Apple's WWDC keynote starts at 6pm BST on Monday, and thanks to the usual pre-event leak cycle, the broad shape of the announcements is already visible. The surprises, if there are any, will be in the execution rather than the product list.
Siri 2.0 is the headline
Siri is being rebuilt from scratch using Google's Gemini as its foundation. The new version, widely referred to as Siri 2.0, is expected to deliver a fully conversational experience with on-screen awareness, multi-step requests and cross-app actions.
The interface is getting a visual overhaul, moving to what leakers describe as a chromatic design integrated into the Dynamic Island. Siri may also launch as a standalone app for the first time, rather than existing solely as an overlay.
The critical question is whether this version of Siri can hold a genuine conversation, remember context across interactions and execute complex tasks across multiple apps. That is what ChatGPT and Claude do today. Anything less and Apple will have rebuilt Siri only to land where its competitors were 18 months ago.
Serious camera app
Apple's default camera app is expected to receive a significant overhaul, adding customisable layouts, rearrangeable tools and deeper integration with Visual Intelligence. The aim is to compete with third-party camera apps that have long offered features Apple's own app lacked.
Portrait mode, video recording controls and Visual Intelligence will be accessible through a configurable interface rather than buried in menus. Whether this is enough to displace apps like Halide and ProCamera depends on how much control Apple is willing to give users.
Health and Photos
The Health app is reportedly gaining a coaching layer that interprets existing health data and suggests actions, plus nutrition tracking that uses Visual Intelligence to scan food and estimate nutritional content.
Photos is getting an improved eraser tool, image extension capabilities and a reframing feature that adjusts composition after the shot has been taken. All of these are AI-powered and run through Apple Intelligence.
AirPods Pro 3
The next AirPods Pro will include a heart rate sensor, real-time translation and Siri 2.0 integration. The combination of always-on earbuds and a conversational AI assistant is the closest Apple has come to the ambient computing vision it has been circling for years.
Liquid Glass gets a volume knob
The translucent Liquid Glass design language introduced with iOS 26 is getting a system-wide transparency slider, letting users dial the effect up or down. This is Apple acknowledging that a design choice it imposed universally was not universally welcome.
Leadership subtext
This is one of the last major events Tim Cook will lead before John Ternus takes over as CEO on September 1. WWDC is as much an audition for the new era as it is a product announcement. The AI strategy Apple reveals on Monday is the strategy Ternus will be measured against for years.
