How to watch WWDC 2026 keynote live on June 8

Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference keynote is just days away, and it is shaping up to be one of the company's most consequential events in years.

Here is everything you need to know to watch it live and what to look out for when it starts.

When and where to watch WWDC 2026 keynote live

The WWDC 2026 keynote is planned for Monday, June 8, at 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m. PT). Apple will stream it at the same time across a few different places, sort of everywhere. 

The official WWDC 2026 site at developer.apple.com/wwdc26 and Apple’s official YouTube channel will be live streaming the event. If you’ve got an Apple TV, you can also watch through the Apple TV app on your living room screen, like right there.

No sign-ups or subscriptions are needed; all three options are free to reach.

What to expect from the WWDC 2026 keynote live?

The big headline announcement that people expect at this year's keynote is basically a complete rebuild of Siri. The newer assistant is widely rumoured to act way more like a modern AI chatbot, contextually aware, chatty, and able to take action across apps without that whole constant back-and-forth prompting thing.

Some rumours also nudge at a dedicated Siri app with a chat interface that feels like iMessage, where you can kick off fresh conversations or jump back into earlier ones.

And Apple Intelligence, the company's umbrella term for its AI features, is also expected to show up a lot across iOS 27 and macOS 27, including writing tools, smarter search inside apps like Mail, plus the ability to explain or act on highlighted text all of that is supposedly lined up.

Apart from Siri, this year's releases will likely follow an incremental approach, rather than the major design change that Liquid Glass introduced last year. Improvements to the editing functionality within the Photos app, along with software updates to existing Apple apps, are anticipated, yet no changes to the overall aesthetic approach from last year are predicted.

It is unlikely that any new hardware will be released, as both Mac Mini and Mac Studio are set to get the M5 chip. However, an ongoing RAM deficit throughout the industry makes hardware releases tough to accomplish right now.