My Favorite Announcements From Apple's WWDC 2026

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Tim Cook went out with a goodbye speech bookending his last appearance as CEO helming Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference; next year, barring unforeseen problems, we'll have John Ternus on the stage in his new role. While there were performance and display rendering enhancements announced across all the device operating systems, which are always welcome, Apple fast-forwarded through them to make way for Apple Intelligence. The company also introduced reworking controls and protections for kids.

Whether you love it, hate it or simply choose to ignore it, Apple Intelligence (and its eyes, Visual Intelligence, and words, Siri) is the centerpiece of the company's chatbot-slash-agent-slash-generative strategy for MacOS 27 Golden Gate, iOS 27,iPadOS 27, WatchOS 27 and VisionOS 27.

Initially announced at WWDC24 and then drastically dialed back for a slower-paced rollout, at this year's WWDC, Apple ramped it up to where it...

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