New Delhi, June 10 -- There's something different about this year's WWDC, Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference where it shows off what's coming to iOS, macOS and the myriad Apple devices in your life over the next year. Not only is the event the last with Tim Cook as Apple's CEO before he steps down and cedes the role to CEO-designate John Ternus, but Apple has more riding on WWDC 2026 than perhaps any event in recent memory, following a year of criticism that its AI ambitions has lagged behind competitors.

With so much riding on WWDC 2026, we cut through the announcements to focus on what actually matters.

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