Today, during the Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple previewed its upcoming software releases that will deliver the next generation of Apple Intelligence and introduce Siri AI, an entirely new version of Siri that is profoundly more intelligent, knowledgeable, and capable. The releases also bring powerful and intuitive new features to help parents create safe digital experiences for kids, as well as improvements that further elevate the software design and performance of Apple products while making them more responsive, delightful, and easier to use with iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, watchOS 27, visionOS 27, and tvOS 27.
Poor tvOS gets no overview.
The WWDC26 Keynote and Platform State of the Union videos are also available. (The Keynote is for the general public, SOTU for the developers.)
I’m still formulating my thoughts, but my initial reaction is two-fold:
One, the Keynote itself felt light—not exactly “content-free,” but it didn’t adhere to the packed-to-the-gills formula we’ve come to expect in the event’s prerecorded era. There were no over-the-top opening skits, fanciful location transitions, bento boxes crammed with features, or interminable per-OS technology tours. SOTU felt more substantial (yet surprisingly disconnected from the Keynote).
Two, OS 27 has the earmarks of what longtime Apple-heads would approvingly call a “Snow Leopard release”: a focus on fit and finish, with a relatively small set of new features. I’m excited enough for it that I’ve already installed developer beta 1 (on a sacrificial iPhone and Apple ID, of course).