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Apple's WWDC went about as expected for 2026. While it's a tiny bit disappointing, Siri AI turned out to be worth the wait, but with some painful app-based gaps.WWDC was all AI, almost all the time.WWDC 2026 was on Monday, and it was expected to be a bit of a slow one this time around. As predicted by the rumor mill and countless reports in the weeks ahead, it certainly wasn't an event that shouted about many new features.Actually, that's not quite true. Apple did harp on about one big thing, and that was its whole artificial intelligence push. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums08:08 pmSunday Reboot: The WWDC hangover and Siri AI blindspots
Apple's WWDC went about as expected for 2026. While it's a tiny bit disappointing, Siri AI turned out to be worth the wait, but with some painful app-based gaps.WWDC was all AI, almost all the time.WWDC 2026 was on Monday, and it was expected to be a bit of a slow one this time around. As predicted by the rumor mill and countless reports in the weeks ahead, it certainly wasn't an event that shouted about many new features.Actually, that's not quite true. Apple did harp on about one big thing, and that was its whole artificial intelligence push. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums08:08 pmSunday Reboot: The WWDC hangover and Siri AI blindspots
Apple's WWDC went about as expected for 2026. While it's a tiny bit disappointing, Siri AI turned out to be worth the wait, but with some painful app-based gaps.WWDC was all AI, almost all the time.WWDC 2026 was on Monday, and it was expected to be a bit of a slow one this time around. As predicted by the rumor mill and countless reports in the weeks ahead, it certainly wasn't an event that shouted about many new features.Actually, that's not quite true. Apple did harp on about one big thing, and that was its whole artificial intelligence push. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums08:08 pmSunday Reboot: The WWDC hangover and Siri AI blindspots
Apple's WWDC went about as expected for 2026. While it's a tiny bit disappointing, Siri AI turned out to be worth the wait, but with some painful app-based gaps.WWDC was all AI, almost all the time.WWDC 2026 was on Monday, and it was expected to be a bit of a slow one this time around. As predicted by the rumor mill and countless reports in the weeks ahead, it certainly wasn't an event that shouted about many new features.Actually, that's not quite true. Apple did harp on about one big thing, and that was its whole artificial intelligence push. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums08:08 pmSunday Reboot: The WWDC hangover and Siri AI blindspots
Apple's WWDC went about as expected for 2026. While it's a tiny bit disappointing, Siri AI turned out to be worth the wait, but with some painful app-based gaps.WWDC was all AI, almost all the time.WWDC 2026 was on Monday, and it was expected to be a bit of a slow one this time around. As predicted by the rumor mill and countless reports in the weeks ahead, it certainly wasn't an event that shouted about many new features.Actually, that's not quite true. Apple did harp on about one big thing, and that was its whole artificial intelligence push. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums08:08 pmSunday Reboot: The WWDC hangover and Siri AI blindspots
Apple's WWDC went about as expected for 2026. While it's a tiny bit disappointing, Siri AI turned out to be worth the wait, but with some painful app-based gaps.WWDC was all AI, almost all the time.WWDC 2026 was on Monday, and it was expected to be a bit of a slow one this time around. As predicted by the rumor mill and countless reports in the weeks ahead, it certainly wasn't an event that shouted about many new features.Actually, that's not quite true. Apple did harp on about one big thing, and that was its whole artificial intelligence push. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums08:08 pmSunday Reboot: The WWDC hangover and Siri AI blindspots
Apple's WWDC went about as expected for 2026. While it's a tiny bit disappointing, Siri AI turned out to be worth the wait, but with some painful app-based gaps.WWDC was all AI, almost all the time.WWDC 2026 was on Monday, and it was expected to be a bit of a slow one this time around. As predicted by the rumor mill and countless reports in the weeks ahead, it certainly wasn't an event that shouted about many new features.Actually, that's not quite true. Apple did harp on about one big thing, and that was its whole artificial intelligence push. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums08:08 pmSunday Reboot: The WWDC hangover and Siri AI blindspots
Apple's WWDC went about as expected for 2026. While it's a tiny bit disappointing, Siri AI turned out to be worth the wait, but with some painful app-based gaps.WWDC was all AI, almost all the time.WWDC 2026 was on Monday, and it was expected to be a bit of a slow one this time around. As predicted by the rumor mill and countless reports in the weeks ahead, it certainly wasn't an event that shouted about many new features.Actually, that's not quite true. Apple did harp on about one big thing, and that was its whole artificial intelligence push. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums08:08 pmSunday Reboot: The WWDC hangover and Siri AI blindspots
Apple's WWDC went about as expected for 2026. While it's a tiny bit disappointing, Siri AI turned out to be worth the wait, but with some painful app-based gaps.WWDC was all AI, almost all the time.WWDC 2026 was on Monday, and it was expected to be a bit of a slow one this time around. As predicted by the rumor mill and countless reports in the weeks ahead, it certainly wasn't an event that shouted about many new features.Actually, that's not quite true. Apple did harp on about one big thing, and that was its whole artificial intelligence push. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums02:54 pmiPhone Fold, touchscreen MacBook evidence mounts in iOS 27, macOS 27
As is often the case, Apple has leaked its own hardware. Here are the signs that the folding iPhone and MacBook Pro with touchscreen are coming, and where they are.A render of a potential iPhone Fold design - image credit: AppleInsiderThe release of the first developer betas of macOS 27 Golden Gate, iOS 27, and others was followed by the inevitable deep dive into the changes. All to find out what Apple is planning for the future.In Sunday's "Power On" newsletter for Bloomberg, Mark Gurman lays out multiple items that were found in the initial betas relating to inbound hardware. He refers to them as the first real evidence from Apple relating to the iPhone Fold and a MacBook with a touchscreen. Rumor Score: 🤯 Likely Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums02:51 pmSiri AI success could embolden Apple to charge a subscription
It's obviously speculation, and repeated at that, but a new report argues that it's more likely that Apple will eventually charge a fee for Siri Ai now that Apple Intelligence has improved so much.For now, Siri AI is free, although iCloud+ subscribers get higher daily usage limits.Apple has long been predicted to introduce a subscription version of Apple Intelligence, and a new report chiefly repeats speculation from 2024. However, the new claim comes after the launch of Siri AI in beta, and Bloomberg's Power On newsletter argues that it has made subscriptions more likely.That's because even in beta form, the new Siri AI is described as adequate now, and will clearly improve in the future. The speculation is that over the next 12 months, the feature will improve enough, and become popular enough, that a subscription version could be a success. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums02:41 pmApple still has three unannounced iOS 27 features in the pipeline: report
Apple wrapped up its WWDC 2026 keynote this week, outlining all of its major new software features for the coming year, with Siri AI and improved stability taking the spotlight. That said, there are a few new features that are reportedly still in the works, and we should still see them by September, per Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.02:30 pmToday in Apple history: Paul McCartney is unlikely star of iTunes ad
On June 14, 2007, Paul McCartney sang his song "Dance Tonight" in an iTunes ad, as icy relations between Apple and The Beatles thawed. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)02:30 pmSiri AI is already smarter than your average Swiftie
Macworld As you already know by now, iOS 27 comes with a new version of Siri that’s built entirely on a new AI foundation. And this has finally unleashed the potential of Apple’s virtual assistant, since it’s no longer limited to answering trivial questions or performing basic tasks like setting timers or creating reminders. The new Siri is more context-aware than ever. It can read through your emails, calendar events, files, messages, and more to provide you with the best answers. And thanks to advanced AI models, you can talk to it using natural language. That’s all impressive on paper, but it’s another thing to start using it. I already have early access to Siri AI thanks to the iOS 27 developer beta, and I’ve tried out some pretty specific commands. And almost immediately, I was able to use the new Siri to do things I couldn’t before. Putting Siri to the test Of course, the old version of Siri has long been able to play songs on Apple Music, but the commands are quite limited. You can ask for things like “play this song” or “play songs by this artist,” but nothing too complicated. That’s changing with the new Siri AI. Siri AI now has an extensive knowledge base to find song, artist, and album information that might not be in Apple Music’s metadata. It’s LLM can also use reasoning to understand more complex queries and add songs to my Apple Music queue. That means I shouldn’t need to manually create my own playlist or filter the songs I want to listen to. I’m a huge Taylor Swift fan, and I love listening to the setlist from The Eras Tour, which is already a playlist on Apple Music. But I wanted to put Siri to the test to see how much it could do inside Apple Music. Siri Ai was able to understand a complicated question about Taylor Swift’s music in natural language and deliver accurate results.Foundry I started by asking Siri, “Play songs from the Lover album that were part of the The Eras Tour setlist.” This is more complicated than it sounds and way too advanced for the old Siri. For one, Swift went through several incarnations of the Eras Tour, including removing one of the “Lover” songs from the setlist midway through the tour, and for another, she has several variations of the “Lover” album. But Siri was able to quickly identify all five “Lover” songs that were played during the tour’s main setlist (not including acoustic tracks). Then I asked it to add those songs to a playlist on Apple Music, which it did. Apple Music already has a feature called Playlist Playground for creating playlists with AI, but being able to do this on the fly with specific voice commands changes everything. It’s a stark difference from the old Siri, which often plays the wrong songs on my HomePod. Siri’s knowledge base is current enough to know Taylor Swift was at the Knicks game less than 24 hours ago.Foundry I didn’t stop there. To put Siri’s knowledge of all things Taylor Swift to the test, I also asked some pretty specific questions, like “What did Taylor Swift do this week?” Siri AI gave me the right answer. It knew she attended the NBA Finals in New York the night before and that she had released a new song last week for the “Toy Story 5” soundtrack. Siri even knew what she was wearing: “a blue T-shirt with “Stevie Knicks” printed in orange lettering—a playful mashup of Fleetwood Mac icon Stevie Nicks and the New York Knicks. She paired the shirt with black Area slit jeans and wore her hair pulled back in a braid adorned with a blue ribbon.” Not enough to prove Siri’s a real Swiftie? I asked Siri what surprise acoustic songs Taylor performed on the second night of The Eras Tour in São Paulo, the show I attended. Not only did it get the songs correct, but Siri was also able to find and play both songs on Apple Music. Of course, Siri AI is still in beta, and it will likely remain that way for a while, possibly even after the first general release arrives later this year. But the results are already quite impressive for a first beta, and it shows that Apple has finally succeeded in delivering the new AI-powered Siri it promised back in 2024. Siri AI will be available on all devices compatible with Apple Intelligence, which means the iPhone 15 Pro or later, or an iPad or Mac with the M1 chip or later. The iOS 27 update will be available to the public this fall.11:18 amCrime blotter: Arrested NFL star accused of biting iPhone
An employee disappearing with a MacBook, a man convicted of tracking a woman with an AirTag, and a woman who used an AirTag to track her husband in ICE custody, all in this week's Apple Crime Blotter.Man in cuffs - Image Credit: PixabayThe latest in an occasional AppleInsider series, looking at the world of Apple-related crime. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums08:00 amFull iPhone storage? Try this $29.99 lifetime subscription before you delete anything
Macworld TL;DR: Clean up your iPhone storage with a lifetime subscription to Cleaner Kit’s Premium plan on sale for $29.99 (reg. $104.97). A full iPhone storage usually leaves you two annoying options: pay Apple for more iCloud storage, or delete photos one painful tap at a time. Cleaner Kit skips both by hunting down the clutter for you, and a lifetime Premium subscription is on sale for $29.99 (reg. $104.97). Once it’s installed, Cleaner Kit scans your gallery, groups duplicate and low-quality shots by date, and lets you swipe to keep or archive in seconds. Don’t worry, it won’t delete anything without permission. A built-in compressor trims bulky videos down without wrecking the quality, and the contact cleaner merges duplicates and clears blank entries. There’s even a Gmail tool that sorts your inbox by sender, so a year of newsletters vanishes in one tap. Remember what it was like to have a clear inbox? You can go back to that. All of it runs on the phone itself, so your private files never leave the device. Don’t delete photos and files you want to keep. Get a Cleaner Kit Premium Lifetime Subscription while they’re on sale for $29.99. Cleaner Kit for iOS Premium Plan: Lifetime SubscriptionSee Deal StackSocial prices subject to change.08:00 amGet ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and more for life for $60
Macworld TL;DR: Replace your ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude monthly fees with a lifetime subscription to ChatPlayground, on sale now for $59.97. Subscribing to ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini all at once means three monthly bills, each for $20, each with no sign of ever stopping. If you’d rather not keep paying every month forever, ChatPlayground bundles major AI models into one platform, and it’s on sale for $59.97 right now (reg. $619). ChatPlayground runs in your browser on macOS and puts more than 20 AI tools in a single window. You type one prompt and see answers from GPT-4o, Claude Sonnet 4, Gemini 1.5 Flash, DeepSeek V3, Llama, Perplexity, and others side by side, then keep whichever result you like best. No more asking the same question in four tabs to figure out which model actually knows what it’s talking about. ChatPlayground actually does more than just chat. You can generate images, work through coding problems, and upload images or PDFs to get answers based on what’s inside them. Prompt engineering tools help you sharpen a request when the first try comes back vague, and saved chat history keeps your past conversations around for ongoing projects. The Unlimited plan ditches the message cap, so you can run as many prompts as you want without watching a counter tick down. It also gets you priority access to new models as they drop, which is handy in a space that changes constantly. Stop paying three subscriptions just to get your work done. Get a ChatPlayground AI Unlimited Plan lifetime subscription for $59.97. Sale ends June 14 at 11:59 p.m. PT. ChatPlayground AI: Lifetime Subscription (Unlimited Plan)See Deal StackSocial prices subject to change.Saturday June 1310:53 pmiOS 27 adds an all-new app to your iPhone’s Home Screen
Apple announced iOS 27 at WWDC this week, coming with a ton of new Siri and Apple Intelligence features. One of the biggest changes here is the addition of an all-new Siri app. This marks the first time that Siri has been available as a standalone app for iPhone users …10:08 pmAirPods Pro 3 are getting even better with iOS 27, order them today at their lowest price ever | 9 to 5 MacAirPods Pro 3 are getting even better with iOS 27, order them today at their lowest price ever
While we are still slightly under a couple weeks out from Amazon’s massive summer sale event, the best Prime Day deal of the year might already be live right now – Apple’s AirPods Pro 3 have now dropped to the best price ever at $179 shipped. Plus, Apple just announced a bunch of new iOS 27 features for AirPods coming this year … so there’s no better time to jump in.10:03 pmSiri AI: This time Apple means it! [Cult of Mac podcast No. 24]
This week on the Cult of Mac podcast: For once, Siri doesn't leave us angry! After a week of WWDC26 surprises, we're stoked about Siri AI. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)