GoKawiilApple wrapped up its WWDC 2026 keynote this week, outlining all of its major new software features for the coming year, with Siri AI and improved stability taking the spotlight. That said, there are a few new features that are reportedly still in the works, and we should still see them by September, per Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.
Simplified Modular Ultra face
Apple reportedly developed a simpler version of its popular Apple Watch Ultra-exclusive watchface. It would embrace the large clock of Modular Ultra, but would lack a second row of complications. This wasn’t unveiled at WWDC, but it’ll likely be revealed in September alongside the new Apple Watch releases.
As someone who used to own an Apple Watch Ultra, I will say I did end up missing this face a little once I switched to the Series 10, so having a simplified version of it would be nice.
Additional Siri extensions
One of the major rumors for iOS 27 was that Siri would support other chatbots, like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude.
Currently, Apple still supports ChatGPT as a result of its initial partnership with OpenAI from 2024 for the initial Siri integration. However, it’s not quite the same as what Apple is aiming for with the eventual feature.
In iOS 27, Apple wanted to allow apps to integrate with Siri directly through an Extensions API, rather than having a bespoke deal with each company that wanted to integrate with Siri. The main difference here is that this will just be a straight-up third party integration, so it likely won’t have the same privacy guarantee that the original ChatGPT deal did – since this isn’t a partnership.
Apple is working to move ChatGPT to this new integration model, though nothing has materialized quite yet. From Bloomberg:
Apple has already held discussions with OpenAI, Anthropic and Google about supporting this new system, including specifics about an entitlement they’d need to apply for and integrate into their apps, and I have no doubt it’ll still arrive at some point.
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