WWDC, Apple Music Genius, and ads in Apple Maps, on the AppleInsider Podcast

About this episode

The episode discusses Apple's announcements regarding WWDC, new features in Apple Music, and the introduction of ads in Apple Maps.

Apple has announced the dates for its annual WWDC and hinted that's when the new Siri is coming, plus it's released AI features in Apple Music, and says ads are coming to Apple Maps, all on the AppleInsider Podcast. Contact your hosts: @williamgallagher_ on Threads @WGallagher on Twitter William's 58keys on YouTube William Gallagher on email Wes on Bluesky Wes Hilliard on emai l Wes's blog Hillitech Sponsored by: Squarespace: Get a free trial at squarespace.com/APPLEINSIDER and then 10% off your first website or domain purchase with code APPLEINSIDER NordStellar : Unlock your 10% discount at nordstellar.com/appleinsider with the coupon code nordappleinsider-10-NORDSTELLAR Claude by Anthropic : Check out Claude and Claude Pro at Claude.ai/appleinsider Links from the Show: Siri testing isn't going well, new features probably won't ship in iOS 26.4 What to expect at WWDC 2026 iOS 26.4 is here with Playlist Playground, videos in Podcasts, new emoji, more Wes's Playlist: Writing with Elegance on Apple Music Apple distills Google Gemini model for on-iPhone processing iOS 27 will finally get that long-awaited Siri update Grammarly CEO steps on same rake over and over in embarrassing…

People in this episode

Hosts: William Gallagher, Wes Hilliard

Topics covered

• WWDC
• Apple Music
• Siri updates
• advertising
• technology news
• AI features

Keywords

• WWDC
• Apple Music
• Siri
• Apple Maps
• advertising
• AI features
• technology news

Sponsors

Squarespace, NordStellar, Claude by Anthropic

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Apple

Products: Apple Music, Siri, iOS, watchOS, Grammarly, Google Gemini, Sora

Places: Apple Maps

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