Apple WWDC 2025 Recap: All the “Apple Intelligence” You Didn’t Ask For

Apple’s WWDC keynote kicked off with a fresh coat of “Liquid Glass” — their new buzzword for what used to be called transparency effects — splashed across every OS: iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS Tahoe 26, watchOS 26, and tvOS 26. It’s being sold as “more expressive,” “more delightful,” and “instantly familiar.” But really? It sounds like we’re all just living inside a murky fish tank.

Of course, no WWDC is complete without the obligatory AI hype—now rebranded as Apple Intelligence—slathered across every device, wrapped in privacy jargon and on-device LLM promises. But let’s be real: most of these AI features still feel like half-baked Siri upgrades with new labels slapped on. Stay tuned, because the next 90 minutes are going to cram in every feature imaginable—from Genmoji to live translation—while Siri continues its long march toward usefulness.

🤖 Apple Intelligence: AI on paper

Yes, they slapped “Apple Intelligence” branding across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Watch, Vision Pro—parading features like Live Translation (finally!), “Visual Intelligence,” Genmoji, and Image Playground. All powerfully touted as on-device, private, and offline-ready. But don’t get too excited—these are basically the same AI bells and whistles we half‑believed last year. The press release hypes them as “more capable and efficient." Yet Siri still can’t answer “What’s the weather?” without crashing.

🛠 Developer Toys

Apple insisted developers will go wild over:
– The Foundation Models framework allowing on-device LLMs in third-party apps
– Xcode 26, “with ChatGPT-like code suggestions”
– 100+ sessions at WWDC to deep-dive into all this “intelligence."
Because what dev (besides Siri) hasn’t screamed, “Give me more AI code”—right? Right?

📱 iOS 26

Sporting Liquid Glass design, smarter Phone/Messages apps, CarPlay, Music, Maps, Wallet tweaks—and a new Games app to corral your gaming habit into one place. If only the AI could actually, you know, prioritize our “important calls.”

📟 iPadOS 26

The “biggest iPadOS release ever,” per Apple — complete with windowed multitasking, fancy file folders, Genmoji, Image Playground, new Preview app, multitasking audio/video tools, and dock folder support. Nice try, Apple—just don’t expect patients to stop asking for a touchscreen Mac.

⌚ watchOS 26

Liquid Glass watch face? Check. "Workout Buddy" powered by Apple Intelligence to coach your runs… by talking to you as you sweat… politely? apple.com.
Bonus: wrist-flick gesture to dismiss notifications—because raising your other wrist would be too mainstream.

📺 tvOS 26

Your Apple TV now has Liquid Glass, cinematic poster art in the TV app, and a “vibrant look to keep the focus on what’s playing." So blurry visuals are good now? Sure, why not.

🕶 visionOS 26

Vision Pro goes full spatial: anchored widgets, “lifelike” Personas, spatial scenes with AI depth, VR2 controller support, folder support, shared experiences, eye-scrolling, call relay, unlock with iPhone—literally everything except fix Siri.

🎨 Apple Design Awards

And yes, a bunch of apps won awards for design. Round of applause—again—for... design .