WWDC 2026: will the iPhone finally become intelligent thanks to Google?

Apple no longer has a choice. Faced with the surge in generative artificial intelligence, the Cupertino giant is falling behind colossally and is difficult to justify. On June 8, WWDC 2026 will absolutely have to correct the situation with the presentation of iOS 27. We are waiting around the corner for Siri and the Apple Intelligence suite, supposed to transform our smartphones into truly modern traveling companions. To take stock of these major announcements, watch the full video of our analysis.

It's not just a technical update

This annual conference will not be just a simple technical update: it lays the foundations for a historic transition for the apple ecosystem. To go further on the Cupertino festivities program, you can read our summary of what we already know about iOS 27 and Apple's secrets. But what is crystallizing all the speculation this year is conversational AI. While competitors have been integrating high-performance models for months, Siri has remained hopelessly stuck in the prehistoric era of voice assistants.

“Siri, well we used it to play music on a speaker, that’s it. »

An unexpected alliance

To save its assistant, the brand had to make an unexpected alliance. Far behind on its own language models, Apple will rely behind the scenes on Gemini, Google technology. Apple will obviously disguise this integration under its own design and its promises of confidentiality so that the influence of Google remains invisible on the screen. The goal is to offer a Siri capable of acting directly within your applications and understanding the overall context of your device. Watch the video demonstration to learn more behind the scenes of this multi-billion dollar partnership.

The other big rumor of iOS 27 lies in the appearance of a real application dedicated to Siri. No more assistant who appears briefly in the form of a light bubble to respond beside the plate before disappearing. We are talking about a continuous conversation interface, with request history and file sharing, modeled on the experience of ChatGPT or Claude.

“Arriving after everyone else and saying: and ultimately what counts is the experience. »

Finally, this keynote will have an unprecedented symbolic charge. It will mark the historic transition of power between Tim Cook, who is leaving his position as CEO after 15 years transforming Apple into a financial machine, and his designated successor John Ternus. A crucial change in leadership which will have to prove that Apple still knows how to innovate without its emblematic boss.

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