What We’re Anticipating at Apple’s WWDC 2026

Two years in the past, at its personal Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), Apple introduced a collection of AI options lumped beneath “Apple Intelligence.” It wasn’t Genmoji, Image Playground, or Writing Tools that floored everybody. It was the revamped and extra clever Siri able to “contextual awareness,” a technical option to say the assistant may perceive what was occurring in your iPhone’s display screen and in addition pull info from throughout your apps so that you didn’t have to search for it your self.

Apple promised the brand new Siri would launch within the fall alongside the iPhone 16 sequence. It by no means arrived.

The firm delayed the Siri reboot a number of instances from that fall to spring. Then at WWDC 2025, Apple senior VP of software program Craig Federighi lastly admitted that work on the brand new Siri “needed more time to reach our high-quality bar” and that “we look forward to sharing more in the coming year.”

To paper over its huge fumble, Apple rolled out Liquid Glass to all of its platforms. The technique labored; moreover essentially the most vocal tech lovers, most shoppers forgot all concerning the new Siri. Apple’s failure to launch the brand new assistant had subsequent to no impression on iPhone or Apple gadget gross sales.

Well, it’s been two complete years because it was introduced, and Apple nonetheless hasn’t launched Siri 2.0, however that’s supposedly lastly, lastly occurring this 12 months. Needless to say, the WWDC 2026 highlight shall be on the assistant. How a lot of what was promised at WWDC 2025 will Apple ship on due to its new Google Gemini mind?

Finally, a Siri app

The new Siri will reportedly have a brand new look, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Instead of the multicolored glow that surrounds the perimeters of your iPhone’s display screen once you press and maintain the facet button, Siri may have a “dark-toned interface” that matches the theme for this year’s WWDC visuals and apparently come out from the Dynamic Island.

Gurman additionally says that Apple will introduce a Siri app, which may work much like different chatbot apps. You’ll have the ability to sort in a immediate and think about responses in a chat-style dialog. Past “chats” shall be saved within the app. He additionally claims that Apple will open up Siri to third-party AI chatbots and let customers select between them for queries.

Another deliberate function is reportedly on the “agentic” AI facet, the place you’ll have the ability to carry out multi-step duties simply with a voice command. Gurman additionally says that Siri shall be built-in into the Camera app for Visual Intelligence, the pc imaginative and prescient function that lets AI chatbots establish objects and data inside pictures.

I’m certain there shall be far more to unpack on Siri. It certain appears like Apple is betting all of it in an try and show it’s not behind within the AI race.

Tightening software program nuts and bolts

All rumors and experiences recommend that Apple’s “27” software program updates for all of its platforms will concentrate on enhancing efficiency, squashing bugs, and strengthening safety.

That is smart since Liquid Glass debuted final 12 months, so this time round Apple will reportedly concentrate on under-the-hood adjustments. Gurman reports some platforms may see longer battery life with the updates.

Any visible adjustments to Liquid Glass are anticipated to be refined—largely refinements for elevated distinction and legibility for clear UI components. Personally, I’m hoping Apple will supply some type of slider in order that customers can resolve how a lot of the Liquid Glass impact they need on their gadgets.

Don’t count on any main {hardware}

While Apple has introduced {hardware} at WWDC earlier than—notable ones embody the ill-fated trash can Mac Pro in 2013 and the follow-up cheese grater tower in 2019—we’re not anticipating Apple to drop something new.

The anticipated foldable iPhone isn’t anticipated till the autumn occasion in September alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max. The Vision Pro is reportedly on ice, with Apple shifting its priorities to creating good glasses—pairs with and with out screens—for launch in 2027 and past.

The MacGuide Pro was refreshed final fall. The MacGuide Air and iPad Air have been up to date in March, debuting with the category-defining MacGuide Neo.

If there’s any new {hardware}, it may very well be an replace to the Apple TV 4K and HomePod mini. Gurman said both are “ready to go and just waiting on the new Siri.” The gadgets would have an improved chip to help AI options. The Apple TV set-top field may get an “updated remote.”