WWDC invites, iOS 27 accessibility features, new Siri will be a ‘beta’

Benjamin and Chance return for another week in Apple news and rumors. As is tradition, the company unveiled a slate of new accessibility-focused features designed for iOS 27, with a strong theme of Apple Intelligence this year. Also, the WWDC keynote is official with invites going out to press, and Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman brings us even more details about the upcoming Siri revamp.

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Links

• Apple sends invites for WWDC26 keynote, iOS 27 and more coming soon
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• Apple announces AI-powered accessibility features and eye-control of wheelchairs
• Standalone Siri app to offer auto-deleting chat history, launch with beta label: report
• Report: Apple to upgrade Genmoji in iOS 27 with new automatic suggestions
• iOS 27 to add new custom wallpaper feature, more: report
• Here’s how Johny Srouji plans to speed up Apple’s product development: report
• OpenAI preparing ‘legal action’ against Apple over Siri partnership: report
• Apple might replace aluminum with titanium in future iPhones again, per leak