Liquid Glass design, Apple Intelligence APIs, and visionOS 26 tools highlight Apple’s 2025 State of the Union for developers.

Steve Jobs might have loved Liquid Glass; the battle to keep the iPad from turning into a Mac seems to be over; and other takeaways from a keynote that wasn’t so short on news after all.

Apple has yet to deliver on some of the key technology advances that could modernize developers' apps for the AI era.

Follow along with the Gizmodo crew as we unpack everything Apple announces at its annual developer conference in Cupertino, Calif.

Apple's 2026 operating systems will be unified and see a major visual upgrade called the Liquid Glass design language.

Users will be able to access the AI models either on device or with Private Compute to generate responses that feed into the rest of their shortcut.

Apple announced a set of significant updates to its operating systems, including the new variant of iOS, called iOS 26, services, and software, such as a sleek new “Liquid Glass” interface.However, the

WWDC saw new updates to the ecosystem with AI integration which largely saw positive reactions from Wall Street analysts but still left something to be desired.

With Google and Microsoft’s developer conferences out of the way, now it’s time for Apple’s WWDC. The Cupertino company is gearing up to unveil new versions (and new numbers) for all its operating systems, as well as taking a second step at convincing everyone it’s a major player in the AI industry.

Apple took a measured approach to AI at WWDC. A new research paper suggests the company is skeptical about some recent AI advances too.