Lots of Apple’s bulletins throughout its WWDC 2025 keynote this week have been leaked forward of time, however there have been additionally just a few rumors that proved to be inaccurate.
On this WWDC 2025 version of our Rumor Report Card, we’ve got mirrored on a few of the greater hits and misses main into Apple’s annual developer convention.
The grades that we’ve got assigned to every rumor beneath are only for enjoyable.
A+
We give full marks to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman, who precisely leaked a variety of software program particulars forward of WWDC 2025, together with the brand new naming convention for iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26, and so forth, the Liquid Glass design, iPads getting several Mac-like features, several new Phone and Messages app features, new preinstalled Games and Preview apps on iOS 26, stay translation of calls and texts, and rather more.
9to5Mac additionally precisely leaked a number of particulars, starting from the Messages app getting polls to a full-screen album artwork choice on the iPhone’s Lock Display screen.
B
Jon Prosser was first to report that iOS 26 would feature a new translucent design. In movies on his YouTube channel Entrance Web page Tech, he precisely leaked a number of iOS 26 design parts, together with the new floating tab bar within apps. Nevertheless, at one level he incorrectly stated that Residence Display screen app icons would be round.
The leaker @MajinBuOfficial precisely claimed that iPadOS 26 would feature a Mac-like menu bar on the prime of the display. Nevertheless, he wrongly stated that the menu bar would possibly solely seem when the iPad is linked to a Magic Keyboard.
C-
Forward of the WWDC 2025 keynote, 9to5Mac and MacRumors reported on homeOS trademark activity that was doubtlessly linked to Apple. homeOS might find yourself being the title of the working system that powers Apple’s rumored sensible residence hub, however neither the software program platform nor the gadget have been introduced at WWDC 2025.
homeOS very properly would possibly find yourself being introduced sooner or later, however hypothesis that it could be unveiled at WWDC 2025 proved to be inaccurate.
F
@MajinBuOfficial claimed that iOS 26 would enable Stage Manager on iPhones with a USB-C port, however no such characteristic was introduced at WWDC 2025.