Apple sets June date for WWDC 2026, teases ‘artificial intelligence developments’

Apple announced Monday that its next Worldwide Developers Conference will be held June 8-12 online and at its headquarters in Cupertino, California.

The iPhone maker said this year’s conference — at which it typically announces new software and features across its range of devices — will focus on “AI advances” along with updates to platforms such as iOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, new software and developer tools.

The conference will be streamed live on the Apple Developer app, Apple website, and the Apple Developer YouTube channel. In China, the conference will be broadcast on the Apple Developer Bilibili channel.

Last year, Apple’s WWDC conference focused on “liquid glass” interface design, with AI largely made no mention of. This conference is likely to be different. Apple was expected to launch a new Siri device with advanced AI capabilities, and earlier this year it signed a deal with Google to use Gemini to power AI features on its platform. This year’s WWDC may finally show off a revamped Siri with better personal context and on-screen awareness.

At last year’s conference, the company announced Apple’s enterprise model framework with AI models that can work offline and may announce developments for it during this year’s event. The company has also brought models like ChatGPT for encryption to Xcode. Earlier this year, Apple brought agent coding tools such as Anthropic’s Claude Agent and OpenAI’s Codex to Xcode.