With Apple’s big WWDC keynote event kicking off at 10 AM Pacific, this past weekend has seen a flurry of semi-questionable rumors surface. The most interesting of these ‘leaks’ originate from this Weibo page which has proved reliable in the past (which @l0vetodream posted in English).
The same post claims tvOS will feature deeper integration with HomeKit. Right now, the Apple TV can control HomeKit accessores like smart lights using voice control on the Siri remote, but there isn’t a dedicated Home app on tvOS like there is for Apple’s other platforms.
Several sources, including leaker Jon Prosser, have claimed that there will not be any hardware releases at WWDC this year. With the Apple store still being up as of this writing, it is a fairly safe assumption. It’s unclear if that excludes teasers. Yesterday, Ming-Chi Kuo said that the new redesigned iMac would launch in the third quarter (i.e. July — September). For instance, if the new slim bezel iMac is scheduled for a July launch, Apple could announce it today at WWDC with shipping starting next month.
Another interesting spot by MacRumors is that Apple has renewed rights to the ‘Rosetta’ trademark in Japan. Rosetta was the name for Apple’s emulation layer back in the days of the PowerPC -> Intel transition. It is possible Apple reuses the name for an emulation system to help get Mac apps compiled for Intel running on its upcoming slate of ARM Macs. Apple is widely expected to be announcing the ARM transition today, but we don’t think any ARM Mac hardware will actually ship until the end of the year at the earliest.
