What to expect from Apple at WWDC 26 on Monday: Siri AI, iOS 27, refined Liquid Glass, John Ternus, and more
On Monday, June 8, Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers’ Conference (WWDC) kicks off. As its name suggests, the weeklong event is primarily aimed at developers who make apps for Apple’s myriad operating systems. But it’s also a big day for Apple consumers, who get to see previews of the software that will be available on Apple devices this fall. Thanks to an AI focus, WWDC26 may be one of the most consequential Apple developer conferences ever. Here’s what to expect from Apple when the company’s keynote kicks off at 10 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time in a few days—as well as some possible surprises. An all-new Siri AI 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—but more on that below). And yet, Apple’s Siri AI will also be the least surprising announcement out of the keynote. That’s because we’ve already known for months that a version of Google’s Gemini will power the new Siri. Indeed, Apple and Google announced this collaboration all the way back in January. But don’t 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—something Apple should have done years ago. Refined Liquid Glass Last year at WWDC25, the star of the show was the most radical user interface redesign on Apple’s devices since iOS 7 in 2013. Apple’s iOS 26 and the company’s 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. As with all user interface changes, aspects of the new interface were cont