
WWDC 2026: Siri on Gemini, a Foldable iPhone, and Cook's Last Keynote
Apple's WWDC 2026 keynote did three things at once: announced Tim Cook's retirement and John Ternus as the next CEO, rebuilt Siri on top of Google's Gemini models, and quietly seeded code for a foldable iPhone into iOS 27.This episode breaks down all three. The Siri rebrand is the headline. The newly named "Siri AI" runs on Gemini through Apple's Private Cloud Compute layer, gets a standalone app, and adds real-time screen awareness plus personal context across apps. It's the first time Apple has handed its assistant to a competitor's model, and the privacy framing on stage was clearly built…
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