macOS 27 Golden Gate goes Apple Silicon only, adds a Gemini-powered Siri, refines Liquid Glass, and rebuilds Spotlight. Here is every confirmed change.
macOS 27 Golden Gate refines Liquid Glass with an intensity slider, better contrast, cleaner window corners, and edge-to-edge sidebars to fix readability.
macOS 27 Golden Gate speeds up AirDrop, network file browsing, Safari, and Spotlight, with core system improvements on the Apple Silicon-only release.
macOS 27 is the last version with full Rosetta 2, so older Intel apps still run on Apple Silicon. The real cutoff comes with macOS 28 in 2027.
macOS 27 Golden Gate rebuilds Spotlight with Siri built in, natural-language search, multi-file analysis, and a new index for near-instant results.
iOS 27 ships a rebuilt Siri on Google Gemini, Apple Intelligence Extensions for ChatGPT and Claude, and Visual Intelligence as a dedicated Camera mode.
iOS 27 adds a customizable widget strip to Camera. Add flash, resolution, depth of field, and Live Photo controls you actually use and hide the rest.
iOS 27 supports every iPhone with an A13 Bionic chip or newer, keeping iPhone 11 and iPhone SE 2nd gen. Full compatibility list and what it means for you.
iOS 27 Photos adds Extend, Enhance, and Reframe. Fill beyond the frame, fix color and lighting, and correct perspective. All three run on-device.
iOS 27 is announced at WWDC 2026 on June 8. Developer beta drops the same day, public beta opens in July, full release expected mid-September 2026.
iOS 27 redesigns Siri with a chat interface, Dynamic Island home, a standalone Siri app, multi-step command support, and persistent conversation history.
iOS 27 introduces an Extensions framework that lets you choose Gemini, Claude, or ChatGPT as your preferred AI provider inside Siri and Writing Tools.
iOS 27 adds a dedicated Siri camera mode for Visual Intelligence, with nutrition label scanning, business card reading, and Wallet ticket import.
macOS 27 Golden Gate ships the rebuilt Siri on Google Gemini, Apple Intelligence Extensions for ChatGPT and Claude, and runs only on M-series Macs.
macOS 27 requires Apple silicon and won't install on Intel Macs. macOS 26 Tahoe is the final update. Here's what to expect and what to do next.
Apple's three WWDC 2026 wallpapers for iPhone, iPad, and Mac are available free. No account needed. Download links and setup steps included.