Tim Cook Is Out. John Ternus Is Apple's New CEO. What Developers Need to Know.

So Apple just dropped some big news: Tim Cook is stepping up to Executive Chairman, and John Ternus — currently SVP of Hardware Engineering — becomes CEO on September 1, 2026. Cook's been at the helm for 15 years. That's a long time. And Ternus? He's a hardware guy through and through, having joined Apple in 2001 and led development on iPhone and AirPods hardware. None of this means the sky is falling. But if you've been building on Apple's platform stack, a leadership transition is the perfect