{"id":14510,"date":"2026-06-06T10:10:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T10:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/?p=14510"},"modified":"2026-06-06T10:10:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T10:10:27","slug":"what-to-expect-from-apple-at-wwdc-26-on-monday-siri-ai-ios-27-refined-liquid-glass-john-ternus-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/?p=14510","title":{"rendered":"What to expect from Apple at WWDC 26 on Monday: Siri AI, iOS 27, refined Liquid Glass, John Ternus, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"


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On Monday, June 8, Apple\u2019s annual Worldwide Developers\u2019 Conference (WWDC) kicks off. As its name suggests, the weeklong event is primarily aimed at developers who make apps for Apple\u2019s myriad operating systems. But it\u2019s also a big day for Apple consumers, who get to see previews of the software that will be available on Apple devices this fall.<\/p>\n

Thanks to an AI focus, WWDC26 may be one of the most consequential Apple developer conferences ever. Here\u2019s what to expect from Apple when the company\u2019s keynote kicks off at 10 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time in a few days\u2014as well as some possible surprises.<\/p>\n

An all-new Siri AI<\/h2>\n

In a move that will surprise no one, Apple is expected to focus heavily on its latest artificial intelligence advancements. As a matter of fact, it is highly likely that a new AI-powered Siri will be the star of the show (unless there is a surprise hardware announcement\u2014but more on that below).<\/p>\n

And yet, Apple\u2019s Siri AI will also be the least surprising announcement out of the keynote. That\u2019s because we\u2019ve already known for months that a version of Google\u2019s Gemini will power the new Siri. Indeed, Apple and Google announced this collaboration<\/a> all the way back in January.<\/p>\n

But don\u2019t expect a Gemini-branded experience on the iPhone. Instead, the Gemini foundational models will power a revamped Siri and the overall Apple Intelligence experience. Besides getting much smarter Gemini brains, the new Siri is also expected to take the form of a chatbot app, like other modern AI chatbots\u2014something Apple should have done years ago.<\/p>\n

Refined Liquid Glass<\/h2>\n

Last year at WWDC25, the star of the show was the most radical user interface redesign on Apple\u2019s devices since iOS 7 in 2013. Apple’s iOS 26 and the company\u2019s other operating systems introduced the Liquid Glass design language, in which user elements appear as transparent panes of glass that warp and refract light when you interact with them.<\/p>\n

As with all user interface changes, aspects of the new interface were controversial, and Apple has spent nearly every minor operating system update since then tweaking the look and feel of Liquid Glass on its devices, including giving users more control over how it appears.<\/p>\n

With the rest of its new software to be announced on Monday, Apple is widely expected to unveil further design tweaks to Liquid Glass, particularly on the Mac; as Bloomberg<\/em> reported<\/a>, it didn\u2019t debut in macOS 26 as Apple\u2019s software designers had intended.<\/p>\n

The \u201927 versions of all Apple\u2019s major operating systems<\/h2>\n

Apple has six major operating systems, and all of them are expected to see new versions previewed on Monday.<\/p>\n

As in past years, iOS on the iPhone will likely be the main focus. Besides Siri AI upgrades, iOS 27 is expected to include additional AI editing tools in the Photos app; a revamped, more customizable Camera app; and improved Apple Intelligence writing tools, including an upgraded grammar checker. As Apple tends to offer feature parity across iPhone, iPad, and Mac, expect these features to come to iPadOS 27 and macOS 27 as well.<\/p>\n

Less certain is which new features Apple\u2019s Apple TV, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro will get with the updated tvOS 27, watchOS 27, and visionOS 27 expected to be announced on Monday. Besides the new Siri AI coming to these devices and some reports suggesting more health features and watch faces coming to watchOS 27, not much is known about other possible features for these operating systems.<\/p>\n

A spotlight on incoming CEO John Ternus<\/h2>\n

WWDC is primarily known as a software event. However, there are a few other things Apple fans and industry watchers will be keeping an eye out for on Monday. The first involves Apple\u2019s leadership. <\/p>\n

In April, Apple announced the retirement of CEO Tim Cook, who is being succeeded by John Ternus, the current hardware chief, in September. Historically, Cook has given both the opening and closing remarks in the company\u2019s WWDC keynote.<\/p>\n

Given that this will be Apple\u2019s final WWDC with Cook at the helm, it\u2019s likely that he will still be part of the event. But it will be interesting to see whether Apple gives Ternus more face time in order to help fans and industry watchers become more familiar with him before he assumes the reins at the end of the summer. I suspect that they will, but I’m unsure whether the CEO transition will be addressed directly.<\/p>\n

The iPhone Fold and new Apple TV?<\/h2>\n

Finally, it\u2019s also possible Apple may announce\u2014or at least preview\u2014new hardware on Monday. While Apple usually sticks to software announcements at WWDC, there are reasons the company may choose to show off new devices as well.<\/p>\n

If it does, the most likely device it will preview is the iPhone Fold (also currently colloquially called the iPhone Ultra). The reason Apple may preview its first foldable iPhone on Monday, while not planning to release it until later this year, is that it would be the company\u2019s first foldable device, and developers will need time to learn how it works and to upgrade their apps to support the foldable screen. Giving developers a heads-up will help ensure that their apps are ready for the iPhone Fold when it launches this fall.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s also the outside possibility Apple may launch new Apple TV hardware (and perhaps new HomePods) on Monday. The Apple TV was last updated nearly three and a half years ago and isn\u2019t powerful enough to run Apple Intelligence. It\u2019s also been long rumored that Apple has had the new Apple TV ready to ship for nearly a year, but is waiting until the new Siri AI is available for it.<\/p>\n

By introducing an Apple TV at WWDC26, Apple would give developers the opportunity to see how the new Siri AI will run on it and give them time to upgrade their apps to work with it before tvOS 27 ships to the public this fall.<\/p>\n

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