Apple has officially announced its all-important WWDC 2026 keynote for June 8, setting the stage for a slew of platform updates that will impact the near future of iPhone, iPad, Macs, Apple Watch, Apple TV, and, yes, even Vision Pro.
No category may be more closely watched during this keynote and the sessions that follow at Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference than AI or, more specifically, Siri.
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Since Apple Intelligence and Siri are available across iOS, macOS, iPadOS, and Vision Pro, this update should have wide-ranging and significant implications.
WWDC is generally not a moment where Apple officially releases any new hardware platform. Instead, they’ll show us what each platform update can do and then set a schedule for developer and public betas. The keynote will, though, give us a timeline for when we can finally try out the smartest and most AI-ready Siri ever, assuming that’s what we get.
As in previous years, we expect Apple CEO Tim Cook to briefly take the stage at Apple Park Campus to introduce the video presentation. He might take a moment or two to recognize the company’s 50th birthday, but then it will be a whistle-stop tour through all the platforms:
- iOS 27
- iPadOS 27
- macOS 27 (Redwood?)
- watchOS 27
- tvOS 27
- visionOS 27
Each platform should get its moment in the sun. We may hear more about some new development kits (like HomeKit, StoreKit, AppKit, etc.). But the lion’s share of the day might be devoted to Apple Intelligence and Siri.
Surely Apple knows it has to not only wow us with Siri’s new intelligence, but convince us that what we’re seeing on stage and in the videos is real. After all, it’s been almost two years since Apple promised us a Siri that could, with your permission, know everything about you based on the data in your phone and could see what you were doing on your phone, all to be a more proactive and helpful assistant.
That promise was never fulfilled, and Apple’s AI offerings generally pale in comparison to those of Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic. Now Apple has a blockbuster deal with Google that will let it use Gemini Foundation models to power part of Siri’s intelligence.
Many thought we’d see these changes sooner rather than later, but with WWDC fast approaching, it just makes more sense for Apple to wait a little more than two months to really wow us.
As for what else we might see on the day, expect lots of details on iOS 27 that help us form a mental vision of what the iPhone 18 might look like.
There might be some adjustment of Liquid Glass, which seems to have split consumers. iPad and macOS will grow even closer, with the former adopting more of the latter’s desktop capabilities.
Some have predicted a touch-screen MacBook, which would mean a major touch-enhancement to macOS, but I wouldn’t hold your breath.
There’s always a chance we see a hardware tease. Remember, Vision Pro was the surprise reveal at WWDC 2023. Maybe this is the moment for a big visionOS update that rides on the back of a much more affordable, lightweight Vision Pro Lite.
If we do see any hardware, the more likely reveal is a glimpse of the iPhone Fold. That would make sense, especially if iOS 27 has any special, flexible display-centric features.
There’s also a good chance that we won’t see any hardware, just more software updates than we can count.
Whatever happens, TechRadar will be on the ground, covering every single bit (and byte) of it.
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