What do you expect to be announced during WWDC 2026?

[Veoronox]

Besides IOS27. What do you think might be announced during WWDC 2026? I saw some rumors online from 9to5mac about a possibility of the new versions of MacStudio, Mac Mini, AppleTV, Homepod and Homepod Mini being announced.

 

[DankeBrutus]

A new Apple TV would be really nice, but I don't have my hopes up. Personally, I'm not looking forward to hardware announcements. What I really want is software to improve. I want to see that in the last year the software teams working on macOS, iOS, and iPadOS got their **** together. I've been watching a slow decline in the general quality of Apple software since Mojave.

 

[VisceralRealist]

Apple TV is one of those things I've been avoiding buying in anticipation of a new model, yet it never comes. On one hand, I'm so used to the built-in "smart TV" software in my LG OLED that I hardly miss having an Apple TV, but on the other, I would really like the "ecosystem" integration. If WWDC means that Apple has finally figured out Siri, then maybe they will stop withholding the Apple TV and Homepod updates?

I'm not sure if any Macs are coming, but it seems like we're due for a Mac Studio update.

 

[Genelec8341]

"They're really exited" and "We're gonna love it"

 

[theluggage]

Besides IOS27. What do you think might be announced during WWDC 2026? I saw some rumors online from 9to5mac about a possibility of the new versions of MacStudio, Mac Mini, AppleTV, Homepod and Homepod Mini being announced.

Those things are all due - but it's anybody's guess when they will be announced.

Despite what some people say, hardware does periodically get announced at the WWDC Keynote - but it's often just about the new MacOS, iOS, iPadOS etc. If I had to bet, I'd say it will be software only, but nobody knows.

AppleTV, Homepod etc. are more likely candidates for the iPhone/Music/Media centric event that fairly reliably rolls around in September.

As I recall, all the Mac Pros & the iMac Pro were pre-announced at WWDCs in the past - since the Mac Studio Ultra (or whatever replaces it) will be the de-facto new Mac Pro then that could be a candidate for a WWDC pre-announcement if they're doing anything interesting with the next Ultra chip - but I wouldn't hold my breath.

 

[maflynn]

Apple has largely moved away from announcing hardware upgrades during their developer conference, so I won't be expecting much of any hardware being unveiled

 

[ProbablyDylan]

An expansion of watch gestures would be super neat and actually useful. Would be cool to bring down the notification shade or some other UI interactions.

Who knows? Maybe they'll fix the keyboard again.

 

[jz0309]

Besides IOS27. What do you think might be announced during WWDC 2026? I saw some rumors online from 9to5mac about a possibility of the new versions of MacStudio, Mac Mini, AppleTV, Homepod and Homepod Mini being announced.

macOS27, ipados27, watchOS 27, visionos27 and a few more xxOS27 ...

 

[Omega Mac]

I don't think an Apple WWDC logo has ever intrigued or grabbed me as much before, this one is communicating something more serious, are we on the cusp of something really good and appealing, something that will set the pace in an unexpected way?

Glowing metal, ain't no liquid glass.

Is it a harbinger of the rise of the Ternusinator/T1000, it may be glowing but it's metallic/Metal and is signalling something, it really has a more HARDWARE connotation that dev.

Is this why the Mac Pro had to be moved out of the way?

Mac T1000 incoming?

The Ultra PC Killer? 😂

 

[AL2TEACH]

Only interested in a 27" iMac, everything else will be a small incremental update.