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Apple promised that the WWDC 2024 keynote would be action-packed, and it absolutely was. With new updates like iOS 18 and macOS Sequoia, along with a whole new Apple Intelligence suite of AI features, there were a ton of announcements.
To help out, Apple has shared the nearly three-minute video above highlighting 18 key things that it unveiled during the keynote.
Of course, we'll have our own in-depth coverage of Apple's announcements here at MacRumors, so keep it locked on our website to learn more
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