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Apple Announces This Year's App Design Award Winners Ahead of WWDC 2026

WWDC is set to start on Monday, June 8, and ahead of the keynote event, Apple has announced the winners of its annual Apple Design Awards. The Apple Design Awards recognize apps and games for their innovation, ingenuity, and technical achievement.

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Apple chose one app and one game for each of the six award categories.

More details on the winning apps and games and the developers behind them can be found on Apple's website. Apple also has a selection of apps and games that were selected as finalists before the winners were chosen.

WWDC will begin on Monday, June 8 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time.

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sw1tcher Avatar
20 weeks ago

I’m sorry, the PoS NBA app won an award?
Apple kissing up to the NBA because

https://www.geekwebguides.com/2023/02/13/apple-interested-nba-streaming-rights/
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
ipacers Avatar
20 weeks ago
I’m sorry, the PoS NBA app won an award?
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
AriaAmaris Avatar
20 weeks ago
I very rarely install new apps. Developers want too much access when it's not needed. Apple needs to crack down on this intrusion.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
tomtad Avatar
20 weeks ago
Where's MS Teams?
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20 weeks ago
Some of these apps have one ratting/review. Have no innovation, ingenuity, and technical achievement.🙄
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20 weeks ago

Social Impact - Primary: News in Depth ('https://apps.apple.com/us/app/watch-duty-wildfire-maps/id1574452924') (App) and Consume Me ('https://apps.apple.com/us/app/consume-me/id6769877287/') (Game)
What's suppose to be the link for the Primary: News in Depth app goes to the Watch Duty: Wildfire Maps app

So, who's the actual winner for Social Impact, Primary: News in Depth or Watch Duty: Wildfire Maps?
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