WWDC 2025 is here and Apple didn’t need to break the internet to prove they’re still at the forefront.

At this year’s developer conference, Apple rolled out a suite of changes that are less about headline hype and more about long-term strategy. With a newly unified “Liquid Glass” design across all platforms and subtle, privacy-first AI enhancements under the Apple Intelligence banner, the updates reflected exactly what we at DSRPT love most: Refinement with purpose.

The new “Liquid Glass” design isn’t just a visual upgrade, it’s a strategic one. The interface now dynamically shifts based on your content, context and lighting. It’s translucent, fluid and finally gives Apple’s entire ecosystem a shared visual language. To us, this is more than aesthetic. It’s an experience enhancer, one that brings cohesion to devices that people increasingly use together. For developers and brands, it means designing applications with consisted UX across platforms becomes less of a chore and more of a playground.

Then came Apple Intelligence. They didn’t show off ChatGPT inside Safari nor did they give Siri a full-blown AI brain yet but that’s kind of the point. Apple’s AI story is about practicality, privacy and performance. Real-time translation in FaceTime and Messages? Absolutely HUGE for global communication. On-device AI that screens spam calls or holds for customer service? Quietly brilliant. What excites us at DSRPT is how developers can now tap into Apple’s private, on-device foundation models to build truly smart, user-safe experiences.

Across the ecosystem, the updates lean towards usability and elegance. iOS 26 introduced Liquid Glass, smarter lock screens, polls in Messages and customizable emoji. iPadOS 26 finally brings true windowed multitasking while macOS 26 “Tahoe” refreshes the Mac’s look. VisionOS steps further into spatial computing with better avatars and spatial widgets and Apple Watch gets a “Workout Buddy” that understands context!

So why do we at DSRPT care about any of this? Because this WWDC wasn’t about impressing the AI crowd, it was about giving developers smarter tools, giving users cleaner experiences and giving creatives a beautiful new palette. This is the kind of incremental evolution that enables bold disruption not by shouting louder than your competition, but by thinking sharper.

Apple is setting the table for something big in 2026 but with these updates, the table itself just got a major design upgrade. And we are HERE for it!