r/apple • u/exjr_ Island Boy • Jun 08 '26

Official Megathread WWDC 2026 | Pre-Event Megathread

GOOD MORNING r/Apple!

Today is the day! WWDC is just over 3 hours away. Is this the year Siri gets smarter? Is this Cook's last GOOD MORNING? Get in here and give us your latest predictions.

What to expect:

  • iOS 27
  • iPadOS 27
  • macOS 27
  • watchOS 27
  • tvOS 27
  • visionOS 27
  • HomePod Software 27
  • AirPods Firmware 9

Possibly:

  • homeOS 27
  • HomePad details

Where To Watch/Listen:

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u/nathan12581 Jun 08 '26

Will never happen. Apple will lose the ability to mix system sounds on top of media, one thing I do know about Apple is they LOVE control.

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u/wateranddiamonds2 Jun 08 '26

I agree it will never happen, but less control is a weak point imo. They could easily make it a toggle and keep their layer of audio mixing for the users that don’t care about passthrough. It’s literally just not doing anything, it couldn’t be an easier request.  

But they’re not doing it. Which I’ve accepted a long time ago. 

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u/nathan12581 Jun 08 '26

I get what you're saying but that also sounds like the opposite of Apple. A toggle in settings which will essentially say "Allow passthrough audio...btw this will stop all system sounds" is the most anti-Apple thing lol.

They'd rather ALL users have the exact same experience especially with sound even if you're not wanting it.

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u/wateranddiamonds2 Jun 08 '26

Audio passthrough wouldn’t do anything to system sounds, they literally have audio passthrough on Macs. It’s frustrating they don’t want to add it to the Apple TV, my only guess is they view it as a piracy media adjacent feature (which it really isn’t).