Apple Unveiled These Five New Apps Last Week

[MacRumors]

Apple last week unveiled five new apps, with four announced at WWDC 2026 alongside its upcoming fall software updates, one released in beta for developers, and one released independently by its subsidiary Claris.

Siri AI App

One of the biggest announcements of WWDC 2026 was Siri AI, a ground-up rebuild of Apple's voice assistant that for the first time comes with a dedicated standalone app.

Like other chatbots, Siri can search the web and access general world knowledge, evaluate documents, solve math problems, and take action in and across apps, such as getting detailed Maps directions with multiple stops, editing and sharing photos, or writing an email in the user's own writing style. The app lets users type or talk to it like a chat thread, and syncs conversation history across all devices through iCloud.

The Siri app is available in most of Apple's next-generation operating systems, arriving this fall as part of iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS Golden Gate, watchOS 27, and visionOS 27. The operating systems are currently available to developers in beta, though access to Siri AI itself involves a waitlist. Siri AI will not be available in the EU at launch, though Apple says it is working on a path forward.

Apple TV Remote App Returns

Apple used to offer an Apple TV Remote app in the App Store, but it was removed in 2020. With this year's major updates, Apple is restoring the app as a proper Home Screen icon. It comes pre-installed with iOS 27 and iPadOS 27. To add it to the Home Screen as an app, users can swipe down, search for "Remote," then tap and hold the app icon to drag it into place. It is also accessible via the App Library.

All-New Find My on Apple Watch

watchOS 27 is bringing a long-overdue consolidation to Find My on Apple Watch. Previously split across separate Find Devices, Find People, and Find Items apps, the new app consolidates everything into a single, map-centric interface.

The main screen provides quick access to actions like getting directions and finding nearby items, and Precision Finding is available for locating a paired iPhone, AirPods Pro 3, or AirTag 2. The redesign also introduces more flexible sharing options, giving users greater control over how they share their location and item tracking with others.

Pass Designer

Apple also introduced Pass Designer, a new Mac app for building and previewing Apple Wallet passes aimed at developers and businesses. The app supports templates provided by Apple or custom designs, letting developers bring in images such as logos, backgrounds, and strip images. As edits are made, Pass Designer updates a real-time preview using the same rendering as iOS and watchOS, so what is seen in Pass Designer is exactly what customers will see on their device. Pass Designer validates the pass as work progresses, alerting developers to issues such as missing required key values.

For boarding passes and event tickets, Pass Designer also supports semantic tags, which add structured data such as event dates, venue locations, and flight details that the system uses to enable features like Siri Suggestions, Calendar integration, and Maps directions. It can also automatically generate a backward-compatible pass structure from semantic data, ensuring passes work across devices where semantic tags may not be supported.

Pass Designer beta requires macOS 27 or later and is available to download now for registered Apple developers.

Claris FileMaker Go 2026

Unlike the four WWDC announcements, this app is already available. Claris FileMaker Go 2026 became available on June 10. FileMaker is a low-code database application platform that lets users build custom apps to organize, manage, and automate data without extensive programming knowledge.

The new version of the app adds support for iOS and iPadOS 26, and brings Google Gemini to FileMaker's roster of supported AI models, which already includes Anthropic, OpenAI, and Cohere. The 2026 release also focuses on developer productivity, infrastructure resilience, and an AI-ready architecture, and was shaped directly by feedback from the Claris developer community.

FileMaker is developed by Claris International, a subsidiary of Apple.

Article Link: Apple Unveiled These Five New Apps Last Week

 

[EU-Regulations]

AI waitlist? yeah, i like to delay the best things too 🤓

 

[applicious84]

Wait a sec! The name EU-Regulations sure does sound like a chatbot! JK, but suspicion abounds

 

[PlayUltimate]

Filemaker . . . . do people still use this? I remember the days when Filemaker was a thing and later when Apple released Bento. Had not idea this was still around.

 

[Lounge vibes 05]

Forget to mention Icon Composer 2?

 

[jz0309]

what I really want to know about Siri AI is whether or not we will be able to turn it off like there was an on/off toggle for Apple Intelligence.
And yes, I know I can (could) turn Siri off but, on iPhone, in order to use CarPlay, Siri must be turned on ...

Everything that I have read thus far about Siri AI, visual intelligence etc etc - I do NOT need/want this stuff but I am concerned that it is shoved down my throat. Voice recognition has never worked properly for me and I have certainly survived many many years without needing nor wanting it.
I don't need a chatbot to find things on the internet.
And yes, those are my needs/wants and I can appreciate that others feel different, I just want a simple toggle so I can turn this stuff off.
And, I can appreciate that such toggle is not in the early betas as Apple wants feedback on the new capabilities. But when release time comes around, well, I guess we'll have to wait and see

 

[svish]

Siri app and the overhauled Siri/Apple Intelligence will be useful. Good to see a unified Find My app for the watch.

 

[groove-agent]

Filemaker . . . . do people still use this? I remember the days when Filemaker was a thing and later when Apple released Bento. Had not idea this was still around.

Bento was great - it was a database app more for the layperson but was then discontinued around the time when Apple acquired them. I thought it was going to end up in the iWork suit but it never happened.

Since then I’ve been using an app called Tapforms which was inspired by Bento. It’s on Mac, iPhone, and iPad and you create databases synchronized across them via iCloud. I use it to organize my business, budget money, have a list of shows I want to watch etc. It’s developed by a one man company from Canada who is super nice and very responsive. I highly recommend it. 🙂

 

[segfaultdotorg]

Will the MacRumours forums support the new iPost app?

 

[boswald]

I wonder if Caudabe is flattered that Apple borrowed their icon for Siri...

 

[Bill Av]

Filemaker . . . . do people still use this? I remember the days when Filemaker was a thing and later when Apple released Bento. Had not idea this was still around.

I’m not a power user. I use it and love it, but upgrading is fairly expensive and I find it better on PC due to keyboard shortcuts being implemented more to my liking under Windows.

 

[ChrisA]

Everything that I have read thus far about Siri AI, visual intelligence etc etc - I do NOT need/want this stuff but I am concerned that it is shoved down my throat. Voice recognition has never worked properly for me and I have certainly survived many many years without needing nor wanting it.
I don't need a chatbot to find things on the internet.
And yes, those are my needs/wants and I can appreciate that others feel different, I just want a simple toggle so I can turn this stuff off.
And, I can appreciate that such toggle is not in the early betas as Apple wants feedback on the new capabilities. But when release time comes around, well, I guess we'll have to wait and see

I think what you are saying is that in the past it did not work well, so you did not use it. But what if it were different? Would you use it if it were better?

I've had little need for Apple intelligence other than to proofread my typing. But just recently I decided I wanted to take the bicycle trip from Portland, OR, south. I asked Google's AI to compare two different routes. I was astonished at how well it did. It intelligently compared the gradient, traffic, total time, and the condition of the pavement and convinced me to take the two-hour longer route. I verified all this using spot checks on Google Earth. I asked for a four-paragraph essay comparison of each route with intro and summary, and as a former high school teacher, I gave that result an "A", the work was exactly what I asked for.

Next, I asked for a list of bypass routes that would be better than staying on Highway 101 and gave specific criteria for deciding when deviation from the default route should be advised. Again, a manual check found it was perfect.

Then I asked it to find the best value prices on a Shimano Rear cassette from my bike that had a 11-36 tooth cogs and would be compatible with a Shimano CS-HG500 cassette but with an upgrade in quality. It gave me part numbers and online resellers with the best prices. The AI did a complex web search and then filtered the results and wrote an English-language summary of the results. It saved me hours of work.

I think people will find this useful. But I agree, present-day Siri is very poor and pointless, even saying things like "turn off the light" fails. If they can make Siri as smart as the competition, I'd use it, if for nothing else as a research assistant

 

[Baritone_Guy]

Filemaker . . . . do people still use this? I remember the days when Filemaker was a thing and later when Apple released Bento. Had not idea this was still around.

I had the same reaction. I used it back in the mid 90’s

I’m not a power user. I use it and love it, but upgrading is fairly expensive and I find it better on PC due to keyboard shortcuts being implemented more to my liking under Windows.

I also used on Windows. I remember buying it at the computer store and feeding the disks to install it.

 

[Luftkopf]

I used to love FileMaker, and was interested in using it again, but at close to AU$1000, not a chance in hell.

 

[JosephAW]

We go way back with filemaker, all the way back to nutshell on the PC dos side.
We nearly bought every Mac version when forced to, from the Motorola chip to the power PC chip to the Intel 32 bit version and the 64 bit Intel version.
Since the current version is the Intel version that means that we have to buy it again after macOS 27, crazy.
When was this madness stop. 😡

 

[JosephAW]

Filemaker pro single seat license, $650, insane. 😵
No wonder people use Microsoft Windows, with compatibility mode we could still be running my windows 95 version.

 

[superarijit]

Apple last week unveiled five new apps, with four announced at WWDC 2026 alongside its upcoming fall software updates, one released in beta for developers, and one released independently by its subsidiary Claris.

Siri AI App

One of the biggest announcements of WWDC 2026 was Siri AI, a ground-up rebuild of Apple's voice assistant that for the first time comes with a dedicated standalone app.

Like other chatbots, Siri can search the web and access general world knowledge, evaluate documents, solve math problems, and take action in and across apps, such as getting detailed Maps directions with multiple stops, editing and sharing photos, or writing an email in the user's own writing style. The app lets users type or talk to it like a chat thread, and syncs conversation history across all devices through iCloud.

The Siri app is available in most of Apple's next-generation operating systems, arriving this fall as part of iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS Golden Gate, watchOS 27, and visionOS 27. The operating systems are currently available to developers in beta, though access to Siri AI itself involves a waitlist. Siri AI will not be available in the EU at launch, though Apple says it is working on a path forward.

Apple TV Remote App Returns

Apple used to offer an Apple TV Remote app in the App Store, but it was removed in 2020. With this year's major updates, Apple is restoring the app as a proper Home Screen icon. It comes pre-installed with iOS 27 and iPadOS 27. To add it to the Home Screen as an app, users can swipe down, search for "Remote," then tap and hold the app icon to drag it into place. It is also accessible via the App Library.

All-New Find My on Apple Watch

watchOS 27 is bringing a long-overdue consolidation to Find My on Apple Watch. Previously split across separate Find Devices, Find People, and Find Items apps, the new app consolidates everything into a single, map-centric interface.

The main screen provides quick access to actions like getting directions and finding nearby items, and Precision Finding is available for locating a paired iPhone, AirPods Pro 3, or AirTag 2. The redesign also introduces more flexible sharing options, giving users greater control over how they share their location and item tracking with others.

Pass Designer

Apple also introduced Pass Designer, a new Mac app for building and previewing Apple Wallet passes aimed at developers and businesses. The app supports templates provided by Apple or custom designs, letting developers bring in images such as logos, backgrounds, and strip images. As edits are made, Pass Designer updates a real-time preview using the same rendering as iOS and watchOS, so what is seen in Pass Designer is exactly what customers will see on their device. Pass Designer validates the pass as work progresses, alerting developers to issues such as missing required key values.

For boarding passes and event tickets, Pass Designer also supports semantic tags, which add structured data such as event dates, venue locations, and flight details that the system uses to enable features like Siri Suggestions, Calendar integration, and Maps directions. It can also automatically generate a backward-compatible pass structure from semantic data, ensuring passes work across devices where semantic tags may not be supported.

Pass Designer beta requires macOS 27 or later and is available to download now for registered Apple developers.

Claris FileMaker Go 2026

Unlike the four WWDC announcements, this app is already available. Claris FileMaker Go 2026 became available on June 10. FileMaker is a low-code database application platform that lets users build custom apps to organize, manage, and automate data without extensive programming knowledge.

The new version of the app adds support for iOS and iPadOS 26, and brings Google Gemini to FileMaker's roster of supported AI models, which already includes Anthropic, OpenAI, and Cohere. The 2026 release also focuses on developer productivity, infrastructure resilience, and an AI-ready architecture, and was shaped directly by feedback from the Claris developer community.

FileMaker is developed by Claris International, a subsidiary of Apple.

Article Link: Apple Unveiled These Five New Apps Last Week

Wow! The top 5 deletables!

 

[Bill Av]

I have to throw in one more thing about FileMaker. I just downloaded FileMaker Go '26 and it still uses the annoying rotary date picker rather than the calendar picker. It blows my mind that a first party app can't implement this functionality. If anyone has the inside dope as to why this is impossible to do, I'd love to hear it.

 

[nt5672]

Apple Apps strategy is "Make the keynote, then forget to make the code work."

I'm so done with Apple's half baked Apps. They may be free, but they are so bug ridden, that it is not worth the hassle.

 

[sydneysider88]

Filemaker . . . . do people still use this? I remember the days when Filemaker was a thing and later when Apple released Bento. Had not idea this was still around.

Filemaker is used everywhere in the film and TV industry - across all departments. In fact I just made a new database last month to track a scene's script vs shoot vs edit timings, of a 230 episode/year drama.


Bento is also the underlaying architecture of the bins & databases in Avid Mediacomposer. (and maybe AAF files as well?)

 

[BeatsByTim]

a 230 episode/year drama.

What on earth?

 

[Bill Av]

What on earth?

The opposite of this Simpsons joke

 

[Fallforward]

What on earth?

Daily drama? There are about 260 weekedays/year

 

[Jayht]

Has anyone experienced Siri being worse in iOS 27 (I know it is still very very early beta, just something I have observed so far)? Just got the more advanced Siri finally approved today on my 16pro and it is considerably worse at basic tasks. One specifically as example is it can’t resume/start an audible book I had just been listening to. It will even respond with the exact name of the book I requested but say it can’t be found. This wasn’t an issue for previous Siri.

 

[1ppl3]

It’s basic settings, you will be able to turn off Siri AI as a standard feature through menu setting