Five more days. I'm guessing 55 more MR stories. 🤣 I just hope Apple has learned a bit from the AI issues. Let developers work on stuff that will be real in the fall.
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iOS 26: All the New Features We Expect
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A new name is considered as a feature?
What is the relevance of Nokia approach while the majority of other technology companies are still striving to surpass  in most areas? True that Apple made a mistake with the latest AI-promised features, but are at least transparent about their efforts to improve their situation before a public release.
Hope they will get rid of that "Siri" branding with its bad reputation.
It's obvious that changing all their OS UIs to look more like the one most people haven't used is going to really push some sales! Finally some visual continuity with the $3500 headset 🙃
iOS 26 should have a "feature" where 1 person on the Siri team is automatically fired any time Siri says "here are the results I found on the internet" for whatever your request is or if Siri asks you to unlock you phone.
Tim Cook needs to be ruthless like Steve Jobs was, because it motivates people and we get better products.
Tim Cook needs to be ruthless like Steve Jobs was, because it motivates people and we get better products.
I really think they have to nail iPadOS updates, people have been expecting better productivity since the M1 camoe out, i remember back then there were already rumors about a more Mac OS experience given the powerful chip and we got Stage manager wich work for some and not for others.
This time they really have to pull something great.
Really curious on iPad OS 26, hope for the better but prepared for the worse
P.S. I like and use an Piad as my main device, so I am not complaining, just would love some tweaks here and there (File app could be a lot better) for example.
This time they really have to pull something great.
Really curious on iPad OS 26, hope for the better but prepared for the worse
P.S. I like and use an Piad as my main device, so I am not complaining, just would love some tweaks here and there (File app could be a lot better) for example.
I love the design of iOS 6. In any case, it remains to be seen what kind of depth they chose to give to the glassy design of iOS 26, it doesn't necessarily remain flat. Judging by the Apple logo present in the WWDC materials, it has a certain thickness and reminds me of the logo when the device is turned on on iOS 6
absolutely agree here. Flat design lacks personality. It's clean but....bare. I think flat design was cool at first, but I still preferred the iOS 6 look.
Generative AI’s tendency to hallucinate, to produce confident but incorrect outputs, might be tolerable in a chatbot or a creative tool, but it becomes genuinely dangerous when embedded into core OS functions. If an AI powered Siri misinterprets context and deletes reminders, misroutes a message, silences a crucial notification, or manages battery usage based on flawed assumptions, it stops being a helpful assistant and becomes a liability.
The deeper Apple integrates this layer of intelligence into navigation, automation, and decision making, the higher the stakes. A hallucinated sentence is one thing; a hallucinated command that affects how your phone functions is another. Apple is now playing in a space where mistakes aren’t amusing This is uncharted territory for a company that’s defined itself by control, predictability, and polish.
Unless they can tame the inherent instability of generative models, the very features meant to enhance the iPhone experience could quietly undermine it
The deeper Apple integrates this layer of intelligence into navigation, automation, and decision making, the higher the stakes. A hallucinated sentence is one thing; a hallucinated command that affects how your phone functions is another. Apple is now playing in a space where mistakes aren’t amusing This is uncharted territory for a company that’s defined itself by control, predictability, and polish.
Unless they can tame the inherent instability of generative models, the very features meant to enhance the iPhone experience could quietly undermine it
The mics are horrible. Can’t even make a normal phone call with the APP. Conversation Awareness never works flawlessly.
AirPods live translation is never going to work unless they fix and upgrade the mics or it will become just another useless half baked Apple service.
AirPods live translation is never going to work unless they fix and upgrade the mics or it will become just another useless half baked Apple service.
Say what? AirPods Pro are the only way I've done any phone calls over 30 seconds long in the last few years, and they've worked fine. I initially asked people about the sound quality, and nobody knew I was using earbuds for the call.
Wow how low has Apple fallen that naming is considered a feature now? This is pathetic and will probably be the worst WWDC Apple has ever had. Time for some drastic changes at the top starting with Tim Crook and his team of useless goons. At this point they can't even pretend to care anymore and are just squeezing every dollar to increase the shareholder profits.
Even new emojis are considered "features". Apple has definitely hit a plateau and I don't know where they will go in the future. There is nothing really innovative about any of these new products. It's just a lot of fluff.
Going from iPadOS 18 to iPadOS 26, one would hope that there would be multi-generational improvements in making the iPad more than a big iPhone -- like real file system functions, mouse support better than a blob on the screen, and closer to macOS features. But I'm sure it'll stay as-is just being a big iPhone.
There's no such thing as a good notification. I have a pixel for work and they are awful there as well. the issue is we as humans don't necessarily want everything to notify us, but creating filters to only notify us when we want it is hard. it's not just about content but in context. Getting a notification about something you care about at the wrong time is still annoying.