Everything announced at Apple's WWDC 2026 keynote

Ahead of WWDC, it was widely expected that Apple would place a heavy emphasis on its (delayed) overhaul of Siri, which it first demoed at the 2024 edition of the event. The company confirmed back in January that a "more personalized Siri" was coming this year, and that it would be powered by Google's Gemini models. This updated version of the assistant is called Siri AI.

Among other things, Siri AI will have some visual updates. On iPhones with a Dynamic Island, a Siri animation will appear there when it's dealing with a request (rather than the bottom of the screen, as things are currently). 

You can still use the "Hey Siri" wake word or the power button to activate the assistant. However, in iOS 27, swiping down from the middle of the screen will bring up a Siri AI interface. You can then ask the assistant a question or get it to search for something. Responses will pop up in a card, and you can continue a conversation with the chatbot. 

You might ask Siri AI to add a specific photo to a shared family album, remind you when a lottery for concert tickets takes place or to suggest recipes for countries who are being represented at the World Cup for your watch party. It can offer feedback on documents and you can ask it to whip up an "in-depth plan." 

Siri AI will also be able to take action based on what's on your screen. By way of example, Apple suggested that, while you're looking at a photo of your shed, you might ask Siri AI how to best put together a maker space inside it. 

Using the screenshot tool on Mac, you'll be able to — for instance — look at a festival schedule, pick the performances you're interested in and add them to your calendar with Siri AI. Features like that will be available via Visual Intelligence in Siri, which is coming to visionOS too. Expect to be able to ask Siri AI questions about what your device's camera is seeing too (this all sounds very much like the visual search features Google has offered for quite some time).

Apple is promising major improvements to voice dictation with Siri AI as well. Along with iOS, iPadOS and macOS, Siri AI will be available on watchOS, visionOS, CarPlay and AirPods. Spotlight search will be powered by Siri AI too.