Cold open: Apple Park at dawn
Keynote opens with a montage of Apple Park at sunrise; Tim Cook walks on stage to open his final keynote as CEO before a hybrid in-person and streamed audience.
Apple's WWDC 2026 keynote, June 8, Steve Jobs Theater: Siri AI, Liquid Glass, iOS 27, child safety and more, tracked to the minute.
Keynote opens with a montage of Apple Park at sunrise; Tim Cook walks on stage to open his final keynote as CEO before a hybrid in-person and streamed audience.
Cook sets the theme for the keynote, saying technology should be "personal, powerful and easy to use" — the throughline for everything that follows.
Federighi walks through refinements to last year's Liquid Glass interface, extending consistent translucent materials and motion across iOS, iPadOS and macOS.
The headline announcement: a rebuilt Siri with personal context, on-screen awareness and broad world knowledge, presented as a genuine conversational assistant rather than a voice shortcut.
On-stage demos show Siri AI planning errands, messaging groups of friends, pulling information from the web, and integrating directly into Spotlight on the Mac.
New Camera app customization, an Apple Intelligence photo editor that can swap backgrounds or clothing from a text description, and a visual overhaul of Maps Flyover.
Mandatory child accounts for under-13s, more granular parental approval for new contacts, and a redesigned Screen Time give parents more visibility and control.
About an hour in, the Watch gets its moment: a new app layout and Apple Intelligence features including access to the new Siri.
A refreshed Safari and system-wide Spotlight/Siri integration for Mac, followed by Federighi outlining the frameworks developers get this week to build with Siri AI and Apple Intelligence.
Cook closes with personal reflections on his time as CEO, thanking the community for its support and saying "the best is yet to come."