Apple Intelligence and the new Siri
The most-watched front of the event. This is where Apple's AI credibility is decided: how real the new Siri is, which features actually ship and when, what runs on-device and what in the cloud. I gather the Apple Intelligence announcements here with a critical eye on the gap between promise and actual availability.
Apple has deeply updated Image Playground: image generation moves away from the cartoon aesthetic and embraces far more realistic styles. New formats and sizes arrive too, along with the ability to apply effects to existing photos.
iOS 27 brings Apple Intelligence into everyday apps: Messages suggests calendar events, Mail surfaces contextual actions, Phone displays relevant info during calls, Home reduces notification noise, and Passwords upgrades weak credentials.
Apple confirmed collaboration with Google to develop the new Foundation Models powering Apple Intelligence. The new Siri will not be available in the EU on iOS and iPadOS at launch, citing the Digital Markets Act.
iOS 27 brings three new AI-assisted editing functions to the Photos app: Extend expands image borders, Enhance optimizes quality, and Reframe changes perspective in spatial photos.
With iOS 27, Siri gets its own standalone app, a redesigned conversational interface, and the ability to set third-party AI assistants as the default for Apple Intelligence features.
The new iOS, iPadOS and macOS releases
Xcode, Swift and the tools for those who build
The visual language and interfaces
visionOS and spatial computing
Health, fitness and watchOS
iCloud, Continuity and the ecosystem
Privacy and security