--- title: Apple plays catch-up at WWDC | daily.dev description: Apple's WWDC 2026 keynote opened with an unusual focus on fixes and long-overdue improvements before unveiling an upgraded AI-powered Siri. Craig Federighi led... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/apple-plays-catch-up-at-wwdc-krop7jaol twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Apple plays catch-up at WWDC | daily.dev og:description: Apple's WWDC 2026 keynote opened with an unusual focus on fixes and long-overdue improvements before unveiling an upgraded AI-powered Siri. Craig Federighi led... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/apple-plays-catch-up-at-wwdc-krop7jaol og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/KrOP7JaoL.png og:image:alt: Apple plays catch-up at WWDC og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Apple plays catch-up at WWDC **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Apple's WWDC 2026 keynote opened with an unusual focus on fixes and long-overdue improvements before unveiling an upgraded AI-powered Siri. Craig Federighi led with repairs to the controversial Liquid Glass design (now adjustable via a slider), significant performance boosts (apps launch 30% faster, AirDrop transfers 80% faster), a rebuilt search experience, perimenopause/menopause support in the Health app, and cross-platform iCloud photo sharing. The new Siri, framed as just one item among many improvements, is launching in beta later this year but not in the EU or China. Other AI additions include tab organization in Safari, AI-generated Safari extensions, smarter Messages replies, natural language Calendar events, and a much-improved Image Playground with a developer API. The keynote structure signals Apple acknowledges its software quality has slipped and is prioritizing foundational reliability before pushing AI as a differentiator. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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