Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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This week on AppStories, John and Federico are back home and reflect on all the WWDC announcements, including Siri AI, Apple Intelligence, design changes, developer tools, and more.

On AppStories+, we check in on our research setups and how they fared at WWDC.

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Links and Show Notes

Apple Intelligence and Siri AI
- Apple Intelligence — apple.com/apple-intelligence
- App Intents — developer.apple.com/documentation/appintents
- Private Cloud Compute — security.apple.com/blog/private-cloud-compute

iOS 27 Design

- This Is How Apple Rolls — daringfireball.net/2010/05/thisishowapplerolls

Xcode and Developer Tools

- Xcode — developer.apple.com/xcode
- Foundation Models — developer.apple.com/documentation/foundationmodels
- Sqim — https://www.sqim.dev

Apple Photos and Image Playground

- Image Playground — apple.com/apple-intelligence

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Timestamps

0:00 - Back Home
3:12 - Beta Check-In
5:24 - Siri AI
15:02 - Sponsor: Decagon
17:14 - Mac Design Changes
24:08 - Xcode
32:07 - Sponsor: Mercury Weather
34:30 - The Apple Foundation Models
42:17 - New Image Models