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The MacRumors Show: WWDC26 Promises Apple Intelligence and Siri Upgrades

The MacRumors Show: WWDC26 Promises Apple Intelligence and Siri Upgrades

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On this week’s episode of The MacRumors Show, we discuss Apple’s WWDC 2026 keynote date, the sweeping Siri redesign coming in iOS 27, Apple’s latest accessibility feature previews, and the hinge troubles reportedly plaguing the foldable iPhone ahead of its expected launch in the fall. Apple this week confirmed its ‌WWDC 2026‌ keynote for June 8 at 10 a.m. Pacific Time, with the conference running through June 12. The event is expected to introduce ‌iOS 27‌, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, watchOS 27, tvOS 27, and visionOS 27, with developer betas available immediately after the keynote and public releases following in September. The focus is expected to be on Apple Intelligence and AI advancements across its platforms. No major hardware announcements have been rumored for the keynote, but we are overdue seeing a new “homeOS” platform for a tabletop or wall-mounted smart home hub, though launch timing remains unclear. Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman reports that ‌iOS 27‌ will bring a sweeping ‌Siri‌ redesign, evolving the assistant into a full chatbot designed to compete with ChatGPT, Claude, and …

iOS 27’s New AI Voice Control Feature Hints at Major Siri Upgrade Coming Soon

iOS 27’s New AI Voice Control Feature Hints at Major Siri Upgrade Coming Soon

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Every May, Apple previews new accessibility features coming to devices like the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. The announcement typically occurs a few days before Global Accessibility Awareness Day, and it offers a glimpse into what will be included in the next major releases of Apple’s software platforms, such as iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. This year, one of the new capabilities shown off by Apple is natural language support for the Voice Control feature on the iPhone and iPad. Voice Control is receiving an Apple Intelligence upgrade that will make the feature “more intuitive than ever,” according to Apple. Specifically, iPhone and iPad users will be able to describe on-screen buttons and controls with natural language, instead of having to remember exact labels, numbers, or descriptions like before. For example, users will be able to say things like “tap the guide about best restaurants” in Apple Maps or “tap the purple folder” in the Files app. Voice Control powered by Apple Intelligence will initially be available in English in the U.S., Canada, the UK, and Australia, …

Apple announces Apple Intelligence powered accessibility feature updates

Apple announces Apple Intelligence powered accessibility feature updates

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Ahead of Google’s annual developer conference on Tuesday, Apple announced several new accessibility updates powered by Apple Intelligence to features like VoiceOver, voice control, live recognition, and real-time caption generation for videos. The company also said that Vision Pro users will be able to control a compatible wheelchair with their eyes using this update. The company said that Apple Intelligence’s image recognition feature in VoiceOver will understand the image better and describe it in greater detail. For instance, it can look at a bill and read out the details such as the amount and due date. Apple said that the updated feature can also better describe photographs and personal records. Image Credits: AppleImage Credits:Apple Users can now use an iPhone to activate the Live Recognition feature, which uses a camera to identify content in the frame, and also ask follow-up questions to know more. Users with low vision can also assign Magnifier to the action button, which presents content on a high-contrast interface. Plus, they can use voice commands such as “zoom in” or “turn …

Apple Previews New Accessibility Features Powered by Apple Intelligence

Apple Previews New Accessibility Features Powered by Apple Intelligence

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Apple today announced a suite of accessibility updates that use Apple Intelligence to expand capabilities across VoiceOver, Magnifier, Voice Control, and Accessibility Reader, with additional new features for generated subtitles and wheelchair control via Apple Vision Pro. ‌Apple Intelligence‌ powers several of the new features coming later this year: VoiceOver Image Explorer uses ‌Apple Intelligence‌ to produce more detailed descriptions of images throughout the system, including photographs, scanned bills, and personal records. Users can also press the Action button on the iPhone to ask questions about what the camera viewfinder sees, with follow-up questions supported in natural language. Magnifier brings Apple Intelligence-powered visual descriptions to its high-contrast interface for users with low vision, also accessible via the Action button, with support for spoken commands like “zoom in” or “turn on flashlight.” Voice Control gains natural language input so users can describe onscreen elements conversationally, such as “tap the guide about best restaurants” or “tap the purple folder,” rather than memorizing exact label names or numbers. Apple says the feature can also help where on-screen elements …

iOS 27 Will Let You Pick Claude or Gemini Instead of ChatGPT for Apple Intelligence

iOS 27 Will Let You Pick Claude or Gemini Instead of ChatGPT for Apple Intelligence

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iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27 will let users set third-party AI services as the default for Apple Intelligence features like Writing Tools and Image Playground, reports Bloomberg. Apple has signed a deal with Google and plans to use a Gemini-based model for ‌Apple Intelligence‌ and Siri features in ‌iOS 27‌, but users will also be able to choose their favorite AI service as an alternative. Apple has already partnered with OpenAI to make ChatGPT available in lieu of Apple’s built-in options for ‌Siri‌, Writing Tools, and ‌Image Playground‌ on iOS 26, but in Apple’s upcoming software updates, other third-party chatbots like Claude and Gemini will also be available. Instead of being limited to ChatGPT, users will select their preferred AI service. Users can choose any AI provider that adds support for Apple’s new ‌iOS 27‌, iPadOS 27, and ‌macOS 27‌ “Extensions” feature. From Bloomberg: “Extensions allow you to access generative AI capabilities from installed apps on demand, through Apple Intelligence features such as Siri, Writing Tools, Image Playground and more,” according to a …

Here’s When to Expect an iPad 12 With Apple Intelligence

Here’s When to Expect an iPad 12 With Apple Intelligence

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A new entry-level iPad 12 with Apple Intelligence support likely remains months away, based on a comment shared by an Apple executive this week. On an earnings call on Thursday, Apple’s CFO Kevan Parekh said that the company’s iPad revenue in the March-June quarter will face a “difficult compare” due to the the launch of the entry-level iPad 11 with the A16 chip in March 2025. Parekh is essentially saying that Apple’s year-over-year iPad revenue growth might be impacted in the current quarter, likely due to the company having no plans to update the entry-level iPad this quarter like it did in the year-ago quarter. If an iPad 12 were to be coming this quarter, this “difficult compare” remark would have been unlikely. In short, do not expect an iPad 12 to be released during Apple’s current fiscal quarter, which runs through June 27. That seemingly rules out a product announcement at the WWDC 2026 conference taking place from June 8 through June 12. Here is Parekh’s full comment: We expect our June quarter total …

iOS 27 to Add New Apple Intelligence Photo Editing Tools

iOS 27 to Add New Apple Intelligence Photo Editing Tools

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Apple will add new Apple Intelligence photo editing tools to the Photos app in iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27, reports Bloomberg. On-device ‌Apple Intelligence‌ will be able to make subtle changes to image quality, positioning, and focus, with the new capabilities joining Clean Up, the sole AI editing feature that Apple has released to date. The ‌Photos‌ app in ‌iOS 27‌, iPadOS 27, and ‌macOS 27‌ will have an ‌Apple Intelligence‌ Tools section when editing an image. Options will include Extend, Enhance, and Reframe. Extend – Extend generates additional image content beyond the original frame of the photo, filling in scenery when changing the crop of an image. This tool will support expanding the edges of an image with zoom gestures. Enhance – Uses AI to automatically tweak color, lighting, and other image parameters, similar to how the auto editing feature works now. Reframe – When used with spatial photos, Reframe will let users change the perspective of an image after it’s captured. Apple apparently hasn’t gotten the tools working perfectly, so Extend …

Apple Sued by Three YouTube Channels

Apple Sued by Three YouTube Channels

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Three established YouTube channels have sued Apple, alleging that the company violated the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by unlawfully accessing and scraping millions of copyrighted videos from YouTube to train its AI models. In a class action lawsuit filed in California federal court last week, the owners of the YouTube channels h3h3Productions (plus H3 Podcast and H3 Podcast Highlights), MrShortGame Golf, and Golfholics allege that Apple “deliberately circumvented” YouTube’s protections against video scraping and “profited substantially” by doing so. Apple’s research papers indicate that some of the YouTube videos uploaded by the plaintiffs were used to train its AI models, the complaint alleges. Apple’s actions were “not only unlawful, but an unconscionable attack on the community of content creators whose content is used to fuel the multi-trillion-dollar generative AI industry without any compensation,” the lawsuit adds. The plaintiffs are seeking an injunction and damages individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated in the U.S., per the complaint. In recent months, the same three YouTube channels have filed similar lawsuits against other …

iOS 27 Will Let You Pick Claude or Gemini Instead of ChatGPT for Apple Intelligence

Apple Intelligence Accidentally Goes Live in China Before Regulatory Approval

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Apple accidentally started rolling out Apple Intelligence features in China before receiving regulatory approval, reports Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. Some Chinese users began seeing ‌Apple Intelligence‌ features listed as available and active in the Settings app on their iPhones, but Apple made no formal announcement. Gurman says that Apple is not planning to launch the feature imminently, and that its availability was a mistake. Apple has since removed the ‌Apple Intelligence‌ features. Gurman claims that Apple would not launch AI features in China without an announcement, nor would it launch AI in China in the middle of the night local time. The feature also currently uses Google reverse image search, and Google is banned in China. Apple has not been able to launch ‌Apple Intelligence‌ features in China because the country restricts foreign AI technology. Apple is partnering with Alibaba to power ‌Apple Intelligence‌ capabilities, but Apple needs regulatory approval from China’s Cyberspace Administration (CAC). The CAC has to test and approve all AI models before AI services are able to launch in China, and there …

iOS 27 Rumored to Feature All-New Siri App With ‘Extensions’ Feature

iOS 27 Rumored to Feature All-New Siri App With ‘Extensions’ Feature

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In his Power On newsletter today, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman discussed Apple’s upcoming AI plans in more detail. As he reported last week, this will apparently include a Siri app with a so-called “Extensions” feature across iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27. With the Siri app, the report said that iPhone, iPad, and Mac users would be able to interact with Apple’s assistant in both text and voice modes. The app would also provide users with access to their past conversations with Siri. Overall, the Siri app would function similarly to the ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude apps. Siri has been able to tap into ChatGPT since iOS 18.2, and the “Extensions” feature would allow for additional third-party chatbots to be connected. “Extensions allow agents from installed apps to work with Siri, the Siri app and other features on your devices,” reads fine print in the Settings app on an internal, pre-release version of iOS 27, according to Gurman. The first developer beta of iOS 27 should be available in June, ahead of a wide release …