Apple is about to show off its latest software tricks to the world on June 9 at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference. But don’t count on hearing much about an improved Siri — the delayed Apple Intelligence updates seem to need more time.
Instead, we’re expecting a number of other big updates to distract us — including a new glassy design and a new naming system across all of Apple’s family of operating systems. According to a Bloomberg report, Apple’s OS numbering will all match corresponding to the corresponding year ahead. So instead of talking about iOS 19, WatchOS 12, and MacOS 15, it would be iOS 26, WatchOS 26, MacOS 26 — and the same for iPadOS 26, TVOS 26 and VisionOS 26.
In this episode of One More Thing, embedded above, I’ll go over some of the big news that could come at WWDC, including possible live language translation abilities for AirPods.
Another thing to distract while we wait for Siri’s update: a new Apple video game app coming to iPhone, iPad and Apple TV set top box. Perhaps it could get you thinking about playing more games on Apple (and just days after Nintendo releases the Switch 2). It’s not too surprising that Apple wants to talk games since it just bought its first game studio.
This will be an important presentation for Apple to show the progress it has made in the field of AI. It’s been one year since Apple Intelligence made its debut, but even if some Siri tricks are delayed, could there be other perks released? Rumors buzz about AI helping with improving battery life — and also your own life, with a rumored AI health coach.
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