Apple WWDC 2026: Siri AI gets conversational upgrades, iOS 27 and macOS 27 Golden Gate announced
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Summary
Apple's WWDC 2026 keynote introduced major updates including Siri AI with back-and-forth conversations powered by Apple Intelligence built with Google, featuring image editing, writing tools, and on-screen awareness. A standalone Siri AI app offers conversation history access, with activation via Dynamic Island swipe and a Camera app "Siri Mode" for object recognition. iOS 27 adds an opacity slider for Liquid Glass on iPhone 11 and later, while macOS 27 Golden Gate integrates Siri into Spotlight.
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It includes image editing and writing tools and uses on-screen awareness to extract context from what's displayed to answer questions.
iOS 27 also introduces a new opacity slider for Liquid Glass, supported on iPhone 11 and later.
macOS 27 Golden Gate integrates Siri into Spotlight.
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