WWDC 2026 is almost here, and I have thoughts
It’s getting to that time of year again. No, not my annual spray tan, so I don’t go on vacation looking like Caspar, but Apple WWDC. And I always start to get a bit excited about it.
When is WWDC? This year it’s on June 8th, and there’s already a lot of talk around it because Apple is finally supposed to deliver what they promised two years ago: a smarter Siri…
But will they — after all they’ve been either denying (or getting our hopes up) for a long time now. Will something finally happen this time?
Let’s take a look at what’s potentially coming up at the event.
The biggest question for WWDC is over Siri
Will Siri actually become a real AI assistant on the level of ChatGPT, or will Apple quietly push it again? I’ll be watching this closely, as it’s one of my bugbears. Apple gets so many things right, but when it comes to its AI adoption, it’s… patchy…
They’ve been ‘testing’ a standalone chatbot to rival ChatGPT for a long time now, and there are rumors that there’s going to be a dedicated app, though these have been denied in the past.
It would, to me anyway, seem like the most obvious and best thing to do, so that Mac users have a dedicated AI helper in their own ecosystem.
Apple events are usually accompanied by a tagline, often a play on words that hints at some new developments and features.
‘Coming Bright Up is this year’s motto, and there are rumors that this relates to the fact that, as part of Siri’s overhaul, the interface will be a ‘glowing dynamic island’ when Siri is in use.
What else can we possibly expect from WWDC 2026?
Are there any other notable happenings? Of course there are, it’s Apple after all.
- iOS27 autocorrect
One of the biggest ‘thank goodness’ moments for me is the possibility that autococonut (sorry, autocorrect) is finally going to get a bit of an overhaul, too.
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Apple has reportedly been testing an updated iPhone keyboard with an enhanced version of the tool. Which is dandy, as for me, it’s the one thing that can sometimes be toooooooo oversensitive (and similarly not sensitive enough, I don’t know how they’ve managed that)
The features should debut on iOS 27 if Apple decides to go ahead, and it’s hoped it’ll be similar to Grammarly, which should hopefully please many writers like me.
2. Visual intelligence
The new iOS 27 updates might potentially include four new Apple Intelligence features. However, they’ll only be available for the iPhone 15 Pro and newer. Let’s look at some of them now:
Updates to Visual Intelligence will allow users to scan nutrition labels on food packaging to track calories and macronutrients in the Health app (I WON’T be using this to monitor my potato chip consumption…)
The same tool will also let you scan both phone numbers and addresses printed on paper or a business card and add them to the Contacts app. I think that’s a great addition, to be fair.
3. Liquid glass
OK, so iOS 27 is not expected to include any major Liquid Glass design changes. I know it’s had a mixed reception among a lot of us.
However, the update may add a system-wide Liquid Glass slider to precisely adjust the interface’s opacity, which is a small step, but useful.
Let’s look forward to WWDC 2026 and see what happens
We’ll know more as the day unfolds, and it’s really going to be an exciting one. Hopefully, we’ll get the Siri overhaul we need.
I’m wondering whether they’re holding off on a release until they’re confident they can crack this and release something that will properly challenge ChatGPT. What do you guys think?
What are YOU most looking forward to at WWDC? Let me know what you’d most like to see in the comments, and we can get some chatter going.
