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the new features coming to iOS 12 it's serious time to shine and all the big announcements were expecting at this year's Developers Conference we're getting to the core of Apple news and rumors and this week it's all about WWDC there's a lot to cover so let's get started with animals Worldwide Developers Conference just days away there's a lot we already know about what they're going to announce but there's still a few unknowns so let's start with the facts this year's convention will start on June 4th and will be held at the McHenry Convention Center in San Jose for the second year in a row now generally speaking this is where Apple shows off its latest software updates iOS 11 brought big changes to the iPhone but it also brought a bunch of bugs and controversy after Apple admitted it purposely slowed down old iPhones so iOS 12 will be all about performance improvements aka bourree but that's okay according to Japanese blog site Mac o Takara it's also rumored to be getting faced ID support for horizontal unlock and more an emojis and just like iOS will bring bug fixes Mac OS this year we'll double down on security after last year's Mac OS High Sierra flaw let users log in without a password there's a lot more questions about watch OS 5 there's rumors about round watchface support but that may be more wishful thinking on my end there's rumors about face ID and FaceTime support but that involves new camera sensors that might not be happening what's more likely are better health tracking features and perhaps a focus on women's health like this year's mid bit and the home pod just got the multi-room audio and stereo support that Apple had promised at launch with airplay to on the latest iOS 11.4 release but the biggest and most welcome upgrade could come to Siri Apple's digital assistant needs to get a lot smarter to compete in the artificial intelligence realm alongside Google assistant and Amazon's Alexa so we're hoping to get a major Siri announcement what about hardware this is where we first met the home pod last year so Apple may have a few surprises in store for us we're going down the list from most likely to least likely starting with computers now Apple just refreshed its line of MacBooks but it may give them a power boost until recently announced its 8th gen core i9 processor which will likely make it into Apple's next batch of computers it's just a matter of when what's more likely is a sequel to Apple's budget iPhone there's been a lot of rumors about a second-generation iPhone se with similar specs and a 4-inch screen or even a full-screen version but that one is a little bit less likely and they have to set a launch date for that air power charging pad which has been m.i.a since they announced it almost a year ago in September now this would allow you to power up all your wireless charging enabled Apple devices in one spot now here's the long shot Apple could mention it's mixed reality headset that's rumored to be in the works last year they gave us a clue by announcing the platform with a our kit but it could be that the matching headset may not be ready until 2020 and now a little something from the Apple archives at the 2008 Apple Developers Conference Steve Jobs takes the stage to announce the iPhone 3G we've learned so much with the first iPhone we've taken everything we've learned in more and we've created the iPhone 3GS and it's beautiful this is what it looks like it's even thinner at the edges it's really beautiful it's got a full plastic back it's really nice great battery life now one other thing that benefits from fast data of course is GPS and we've built that into the new iPhone 3G as well so that's it for your preview but join us next week to see which of these predictions came true we're unpacking all the big news from WWDC and breaking down the latest rumors about the next batch of iphones remember you can also catch this show in spanish on CNET and a spend yawn or catch me on twitter at vana han til next time