Apple Loop: iPhone 18 Pro Details, WWDC’s Focus, Apple’s 2026 Hardware Plans

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Taking a look back at this week’s news and headlines from across the Apple world, including WWDC dates, Apple’s next AI move, why the smarthome needs Siri, Apple’s product line for 2026, the iPad squeeze, latest iPhone 18 Pro details, iOS 27 support, and Ferrari’s curious EV car.

Apple Loop is here to remind you of a few of the many discussions around Apple in the last seven days. You can also read my weekly digest of Android news here on Forbes.

WWDC Will Announce Apple’s Plans For 2026

Apple has announced this year’s Worldwide Developer Conference will take place the week of June 8th, with the keynote laying out Apple’s plans for the next year, before everyone breaks out into small sections with more dedicated focus. Forbes contributor David Phelan has the details:

“The keynote kicks off WWDC26 at 10 a.m. Pacific on Monday, June 8. That works out to 1 p.m. Eastern and 6 p.m. U.K. time. The event will be held at Apple Park, with an invited audience of developers, guests and press. Which means most people will be watching online rather than sitting in rows of seats just outside the Apple Park spaceship building (in the bit just next to Caffe Macs, since you ask).”

Why WWDC Is Really About AI

One of the big focuses will, yet again, be how Apple plans to integrate the latest artificial intelligence techniques into its hardware, especially the iPhone. Many promises have been made during previous WWDC’s, and many features have been delayed or remain in beta. Writing for the Power On newsletter, Mark Gurman highlights how AI will be approached at this WWDC:

“Siri’s new look is what Apple is highlighting in its teaser. The design currently being tested within the company includes a Siri interface that sits within the Dynamic Island, the…

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