The Biggest Developments from WWDC26

The Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC26) kicks off June 8.

It's Tim Cook's last big event as CEO, and the company is expected to use the occasion to present a complete overhaul of Siri, the voice assistant that's been built into every iPhone since October 2011. Starting with iOS 27, Siri is expected to look a lot more like OpenAI's ChatGPT or Anthropic's Claude.

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As part of the artificial intelligence improvements, developers will be able to more easily integrate AI into their apps using a new system called CoreAI. And makers of artificial intelligence agents will be able to tap into Siri and Apple’s in-house AI apps and offerings.

Apple is also planning to open up Siri to outside chatbots beyond OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which is already integrated into the software. In the Search or Ask view, users will be able to toggle between chatbots. Apple has tested this new approach with Claude and Gemini, in addition to ChatGPT.

Shortcuts, the app that lets people create automations like starting a music playlist and sending their spouse an ETA when they get into the car, is being upgraded so that a user can type in what they want a shortcut to do using natural language. Today’s version requires manually building the directions step by step.

The company is planning to open up AI features like image and text generation — such as the ones inside Image Playground and Writing Tools — to third-party agent providers. Those features currently can tap into ChatGPT. With the change, third-party alternatives will be installable via their App Store apps. Apple has tested Claude and Gemini for this.

The Biggest Developments from WWDC26

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