Stephen Robles spent the week of WWDC 2026 at Apple Park, and I spent it running betas on a slightly scratched iPhone Air I grabbed off eBay. He sat two rows behind Tim Cook during Craig Federighi’s post-keynote tech talk. I sat at my desk in a chair.

Despite this, I think we came away with the same conclusion: this is the year Apple actually delivered on the AI promises it made two years ago. Siri no longer fails at simple tasks. It found my notes about solar panels, remembered where I’m vacationing this weekend, and located a shirt receipt without me naming the vendor.

Stephen brings the inside story on what Apple said in the smaller briefings, including how the Gemini partnership actually works and what Apple meant when they said Siri AI is grounded in personal context. There’s also a solid stretch on Safari’s new custom extension builder, the Shortcuts overhaul, Photos AI, and the new Spotlight + Siri combination on Mac. More Power Users goes long on the UniFi Travel Router, which Stephen used all week from his hotel room and which I am about to test on my own vacation.

Episode Links

• macOS Features Wall of Text — Basic Apple Guy
• Shortcuts Just Changed Forever – YouTube
• Apple unveils next generation of Apple Intelligence, Siri AI, and more – Apple
• Bridget Photo – Original
• Bridget Photo – Extended
• Bridget Photo – Clean Up
• UniFi Travel Router
• Stephen Robles
• Primary Technology
• iJustine
• John Gruber (Daring Fireball)
• Joanna Stern (WSJ)
• Nilay Patel (The Verge)
• Bridget Carey (CNET)
• Andrew O’Hara (AppleInsider)
• Federico Viticci (MacStories)
• Mike Hurley (Relay FM)
• LM Studio
• DEVONthink
• Bear
• Fastmail
• Perplexity
• changedetection.io
• Pushcut
• Data Jar
• MPU 852 — Pre-WWDC with Myke Hurley

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