The all-new Siri AI looks like it's finally coming to iPhone in 2026, after much drama, analyst hand-wringing, and two years later than expected.
The new Siri AI on iPhone - image credit: Apple
WWDC is Apple's annual developer conference. It's held every June and gives developers and fans alike a glimpse of what to expect when Apple rolls out its major operating system updates in the fall.This year is somewhat of a banner year, now, all thanks to one announcement. It finally seems like we're goi
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New, more personal Siri AI is set to arrive in 2026
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Siri AI & new Apple Intelligence not coming to EU right away thanks to DMA
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When iOS 27 and the rest arrive in September, Apple will not be including Siri AI or the new Apple Intelligence for users in the EU. The Digital Markets Act is being blamed.
Apple will continue its fight with the EU through withholding features
When Apple first revealed Apple Intelligence in 2024, it shared that the DMA would prevent its immediate rollout to the EU. It did eventually arrive via iOS 18.4 in March 2025.Now, EU users will have to deal with a similar delay in rollout for the new Sir
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macOS 27 compatibility list focuses entirely on Apple Silicon
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Apple's macOS 27 finalizes the move to Apple Silicon, leaving Intel Macs further behind.macOS Golden Gate runs on these Macs
The software update was announced at Apple Park in Cupertino, California, as part of the company's annual developer conference. Apple said macOS 27 will be available as a developer beta immediately, with a public beta arriving later in the summer and a full release planned for the fall.The compatibility list includes every Apple Silicon Mac currently supported by Apple. Ow
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Coaching, wellness features & AI make the biggest impact in watchOS 27
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Apple previewed watchOS 27 on June 8 during WWDC26, bringing Siri AI to Apple Watch while expanding health tracking, Workout Buddy, and Smart Stack with new Apple Intelligence-powered features.Apple Watch Ultra 3
watchOS 27 puts Siri AI at the center of the Apple Watch experience. Apple says the new assistant can answer open-ended questions, hold more natural conversations, and find information from a user's personal context.The update also expands Workout Buddy with new coaching insights based
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Major new Apple Intelligence features limited to the newest iPhones & Macs
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Apple says that most new Apple Intelligence features will work on the same devices as before, but an unclear number will require the latest iPhones, iPads and Macs.
Apple says the most powerful on-device AI models will not be on all devices - image credit: Apple
The most significant part of Apple's WWDC announcement was the extensive array of features coming to Apple Intelligence and the new Siri AI. It's at last the natural language and contextual Siri we've been promised, plus major new featur
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WWDC26 iPadOS guide
What’s new in iPadOS 27Unlock the full potential of iPadOS.Foundation Models frameworkThe Foundation Models framework is a native Swift API that gives you direct access to the same on-device model that powers Apple Intelligence. You can now work with any language model, including Apple Foundation Models, cloud models like Claude and Gemini, or any other provider that conforms to the Language Model protocol.Multimodal prompts let you pass images alongside text so your app can reason ab
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WWDC26 iOS guide
What’s new in iOS 27Level up your iOS apps and games.Foundation Models frameworkThe Foundation Models framework is a native Swift API that gives you direct access to the same on-device model that powers Apple Intelligence. You can now work with any language model, including Apple Foundation Models, cloud models like Claude and Gemini, or any other provider that conforms to the Language Model protocol.Multimodal prompts let you pass images alongside text so your app can reason about vi
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Being Apple CEO was Tim Cook's 'honor of a lifetime'
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Apple CEO Tim Cook signed off his last WWDC keynote in the role by calling it the "honor of a lifetime" to make a difference in the lives of users.
Apple CEO Tim Cook delivering personal comments at WWDC 2026
The WWDC 2026 keynote wasn't just the venue for Apple's operating system and developer announcements. It's also the last time that Tim Cook will front the event as Apple's CEO.With it being the last major event before the CEO role transitions to John Ternus, Cook took a minute at the end of
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Image Playground gets realistic AI image generation in iOS 27
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Apple added native photorealistic image generation to Image Playground at WWDC 2026, bringing photo-realistic AI-created images to the app for the first time as part of iOS 27.Image Playground
The updated Image Playground can generate realistic images directly from text prompts. Users can also continue creating images in the app's existing Animation, Illustration, and Sketch styles.Apple announced the changes during its WWDC keynote as part of a broader Apple Intelligence update for iPhone, iPad
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Spatial Reframing will fix your bad iPhone photos with iOS 27
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Apple's iOS 27 software update will add Spatial Reframing, a feature that will allow users to change the position and angle of a photo even after it has been taken.
Spatial Reframing will make it easier to fix your bad iPhone photos
Spatial Reframing was announced as part of the WWDC 2026 opening keynote. It's set to be made available to iPhone owners when the iOS 27 update is released to the public this fall.Part of Apple Intelligence, the Spatial Reframing feature uses Apple's Private Cloud Co
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Updated Apple Developer Program License Agreement and App Review Guidelines now available
The Apple Developer Program License Agreement and App Review Guidelines have been revised to support new features, updated policies, and to provide clarification. Please review the changes below and sign in to your account to accept the updated terms.Apple Developer Program License Agreement
Sections 3.1, 14.8: Specified requirements for providing information and responding to questions about developer identity, including in the context of export compliance.
Definitions, Section 3.3.3(N): Clarif
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AirPods finally gain custom EQ feature in iOS 26
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Apple's line of AirPods will gain a custom equalizer in software as part of the company's 2026 fall OS updates, giving users more control over how they sound.
A custom EQ is coming to Apple's AirPods
A custom EQ will allow AirPods owners to customize their sound signature, such as increasing the bass or boosting the treble. Apple announced the new feature as part of its WWDC 2026 opening keynote.This is the first time that Apple has allowed AirPods owners to actively change the way they sound. I
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iOS 27 gets better Liquid Glass and more responsiveness
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As expected from the WWDC keynote, Apple has launched iOS 27, with Liquid Glass and responsive improvements coming to your iPhone this fall.
The new Liquid Glass slider for iOS 27
The annual keynote address of Apple's WWDC week has, as usual, introduced developers to the next major release of iOS. Using the new year-based naming convention, iOS 27 will be installable on user iPhones this fall.As tradition dictates, it will also be testable by developers months in advance, usually starting from a
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Spatial computing & Apple Intelligence upgrades collide in visionOS 27
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Apple Vision Pro is the one platform that could be impacted by the advent of AI the most, and Apple's WWDC announcements for visionOS 27 show why.
Apple Vision Pro runs visionOS and it will see some changes with version 27
WWDC 2026 is underway, and Apple is showing off all of the new features coming to each of the OS 27 updates due in the fall. Since Apple Intelligence can run on Apple Vision Pro, the new AI features are coming to the platform in addition to some platform-specific upgrades.Appl
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iOS 27 keeps iPhone 11 and newer compatibility
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Apple didn't drop a single iPhone from its iOS 27 compatibility list, giving every device that runs iOS 26 another year of major software support.iPhone 17 Pro Max
The new operating system was announced during Apple's WWDC 2026 keynote on Monday. iOS 27 will be available as a developer beta immediately, followed by a public beta later this summer and a general release in the fall.Apple did not remove any iPhone models from its compatibility list this year. The company says iOS 27 supports the sa
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Revamped parental controls are coming to iPhone, Mac, and More
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Apple has announced a refreshed version of the iPhone's Screen Time features for iOS 27, giving parents a new way to ensure children only access the content that's right for them.
Apple is bringing new parental control features to iPhone, Mac, and more
Alongside iOS 27, parental controls will also extend to the iPad with iPadOS 27 and the Mac, with macOS 27.Screen Time has long allowed parents to limit which apps their kids use, and how long they can use them. With iOS 27, announced at WWDC 2026
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Liquid Glass customization & better Apple Intelligence arrive with iPadOS 27
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Apple's latest AI upgrades are coming to every part of the ecosystem, including iPadOS 27, where Apple also focused on system optimizations and Liquid Glass changes.
iPadOS 27 brings changes to Liquid Glass
WWDC has already promised Apple Intelligence announcements, but there are new features for each OS coming too. The iPad will get iOS 27 features in addition to what has been revealed in iPadOS 27.Apple has only just announced iPadOS 27, so keep refreshing for more details as they become avail
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macOS 27 'Golden Gate' delivers more Liquid Glass and updated Siri
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Apple has unveiled its next Mac operating system, macOS Golden Gate, with Apple promising better performance, the improved Siri, and more.
A redesigned sidebar is part of macOS Golden Gate - image credit: Apple
The new macOS 27 has been revealed during the WWDC 2026 opening keynote, and while not as substantial a new release as macOS Tahoe, it does bring some key new features to the Mac.It also continues Apple's edging of its platforms closer together, with more iPhone features making their way
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Protesters target WWDC in call for 'nudify' App Store bans
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Protesters are using the WWDC 2026 opening keynote to call attention to so-called "nudify" apps, pushing Apple to remove these apps from its App Store.
AI nudity apps are a problem for the App Store
At the Cupertino Apple Park campus, Apple has welcomed developers and members of the press to watch its WWDC opening keynote. But protesters from UltraViolet, a women's advocacy group, are also in attendance with a sign claiming "Apple is powered by child sexual abuse."The Verge reports that Heat Ini
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WWDC26 Xcode guide
What’s new in XcodeExplore the tools to build the next great apps and games.Xcode 27Bring your ideas to life faster using coding agents in Xcode, powered by the model of your choice. Customize Xcode to the way you work. Manage all your devices in one place with Device Hub. Refine your apps further with updates to performance and testing tools. And bring your app to even more people around the world with enhancements to localization.
Xcode's coding assistant now supports multiple ways of wo
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WWDC26 watchOS guide
What’s new in in watchOS 27Explore the latest in watchOS.Intelligent ExperiencesBring intelligent features to your apps with the Foundation Models framework — power glanceable summaries, workout feedback, and smart replies while keeping user data private. Use the Vision framework on watchOS to bring image understanding to the wrist: smart-crop a photo so the subject fills the smaller display, or read a barcode from a saved document, all processed privately on device.What’s
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WWDC26 visionOS guide
What’s new in visionOS 27Learn to create for the infinite canvas.RealityKit enhancementsWith RealityKit, you can build interactive, high-fidelity spatial experiences that seamlessly blend with the real world.
This year, exciting new features make those experiences even more immersive.
Physical space lighting now blends virtual illumination with real-world environments, allowing virtual objects to cast light onto physical surfaces. When you combine this with the new Projective Textures
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WWDC26 SwiftUI guide
What’s new in SwiftUIDive into the latest features and capabilities of SwiftUI. The 2027 releases bring major upgrades to SwiftUI, a powerful new Document API, expanded toolbar controls, and significant performance improvements to build times and data flow.Xcode 27 agent skillsXcode 27 helps you adopt new SwiftUI APIs and best practices with a set of skills that you can use in the coding assistant. The skills apply SwiftUI conventions throughout your code, and guide you through the new API
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WWDC26 Swift guide
What’s new in in SwiftDiscover updates to Swift and related tools and frameworks.Swift 6.4Swift 6.4 delivers improvements designed for developers at every level. A set of ergonomic refinements remove everyday friction, including simplified availability syntax with anyAppleOS and finer-grained control over warnings with the @diagnose attribute. Asynchronous code is now supported in defer statements, guaranteeing cleanup runs whether a function returns or throws. A new iteration protocol ext
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WWDC26 Metal guide
What’s new in MetalExplore the latest in Metal tools, technologies, and resources.Do more with Metal 4.1
New quantized tensor formats and support for scale factors allow you to easily express quantized data. Leverage native support in Metal performance primitives to efficiently compress weights and take advantage of the Neural Accelerators on the M5 Pro and M5 Max.Optimize custom machine learning operations with Metal tensorsBoost your graphics performance with the M5 and A19 GPU
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WWDC26 macOS guide
What’s new in macOS 27Take full advantage of the powerful capabilities of Mac.Foundation Models frameworkThe Foundation Models framework is a native Swift API that gives you direct access to the same on-device model that powers Apple Intelligence. You can now work with any language model, including Apple Foundation Models , cloud models like Claude and Gemini, or any other provider that conforms to the Language Model protocol.Multimodal prompts let you pass images alongside text so yo
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WWDC26 Machine Learning guide
What’s new in AI & Machine learningBring personal intelligence to your apps.Foundation Models frameworkThe Foundation Models Framework is a native Swift API that gives you direct access to the same on-device model that powers Apple Intelligence. You can now work with any language model, including Apple Foundation Models, cloud models like Claude and Gemini, or any other provider that conforms to the Language Model protocol.Multimodal prompts let you pass images alongside text so your a
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WWDC26 Games guide
What’s new in GamesCreate the next generation of games.Game Porting Toolkit 4Game Porting Toolkit 4 dramatically cuts the time, effort, and cost of bringing your game to Apple platforms.
A new companion repository on Apple's GitHub brings together open-source agent skills and sample code to help you leverage AI coding agents throughout the porting process, so you can produce higher-quality ports and ship on Apple platforms faster.
New agent skills provide best practices and deep Metal know
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WWDC26 Design guide
What’s new in DesignExplore the latest design guidance and resources.Platform design and Liquid GlassApple platforms have a unified language that elevates the content people care about most. It maintains the distinct qualities that make each platform unique and makes apps feel expressive, delightful, and focused.New platform design refinements improve consistency, readability, and accessibility, and introduce ways for apps to adapt across devices and screen sizes. And new and updated desig
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WWDC26 Apple Intelligence guide
What’s new in Apple IntelligenceDive into the latest Apple Intelligence technologies and capabilities.Foundation Models frameworkThe Foundation Models Framework is a native Swift API that gives you direct access to the same on-device model that powers Apple Intelligence. You can now work with any language model, including Apple Foundation Models, cloud models like Claude and Gemini, or any other provider that conforms to the Language Model protocol.
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