Apple's annual developer conference keynote was a strange one this year. The company breezed by its normal slew of operating system upgrades, and talked instead about helping people manage their relationships with their devices, and AI. Lots and lots of AI. On this post-keynote livestream, David Pierce, Hayden Field, and Jake Kastrenakes give their first takes on Siri AI, the Apple Intelligence features coming this fall, Apple's new Screen Time design, and everything else we liked and disliked from the keynote. Including the corner radii.
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 <li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/945693/apple-wwdc-2026-biggest-announcements-ios-27">⁠Apple WWDC 2026: The 7 biggest announcements⁠</a></li>
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(Timestamps are approximate.)

00:00:00 Intro
00:03:00 Why This Keynote Felt Chaotic
00:05:00 AI Takes Center Stage
00:06:00 Apple Plays Catch Up
00:09:00 Privacy and Private Cloud
00:12:00 Useful Versus Creepy AI
00:18:00 Why Apple Went All In
00:25:00 New Siri Voice
00:33:00 Siri App Intents
00:37:00 Vibe Coding Shortcuts
00:39:00 Siri Goes Orb Mode
00:41:00 Too Many Siri Gestures
00:42:00 Apple Trust and Screen Time
00:46:00 Kids Safety and App Responsibility
00:50:00 App Store Dissonance and Regulation
00:52:00 OS 27 Device Cutoffs
00:59:00 Favorite Features and Liquid Glass
01:04:00 Dictation Confusion and Wrap Up Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

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