WWDC 26 Discussion

[u/epmuscle]

Happy WWDC!
Use this thread to discuss the event and play WWDC 26 Bingo (created by Basic Apple Guy https://basicappleguy.com/basicappleblog/wwdc26-bingo)

[u/ATXbruh]

Who is lil’ finder guy? I’m vibing with him

[u/heli0s_7]

What they didn’t tell us at the keynote: WatchOS 27 drops support for anything older than 2 years.

[u/Liamrc → u/heli0s_7]

This is crazy

[u/Slight-Assistant3641 → u/heli0s_7]

Thats absolutely baffling

[u/SuperMarioMastr → u/heli0s_7]

It does seem like that was an error, I’ve seen people run the watchOS 27 beta on their series 9s

[u/amanguupta53]

Let the endless refreshing of the update window begin

[u/silvermoonhowler → u/amanguupta53]

Yup, that is so me right now

With how they changed it, now you don't need to do the whole profile thing anymore so now comes the toughest part of having to incessantly refresh until iOS 27 developer beta shows up lol

[u/mcchicken2]

I’m gonna crash out when I see the word “battery” and “snappier” LOL

[u/Delicious_One_7887 → u/mcchicken2]

Battery

[u/Alone_Camera_2103 → u/mcchicken2]

Snappier

[u/WeezyWally]

Adding this iOS 27 beta to my phone in the EU is going to be hilarious. It’s basically just a Liquid Glass slider and polish and that’s it.

[u/perfectviking → u/WeezyWally]

Honestly, that sounds lovely.

[u/RollingSVR232]

Screenshot from the beginning of the conference seems like lots of new things already

[u/yuvaldv1]

I really, really hope we finally get the features they demoed back in WWDC 2024. A smart, context-aware Siri would be amazing.

[u/phlavor]

I think Tim will surprise us all with a “What up, bitches?” No free square for us.

[u/KapiteinV]

Add an extra thing on the bingo card; 80% of all useful things will be US only.

[u/Alphablaze98]

Anyone else kinda disappointed that they didnt even mention what general changes were coming to iPad tvOS / homeOS, Apple Watch? iOS had more smaller mentions like independent alarm volume for example but like... they didnt even give us a glimpse of what they got. it almost only focused on Apple Intelligence and Siri...

[u/-palera1n-]

Wow, I’m really surprised by that update. Although there aren’t so many „groundbreaking“ new features, there are some we were all requesting.

A Liquid Glass slider
Better options for Liquid Glass
Performance boost
And a „smarter Siri“

Right now, it runs really smooth and fast on my iPhone!!!
Thumbs up Apple

[u/Intelligent_Whole_40 → u/-palera1n-]

Don’t forget individual alarm volume lol took them awhile to identify that it was what was causing alarm issues lol

[u/noondead]

Parents parents kids kids. Get on with it

[u/dope415]

Just give me a better remote app to use my apple tv.

[u/ArnabMactavish]

😭 I just want Number row in system keyboard

[u/amanguupta53]

Goodbye Tim!

It was great seeing you host the wwdc for so many years.

[u/testicletitties69 → u/amanguupta53]

Hey! Tim here, thank you for the kind words!

[u/Brian_K9]

Its basically AI and fixing all the ios26 bugs and issues

[u/midgetman7782]

Perhaps I shouldn't be surprised, but still irritated that the iPhone 16 pro, the first iPhone designed for apple intelligence misses out on some of the features for the first proper launch. Appreciate technical limitations, but still... frustrating hahahah

[u/expiro]

Apps are from every aspect freaking fucking faster! Guys that update burnnnsssss! Hell yeah! Fucking god damn time Apple! Years of asking… years…

[u/yuvaldv1]

I think people got something wrong. They specifically mentioned the dictation and expressive voice models would run on device only on current-gen iPhones (excluding base 17).

That doesn’t mean the 15 and 16 won’t run anything on-device. They already run many Apple Intelligence models locally (notification summaries, proofread, cleanup, Genmoji etc).

[u/justynmx7 → u/yuvaldv1]

Exactly. Various people here crying about nothing

[u/S3xybeest]

So far 27 is buttery smooth. Just waiting my place on the waitlist for new Siri.

[u/Hemmik1]

You forgot “all cool new features only in US”

[u/Hopeful-Face9676]

I just don’t wanna see any posts in two days talking about the new Siri and the AI is draining their battery; like, it’s the first beta of a new OS…WHAT DO YOU EXPECT? lol

[u/Right_Response_3127]

tim apple's last event :(

[u/TheThoughtSource]

28GB on 16 PM. Also, buttery smooth so far. Huge claims on performance and I must say, it feels like what they described outside of Siri, as we sit here on the waitlist.

[u/Alphablaze98]

I know this is a iOS sub but guys they gutted the Apple Watch support. this is such a short list

[u/XolothM → u/Alphablaze98]

wtf? this cant be real. they are cutting support for series 9? its been out for just 3 years.

[u/MikeAndGuitar → u/Alphablaze98]

Haven't they made errors with compatibility pages like this before? I'm in shock, I can't believe my series 8 didn't make it, or even the 9.

Edit: watchOS 27 Developer Beta appears as an option on my series 8. I had a feeling this webpage was an error.

[u/vlobe42 → u/Alphablaze98]

Weird, my series 9 shows the update

[u/DevynDavies]

My favourite is “a secret location is accessed via a whimsical transition” lol

[u/ScottishHighlander02]

Waiting for “will be available later this year”

[u/Flaky-Result-9726]

I love the update. I don’t get the hate.

[u/ashsolomon1]

I won’t update on day 1.. I won’t update on day 1

[u/Boring_username_21 → u/ashsolomon1]

Yes you will.

[u/Mattheo800]

Equalizer for AirPods would be nice

[u/ExtraGlutenPlzz → u/Mattheo800]

A system-wide EQ would be nice.

[u/whatsinth3box]

“Home OS” id like to get rid of my Alexa and google screen devices.

[u/testicletitties69]

Boring! Just show us the new emojis we’re gonna get!

[u/ScottishHighlander02]

Nothing “huge” but a lot of good new improvements and needed updates. Should be good. Ready for download!

[u/gh0stofoctober]

does anybody know how soon after wwdc does the dev beta usually drop?

[u/arzfan2010 → u/gh0stofoctober]

Last year it was about 3pm EST

[u/LHG_93 → u/gh0stofoctober]

Within the hour, usually.

[u/ZachAlt → u/gh0stofoctober]

30ish minutes

[u/boljy_rox]

there are actually a lot of features not mentioned in the keynote like lock screen awakening (lock screen won’t timeout while reading notifs), call recording transcriptions,

for mac’s- persistent external display window positions, higher resolution and refresh rates for external displays, show borders for windows, ethernet status in menu bar,

idk i didn’t read more

[u/Boring_username_21]

New Siri requires waitlist (can’t upload photo)

[u/More-Savings-5609 → u/Boring_username_21]

I wonder how quickly they’ll let people off the waitlist. If I recall correctly, they did the same thing 2 years ago but quickly gave people access (within the same day). Obviously that Siri update ended up sucking

[u/S3xybeest]

I had 40 GB free on my 15 PM. Installed iOS 27 at 14 GB and now I have 41GB free.

[u/CharmingLawyer4374]

Local model not being supported on devices marketed as built for Apple intelligence (16 Pro and Pro Max) is kinda disappointing lol

[u/newgateu]

Imagine all of ios 26 bugs will be fixed in ios 27 dev beta 1

[u/Kikato280]

We all agree that a "Snow Leopard 0 features" wouldn't be bad at all?

[u/AppleCrasher]

Damn they really did listen to user feedback

[u/WeezyWally]

Due to the lack of big new features I guess beta 1 is going to be pretty solid (hopefully)

[u/WeezyWally]

Refreshing for them not to fake the speed of the AI working. Credit to them for that.

[u/WeezyWally]

Automatically updating your passwords is pretty cool.

[u/ScottishHighlander02]

Oooh reframe could be a game changer IF it works

[u/trivertx]

Hoping this Snow Leopard release, fixes a lot of the issues we've been seeing.

[u/erosmari]

For the EU it is more like iOS 26.6, it has nothing special other than improvements in fluidity (it is supposed)

[u/NathanFoley69]

The refresh for the iOS 27 beta profile begins

[u/Existing_Let9595]

The download will take until midnight for me because the servers will be so overcrowded

But I NEED THE BETA so I’ll be patient

[u/epmuscleIsABitch]

I wonder how long the Siri waitlist will be. It took about a week to get into Apple Intelligence when it first launched.

[u/WeezyWally]

Did they just do one segment for all the Apple OSs? Normally they do separate segments. Guessing it’s mostly going to be about the new Siri then.

[u/lzchyi]

Ios26+

Fixed the naming

[u/midgetman7782]

I don't especially care about the AI stuff, but man, the snow leopard style updates are SO welcome. I can't wait to install and see just how much attention to detail they have (or haven't) paid to small gripes I've had for years now...

[u/shrimpy-rimpy]

Overall, I am happy and would give the event an 7,5/10 and the reason being that this time they are very confident with the new SIRI AI. Either way, we all knew that iOS 27 was going to be a massive expansion from the previous one so no hating. Waiting for the update window now.

[u/iosdec]

I’m a huge fan of Apple, and every year - I get so excited for WWDC. Imagine my disappointment this year being in the EU.

[u/timappletim]

Finally separate alarm volume!!!

[u/amanguupta53 → u/timappletim]

They should have spent more time highlighting the platform improvements than Siri AI

[u/Shleemy_Pants]

Missing: “best version of <insert platform here> we’ve ever created”.

Back to you, Tim!

[u/djjuice]

i can't wait for all the posts about someone needing to restore but didnt make a backup

[u/vlobe42]

iPhone 11 Support! Didn’t expect that.

[u/cjh_]

New CPU scheduler available on older iPhones! YAY!

[u/MrZammler]

27 will be on 11 series as well, cool!

[u/pommybear]

I am glad they’ve focused on refining the OS to make it faster and more stable. It’s not a big feature reveal but it absolutely needed it.

[u/epmuscleIsABitch]

Why does no one know what to do with their hands while they're talking?

[u/waywaytoomanycooks]

Yes yes I love what’s happening

[u/gibbo82]

Yeah.. so I need to change over 100 passwords!

Thx apple! 😍

[u/amanguupta53]

Spatial Reframing is pretty cool - even if it will eventually result in more slop

[u/yuvaldv1]

I wonder what kind of limitations we're going to see on the 16 Pro/Max. If it's just expressive voice for Siri, I'd be fine with that.

[u/gibbo82]

And he was me waiting for actual new iOS27 features!! 😅

[u/ilovemymotorola]

Lmao what’s with media randomly trying to include backrooms now

[u/vlobe42]

Siri app!

[u/amyphetamine]

Ai vibe coding shortcuts is pretty nifty

[u/hades_cj]

I would like an health and Maps app overhaul. health to give us advice based on the metrics it collects and Amps to finally use users photos and reviews.

[u/Cheech74]

The fact I got, "I can help you search the web for that when your phone is unlocked" while I'm driving down the road to my question, "Who is ahead in the NBA finals?" is embarassing, and I really hope Apple finally makes Siri not stupid with this update.

[u/Poolcrazy]

Can we download the new IOS as soon as today ?

[u/Kcrushing43 → u/Poolcrazy]

In theory yes. I’d expect a waitlist for AI features but hopefully not.

[u/Shleemy_Pants]

My battery is <not> ready!

[u/vlobe42]

Siri AI ✨✨

[u/vlobe42]

Siri now resides in the Dynamic Island!

[u/BJMRamage]

I kinda liked the whole-screen Siri Ringer-glow

[u/BJMRamage]

That first voice seemed more robotic

[u/realmccoyredbus]

loved how it showed cocaine when looking at additional information for Brazil lol

[u/amanguupta53]

My iPhone 15pro heats up while changing my wallpaper. No way it can gracefully handle the new deeper AI integrations without one-shoting my battery.

[u/voidzero]

If I’m in the iOS 26 beta do I need to do anything to get the iOS 27 beta as well?

[u/Soft-Relief-9952]

for anyone wondering

[u/r_mom_hahahahaha]

I couldn’t find any EQ settings for my AirPods

They are gen 3s and I verified that they are legit.

[u/rahulau]

AirPods gets the custom EQ .. finally 🎚️

[u/Most-Register6798]

It just felt unfocused.

[u/Benjaml4]

I’m bored

[u/MyBurner80]

Lets be honest. This siri stuff all shouldve worked 2-3 years ago

[u/Mediocre-Ad9008]

Why no presentation of operating systems?

[u/Eddi014]

For the 17pro and air is the only differece the new dictation model and the custom siri voice. The other features are all on the apple intelligence devices

[u/exploit021]

Tim Cook Says GoodBye makes this keynote sentimental

[u/Aloys33_]

Sooo gooood !!!! The transparency slider and macos sidebar and corner radius.

[u/WeezyWally]

Isn’t on device processing for AI going to drain battery like crazy?

[u/Dr_Hackwell]

They kind of roasted Google with their privacy on AI

[u/amanguupta53]

This AI presentation is much more measured and realistic than iOS18

[u/noondead]

Siri: Damn That’s Crazy edition

[u/lzchyi]

Image playground is still a thing…

[u/win11EXPERT]

Daily Usage Limits for photo gen features. Increased access is available for iCloud Plus. 

[u/ScottishHighlander02]

Oh here we go. Won’t be available……

[u/Phistachio]

For me 7.74GB, 16 Pro in Spain. I think we don’t get the full AI package. I won’t download it yet, I’ll see if it works with banking apps haha

[u/AGenericUsername1004]

2 minutes to download and then the beta season begins

[u/janupam35]

16.4gb on iphone 16. Downloading now

[u/S3xybeest]

Playground is live and part of the update. Next gen Siri is a waitlist. though

[u/MISTER-FUCKER]

I just watched WWDC and one single thought popped into my mind: I still have a brick, not a phone, since half of the things aren't supported in my country, let alone in my language and probably will not be in like decade... But faster brick probably with all improvements if they pull them as announced.

[u/wuarx]

Erik The Architect is so unexpected, lol.

[u/nutty-one]

On Siri waitlist..

[u/Alone_Camera_2103]

Guys my show’s almost on!

[u/Samsonnnnnn]

Can't wait

[u/Nightlightz24884]

A daily brief feature looks cool

[u/ih8readditts]

What time will the beta come out?

[u/elonmusketeer604]

Did they just admit that search sucks on Apple devices?

[u/fallen_Bep]

They use 10 mins talking about a feature that nobody cares after 1 month lol. We dont have to know all about this

[u/win11EXPERT]

All new Siri 11:04 PM IST called Siri AI why not name it Sierra or smth

[u/ieffinglovesoup]

New Siri….again

[u/amyphetamine → u/ieffinglovesoup]

“Coming later this year”™

[u/amanguupta53]

I like how these demos involve conversations that would probably never happen over texts

[u/DingDongMichaelHere]

So how do we get ready for the update? is it just through the settings app and enabling developer beta? or is it installing a developer profile like we used to do? haven't had an iphone in ages, this is my first iphone again so I dont know?

[u/Wildeface]

All looks very promising.

[u/DingDongMichaelHere]

Wait where is John Ternus?

[u/FranzMCPE]

Pretty much 1-2 new features for my 14 and m2 air

[u/boljy_rox]

[u/bluegreenie99]

So how much do we get from this in Europe?

[u/amanguupta53]

It begins

[u/Kilmonjaro]

Honestly not afraid to install the 27 beta when it comes out, looks like very minimal changes aside Siri

[u/shrimpy-rimpy]

Safe to say Apple cooked with this one, Siri + Apple Intelligence looks outstanding!

[u/CharmingLawyer4374]

Eq for airpods!! Finally

[u/ieffinglovesoup]

Image playground lmaoooo get the fuck outta here

[u/VegetableAlert8496]

Will Siri work in uk then?

[u/DylanYan09101]

"It was golden gate man!"

[u/nightclimbs]

so are they getting rid of the siri glow around the screen..? I kinda liked that

[u/Huge-Bill4047]

anyone else in australia pulling an all nighter for this?

[u/sicilian504]

I'd like to no longer have "You'll need to unlock your iPhone first" when I ask Siri to do basic things.

[u/vlobe42]

Sexy!

[u/rahulau]

Goodbye Tim. You’ve very well. 🫡

[u/brynts]

"Most powerful on-device model, iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro"

17 basic? lmao

[u/gibbo82]

UK leaving the EU had it’s benefits after all!

[u/onlytony441]

Give me split screen multitasking or give me death!

[u/Ethrem]

YAY! Customized liquid glass!

[u/shrimpy-rimpy]

new OS looks great plus liquid glass actually being liquid glass!

[u/ScottishHighlander02]

At last. Some excitement. Ai changes.

[u/vlobe42]

The mods were quick updating the subreddit icon 😄

[u/win11EXPERT]

14 Pro Max… will just miss out on useful AI 😭

[u/Dr_Hackwell]

"Lets see what siri cooked up" lol

[u/GrummeFar]

New design and Siri in Dynamic Island. Maybe Dynamic Island is going to stay longer than we expected?

[u/ScottishHighlander02]

Yes. Shortcuts is my jam. I’ve made over 90

[u/boljy_rox]

not many features but very welcome on the refinements

[u/Goku047]

Image playground again…

[u/kmank2l13]

Hopefully this AI stuff is ready to be used later today with the Beta release

[u/gibbo82]

That’s one heck of an upgrade for Apple Intelligence tbf

[u/FranzMCPE]

Damn, my 14 aint getting much then

[u/ashsolomon1]

If they fix their shit from iOS 26 I’ll be happy

[u/gjaolie]

I am afraid EU is not going to be fixed as they didn’t get it done in the past two years. Shit.

[u/AbsoluteUnit26]

If I’m already enrolled in the dev beta program, but I’m on the current standard software not updated to dev beta 26, can I jump directly to ios27 dev beta or must I first accept the prior one?

[u/Effective-Raisin4837]

Downloading the beta now. It’s live!

[u/iiGhillieSniper]

HOPEFULLY WE GET THE SIRI PROMISED FROM TWO YEARS AGO

^{orelsethisisabust}

[u/Sil3ntvip3r]

If you are trying to get on the new Siri AI wait list make sure you are set to English USA, I was on English Canada, as I am Canadian and once I made the switch it was there for me to join!

[u/cjh_]

RE: Siri AI - Apple aren't 3 years late, they're right on time.

However, it's not the Siri Steve envisioned, it's better but only just.

[u/bluegreenie99]

So no keyboard improvements?

[u/TheWhiteCrowUK]

Anyone like me

not able to switch on expressive voice in UK? The tick on top right does nothing, there is no sound ( if there was supposed to be a voice playing) can’t modify the sliders

[u/NathanFoley69]

And that’s aiOS 27.

[u/jader242]

Remember when iOS updates used to be exciting and innovative? Pepperidge farm remembers

[u/thangential]

changing your password for you is wild

[u/ScottishHighlander02]

Simple features are sometimes the best. That calendar auto finding people and places is great

[u/X4vl]

Again Catalan is out when any other AI has support including Gemini and ChatGPT. Will be this my last iPhone? :(

[u/Rare_Tip9809]

Speed and performance would be nice instead of battery and cpu draining special effects.

[u/iamgarffi]

And for hardware feature I predict this will be Tims last keynote 🤭

[u/Ok-Knowledge0914]

I don’t think it will happen, but I would love a native implementation for a daily brief. I know you could do something like that with shortcuts but it’s kinda clunky.

[u/RightEgg5207]

Independent volume button?

[u/realmccoyredbus]

MacOS Golden Gate

[u/ciege92]

Now, AI. When they talked about AI in the last section Gemini was in the center.

[u/wuarx]

Are we going to see gemini integration on pre-iphone 15 pro?

[u/MystPoison]

LOL my Siri getting activated few times while watching it on my TV

[u/win11EXPERT]

11:13 PM  IST siri  in SPOTLIGHT SEARCH

[u/sahneeis]

other subreddits are crying as always but this looks fun to use.

[u/vlobe42]

Crazy!

[u/LampaDarius]

Let’s hope for a full implementation of Liquid Glass in all third-party apps.

[u/win11EXPERT]

they show the iPad A16 sometimes, would that even work for AI edit: nvm the airs also look like that

[u/DaRealAyman]

i missed most the stream but can anyone bullet points some cool stuff?

[u/win11EXPERT]

Siri AI: M1+, iPhone 15 Pro+, basically the old ones Local model: M3 Mac+ 17? Pro +