Silent Mode will be added to the Shortcuts app on iPhone and iPad, paving the way for this fall’s iPhone with an action button instead of mute switch.
The Passwords feature in iOS 17 will add the ability to automatically share passwords and passcodes with others similar to shared photo libraries.
The Up Next queue will be accessible from anywhere in tvOS 17, possibly via either a command from the Siri remote or a button in Control Center.
watchOS 10 will feature glanceable widgets to get information from apps outside of the watch face.
macOS 14 will be called macOS Mammoth.
The headset operating system will allow users to pin widgets to specific points in physical space.
Apple’s headset will be available in multiple finishes. (I always have to throw a color pick in there. 😁)
My “out there” pick: Apple will introduce a new, ultra-wideband home accessory for room mapping and tracking users of the headset as they walk around.

Those are my predictions. Some of them I’m confident about; others, not so much. Either way, it’s fun to try and guess what Apple will announce, and we don’t have long to wait.

WWDC kicks off next Monday, June 5, at 10:00 AM EST. I’ll be watching the keynote live in the Apple TV app and chatting on Mastodon about all the exciting news. Feel free to join in on the fun. The more, the merrier!

What do you hope to see in the next big software updates from Apple?