Apple unveiled five new apps last week, including four announced at WWDC 2026 alongside its upcoming fall software updates, one released as developer beta, and one released independently by its subsidiary Claris.
Siri AI app
One of the biggest announcements at WWDC 2026 was Siri AI, a complete overhaul of Apple’s voice assistant that, for the first time, comes with a dedicated standalone app.
Like other chatbots, Siri can search the web and access general knowledge about the world, evaluate documents, solve math problems, and take actions within and between apps, such as getting turn-by-turn directions on Maps with multiple stops, editing and sharing photos, or composing an email in the user’s writing style. The app allows users to type or talk to it like a thread and syncs chat history across devices via iCloud.
The Siri app is available in most of Apple’s next-generation operating systems, arriving this fall in iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS Golden Gate, watchOS 27, and visionOS 27. The operating systems are currently available to developers in beta, although access to Siri AI itself involves a waiting list. The AI Siri will not be available in the EU at launch, although Apple says it is working on a path forward.
Return of the Apple TV Remote app
Apple previously offered an Apple TV Remote app in the App Store, but it was removed in 2020. With this year’s major updates, Apple is restoring the app as a proper icon on the Home screen. It comes preinstalled with iOS 27 and iPadOS 27. To add it to the “Home Screen” as an app, users can swipe down, search for “Remote”, then press and hold the app icon to drag it into place. It is also accessible through the App Library.
All-new Find My on Apple Watch
watchOS 27 brings a long-awaited consolidation to Find My on Apple Watch. Previously split into separate Find Devices, Find People, and Find Things apps, the new app consolidates everything into a single map-centric interface.
The main screen provides quick access to actions like getting directions and finding nearby items, and precision search is available for locating a paired iPhone, AirPods Pro 3, or AirTag 2. The redesign also introduces more flexible sharing options, giving users greater control over how they share their location and track items with others.
Pass designer
Apple also introduced Pass Designer, a new Mac app for creating and previewing Apple Wallet passes for developers and businesses. The app supports Apple-provided templates or custom designs, allowing developers to introduce images such as logos, backgrounds, and band images. As changes are made, Pass Designer updates a preview in real time using the same rendering as iOS and watchOS, so what is seen in Pass Designer is exactly what customers will see on their device. Pass Designer validates the pass as work progresses, alerting developers to issues such as missing required key values.
For boarding passes and event tickets, Pass Designer also supports semantic tags, which add structured data like event dates, venue locations, and flight details that the system uses to enable features like Siri suggestions, calendar integration, and directions on Maps. It can also automatically generate a backward-compatible pass structure from semantic data, ensuring that passes work on devices where semantic tags may not be supported.
The Pass Designer beta requires macOS 27 or later and is available to download now for registered Apple developers.
Claris FileMaker Go 2026
Unlike the four WWDC announcements, this app is already available. Claris FileMaker Go 2026 is available June 10. FileMaker is a low-code database application platform that allows users to create custom applications to organize, manage, and automate data without extensive programming knowledge.
The new version of the app adds support for iOS and iPadOS 26 and brings Google Gemini to the list of AI models supported by FileMaker, which already includes Anthropic, OpenAI and Cohere. The 2026 release also focuses on developer productivity, infrastructure resilience, and AI-ready architecture, and was shaped directly by feedback from the Claris developer community.
FileMaker is developed by Claris International, a subsidiary of Apple.
