In preparation for the 2026 Worldwide Developers Conference scheduled to begin on June 8, Apple today announced its finalists for the 2026 Apple Design Awards. Apple selects the best apps and games each year and announces the winners at WWDC. The Apple Design Awards recognize apps that demonstrate innovation, ingenuity, and technical achievement in app and game design. Delight and pleasure – Applications Delight and pleasure – Games PowerWash simulator Is this seat taken? Ball x Pit Inclusivity – Applications Guitar Wizard Hearing Buddy Structure Inclusivity – Games Sago Mini Jinja Garden Pine hearts Civilization VII Innovation – Applications Detail: AI video editor NBA: matches and live scores D-Day: the camera soldier Innovation – Games TR-49 Blue Prince Pickle Pro Interaction – Applications The Outsiders: athlete tracker Moonlitt: tracking the phases of the moon Tide guide: graphs and tables Interaction – Games TR–49 Sago Mini Jinja Garden Great Mountain Adventure 2 Social impact – Applications Primary: In-Depth News Katha Room Harvey Social impact – Games Consume me Despelote Overturned! Visuals and graphics – Applications Tide guide: graphs and tables Caradise (Not boring) Camera Visuals and Graphics – Games Cyberpunk 2077 Ultimate Edition Knights: Endfield SILT One app and one game will be chosen from each category, and Apple will announce the winners at the 2026 Worldwide Developers Conference. Winners will receive a physical reward and materials to help them continue creating apps and games. Links to all nominated apps are available on Apple’s website. Popular stories WWDC 2026 Graphic Showcases Major iOS 27 Feature Apple’s WWDC 2026 chart provides “a preview of the revamped Siri interface coming in iOS 27,” according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. In his Power On newsletter today, Gurman said that iOS 27 will include a new Siri interface in Dynamic Island. When you trigger Siri, he said Dynamic Island will display a “Search or ask” prompt, and this will apparently be accompanied by a “lighting cursor”… WWDC 2026 is a month away: Apple highlights “distinguished winners” Apple today highlighted four distinguished winners of this year’s Swift Student Challenge, ahead of the WWDC 2026 developer conference next month. The annual Swift Student Challenge gives eligible student developers from around the world the opportunity to showcase their coding abilities using Swift Playground or Xcode apps to create an interactive “app playground.” Apple said this… macOS 27: two more changes leaked before WWDC next month macOS 27 will get a “slight redesign” compared to macOS Tahoe, according to the latest from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. In his Power On newsletter today, Gurman said the design changes will help improve the readability of macOS Tahoe’s Liquid Glass interface: If you’ve used Tahoe, you’re probably familiar with some of the quirks, particularly the transparency effects and shadows that… Post navigation Apple announces WWDC 2026 schedule and sends media invitations
In preparation for the 2026 Worldwide Developers Conference scheduled to begin on June 8, Apple today announced its finalists for the 2026 Apple Design Awards. Apple selects the best apps and games each year and announces the winners at WWDC. The Apple Design Awards recognize apps that demonstrate innovation, ingenuity, and technical achievement in app and game design. Delight and pleasure – Applications Delight and pleasure – Games PowerWash simulator Is this seat taken? Ball x Pit Inclusivity – Applications Guitar Wizard Hearing Buddy Structure Inclusivity – Games Sago Mini Jinja Garden Pine hearts Civilization VII Innovation – Applications Detail: AI video editor NBA: matches and live scores D-Day: the camera soldier Innovation – Games TR-49 Blue Prince Pickle Pro Interaction – Applications The Outsiders: athlete tracker Moonlitt: tracking the phases of the moon Tide guide: graphs and tables Interaction – Games TR–49 Sago Mini Jinja Garden Great Mountain Adventure 2 Social impact – Applications Primary: In-Depth News Katha Room Harvey Social impact – Games Consume me Despelote Overturned! Visuals and graphics – Applications Tide guide: graphs and tables Caradise (Not boring) Camera Visuals and Graphics – Games Cyberpunk 2077 Ultimate Edition Knights: Endfield SILT One app and one game will be chosen from each category, and Apple will announce the winners at the 2026 Worldwide Developers Conference. Winners will receive a physical reward and materials to help them continue creating apps and games. Links to all nominated apps are available on Apple’s website.
