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what's going on Brian Tong here and welcome to the Apple buy for everything good and bad inside the world of Apple this week it's all about everything we expect to see at the Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday June the 5th and are you all ready for this now I've got to say this is one of the more exciting WWDC s to me because we really don't know too much about what's coming the iPhone 8 is Apple's worst kept secret and we'll find out more about that in September but at WWDC 17 Apple has a real chance to surprise us now taking center stage will be Apple's operating systems and iOS can give us some insights into what the iPhone might be doing but we haven't seen or heard much at all so here are some of the things that I hope to see in iOS now the biggest focus come on it has to be on Siri Apple had the first phone with the voice assistant with the iPhone 4s back in 2011 but what has happened since then an AI that really didn't get much smarter over six years incremental feature updates and integration with a few third-party apps finally just happened but the fact is Google Amazon and Microsoft are better and Apple completely lost its lead and has to do better like a whole lot better now WWDC is really where they can start it needs to be a whole new Syria not just a voice assistant with a few tactile features which is what they've done in the past the ecosystem hooks will be nice but it needs to be a completely smarter and better Siri that basically doesn't feel like today's Siri at all but the product that could really surprise you're with Siri improvements is Apple's rumored Siri based speaker reports say the device will feature excellent sound with seven tweeters and a subwoofer with apple's premium feel and you know what their price tag ching-ching Apple leaker Sonny Dixon says it will take design cues from the Mac Pro and have a concave top with controls and a mesh speaker and added Apple marketed as a serial play device that will carry some form of beats technology now Phil Schiller recently criticized the echo and dot products because they don't have screens which tells you he believes the iPhone is the best assistant and he makes a good point except Siri in its current state just isn't good enough now you can't even do multiple timers with Syria right now did you guys know this so let's say you're cooking them that typically requires multiple timers for different things Siri can handle only a single one that needs to change okay let's get back to iOS 11 stuff dark mode was rumored back in iOS 10 and never came to be so come on let's bring it on in iOS 11 that's an easy one there's also the fact that the iPad has a split view that makes it more useful so why not bring some of that flavor to iOS 11 which will be perfect with the new big screen iPhones and this Apple still really believed only people with the iPhone Plus Sizes want to use their phones horizontally I want horizontal support for all phones and dear lord please bring landscape mode to the music player already come on now when we're talking about iOS 11 we have to talk about the iPad pro I know it's a pipe dream that will most likely never happen but this concept video for Mac stories shows us dragging and dropping capabilities the access to a shelf for a copy and pasted content and even better file management with a finder type layout for the iPad pro this is really a dream come true people told me after I first showed it to y'all keep dreaming so yeah I will and will multi-user support ever see the light of day for the iPad puh-leeze is 2017 Apple alright reports claim there's a strong chance we'll see the new 10.5 inch iPad pro that's similar in size the nine point seven inch one but with a bigger screen due to its smaller bezel will most likely see an improved processor better cameras and possibly a second generation Apple pencil all right you know there's new bells and whistles for watch OS and TV OS but again on the software side a lot has been kept under wraps so it's really up to Apple to WoW us there now Mac OS will forever live in our hearts mark oh yeah but another WWDC means a new version we haven't heard a single nugget about the new Mac OS so not really a single thing not if we know there will be an update so we'll see how they might take continuity to the next level and we've also heard rumors since last year of group FaceTime video calls can you also make that happen already thanks Apple and the last piece of hardware we're expecting to see updates to the MacBook family bloomberg reports Apple plans to announce a new MacBook MacBook Pro and possibly even a new MacBook Air now the MacBook Pro is expected to get the faster KB Lake Intel processors the report says Apple is also believed to be working on a new version of the 12-inch MacBook with a faster Intel chip that has yet to be revealed now sales of Apple's cheapest laptop the MacBook Air still remains strong and Apple is considering keeping it alive with an update as well so look at all this that's everything we expect to see at WWDC obviously new iOS Mac OS watch OS and TV OS as for hardware its new MacBooks and MacBook Pros the reveal for a potential 10.5 inch iPad pro and hopefully an update to the 12 point 9 so I can replace my stolen one hashtag first world tears plus the potential chance of seeing an all new product by Apple with this series speaker now all these things could make this a real interesting WWDC 2017 but you can watch our live coverage of the event as cnet.com like we do every keynote on Monday June the 5th all right that's going to do for this week there will be plenty to talk about next time you can email us at the Alpha bite at cnet.com or tweet me up Brian Tom thanks so much for watching we'll catch y'all next time for another bite of the Apple you