A Siri built for spatial computing
WWDC 2026 was dominated by iOS updates and artificial intelligence, but visionOS 27 received two concrete announcements. As reported by Engadget in the live blog, on Apple Vision Pro, Siri AI is presented as a new three-dimensional visualisation — an 'orb' — that appears in the user's visual space. The most relevant interaction change is that 'Hey Siri' is no longer required to activate it: simply looking at the orb is enough. A change that eliminates one of the most obvious friction points when using Siri in an environment where a headset is worn and voice is not always the most convenient input method.
Personal panoramas as immersive environments
MacRumors documents a second, more creative feature: Apple Vision Pro will be able to turn a user's panoramic photographs into spatial scenes — three-dimensional environments to immerse oneself in while wearing the headset. This turns iPhone cameras — or any camera capable of shooting panoramas — into tools for creating personal spatial content, without the need for dedicated 3D capture hardware.
Engadget notes that the keynote had no dedicated segment for watchOS or visionOS as standalone platforms — updates to these systems were announced within the broader context of Siri AI and Apple Intelligence. A signal that Apple views these updates as part of a single intelligent layer distributed across the ecosystem, rather than as independent system updates.