Mark Gurman confirms what many of us feared: Artificial Intelligence will not be the protagonist of WWDC 2025, which means we won't have any major changes to Apple Intelligence in iOS 26 (as iOS 19 is supposed to be called).
While the competition continues to make great strides, Apple continues its slow rollout of Apple Intelligence, so slow that it's now completely halted. The rumors we've been reading and hearing in recent weeks haven't been too encouraging, and Gurman has just confirmed the worst predictions: Advances in Apple Intelligence will reach us until next yearAt WWDC 2025, the developer conference where we'll be able to see all the new software Apple has planned for our iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch, there won't be many new developments in terms of Artificial Intelligence. Internally, Apple is pinning all its hopes on WWDC 2026, but this transitional year could be very challenging.
What's new in Apple Intelligence for iOS 26
This doesn't mean there won't be any new features in Apple Intelligence; there will be, but they won't be as relevant as many of us would like. On the one hand, it seems that Apple will open up Apple Intelligence to developers, which means that They will be able to use Apple's local artificial intelligence model in their applications., for text summaries or image creation, for example. This local model doesn't have the power of conventional cloud-based models, but it's still good news for developers and, therefore, for users, as it will allow for improvements in the applications we use every day.
We will also have a new energy management method that will use Artificial Intelligence to understand our iPhone usage habits and thus improve our device's battery life. This new management system will be especially useful for the iPhone 17 Air, which we already know won't be exactly its strong suit for its battery. The app will also be updated. Translate, which will integrate with AirPods and Siri, allowing simultaneous translation of a conversation, and there will be some new features in Safari and Photos related to Artificial Intelligence.
What awaits us in the future
Apple is working on a ton of AI stuff, including a smarter Siri LLM, an improved Shortcuts app, an ambitious healthcare project called Mulberry, and a ChatGPT competitor with web search capabilities. According to Mark Gurman, Apple is being cautious in showing these features to avoid the serious mistake of last year., when Apple showed off Intelligence with features that were not yet ready and have had to be postponed.
And there's more, because Apple continues to work on its AI models. They're testing models with varying sizes, from 3.000 billion to 150.000 billion parameters, the latter in the cloud. Their internal testing suggests that their top model is as good as the latest ChatGPT updates in terms of quality.But they're still concerned about hallucinations and are still discussing how to approach generative AI. We'll have to wait a year to see what all this translates to.