Apple to Unveil macOS 27 Next Month With These New Features

Apple volition unveil its latest bundle platforms during its WWDC 2026 keynote connected Monday, June 8, and 1 of them volition beryllium macOS 27 for the Mac.


The archetypal developer beta of macOS 27 volition apt beryllium disposable instantly pursuing the keynote, and a nationalist beta typically follows successful July. Following beta testing, the bundle update should beryllium released to each users successful September.

macOS 26 is known arsenic macOS Tahoe, but the sanction of macOS 27 has yet to leak.

Below, we recap what to expect from macOS 27.

Siri Upgrades

macOS 27 volition reportedly see a dedicated Siri app with speech history. This would marque Siri much similar OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini.

macOS 27 should besides see the personalized Siri features that Apple previewed each the mode backmost astatine WWDC 2024. For example, Apple showed a idiosyncratic asking Siri astir their mother's formation and luncheon preservation based connected info retrieved from the Mail and Messages apps. This functionality was previewed connected an iPhone, but it volition widen to the iPad and Mac.

"We look guardant to bringing a much personalized Siri to users coming this year," said Apple's CEO Tim Cook, connected an net telephone this week.

More Apple Intelligence Features

Earlier this year, Apple and Google announced that Google Gemini will assistance powerfulness aboriginal Apple Intelligence features, and that volition widen beyond the much personalized mentation of Siri. However, precisely which features get remains to beryllium seen.

Touch Interface

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported that Apple is preparing a touch-optimized mentation of macOS for the rumored MacBook Pro or "MacBook Ultra" with a touchscreen.

For example, if a idiosyncratic touches a fastener oregon power connected the screen, the study said a applicable acceptable of commands volition instantly look successful a paper surrounding their finger. And if a idiosyncratic taps connected an point successful the paper barroom astatine the apical of the screen, the study said the controls volition enlarge truthful they are easier to prime with a finger.

Gurman expects a MacBook Pro oregon MacBook Ultra with a touchscreen to beryllium released by aboriginal 2027, truthful these interaction optimizations volition presumably get successful macOS 27. However, the changes mightiness beryllium hidden until the laptop launches.

Improved Stability

macOS 27 volition reportedly beryllium similar to 2009's Mac OS X Snow Leopard, successful the consciousness that Apple is seemingly precise focused connected improving "quality and underlying performance." Apple is expected to instrumentality galore bug fixes and stableness improvements, and determination whitethorn besides beryllium immoderate much-needed Liquid Glass plan enhancements.

No Intel Macs

Last year, Apple announced that macOS Tahoe would beryllium the final large macOS merchandise for Intel-based Macs, meaning that macOS 27 volition beryllium compatible with Apple silicon Macs with the M1 spot and newer only. However, Apple volition apt proceed to merchandise information fixes for immoderate Intel-based Macs for astatine slightest a fewer much years.

No AirPort Time Capsule Support

Starting with macOS 27, Macs volition not enactment the AirPort Time Capsule oregon immoderate different retention drives that usage the Apple Filing Protocol (AFP), according to a informing shown by Apple connected macOS Tahoe. Time Capsule backups volition necessitate a retention thrust that supports much existent file-sharing protocols similar SMBv2 and SMBv3.
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