Drew and Dan chat about WWDC 2026: Parental controls, Siri improvements, Liquid Glass’ new volume knob, Foundation Models enhancements, MacOS Golden Gate, enhancements to Swift, SwiftUI, Xcode and more. Plus, saying goodbye (to UIDesignRequiresCompatibility and Intel Macs).

Chapters

• 00:00 WWDC 2026 Keynote Overview
• 03:03 Liquid Glass gets a Volume Knob
• 05:59 Child Protection Features and Parental Controls
• 08:52 Siri Improvements and User Experience
• 11:53 New Features in macOS Golden Gate
• 14:51 Apple Intelligence and Foundation Models
• 17:56 Swift UI and Observable Properties
• 23:24 Enhancements in Swift and Swift UI
• 27:11 Exploring Xcode 27 and Watch OS Development
• 29:22 Understanding App Intents and Schemas
• 32:23 Platform Improvements and Accessibility Challenges 
• 36:18 Transitioning to New Technologies and Features

Finding Drew:

• Bluesky
• X / Twitter
• Drew’s YouTube live stream coding channel, @DrewBensonCodes

Finding Dan:

• Bluesky
• Instagram
• Dan’s Certainly Swift blog

Mentioned in this episode:

• WWDC 2026 Keynote
• WWDC 2026 Platforms State of the Union
• Donny Wals on The Difference between Macros and Property Wrappers

Drew and Dan in the Morning can be found on:

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