2026 WWDC Rickies

17th June 2026 at 10:44pm

▶️ Episodes

🥇 Regular Picks

Host	Pick	Score
Federico	Regular	"Apple unveils a new Siri experience"	1
	Ungraded: chatbot UI, previous chats, powered by Google
Myke	Regular	"Apple Intelligence gains grammar checking features"	1
Stephen	Regular	"No new hardware is announced"	1
Federico	Regular	"The Camera app gets Siri/Apple Intelligence integration"	1
	Regular	"Apple opens up to more third party AI providers to be integrated in to the system"	0
	A $5 side bet about Grok image generation: Federico thinks it'll be included, Stephen disagrees.
Stephen	Regular	"We see Li'l Finder in some capacity"	1
	Li'l Finder

⚠️ Risky Picks

Host	Pick	Score
Federico	Risky	"The new Siri will be partially based on Google technology, with..."	1
	A model based on the Gemini 3.5 Flash family A "translation layer" (MCP or JSON) for App Intents when the Google model is involved No 'Thinking' selector in the UI for users A second $5 side bet: Federico thinks you'll be able to ask what the model is, Myke disagrees.
Myke	Risky	"Apple unveils a standalone Siri app"	-1
	It will be available in the App Store It includes an integrated storefront for downloading chatbot-style AI apps In this store there will be "AI Extensions" for non chatbot-style apps. These will let developers give access to their data to Siri to use for Personal Context. This will be Apple essentially offering MCP support in to the Siri system.
Stephen	Risky	"Apple announces a paid AI service"	0
	Removes caps on Siri chatbot usage Unlocks better image generation in Image Playgrounds Is not part of any existing Apple bundle

🏆 Scores

Federico: 3
Stephen: 2
Myke: 0

💪 Flexie Picks

Host	Pick	Score
Stephen	Flexie	"iPadOS 27 has no major new features unique from iOS"	0
Stephen	Flexie	"macOS 27 has some updated design elements"	1
Stephen	Flexie	"tvOS is mentioned"	1
Stephen	Flexie	"iOS 27 has new Lock Screen customizations"	1
Stephen	Flexie	"Siri and Spotlight merge, at least in iOS and iPadOS"	1
Stephen	Flexie	"Apple does not announce any video-generation AI tools "	1
Stephen	Flexie	"Tim Cook has a moment of reflection"	1
Federico	Flexie	"There will be an iOS feature to split bills with friends and family"	1
Federico	Flexie	"John Ternus is seen onstage at Apple Park"	0
Federico	Flexie	"The new Siri replaces Spotlight for Cmd-Space activation on iPad"	1
Federico	Flexie	"Tab bars are subtly redesigned on iOS, once again"	1
Federico	Flexie	"The new Siri is based on a dual-LLM architecture, on-device and in the cloud"	1
Federico	Flexie	"There is a feature to create wallpapers with AI"	1
Myke	Flexie	"Some hardware is announced"	0
Myke	Flexie	"Google, Anthrophic, and OpenAI will all be said aloud in the Keynote"	0
Myke	Flexie	"A Formula 1 Car appears at some point in the keynote"	0
Myke	Flexie	"Tim says that one of the best parts of his job has been to enable so many developers to be on the App Store"	1
Myke	Flexie	"Tim hands over to John Ternus and they close the event together"	0
Myke	Flexie	"Apple makes a big focus with on-device AI"	1

💸 Flexie Scores

Stephen: 85.7% (6/7)
Federico: 83.3% (5/6)
Myke: 33.3% (2/6)

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