WWDC is once again upon us. For Apple developers, it marks one of the busiest and most exciting weeks of the year as new SDKs, frameworks, tools, and platform updates arrive all at once. Beyond the keynote there will be a steady stream of video sessions, new documentation to review, and builds to test throughout the week.

What We’re Expecting

At the highest level, we expect the usual platform-wide refresh: iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, watchOS 27, visionOS 27, and updates across the rest of Apple’s ecosystem.

Last year’s major story was Liquid Glass, Apple’s broad design update across all its platforms, built around a new translucent material. Opinions of the design language have been mixed, so it’s likely we’ll see further refinements to address the most common complaints, such as readability and contrast.

Earlier this year, Xcode 26.3 introduced support for agentic coding right within the app. It’s a good first step but still lags behind tools like Claude Code or Codex. It’s likely that Xcode 27 will bring further improvements to its agentic coding abilities.

Siri Is Likely the Biggest Story

While developers will care deeply about the frameworks and tools, the broader story of WWDC26 is likely to be about Siri, as a major Siri overhaul is widely expected to be unveiled. At first glance this may appear to be a story for users, but it’s likely to be just as significant to developers. Siri could become a new interaction layer across the platform — becoming another surface area for apps in the same way widgets, notifications, Spotlight, Shortcuts, and Live Activities have become.

What We’re Hoping For

Beyond the headline features, we are hoping for improvements in the frameworks developers rely on every day.

SwiftData is high on that list. The framework has a lot of promise but is still lacking when compared to CoreData. Some specific areas for improvement revolve around migrations, improved visibility into CloudKit sync behavior, richer querying, more advanced indexing options, and clearer debugging tools when things go wrong.

Swift Charts is another framework where we would love to see improvements. It has already made it much easier to build beautiful, native charts, but many serious apps need more advanced interaction. Pan and zoom support would be a meaningful improvement. Candlestick charts would be valuable for finance and trading apps. More flexible interaction APIs would help teams build chart experiences that feel less like static visualizations and more like real tools users can explore.

On the UI side, we would love to see improvements to customization of some components including search bar, titlebar, and lists. These sound like small things, but they matter for efficiently nailing the details when implementing app designs.

And yes, we are still hoping for Xcode for iPad.

That does not necessarily mean the full macOS version of Xcode running unchanged on iPadOS. Even a focused version for reviewing projects, making small edits, resolving build issues, or continuing agent-assisted development from an iPad would be meaningful.

What We’re Most Excited About

The new Siri will likely consume the headlines, and for good reason. If Siri becomes capable of understanding user intent and orchestrating actions across apps, app intents may become far more important than they are today. Features that previously relied on direct user interaction could become accessible through conversational workflows, making app intents a critical part of the application surface area.

The continued evolution of Xcode and its agentic coding support is also an area to be excited about. In the past year, agentic coding has seemingly taken over the programming world. Xcode 26.3 was a good first step, but we really look forward to what’s next.

And beyond the known and oft-rumored items, there are always surprises, like new frameworks, new controls, or longstanding bugs finally getting fixed.

Regardless of what is announced, WWDC is one of the most exciting weeks of the year for Apple developers. New tools, new frameworks, and new possibilities inevitably create new opportunities — and a long list of ideas we can’t wait to start building.