Apple Developer Conference WWDC 26, early takes

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Peter Witham shares his early impressions from WWDC 26, focusing on bug fixes, performance improvements, and updates to Xcode and macOS.

WWDC Highlights: Bug Fixes, Liquid Glass Tweaks, Xcode 27, and Intel’s Farewell I share my first impressions from WWDC week, focusing on the big themes: bug fixes, performance improvements, and fewer flashy new features. I cover the updated Liquid Glass look (including adjustable transparency), a long-needed iPhone option to set alarm volume independently, and a macOS UI change that reclaims wasted sidebar space. For developers, I highlight major Xcode 27 and API updates, including new foundation models, more AI integrations, and the ability to set Xcode themes per project. I also note that macOS 27 “Golden Gate” drops Intel support, making Xcode downloads about 30% smaller, plus new trust and safety controls for kids’ accounts and device usage. 00:00 Welcome and WWDC Week 00:38 Big Theme Bug Fixes 01:09 Liquid Glass Tweaks 01:45 iPhone Alarm Volume Win 02:29 Mac UI Space Fixes 03:10 Developer Focus Xcode APIs 03:24 Siri AI and Gemini 04:12 Dropping Intel Support 04:57 Xcode 27 Smaller Download 05:51 Xcode Themes Per Project 06:51 Hands-On Xcode Settings 07:09 Trust Safety and Wrap Up 08:14 Final Thoughts and Outro Support this podcast by buying me a coffee ★ Support this podcast…

People in this episode

Host: Peter Witham

Topics covered

• Apple Developer Conference
• WWDC Highlights
• Xcode Updates
• macOS Changes
• Bug Fixes
• Performance Improvements

Keywords

• WWDC
• Xcode 27
• Liquid Glass
• macOS 27
• Intel Support
• Bug Fixes
• AI Integrations

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Intel

Products: Xcode 27, macOS 27, Liquid Glass

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