Expand the capabilities of your Virtualization app

A Podkey summary of Expand the capabilities of your Virtualization app, from WWDC 2026.A bunch of Apple virtualization tools just got a lot more practical, especially if you build or test macOS VMs for real work instead of demos. The big themes are less setup friction, better device and network control, smarter disk layering, and one very interesting new path for custom host-to-guest hardware communication. There’s also a clear subtext running through all of this: automation is great right up until it quietly turns into a security problem, so a few of these features come with some very important guardrails.macOS guest setup gets automatedSecurity matters more when setup is invisibleUSB passthrough gets a cleaner handoffCustom VM networking gets much more seriousDisk images get layers instead of duplicationCustom Virtio devices open a bigger doorWhy this all fits togetherThis podcast was created with Podkey. Make your own at https://podkey.fm