Siri

After a decade of “Hey Siri” being the punchline of every tech joke, Apple finally did the unthinkable: it admitted Siri was broken, tore it down to the studs, and rebuilt it from scratch. The catch? The new brain running the show isn’t Apple’s. It’s Google’s. Welcome to Siri AI — the most Apple product announcement imaginable. Late, polished, and powered by someone else’s technology. A Brand New Siri (Finally) WWDC 2026 opened with what Apple should have shipped two years ago: a dedicated Siri app with persistent conversations. No more fire-and-forget voice commands that evaporate the moment Siri responds. You can now have an ongoing dialogue, reference previous questions, and build on context across sessions. ...

The company that introduced AI to mainstream consumers — remember when Siri debuted in 2011 and it felt like the future had arrived? — is now widely considered an AI laggard. And the man tasked with fixing that just landed the biggest promotion in tech. Apple announced that John Ternus, its longtime hardware engineering chief, will become CEO on September 1, replacing Tim Cook, who moves to executive chairman. It’s only the third CEO transition in Apple’s modern history, and it arrives at arguably the most consequential inflection point since Steve Jobs returned in 1997. ...

Forget the Vision Pro. Apple’s next power move isn’t about strapping a screen to your face — it’s about putting AI eyes on everything else you’re already wearing. A wave of reports led by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has confirmed what the rumor mill has been grinding toward for months: Apple is aggressively developing three AI-powered wearable devices simultaneously. Smart glasses. An AI pendant. Camera-equipped AirPods. And over the weekend, Tim Cook signaled that Visual Intelligence — the ability for AI to see and interpret the real world around you — is the thread that stitches all three together. ...