At this meeting, held on the 12th June, we talked about Apple’s announements from WWDC 2026 including the new OS versions and Siri AI.
WWDC 2026
We talked about Apple’s announcements made at this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference including:
- Platform improvements
- Enhanced Liquid Glass and icons
- Faster system responsiveness including on older supported devices
- More seamless transitions between WiFi and mobile networks
- Trust & Safety improvements for children and teenagers
- Improved Screentime controls
- Ask to browse
- Violence and gore blocking in images and videos
- Siri AI and Apple Intelligence
- New architecture based on Google Gemini models used on device and in private cloud compute for privacy and security
- Multi-turn conversations
- The ability to combine real world knowledge, personal context and on-screen awareness
- Siri app synchronised across all devices via iCloud
- AI features in many Apple apps including:
- Visual intelligence in Camera
- Safari can monitor webpages for updates, organise tabs and create extensions you describe
- Improved Maps fly-over
- Describe a Shortcut
- Dramatically enhanced Image Playground
- Clean up, Extend and Reframe images in Photos
- Support for 3rd party apps
The WWDC presentation is available on Apple’s YouTube channel. There is also a written summary.
Member Topics
- We helped DavidB remove a partition from an external drive using Disk Utility.
- DavidB also asked about disabling Centre Stage to prevent unwanted camera movements.
- Ben mentioned that in Safari on iOS swiping across the address bar switches between tabs.
- Ben also reminded us that you can swipe across the bottom of the screen on iPadOS and iOS to switch between open apps.