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Amazon officially announces massive fall Prime Day sale: Start time, early deals, details, more
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Redmi Note 17 Pro and Note 17 Pro Max Launched in India: Check Price, Specifications, Offers
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Googles Motion Assist Expands to More Android Phones: How to Enable the Motion Sickness Feature
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iPhone Air Trade-In Value Matches Cheaper iPhone 17 in US, Despite Higher Launch Price
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50 New Things Your iPhone Can Do in iOS 27 - Out Now!
Apple released iOS 27 this week, and despite the company's focus this year on refining its flagship operating system and nixing bugs, there are still many additional features to explore, not least of which is Apple's new context-aware Siri, re-tooled for the generative AI era. Which iPhones Support Every iOS 27 Feature? This year's major iPhone software update isn't all about AI, though, as the following feature list testifies. iOS 27 is available now on supported iPhone models as a free update, and can be downloaded from the Settings app, via General Software Update. Extend Your Photos and Lock Screen Wallpaper A new wallpaper extension feature in iOS 27 uses Apple Intelligence to automatically expand a photo beyond its original boundaries so it fills the entire Lock Screen more naturally. If a photo is cropped too tightly, doesn't match your iPhone's aspect ratio, or it leaves empty space when positioned on the Lock Screen, iOS 27 can generate additional image content around the edges with the Extend option. It will analyze the existing image and create matching background details that blend with the original photo, so there's no need for aggressive cropping. The Extend option can also be found in the Photos app. Organize Your Safari Tabs Safari uses Apple Intelligence to automatically organize your open tabs into related topics, making them easier to browse and manage. For example, if you're shopping for a new refrigerator while planning a vacation, Safari groups tabs for each activity into separate topic-based collections. You can enable this feature by opening Tab View, tapping the three-line icon in the top-right corner, and turning on Automatically Create Topics. Use Natural Language for Reminder and Calendar Entries In the Reminders app, you can now create reminders using natural language, and Apple Intelligence will automatically fill in details such as the date, time, and location. For example, if you type Pick up Dad at 6 p.m. tonight or Send the photos to Eric tomorrow at 3 p.m., Reminders extracts the relevant information and adds it to the reminder automatically. The Calendar app also supports natural language input, identifying people, dates, and locations as you type. You can then tap the suggested information to quickly add it to your event. Inline Reply to Messages From Android Users In the Messages app, you can now long press on a specific message from an Android user (a green chat bubble) and get an option to reply to it. That contrasts with iOS 26, where inline replies are limited to blue bubbles sent over Apple's iMessage platform. Upgrade Your Wallet Passes Apple has expanded the redesigned pass experience in the Wallet app with iOS 27, bringing the enhanced design introduced for airline boarding passes in iOS 26 to additional pass types. Membership, gift, loyalty, and rewards cards can now use a new Poster Generic layout with a background image, a logo, customizable header and footer fields, main information, and an optional barcode. Passes can also include up to two quick actions at the bottom, such as getting directions to a venue or checking a rewards points balance. Describe Your Next Shortcut Apple Intelligence makes creating shortcuts much more accessible by letting you build them with natural language. Tapping New Shortcut in the Shortcuts app opens a Describe a Shortcut interface, where you simply explain what you want the shortcut to do. You can describe a single action or a more complex automation, and Apple Intelligence selects the appropriate actions and assembles the shortcut automatically. For example, you could create a shortcut that sets tomorrow's alarm based on your first Calendar event, enables Sleep Focus, and dims the bedroom lights each evening, or one that displays your first meeting, the weather, and today's reminders every morning. Like existing shortcuts, these automations can be triggered by factors such as the time of day, your location, app activity, system events like taking a screenshot, incoming notifications, and more. Get a Better Flyover of Your City Apple is enhancing the Flyover feature in Maps with iOS 27, using Apple Intelligence models to improve aerial imagery with greater texture and sharper detail. Trees, buildings, and other landmarks appear more realistic, with more accurate geometry and improved lighting effects. According to Apple, the update makes select cities around the world look more lifelike, from the shape of individual trees to the way light reflects off glass skyscrapers. Flyover already offers detailed 3D views of landmarks, roads, parks, and buildings in more than 350 cities, so iOS 27 is essentially using AI to further improve the quality of those visualizations. Ask Siri What Your Camera Sees The iOS 27 Camera app has a new Siri mode that is available in addition to the video, photo, and other camera modes. The new mode uses Visual Intelligence to identify objects in the frame and provide information about them. It can be used to identify plants, animals, food, and more. If it's food you want info on, for example, it can tell you what it is, and how many calories are in it. Other examples Siri mode can be used for include capturing a photo of an event flyer and adding a date to the Calendar app, text translation, splitting a bill, and more. Make Your Lock Screen Clock More Compact A new compact clock mode is available as a new Lock Screen layout option in iOS 27. Found in the top-right corner of the Font & Color panel, the option moves the time from its traditional large, centered position to a much smaller format alongside the date and widgets at the top of the screen. It's a nice option to have if you like a cleaner Lock Screen look that shows off your wallpaper more fully, and it's the complete opposite effect introduced in iOS 26 that stretches the clock down the screen. Generate Photo-realistic Images with Image Playground Apple's Image Playground has been a bit of an embarrassment up until now, being limited to cutesy re-renderings of actual photos and sketched illustrations. But the app gets a major update in iOS 27. Powered by a new generative model that runs on Private Cloud Compute, it can produce high-quality images in virtually any style, including photo-realistic output for the first time. All generated images automatically carry a hidden SynthID watermark to identify them as AI-generated. The app now also supports photo-based editing in addition to creation. Tweak Liquid Glass Opacity If Apple's Liquid Glass UI embrace in iOS 26 wasn't your thing, there's a way to tone it down. In iOS 27, Apple added a full Liquid Glass slider under Settings Appearance Liquid Glass. It changes the translucency of Liquid Glass elements, and you can choose a clear version of Liquid Glass that allows some of the background to show through, select a more opaque, tinted version that improves the legibility of text, or choose something in between. Create a Slideshow from Any Album In iOS 27, you can create a slideshow from any album, collection, or selection of photos in the Photos app, rather than being limited to Memories. Open an album or select multiple photos, tap the menu button in the top-right corner, and choose Start Slideshow. Slideshows can be customized with different transition styles, slide durations, and background music, and then saved as a video or shared directly to social media. Easily Switch Between Siri and ChatGPT The new Siri app in iOS 27 defaults to the new Siri AI, but you can switch it to ChatGPT if you prefer. Simply long press on the text input field and tap Ask..., then you'll see an option to change to ChatGPT. Note that conversation context does not transfer when you switch chatbot providers. Currently, ChatGPT appears as an alternative in the Siri AI app whether or not you have the ChatGPT extension enabled in Settings Siri ChatGPT. Build a Browser Extension With a Prompt Safari has been given a new AI-powered extension creation feature. A new Create an Extension option, available from Safari's menu to the left of the address bar, lets you describe what you want an extension to do in plain language, and Apple generates it for you. If you need inspiration, Apple also provides suggested ideas across categories including Boost Productivity, Improve Focus, Get Creative, and Develop and Design. Get AI Summaries of HomeKit Camera Footage (iCloud+ Only) The Home app is now able to generate written summaries for motion alerts from HomeKit Secure Video cameras. It's also able to group footage from separate cameras for an overview of activity and pull out noteworthy recordings, plus it supports natural language search. Bear in mind that this feature is only available if you have an iCloud+ plan with at least 2TB of storage (that's a $9.99/month subscription). Equalize Your AirPods With iOS 27, Apple finally introduces adjustable EQ controls for compatible AirPods models. With your AirPods paired and the latest firmware installed, you can go to Settings [Your AirPods] Audio & Routing Equalizer Custom to adjust the lows, mids, and highs. Custom EQ is available on AirPods with Apple's H2 chip, including AirPods Pro 2, AirPods Pro 3, AirPods 4, and AirPods Max 2. Customize Siri's Voice Apple has introduced a more powerful on-device Apple Intelligence model for the iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max, and iPhone Air. The upgraded model can understand and generate speech, as well as interpret text and images, enabling a more natural and responsive Siri experience. It also unlocks new voice customization options that let you adjust Siri's expressiveness and speaking pace to suit your preferences. Rate Your Photos Apple now lets you assign one- to five-star ratings and keywords to photos and videos in the Photos app, making it easier to organize and filter your library. To go with the new feature, Apple has added a Show Rating Controls option to the Photos section of the Settings app. When enabled, it displays star ratings on photos and videos and adds rating badges to thumbnails, ensuring that your highest-rated media is easy to spot at a glance. Ask Questions About Your Surroundings In Accessibility, Apple has added a new Live Recognition section. Powered by on-device intelligence, Live Recognition uses the iPhone's camera to identify and describe people, objects, and surroundings in real time. It can also answer questions about what it sees, with the option to set a default prompt for quick access. Auto-Update Your Weak Passwords If you use Apple's Passwords app, there's a new feature that uses Safari to automatically change weak and compromised passwords for you. The feature uses Apple Intelligence to automatically navigate to eligible websites, sign in, and update your password with a tap. Save a Still From a Video The Photos app in iOS 27 lets you pull a single frame out of a video and save it as its own photo. So you no longer have to rely on the old workaround of pausing playback, taking a screenshot, and cropping out the scrubber. The frame is subsequently saved in your library as a normal image, ready to edit or share just like any other shot. Give Your Alarms Their Own Volume In iOS 27, Settings Sounds & Haptics gains an Alarms and Timers section with a Match Ringtone Volume toggle. Switch it off and a dedicated slider appears, so you can drop the ringer to nothing overnight and still get woken at the volume you chose. Apple's own note under the slider says it won't override wake-up alarms or other alarms that carry their own volume control. Share Your Location for as Long as You Want In iOS 26, sharing your location in Find My involves choosing from three presets: one hour, until end of day, or indefinitely. By contrast, iOS 27 adds custom durations four days and six hours, for example. Alternatively, you can enter an exact date and time for sharing to expire. You can also pause sharing with specific people until the end of the day, without them being informed. Show Both Camera Views on a FaceTime Call FaceTime has a Dual Capture option in iOS 27. On the iPhone 17 models and the iPhone Air, you can use the front and back cameras at the same time while on a FaceTime call. The person you're calling is able to see your face and what's shown through the back camera. You can turn on Dual Capture on a supported iPhone by tapping on the camera flip button. If you only want to show the back camera feed, you can tap to turn off the front camera view. Draw in Messages You can now drawing in the Messages app to send little sketches and notes. It's available when tapping on the + button next to the text bar in a conversation. The drawing interface is the same as the Markup tool available in apps like Photos and Notes. There's a marker, a pen, a highlighter, and an eraser, plus options to use the tools in any color. Get Notified About a Webpage Change Apple's new version of Safari browser in macOS 27 and iOS 27 can be tasked to monitor a webpage and notify you of any changes. With Notify Me, Safari can keep checking a website on your behalf such as a product you've been watching for when it comes back in stock and alert you when a change occurs. Reframe a Photo A new Reframe feature in Photos can change the perspective of a photo and make adjustments to the angle of a person or object. It uses the spatial information the iPhone gathers when a photo is taken, and combines it with AI to change the angle of the camera in post-processing. The spatial data is used for adjusting the subject of the image, and then AI fills in any pixels that are missing. Get Spending Insights in Wallet A new Insights feature in the Wallet app lets you add different Connected Accounts to monitor your spending. Accessed by tapping the three dots in the top right corner, the feature displays your spending highlights, trends, and other details. Note that Connected Accounts integration is dependent on your bank offering the feature, and currently it has broader support in the U.K. than in the U.S. Get Context When on a Call When you're on a phone call to a business, a new feature called Call Context proactively surfaces relevant information. If you call an airline to change a flight, for example, the Phone app can automatically find the relevant confirmation code or reservation number from Mail and display it during the call. Apple says Call Context looks only at who the user is calling and not at the call audio itself. The feature runs entirely on device, meaning no data is shared with Apple or any third party. Learn What's Trending Around You in Maps In Maps, a new Local Lists section uses intelligent insights from what's trending around you for suggestions on places you should visit. Maps surfaces locally relevant collections of places to make it easier to find popular and interesting locations. Apple says Local Lists is privacy-focused and does not use information tied to individual users. Note that this feature is only available in the U.S. Write With Siri Anywhere You Type Siri's Writing Tools have been broadened to work across the system in iOS 27. You can ask Siri to draft something from scratch, shorten it, turn bullet points into prose, or change the tone of an email to something more formal. In Mail and Messages, Siri also mimics your writing style, and Smart Replies are configured to match it. There's also automatic proofreading for spelling and grammar as you type. Ask Siri About Whatever's on Your Screen Onscreen awareness means Siri knows what you're looking at without you having to describe it. You can select text or long press an image in any app, then ask Siri about the selection. It can summarize text, translate menus, tell you where a photo taken, and explain what a chart shows. It works in third-party apps too. Put Siri to Work in Your Inbox Long press an email and a built-in Ask Siri option will appear. From there, you can ask Siri to summarize the message, pull out a flight number, track a package, or save an attached photo. It can also carry out tasks, like deleting every email from a particular sender or moving details into your Reminders list. Swipe down on the response and you can ask follow-ups. And the whole exchange gets logged in the Siri app. Swipe Down for Search or Ask Spotlight, as you know it, is gone in iOS 27. Swiping down from the middle of the Home Screen now opens Search or Ask, where you can type or speak to Siri. Apple rebuilt the underlying search index at the same time, so returned results are more current. Meanwhile, Mail search now ranks by relevance and intent rather than date, and shows you up to five top results. Turn a Paper Ticket Into a Wallet Pass A new Create a Pass option in Wallet lets you digitize physical tickets, membership cards, and coupons that have no app equivalent. Simply point your iPhone's camera at a barcode or QR code and Visual Intelligence will do the rest, or you can add the details manually. Templates cover Standard, Membership, and Event types, and you can choose from 12 background colors, several texture options, and seven themed backgrounds for the likes of theater, music, and sports. Use One Phone Number on Two iPhones iPhone Handoff is a new feature that lets you use the same number on two iPhones and switch between them, which is super-handy if you keep an older device as a backup. It relies on eSIM and needs carrier support. At launch, that means T-Mobile in the U.S. and Deutsche Telekom in Germany. Note that T-Mobile will charge you $5 a month for the privilege. Redeem a Gift Card by Tapping It Apple gift cards can be redeemed by holding the card against the back of your iPhone, so you don't need to scan or type in the code. It's a small but nice touch, especially for anyone who has squinted at a 16-character string in the checkout queue. Let Android Friends Into Your Shared Albums iCloud Shared Albums now accept contributions from Android and Windows users via a web browser, and photos and videos can be added at full resolution in all common formats. Albums can be set to expire after 30 days, filtered by photos or videos, and reacted to with any emoji, and there's an activity log showing who added what. Just be aware that if you own the Shared Album, its contents take up your iCloud storage space. Find the Photos You Actually Took There are two new Utilities folders in the Photos app in iOS 27. Captured by Me gathers every image shot with the Camera app on your current or previous iPhone, while filtering out screenshots, memes, and everything else that finds itself into your library. Elsewhere, Identity Documents collects pictures of passports, licenses, and any of your similar paperwork in one place. Erase Bigger Things From Your Photos Clean Up has been rebuilt on new models and can reconstruct much more of a background than in previous iOS versions, so it's no longer limited to small blemishes on plain backdrops. It now offers three options: Fast for simple edits, High Quality for busier scenes, and Auto, which lets the Photos app decide. Give One Widget a Whole Home Screen Page iOS 27 adds an extra-large widget size that fills an entire Home Screen page. Apps that support it include Calendar, Photos, Music, and Weather, with third-party app developers able to add the bumper size too. Stop Sending Accidental Voice Messages If you've ever fired off three seconds of ambient noise by accident in the Messages app, you can now select which audio button sits at the end of the input field, or get rid of the icon entirely. Go to Settings Messages Show in Text Field and set the right-side button to Record Audio, Start Dictation, or None. Let Failed Messages Resend Themselves When a message, photo, or video fails to send, your iPhone now retries automatically instead of slapping a red exclamation mark next to it. Sending a large attachment on a weak connection no longer holds up the rest of the conversation either, since each item gets its own progress bar. Notifications for tapback responses are consolidated too, which spares you multiple alerts every time a group thread gives you a collective thumbs-up. Redo a Genmoji Without Starting Over Genmoji creation has been overhauled in iOS 27, and now you can start from an existing emoji, a photo, or a person, then use a Describe a Change interface to adjust individual elements rather than regenerating them from scratch. Each tweak builds on the previous version, and a style option lets you swap the default 3D cartoon look for something closer to a sketch or drawing. Pair Your iPhone With a Treadmill GymKit has finally come to the iPhone. Gym equipment that supports it, like treadmills and indoor bikes, can now pair directly with your iPhone for two-way data syncing. The feature previously required an Apple Watch. Track Perimenopause in the Health App Cycle Tracking has been expanded to cover perimenopause and menopause, and the Health app will send a notification when your logged cycle patterns suggest perimenopause. Apple has also added matching Fitness+ workouts, while the Browse section has been redesigned around cards instead of a long list. See Rain and Wind Hour by Hour The Weather app now opens with a new Highlights section covering what you need to know for the day. Below that, the Conditions view can be toggled between temperature, precipitation, and wind, while the 10-day forecast changes to match, so you can the chances of rain for the week without tapping into anything. Watch Video in CarPlay While You're Parked CarPlay apps can now offer video browsing and playback, but only while the car is stationary, as it should be. If you start driving mid-episode, playback automatically drops to audio only. iPhone apps that support AirPlay can stream to the car display as well, but that requires automakers to enable it, and none have said they will yet. Approve Every Website Your Child Visits Apple in iOS 27 has substantially reworked Parental Controls. Ask to Browse now requires your sign-off on each new website a child opens in Safari, joining Ask to Buy for app downloads and a new setting that requires permission before a child contacts someone new. Time Allowances cap daily use of Entertainment, Games, and Social Media apps with age-based suggestions, Daily Schedules control which apps are available when, and a redesigned Screen Time shows usage at a glance. Lastly, Communication Safety now blurs gore and violence as well as nudity for under-18s. Notice Your Old iPhone Getting Faster Apple put a lot of effort into maximizing iPhone performance in iOS 27, and its work in this area reaches all the way back to the iPhone 11. Apple says apps launch up to 30 percent faster, AirDrop transfers are up to 80 percent quicker, and new captures appear in a 50,000-photo library up to 70 percent faster. The CPU scheduler has also been reworked, while the emoji keyboard no longer pauses before it appears, and the Camera app opens faster in Low Power Mode. If that's not enough, the iPhone is also better at judging when to switch between Wi-Fi and cellular. Related Roundups: iOS 27 , iPadOS 27 Related Forum: iOS 27 This article, 50 New Things Your iPhone Can Do in iOS 27 - Out Now! first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
Samsung Galaxy Tab S12 Series Will Reportedly Launch Early Next Month: Expected Specifications
Samsung Galaxy Tab S12 series will be launched globally by the South Korean tech giant on October 7, according to a tipster. The Samsung Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra has previously been spotted on the Geekbench benchmarking platform with the model number SM-X940. The listing suggested that the flagship tablet will be equipped with an octa-core MediaTek Dimensity 9500 chipset, which is built on a 3nm process, delivering a peak clock speed of 4.21GHz. It might ship with Android 17 and 12GB of RAM.
Garena Free Fire MAX Redeem Codes for September 15, 2026: Get Latest Skins And Free Rewards
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Anthropic Says Claude Assisted Cyberattacks and Military Weapons Development
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Oppo F35 Series Design and Colour Options Revealed Ahead of Launch in India
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Apple expands iCloud+ in India with Apple TV and Apple Arcade, plans start at 75 per month
Apple is expanding iCloud+ in India by bundling Apple TV and Apple Arcade at no extra cost, with plans starting at 75 per month for 50GB storage. Subscribers will also get Apple Music Select and can share the plan with up to five family members. Apple is discontinuing standalone Apple TV and Apple Arcade subscriptions for new users in India, while Apple One will also stop accepting new subscribers.
Redmi Note 17 Pro Drops in India Today: How to Watch the Launch Live
Redmi Note 17 Pro and Redmi Note 17 Pro Max are launching today in India. Xiaomi's sub-brand has scheduled a dedicated livestream to unveil the two smartphones in India. It is worth noting that the Redmi Note 17 Pro and Redmi Note 17 Pro Maxs launch livestream will commence at 12 pm IST, and you will be able to watch it via Redmi Indias official YouTube channel for all the details. Details regarding the India pricing and storage configurations of the Redmi Note 17 Pro and Redmi Note 17 Pro Max remain under wraps and are expected to be revealed during the livestream later today.
iOS 27 Features: The Ultimate Mega Guide
When iOS 27 first came out back in June, we started working on a series of in-depth feature guides and how tos that go through all of the updates in Apple's new software. Our ultimate guide aggregates all of our iOS 27 coverage, and it is useful for iPhone and iPad users new to iOS 27 or those who might want a recap on what's included. We've organized it by feature to make it easy to find what you're looking for. Liquid Glass Here's How Liquid Glass Is Changing in iOS 27 iOS 27: Tone Down Liquid Glass Transparency Get Clear App Icons on Your iPhone Home Screen Siri and Apple Intelligence Siri AI in iOS 27: Features, Requirements, and How It Works Here's What's New With Visual Intelligence in iOS 27 Messages iOS 27: 13 Ways the Messages App is Smarter and Less Annoying iOS 27 Adds New Drawing Tool to Your iPhone's Messages App iOS 27 Lets You Hide the Messages Button Everyone Hits by Mistake Phone and FaceTime iOS 27: All the New Phone and FaceTime Features AirPods Every New AirPods Feature in iOS 27 Set a Custom EQ for Your AirPods in iOS 27 Safari iOS 27: All the New Safari Features Apple Maps iOS 27: All the New Apple Maps Features Mail iOS 27: What's New With the Mail App Calendar, Reminders, and Notes Everything New in Calendar and Reminders in iOS 27 iOS 27 Adds Four New Features to Notes App, Including Markdown Copy-and-Paste Photos What's New in the iOS 27 Photos App Wallet iOS 27 Wallet App Gets 7 New Features Health iOS 27 Apple Health App Redesign: Every New Feature Coming in 2026 iOS 27: All the New Health and Fitness Features Weather iOS 27 Weather App: All the New Features Home and HomePod iOS 27 Home App: 10+ New HomeKit Features Apple Intelligence Home Features Require 2TB iCloud+ Plan in iOS 27 iOS 27 Brings New Functionality to HomePod Shortcuts iOS 27 Makes the Shortcuts App Much Less Intimidating Lock Screen iOS 27 Brings These Five New Features to Your iPhone Lock Screen iOS 27's New Compact Clock Gives Your Wallpaper Room to Breathe Add a Volume Slider to Your iPhone Lock Screen iOS 27 Lets You Dismiss the 'Now Playing' Lock Screen Widget Control Center and Settings Open the Current App's Settings From Control Center iOS 27 Finally Unlinks Alarm Volume From Your iPhone Ringer iOS 27 Adds a Useful New Copy-and-Paste Feature to Your iPhone CarPlay iOS 27: 8+ New CarPlay Features Find My iOS 27 Adds These New Features to Find My, Including 'Hide Location' Apple TV iOS 27 Lets You Update Your Apple TV Using Your iPhone iOS 27 Lets You Add Apple TV Remote to Your iPhone's Home Screen iCloud iOS 27: All the New iCloud Features Screen Time and Parental Controls iOS 27 Adds New Parental Controls: Ask to Browse, Time Allowances, and a Redesigned Screen Time Performance and Recovery 10 iOS 27 Performance Improvements You'll Actually Notice iOS 27 Adds Mac-Like Recovery Mode for iPhone and iPad iOS 27: Access the New iPhone Recovery Screen Limited and Delayed Features Two iOS 27 Features Won't Be Ready Launch Two iOS 27 Features Are Only Available on iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone Air iOS 27 Features You Can't Use in the EU Read More We have a complete overview of all of the new features in iOS 27 in one place in our iOS 27 roundup , which is also well worth checking out for all of the smaller details that didn't make it into our guides and how tos. Related Roundups: iOS 27 , iPadOS 27 Related Forum: iOS 27 This article, iOS 27 Features: The Ultimate Mega Guide first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
macOS Golden Gate: 10 Features to Try First
Apple released macOS Golden Gate to the public today, which means anyone with a compatible Mac can download it. The new version of macOS requires an Apple chip, so if you have a Mac with an M1 or later or a MacBook Neo , you can upgrade. macOS Golden Gate includes Siri AI, and the Mac is the only device that people in the EU can try Siri AI with. It also brings a long list of performance improvements, updates to Liquid Glass, and new Apple Intelligence features for apps like Photos , Calendar, Reminders, Home, and Safari. Liquid Glass Apple added a Liquid Glass slider in macOS 27, which means you can adjust the transparency level. You can select a clearer version of Liquid Glass that lets some of the background show through, or a more opaque version for improved legibility. Since it's a slider, you can also pick something in between. Apple tweaked the overall opacity of Liquid Glass, and it better diffuses complex content behind navigation bars and buttons. Darkened edges and brighter specular highlights add more depth and separation for different UI elements. Toolbars, Sidebars, and Windows Uniform toolbars in apps make text headings and groups of controls more legible, and Apple has cut back on the number of icons that are used in menu interfaces. Windows have the same corner radius for more consistency, and you'll notice that app corners are not as dramatically rounded. Changes to window shadows and the Liquid Glass updates make it a lot easier to tell which window is active when you have several apps open. Sidebars no longer float and are edge-to-edge, which is a less distracting design. Sidebar icons once again use color, too. Siri AI Siri AI is the biggest change in macOS Golden Gate. Siri is smarter, more capable, and functions like a chatbot. On the Mac, you can ask Siri anything using the Spotlight interface that comes up with Command + Space. Spotlight is now a unified Search or Ask bar where you can search for files, apps, and other content, or ask Siri to complete tasks or answer queries. You can also interact with Siri using the dedicated Siri app, which is where you can view past conversations and start new conversations. Siri conversations sync across all of your devices, and the Siri app is cross-platform. Siri can see what's on your screen and access your personal information like emails, messages, and photos to answer questions. Siri can also search the web and complete tasks in apps for you. It's a huge change from the prior version of Siri, and Siri can handle far more than it could before. We have more on some of the tasks you can complete with Siri in our Siri AI guide . Visual Intelligence Apple brought the iPhone's Visual Intelligence feature to the Mac in macOS 27. You can ask Siri questions about what's on your screen with Visual Intelligence, choosing the entire screen or just a portion. Visual Intelligence on the Mac works when you press Command + Shift + Space or Command + Shift + 6 to capture one area of the display. If you press Command + Shift + 5 (also used for recording your display and capturing screenshots), you can click on the Visual Intelligence icon to get an adjustable selection square for selecting an area of the screen. Siri can search for images, summarize, translate, identify objects, add information from the screen to apps like Calendar or Reminders, answer questions about what you're looking at, and more. Visual Intelligence on Mac has all of the same features as Visual Intelligence on iPhone , and it includes the new Visual Intelligence features like telling you nutritional information for food or splitting out a bill. Write with Siri There is a system-wide Write with Siri feature that goes beyond the Apple Intelligence Writing Tools available in macOS Tahoe . Siri can compose entire emails or messages for you, give you feedback on your writing, change out words, and complete other editing tasks. To use Write with Siri on Mac, right-click in an app and choose the Ask Siri option. If you select text before the right-click, you can ask Siri for editing help. If you have a blank document, you can ask Siri to generate something for you. When drafting emails or messages, Siri can analyze your past communications and generate something in your own writing style. Apple also expanded spell correction in macOS Golden Gate, and your Mac will give you grammar suggestions and fixes. iPhone Mirroring You can resize the iPhone Mirroring window in macOS Golden Gate, dragging at the corner to make a window larger or smaller. Depending on the app, you may be limited to a portrait iPhone aspect ratio, but other apps support iPad or landscape layouts. It's a feature Apple likely added for the iPhone Duo , but it's nice to have for any iPhone. Shortcuts It's easier for anyone to create a Shortcut in just a few minutes in macOS Golden Gate. The Shortcuts app on Mac opens to an interface that lets you describe what you want a shortcut to do using natural language. AI creates the shortcut for you, and you can refine it with further natural language commands or manually edit it. You can activate your shortcuts through the app or with Siri commands. Safari Extensions Safari has a customizable extension feature in macOS Golden Gate, and you can use the Describe Extension option to type in what you want an extension to do. The extension is created using AI and is available to use right away. To use it, click on the settings icon on the right side of the URL bar and choose the Describe Extension option. Some Apple examples: Display a reading time estimate as a badge on the extension Close duplicate tabs pointing to the same URL when I click the extension Highlight this word Create a 3-minute focus timer for the page Set the minimum font size to 14pt Every time I open a new tab, draw me a flower Highlight and show the dimensions of webpage elements when I click them Enter design mode for a website so that I can edit the contents Save this recipe Safari Tab Grouping and Notifications Safari also has an intelligent tab grouping feature. Tabs in related categories are automatically grouped together in the tab view. You can also set Safari to monitor a webpage for updates, with Hourly, Daily, Weekly, and Monthly checks available. When you set this feature up, you'll get a notification when the content on the webpage changes. Performance Improvements In addition to introducing Siri and new Apple Intelligence features, macOS Golden Gate cleans up underlying code. Apple made multiple refinements to speed up performance. Animations and interactions are faster and smoother, and you'll notice a difference when scrolling Safari and other apps, opening Mission Control and Spaces, and using other Mac interface elements. AirDrop transfers complete more quickly, browsing through files on attached network devices is faster, and window positioning is more stable when using external displays. Messages also sync faster and more reliably across devices. Apple rebuilt its search foundation for Spotlight, Photos, Mail, and Messages, and indexing is quicker. When you search for something recent, it's more likely to come up right away than before, and in Mail, there's a ranking system that surfaces the emails you're most likely looking for. Mail search indexing is more reliable than before, and Spotlight search suggestions are more relevant. How to Install macOS Golden Gate can be installed through the System Settings app on your Mac. Just go to General > Software Update. Full System Requirements macOS Golden Gate runs on Macs with an M1 chip or later, plus the A18 Pro MacBook Neo. Intel Macs do not support macOS Golden Gate and won't get the new features. Every Mac that runs macOS Golden Gate supports Apple Intelligence and Siri AI, but some on-device Siri processing features for selecting a natural voice and getting upgraded dictation require an M3 or later. Related Roundup: macOS Golden Gate Related Forum: macOS Golden Gate This article, macOS Golden Gate: 10 Features to Try First first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
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AppZapper Mac Uninstaller Returns as AppZapper 3000
Popular Mac app AppZapper was today revamped with a new design, updated functionality, and a fresh name. AppZapper 3000 offers a quick way to delete Mac apps and their associated files. AppZapper requires Full Disk Access permission to find files on the Mac. Once installed, you can drag and drop an app into AppZapper and then click on the Zap All button to remove the app and related files with a fun laser gun animation and sound. AppZapper locates and deletes all of an app's files in just a few seconds, and users can choose from four different themes. AppZapper first launched in 2006, so the new version is debuting on its 20th anniversary. Developer Austin Sarner says the updated version of the app is tailored to macOS security requirements and is better at finding related app files. The app can be downloaded for free and tested before purchasing. A license is priced at $18 for a single user and $29 for a family pack that allows the app to be used on up to five Macs. macOS 15 or later is required. MacRumors readers can get a 20 percent discount by using the promo code MACRUMORS when checking out. The discount is available through September 21. This article, AppZapper Mac Uninstaller Returns as AppZapper 3000 first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
Musk Drops Apple Lawsuit Over ChatGPT Siri Deal, Keeps Suing OpenAI
Elon Musk's companies X Corp and SpaceXAI today asked the court to dismiss their claims in a lawsuit filed against Apple in 2025, reports Reuters . There was no explanation for the dismissal request or mention of a settlement. The filing also does not ask for the dismissal of claims against OpenAI. Plaintiffs have resolved their claims in this Action against Defendant Apple Inc. (Apple). Plaintiffs accordingly move under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(2) to dismiss with prejudice their claims against Apple. Apple does not oppose this Motion. For the avoidance of doubt, Plaintiffs do not seek to dismiss any of their claims against Defendants OpenAI Foundation (f/k/a OpenAI, Inc.); OpenAI, L.L.C.; and OpenAI OpCo, LLC. A dismissal with prejudice will prevent the claims from being refiled in the future. The lawsuit accused Apple and OpenAI of conspiring to ensure their continued dominance in the AI market. The lawsuit suggested Apple was lindsided by major innovations in AI, leading it to team up with OpenAI in a desperate bid to protect its smartphone monopoly. Musk's companies complained that Grok did not have the same level of iOS integration as ChatGPT did through Siri , and accused Apple of deprioritizing the apps of competing generative AI chatbots and X in the App Store . The lawsuit asked for billions in damages for Apple's alleged stifling of AI industry innovation. Apple said it was widely known that [it] intends to partner with other generative AI chatbots in the future, and said the claims were based on speculation on top of speculation. Apple asked the court to dismiss the lawsuit back in October, but the request was denied. Tags: ChatGPT , Elon Musk , Apple Lawsuits , OpenAI , Siri This article, Musk Drops Apple Lawsuit Over ChatGPT Siri Deal, Keeps Suing OpenAI first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
Apple Asks Supreme Court to Throw Out App Store Contempt Ruling
Apple today filed its opening merits brief with the Supreme Court as it prepares to fight the contempt ruling that forced it to change its App Store rules. Apple is asking the Supreme Court to reverse or vacate the contempt order, which would return the App Store to its pre2025 rules. The Supreme Court filing is part of Apple's ongoing legal battle with Epic Games , which has gotten more and more complicated since it kicked off in 2020. Apple largely won the original ruling because it wasn't found to have violated antitrust law, but Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, the judge overseeing the case, ordered Apple to relax its anti-steering rules and let developers link to alternative purchase options in apps. Apple complied, but charged a 12 to 27 percent fee on link-outs, and few developers adopted the system. Epic went back to Gonzalez Rogers and said Apple violated her injunction, and she agreed. In April 2025, she found Apple in contempt of court and barred the company from collecting any fees on purchases made through links in the U.S. App Store. Apple changed its App Store rules to comply with the new ruling but appealed. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the contempt finding, and Apple appealed to the Supreme Court. Today's brief repeats Apple's main argument and asks the Supreme Court to decide whether a court can hold a party in civil contempt for violating the spirit of an injunction when the injunction does not address the conduct the contempt ruling is based on. The first injunction from Gonzalez Rogers had no mention of the fees Apple was or wasn't allowed to charge, but both the original contempt ruling and the court of appeals agreed Apple had violated the spirit of the injunction when it charged fees that were too high. Citing cases dating back to 1885, Apple argues the Ninth Circuit broke with precedent when it said Apple could be held in contempt for violating the spirit of an injunction. Apple says it cannot be held in contempt because there was no clear and unambiguous violation of the injunction's wording. Apple repeatedly points out the original injunction was just 75 words long. The Supreme Court is expected to hear the case in 2027. Epic Games will submit its response brief in November, and then Apple will be able to submit a reply brief. While Apple waits for the Supreme Court, it will be going back to district court for fee calculations that would be implemented if the higher court does not toss out the contempt ruling and resulting anti-steering order. Apple was ordered back to district court because the appeals court found the district court's total ban on commissions went too far, and sent it back to set a reasonable fee. Apple attempted to delay the proceedings but was unsuccessful. Tags: App Store , Epic Games , Epic Games vs. Apple , Apple Lawsuits This article, Apple Asks Supreme Court to Throw Out App Store Contempt Ruling first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
The EPA wants to stop regulating power plant emissions
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Get ready for iPhone Duo and iPhone 18 Pro with dbrand
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iOS 27 AI Camera Summaries Cost
Apple is requiring a $9.99 iCloud + plan to use the iOS 27 Apple Intelligence Home app features with a single HomeKit camera, and iPhone users aren't happy about it. iOS 27 includes text-based descriptions for motion alerts, a feature that uses Apple Intelligence. It recognizes people, animals, vehicles, packages, and general motion, and summarizes what's happening. During the beta, we learned that a 2TB iCloud+ plan or higher would be needed to use video summaries, but at the time, Apple didn't say how many cameras would be supported. Last week, Apple shared new details on Apple Intelligence limits, and it turns out the 2TB iCloud+ plan priced at $9.99 per month will only add AI summaries to a single camera. You'll need the $29.99 per month 6TB plan to get AI summaries for two cameras, or the $59.99 per month 12TB plan if you want to add up to five cameras. Apple One Premier subscribers are limited to a single camera since the bundle includes 2TB of iCloud+ storage. Apple isn't offering an iCloud+ plan that lets users receive AI summaries for an unlimited number of cameras. Using HomeKit Secure Video cameras has always required a paid iCloud+ plan, but the recording limits are at odds with the Apple Intelligence limits. You can use a single HomeKit Secure Video camera with a $0.99 per month 50GB iCloud+ plan, five cameras with the $2.99 per month 200GB plan, and unlimited cameras with the 2TB plan priced at $9.99 per month. Someone who has a 2TB iCloud+ plan and has invested in multiple HomeKit Secure Video cameras will only be able to use the new Apple Intelligence feature with one of those cameras. There are dozens of complaints about the subscription requirements on Reddit and on the MacRumors forums . Apple warns that supported camera counts and other iCloud+ plan features could change over time. There will also be usage limits on Siri AI, photo editing tools, and Image Playground , with paid options to increase access. Apple hasn't announced pricing for features other than the Apple Intelligence Home app options. Rumors suggest Apple will launch its own home security cameras as soon as next year, with the company also working on a home security and monitoring service. Apple's own home security cameras could require the iCloud+ subscription for advanced AI features. Related Roundups: iOS 27 , iPadOS 27 Tag: Apple Home Related Forum: iOS 27 This article, iOS 27 AI Camera Summaries Cost $9.99 for One Camera, $59.99 for Five first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
Not ready for iOS 27? Grab iOS 26.7 to keep your iPhone secure
Macworld We think iOS 27 is really very good . One of Apples best iPhone updates in years, honestly. But if youre for any reason unwilling or unable to update to iOS 27 and you still want all the dozens of security updates that come with it, Apple has you covered with iOS 26.7. It doesnt include quite as many security updates as iOS 27 because there are lots of fundamental changes to the low-level code in the latest release, but there are still nearly 80 fixes in iOS 26.7. Apples release notes for iOS 26.7 dont mention anything other than the security updates; there are no other significant feautres in this release. To install iOS 26.7 on your iPhone or iPadOS 26.7 on your iPad: Open Settings Tap General Tap Software Updates Youll probably see an option to install iOS 26.7 and another option to install iOS 27. If you only wish to stay on the iOS 26 branch, choose iOS 26.7.
MacBook Pro With OLED Touch Screen Running macOS 27.1 Inside Apple
Apple's rumored 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with touch-enabled OLED displays are currently being tested with macOS 27.1, which is scheduled for release in late October, according to the latest word from Bloomberg 's Mark Gurman . While he previously said these high-end MacBook Pro models would be released in either late 2026 or early 2027 , Gurman's latest report today has the laptops firmly within a list of products coming later this year, so it would appear that he is now more confident that Apple is planning to release them before the end of 2026. Other rumored features for these MacBook Pro models include M5 Pro and M5 Max chips , a thinner design, and a Dynamic Island instead of a notch. Macworld previously reported that these laptops would have MacBook Ultra branding , but that same report incorrectly said the iPhone Duo would be named the iPhone Ultra. In any case, the first-generation MacBook Pro models with OLED displays are expected to be distinct, higher-priced models that sit above the regular 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models, which are expected to jump to the M7 Pro and M7 Max chips next year. The first developer beta of macOS 27.1 will likely be released in the coming days. Related Roundup: MacBook Pro Tags: MacBook Ultra , Mark Gurman , OLED Buyer's Guide: MacBook Pro (Buy Now) Related Forum: MacBook Pro This article, MacBook Pro With OLED Touch Screen Running macOS 27.1 Inside Apple first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
Amazon is currently offering the EcoFlow 572Wh RIVER 3 Plus with Extra Battery 300 back down at $319 shipped, which beats out the brands direct website pricing that has it keeping to the full $499 rate. Since mid-July, its been bouncing between $499, $399, and gone as low as $319 in 2026 here, while the direct websites Prime Day Sale in June saw it fall to $303. Youll be getting a $180 markdown with this deal, landing it back at the lowest price we have tracked at Amazon. You can also check out the full Home Preparedness Month Sale lineup here , which is offering up to 50% discounts and bonus extra savings, too. more
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AppleCare One Family Launches at
iPhone, iPad , and Mac users in the United States can now sign up for AppleCare One Family, a new AppleCare plan that covers the Apple products of up to six people. AppleCare One Family offers the same benefits as AppleCare+, including protection from accidental damage as well as theft and loss protection for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. The same service fees and deductibles apply, and up to six loss and theft claims are available across the family per year. AppleCare One Family is priced at $49.99 per month and covers all of the eligible Apple devices in a Family Sharing group. All devices already protected by AppleCare at the time of signup and devices purchased less than 60 days ago are automatically enrolled in AppleCare One Family during setup. Other devices up to four years old (or one year for AirPods and Beats) can also be added, but users may need to complete a device check to confirm the device is in good condition. Devices not in good working condition cannot be added to the plan. There are few limits on the number of devices that can be added. A family's entire product list will be covered, though Apple says the plan covers a maximum of six Vision Pro headsets. All devices added to AppleCare Family remain covered for as long as the plan is active. Devices have to check in with Apple's servers at least once every 12 months, and Apple can remove a device if service parts are unavailable. AppleCare One Family is limited to the United States, and all devices need to be signed in to the Apple Account of a family member to be covered. If someone signs out and another account not in the family group signs in, coverage ends. More limits are outlined on Apple's support page for the feature. Any adult member of a Family Sharing group can start an AppleCare One Family plan. If Purchase Sharing is turned on, the family organizer will automatically pay the subscription price, but Apple says the plan subscriber can choose to use their own payment method for the plan. AppleCare One Family is an alternative to AppleCare One, the $19.99/month subscription Apple introduced in July 2025. AppleCare One is limited to three devices, but coverage can be added for additional devices at $5.99 per month each. Tags: AppleCare , AppleCare One This article, AppleCare One Family Launches at $49.99 Per Month first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
iOS 27 Now Available: 10 Features to Try First
Today is the official launch date of iOS 27 , which means it's available for everyone that has an iPhone 11 or newer. iOS 27 introduces Siri AI, tons of new Apple Intelligence features, Liquid Glass updates, and performance improvements to make your iPhone feel faster. Performance Improvements Apple sped up a long list of features in iOS 27, and it's immediately noticeable when you download the software. Everything feels faster than it did in iOS 26 . Animations are quicker, apps launch faster, and AirDrop transfers complete faster. You'll see improvements when taking photos, opening the keyboard, using the App Library, and swapping Home Screen pages. Your iMessages between devices sync more accurately, messages won't fail to send and will be automatically retried, and your iPhone can transition more smoothly between Wi-Fi and cellular. The majority of new features in iOS 27 require Apple Intelligence and an iPhone 15 Pro or later, but the under-the-hood improvements are available on all iPhones, so even older iPhones will feel faster. For more on what's new, we have a list of the best performance improvements in iOS 27 . Siri AI Siri AI is the new version of Siri. It's more like ChatGPT or Claude Siri in iOS 26, with support for back-and-forth conversations. Siri AI can do a lot of what other AI chatbots can do, but unlike other AI options, Siri has private access to your messages, emails, photos, apps, and other personal data so it can complete a wider range of tasks. Siri can also search the web, so it can answer all kinds of queries. You can activate Siri with a wake word, swipe down from the middle of your screen to type a question to Siri, chat with Siri in the Siri app, or press the side button to activate Siri. Some examples of what Siri is now able to do: Create home automations with a command like lock all the doors at midnight. Find specific emails, messages, photos, images, links, files, and other documents people have sent to you. You can ask based on person, time, location, and more. Delete files, emails, photos, or messages. Add all items from a recipe on a website to a shopping list. Recommend activities, places, and restaurants you might like based on what it knows about you. Look at something on your screen like a website and answer questions about it. Answer general knowledge questions. Add information about people to the Contacts app when asked, like birthdays or additional phone numbers. Find passwords for websites and apps that are stored in the Passwords app. For more on some of the commands you can use with Siri, we have a dedicated Siri AI guide . Visual Intelligence Visual Intelligence is now in the Camera app, and you can get to it by swiping to a new Siri mode that's available as an alternative to the photo and video modes. There are new Visual Intelligence features, and Siri can do things like tell you the nutritional value of something you're about to eat, or calculate what everyone owes from an image of a receipt. We have more examples in our iOS 27 Visual Intelligence guide . Write with Siri Siri can generate text from scratch in iOS 27, and there's a system-wide Write with Siri feature you can get to from the keyboard. Siri can help you write, give you feedback on what you've written, change the tone or wording of your writing, and even write in your style by analyzing your emails and messages. Your iPhone also automatically suggests grammar fixes in addition to spelling fixes. Photos Clean Up The Clean Up tool that removes unwanted objects from images in the Photos app is much improved in iOS 27, and it does a better job cleanly removing what you don't want and filling in what's missing more convincingly. There are also new Extend and Reframe image tools for extending the borders of a photo using AI and changing the perspective or composition of an image. Our full iOS 27 Photos guide goes through all of the new features. Adjust Liquid Glass There's a new Liquid Glass slider that lets you choose how clear or opaque you want your buttons, toolbars, and menus to be. Get to the new slider in the Settings app by choosing Appearance and then tapping on Liquid Glass. Safari You can create custom extensions with natural language commands in Safari, which is useful for when you want to do something specific but there isn't a good extension available. Some sample suggestions, from Apple: Create a citation for the current webpage and copy it to my clipboard Create a 3-minute focus timer for the page Set the minimum font size to 14pt Turn the page into pirate speak Style websites like 90s websites with bold colors and type Every time I open a new tab, draw me a different flower Highlight and show the dimensions of webpage elements when I tap on them Enter the design mode for a website so that I can edit the contents Safari can also automatically organize your tabs into categories and watch a webpage and let you know if there are changes. For more, read our iOS 27 Safari guide . Home App Use HomeKit Secure Video cameras? They now support 2K and 4K recording. There's also a new AI feature that gives you text descriptions for what's happening in your home, and there's an option to search through videos using natural language to find something you're looking for. The AI features require a 2TB iCloud + plan for one camera and a higher plan for more cameras, but the 4K streaming doesn't. For more on what's new in the Home app, check out our iOS 27 Home guide . AirPods EQ If you've ever wanted to adjust the sound of your AirPods, you can do so with new AirPods customization options that let you tweak mids, highs, and lows. Custom EQ is available for AirPods 4, AirPods 5 , AirPods Pro 2, AirPods Pro 3 , and AirPods Max 2 . Shortcuts If you find the Shortcuts app intimidating , it's easier to use in iOS 27. You can tell the Shortcuts app what you want to be able to accomplish with a shortcut, and it'll make it using AI. You can then refine it with further natural language requests, or manually edit. More on Shortcuts is available in our Shortcuts guide . How to Install iOS 27 You can install iOS 27 the same way any iOS update is installed. Open the Settings app, go to General, tap on Software Update, and wait for the iOS 27 update to pop up. Apple will also send out prompts suggesting that users upgrade to the new operating system. More iOS 27 Info If you want to see a complete list of the features available in iOS 27, you can find that information in our full iOS 27 roundup . Related Roundups: iOS 27 , iPadOS 27 Related Forum: iOS 27 This article, iOS 27 Now Available: 10 Features to Try First first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
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iOS 27: Major features, compatible iPhones, updates, and more
Macworld Apple unveiled iOS 27 at WWDC on June 8, 2026 . It immediately entered a beta-testing phase, and was widely released on September 14. There are three main sets of features in this update: Siri AI, which is an entirely new Siri architecture with a dedicated Siri app, new features for parental safety, and a big emphasis on system improvements like faster performance and a lot of quality-of-life features users have been asking for. iOS 27 supports every iPhone back to the iPhone 11 and iPhone SE (2nd generation), although some Apple Intelligence and Siri features will require newer hardware. This hub covers everything Apple has confirmed for iOS 27, including new features, compatible iPhones, beta updates, Apple Intelligence improvements and whats changing with Siri. We also cover notable discoveries from the beta and the latest updates following the launch. Whats New in iOS 27 at a Glance Siri AI : Apples new Siri AI combines personal context, onscreen awareness and web knowledge to deliver more natural conversations, richer answers, app actions and cross-device chat history. Apple Intelligence across apps : Apple Intelligence expands across Safari, Photos, Messages, Mail, Calendar, Home and Shortcuts, adding smarter suggestions, automation, image generation and context-aware assistance. Smarter Photos editing : Photos gains Spatial Reframing, Extend and an upgraded Clean Up tool, allowing users to improve composition, expand images and remove distractions more naturally. Child safety and parental controls : New parental controls include Ask to Browse, Time Allowances, app schedules and enhanced Communication Safety tools designed to give parents more control. System Improvements : Apple has made many system operations faster and more efficient, which will be especially noticeable on older phones. Battery life may be longer, and there are dozens of small quality-of-life improvements throughout the system and its apps. iOS 27 release date: When did Apple release iOS 27? September 14, 2026 Apple made iOS 27 widely available on September 14 at around 10am Pacific Time. iOS 27 beta Whats coming next? Latest beta: None, but iOS 27.1 beta should be available soon Apple hasnt released the first iOS 27.1 beta yet, but it is expected soon. The update is likely to include some of the features Apple has already announced for later in 2026. Among these are several new Audio Intelligence features for the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, as well as a redesigned Health app with AI-powered insights at its core. iOS 27.1 could also include some of the software features needed to support the iPhone Duo. Siri AI in iOS 27 Apple By far the biggest upgrade in iOS 27 is Siri AI an entirely new architecture for Siri. Apple says it is more personal, conversational, and capable than the current assistant, with support for natural follow-up questions, personal context, onscreen awareness and up-to-date information from the web. Siri AI features More natural conversations : Siri AI can understand open-ended questions, follow-up requests and more complex natural language, making interactions feel less like issuing simple voice commands. Personal context : Siri can draw on information stored in Messages, Mail, Photos and Notes to find details and answer questions. For example, you could ask it to find information buried in an old email or message. Onscreen awareness : Siri can understand what youre viewing and act on it, such as saving an address from a message, adding an event to Calendar or answering questions about an article. Camera intelligence : A new Siri Camera mode lets you show Siri something through the iPhones camera, then ask questions or perform actions based on what it sees. More capable app actions : Siri can perform tasks within apps such as Messages, Music and Reminders. It can, for example, edit a recently sent message, add a song to a playlist or handle more complex Apple Music requests. Better general knowledge and web answers : Siri can use information from the web to answer questions about recent events and tackle more specific or complicated queries than before. Conversation history across devices : A dedicated Siri app lets users revisit previous conversations, pin important chats and continue conversations across Apple devices using iCloud syncing. More natural Siri voices : Siri gains more expressive voices, with controls on compatible devices for adjusting speaking pace and expressiveness. Voice customization requires an iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone Air or newer. Improved dictation : Better speech recognition, automatic punctuation, capitalization and formatting allow users to dictate more naturally when converting speech into text. AI-assisted message replies : Siri can compose contextual replies in Messages using the conversation, personal information and web searches. Shortcuts can also automate replies to selected contacts, although manual Siri-assisted replies allow users to check and edit the response before it is sent. Read about what happened when we made Siri AI Answer all our Messages . How good is Siri AI? Siri AI represents a significant improvement over the old Siri, particularly when handling conversational questions, current information, and personal context. It also has a dedicated app where you can see and continue previous conversations, upload images or documents, and more. Even in our early tests during the beta , Siri AI proved to be much more helpful and useful. Its definitely one of the biggest reasons to upgrade to iOS 27, potentially changing Siri from a basic voice-command system into a more general way of interacting with the iPhone. Apples approach to AI safety also appears more restrained than some rival chatbots, with Siri designed to avoid excessive flattery, pretending to be human, or responding inappropriately to potentially harmful requests. However, Siri AI is launching as a beta feature and still requires a bit of polish. Its also only available in English at first, with a handful of other languages/regions coming in October with iOS 27.1. Regional Siri AI availability Siri AI will not initially be available on iPhone or iPad in the EU. It will also remain unavailable in China while Apple works through regulatory issues. The first release only supports the English language, and initially has Expressive Voices for English (UK) and English (US). Several other languages are coming with the iOS 27.1 update in October. Siri AI compatibility Siri AI requires an iPhone 15 Pro or later, and the new expressive voices feature requires an iPhone 17 Pro or the new iPhone 18 Pro. Apple Intelligence across apps As well as Siri AI, the enhanced Apple Intelligence will power new features in Apples core apps throughout iOS 27. Safari can organize tabs into topics, monitor webpages for changes and even build extensions from natural-language descriptions. Photos gains a new Spatial Reframing edit tools including an upgraded Clean Up feature. Messages, Mail, and Calendar can now understand context, suggest actions and create events from simple descriptions. New features coming to apps in iOS 27 iOS 27 brings a mix of major Apple Intelligence upgrades and smaller quality-of-life improvements across Safari, Photos, Messages, AirPods, Passwords, Wallet, and other core iPhone apps. Apple is also making iOS more adaptable to different screen sizes and orientations, which are changes necessary for the iPhone Duo . Safari Safari can automatically group open tabs into topics, making related pages easier to find. A new Notify Me feature will monitor webpages and alert you to changes such as price drops or products coming back into stock. Theres also a new Describe an Extension feature which lets users create custom Safari extensions simply by explaining what they want the extension to do. Apple Photos Photos gains significantly more powerful AI editing tools . Reframe can alter the composition and perspective of an existing photo, while Extend generates new image content beyond the original frame when straightening a horizon or changing the aspect ratio. Apple Clean Up has also been improved, with Fast and High Quality modes for removing unwanted objects or details. High Quality mode can produce considerably more natural results, although more ambitious edits can still introduce distortions or invented details. Photos also adds new categories and the ability to save a frame from a video as a full-resolution photo. The resulting HEIF or JPG retains the videos original resolution, date, and location metadata rather than simply creating a screenshot. Camera iOS 27 features a new more customizable camera interface that lets you pin the controls you use most often. For the iPhone 18 Pro, there are also pro controls like white balance, shutter speed, and manual focus along with Apple Reference Image , an authentication system designed to prove that a photo or video was genuinely captured on an iPhone and has not subsequently been manipulated. The new Siri mode in the Camera app is a more convenient and logical way to access the Visual Intelligence features that used to require either a long-press of the camera button or a Control Center button. Messages Foundry Messages gets several useful improvements. You can decide what the microphone button beside the text field does . Under Settings > Apps > Messages > Show in Text Field , it can be set to Record Audio, Start Dictation, or None. Disabling it does not remove either feature: dictation remains available from the keyboard and audio messages remain in the + menu. Voice-message playback controls are easier to access, while Apple Intelligence can suggest actions based on a conversation, such as creating a reminder, making a note, or finding relevant photos. Messages also gains smarter suggested replies that can better reflect the users writing style. Drawing Foundry A new dedicated Drawing app replaces the old hidden handwriting interface. Accessible from the + menu, it uses the familiar pens, colours and drawing controls found in Notes and Markup, with finished drawings sent as images. Mail Mail gains more context-aware smart replies, including responses that can better match the users usual writing style. Apple Intelligence can also surface information from Mail elsewhere in iOS. For example, the Phone app could retrieve a flight confirmation number from an email when you call an airline. Phone A new Call Context feature can surface information that may be useful when on a call. Apple says the information is selected according to who you are calling rather than by listening to the conversation. For example, calling an airline could cause iOS to surface the relevant flight confirmation from Mail. Birthday reminders can also appear when calling contacts whose birthdays are stored on the iPhone. FaceTime FaceTime gains Dual Capture, allowing the front and rear cameras to be used at the same time during a call. Passwords Passwords in iOS 27 will fix things for you. Apple The Passwords app continues to warn about weak, reused and compromised credentials, but iOS 27 goes a step further by offering to fix some of them automatically. Using Apple Intelligence, Passwords can visit supported websites, change a vulnerable password and save the replacement credentials. See: Apple got rid of my biggest password headache . The usefulness of the feature will depend on how widely websites are supported and how well it handles obstacles such as two-factor authentication and unusual account-management interfaces. Shortcuts Shortcuts gains Describe a Shortcut, allowing users to create automations simply by explaining what they want to happen. Apple Intelligence interprets the request and assemble the appropriate actions across supported apps, potentially making Shortcuts significantly easier to use for people unfamiliar with building automations manually. Calendar Calendar can create or modify events from natural-language instructions. Apple says the app can recognize contacts, locations, dates and other event details as users type, reducing the amount of information that needs to be entered manually. Siri can also create complete Calendar entries for information that is on your screen in that moment, or by taking a picture with the Siri mode in the Camera app. Image Playground Image Playground is considerably more powerful and realistic. Apple says it can create photorealistic images and lets users modify generated pictures simply by describing the changes they want. Individual objects can also be selected, resized, or repositioned. AI-generated images will include a SynthID watermark identifying them as synthetic content. Wallet Wallet can create custom passes from QR codes. Users can add their own fields and information to the pass, and passes automatically sync to Apple Watch. Weather Weather gets a clearer, more detailed forecast interface, with rearranged information tiles and new 10-day views showing precipitation probability/amount and wind speed throughout each day. Home app Apple Intelligence comes to the Home app for compatible HomeKit Secure Video cameras. It can group related camera notifications, describe recorded video and highlight clips that appear particularly noteworthy. Maps Apple Maps improves Flyover using higher-quality aerial imagery and Visual Intelligence models. Apple says this produces sharper architectural detail and more realistic rendering of elements such as individual trees. Podcasts Video podcasts become easier to use, with improved controls for switching between watching a podcast and simply listening to it. Fitness Workout summaries have been redesigned to make them easier to share. Users can also hide completed Fitness+ workouts. iOS 27 changes beyond the iPhone CarPlay CarPlay gains an audio scrubber, giving drivers and passengers more direct control when moving through audio tracks and other content. AirPods iOS 27 introduces several new AirPods features . A new Custom EQ lets users independently adjust bass, mids and treble using a simple three-band equalizer under Settings > AirPods > Audio and Routing > Equalizer > Custom . Compatible AirPods also gain improved Precision Finding through Find My, making individual earbuds easier to locate. Some features require both iOS 27 and compatible AirPods firmware. Read How to tune your AirPods with a custom EQ in iOS 27 . Other changes in iOS 27 Its not only individual apps that are seeing changes. Home Screen and landscape mode Apple is making iOS significantly more flexible when dealing with different screen orientations and sizes. More Apple apps now work properly in landscape, including Health, Home, Music, Weather, and Watch. Dynamic Island and Live Activities can also adapt to landscape orientation. The Home Screen supports extra-large widgets. These changes could simply improve iPhone usability, but theyre also well suited to Apples folding iPhone Duo. iPhone Mirroring in macOS 27 has similarly become freely resizable, with Apple apps dynamically rearranging their interfaces as the window changes shape. Liquid Glass refinements Apple Apple says Liquid Glass has been refined for better readability, more uniform refraction and improved contrast. A new slider lets users adjust the look from ultraclear to fully tinted, while updated icons, toolbars, sidebars and window shapes add polish. Ringtones, alarms and alert volume iOS 27 finally separates several sound-volume controls . Instead of one combined Ringtone and Alerts slider, users can independently adjust: Ringtones Alarms and timers Alerts and system sounds The change is optional. Under Settings > Sounds & Haptics, turning off Match Ringtone Volume reveals separate controls. Media and call volume continue to work independently as before. Keyboard iOS 27 introduces a new quick-paste control above the keyboard. It lets you paste recently copied text, images or screenshots without having to long-press inside a text field, making everyday copy-and-paste considerably faster. Apple has also made the Liquid Glass keyboard design more consistent across apps. Privacy and Find My iOS 27 introduces the ability to temporarily pause Find My location sharing without notifying the person with whom the location is normally shared. Recovery and troubleshooting Apple is also expanding the iPhones recovery interface, giving users more options for diagnosing problems and recovering an iPhone without immediately connecting it to another device. System changes and how iOS 27 makes your iPhone faster Alongside the headline AI features, Apple says iOS 27 includes a wide range of under-the-hood improvements designed to make iPhones faster , smoother and more efficient. Apps can launch up to 30% faster, newly taken photos can appear in the Photos library up to 70% faster, and AirDrop transfers can be up to 80% quicker. External drive transfers should also improve, while updates to network performance and the system-wide search index are designed to make connectivity and finding information faster. The company has also reworked core technologies including CPU scheduling, display performance and processing efficiency. These changes should benefit older iPhones in particular, with Apple promising smoother performance and more efficient battery use on devices as old as the iPhone 11 and second-generation iPhone SE. Our testing of the iOS 27 beta supports those claims. On an iPhone 11 Pro Max, Camera launch time fell from 0.98 seconds in iOS 26 to 0.65 seconds in iOS 27, while Maps improved from 3.01 seconds to 1.36 seconds. Everyday use also feels smoother, with more fluid animations, unlocking, Control Center and app transitions. The phone ran cooler during testing too, which could point to improved system efficiency and potentially better battery performance. More broadly, iOS 27 appears focused on refinement rather than simply adding new features. Apple says it has addressed dozens of common user frustrations, while changes such as more adjustable Liquid Glass effects are intended to improve readability and general usability. That focus should make iOS 27 particularly worthwhile for owners of older iPhones, even on models that do not support Siri AI. Those devices still gain performance improvements alongside features such as clipboard tools for the keyboard, independent alarm and timer volume controls, custom Wallet passes, Photos changes, larger widgets, and Liquid Glass refinements. Child safety and parental controls Apple There are lots of improvements to parental controls, including new time allowances for entertainment, games, and social media, and new schedule tools for different times of day or days of the week. This includes new features like an expansion of the existing ask to buy feature for apps to websites. Before a child can view a new website, theyll have to ask for permission. Ask to Browse : Ask to Browse will expand the current Ask to Buy feature to the web. Children will need to request permission before visiting new websites, and parents can review requests in Messages before approving. Communication Safety : Communication Safety continues to help protect children from viewing or sharing nudity in Messages, FaceTime and other apps. Apple says it will also intervene before children see gore or violent content in shared images and videos. Time Allowances and schedules : Parents can set Time Allowances across categories such as Entertainment, Games and Social Media. Recommendations are based on a childs age combined with guidance from clinical and child development experts. Schedules let parents choose which apps are available at different times or on different days. Redesigned Screen Time : Screen Time gets a redesigned interface with an at-a-glance view of average device usage and most-used apps. Apple says parents can quickly limit or extend access in the moment. Child accounts and family safety : Apple says child accounts remain central to age-appropriate protections. Parents can manage app access, web access, communication permissions and Screen Time settings. Apple says it is working with the American Academy of Pediatrics to adapt its Family Media Plan. Accessibility changes in iOS 27 Accessibility features are smarter and more intuitive in iOS 27: VoiceOver gives richer image descriptions and better understanding of onscreen content. Live Recognition lets users press the Action button to ask questions about their surroundings and receive detailed responses. Voice Control is more intuitive, allowing users to describe onscreen buttons and controls rather than remembering exact coordinate labels or numbers. Accessibility Reader is able to handle more complex source material and provide summaries and translation. iOS 27 compatibility iPhone 11 is supported by iOS 27. Roman Loyola/IDG According to Apple, iOS 27 supports iPhones back to the iPhone 11 and second-generation iPhone SE, although some Apple Intelligence and Siri AI features require newer hardware. Support for iOS 27 does not mean every device gets every feature. Apple Intelligence and Siri AI require an iPhone 15 Pro or iPhone 16 or later, while the most advanced on-device AI models require an iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone Air, or iPhone 18 Pro. On iPad, Apple Intelligence requires an M1-class model or the A17 Pro iPad mini, while the newest on-device models require an M4 iPad with at least 12GB of RAM. There had been speculation that the iPhone 11 series and iPhone SE 2 would miss out on iOS 27 after leaker Instant Digital claimed on Weibo that the 2019 iPhone 11, 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max, along with the 2020 iPhone SE 2, would no longer be supported. That prediction proved incorrect, giving those models at least one more year of software support. However, the iPhone 11 generation is nearing the end of its support life. As we explain in our guide to how long Apple supports iPhones , the iPhone 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max have already been added to Apples Vintage iPhone list . The iOS 27 compatibility list is: iPhone 17e (launched in 2026 ) iPhone 17 , 17 Pro / 17 Pro Max (launched in 2025 ) iPhone Air (launched in 2025 ) iPhone 16e (launched in 2025 ) iPhone 16 / 16 Plus and iPhone 16 Pro / 16 Pro Max (launched in 2024 ) iPhone 15 / 15 Plus and iPhone 15 Pro / 15 Pro Max (launched in 2023 ) iPhone 14 / 14 Plus / 14 Pro / 14 Pro Max (launched in 2022 ) iPhone SE 3 (launched in 2022 ) iPhone 13 / 13 mini / 13 Pro / 13 Pro Max (launched in 2021 ) iPhone 12 / 12 mini / 12 Pro / 12 Pro Max (launched in 2020 ) iPhone SE 2 (launched in 2020 ) iPhone 11 / 11 Pro / 11 Pro Max (launched in 2019 ) The main dividing line for Apple Intelligence remains the iPhone 15 Pro generation: the standard iPhone 15 and all older models can run iOS 27, but they do not support Apple Intelligence. FAQ 1. When was iOS 27 released? iOS 27 was released on September 14, 2026. 2. Which iPhones get iOS 27? The iPhone 11 and iPhone SE 2 and newer get iOS 27. However, Siri AI and other Apple Intelligence features require iPhone 15 Pro or newer, and the new more expressive Siri voices feature requires iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro, or newer. 3. Which iPhones will get Siri AI and Apple Intelligence in iOS 27? The only iPhones that can run Siri AI are the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max and any newer generation. If you have a standard iPhone 15 then you wont get Siri AI and Apple Intelligence.
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Macworld Headline changes in macOS 27 Golden Gate include an all-new Siri AI assistant, major upgrades to apps including Safari, Photos, Messages, Mail and Calendar, expanded child-safety features, design refinements and performance improvements throughout the operating system. Golden Gate continues Apples tradition of naming macOS releases after iconic Californian landmarks. More broadly, the update represents another step in Apples push to make the Mac smarter and more proactive, with greater use of Apple Intelligence across the operating system and a stronger focus on helping users complete everyday tasks more quickly. macOS 27 is supported on all Macs powered by Apple silicon, marking the end of the road for Intel-based Macs. While Intel models wont be eligible for the new operating system, Apple is expected to continue providing security updates for them for some time. This hub covers everything you need to know about macOS 27 Golden Gate, including its new features, compatibility, beta releases and Apple Intelligence upgrades. Whats New in macOS 27 Golden Gate at a glance Apple Here are the top ten new features and changes in macOS 27 Golden Gate. Siri AI : A redesigned conversational Siri that can answer questions, understand personal and onscreen context, access the web and take actions across apps. Apple Intelligence : Systemwide proofreading, smarter writing tools, improved dictation and automatic file and folder naming. Safari upgrades : Automatic tab grouping, webpage change alerts with Notify Me, AI-generated extensions and faster, more efficient browsing. Smarter Messages and Mail : Personalized Smart Reply, better search and syncing, contextual suggestions and improved reliability. New Photos tools : Spatial Reframing, image expansion with Extend, improved Clean Up, and better search and organization. More powerful built-in apps : New features for Passwords, Calendar, Notes, Preview, Freeform, Weather, Shortcuts, and Image Playground. Expanded parental controls : Ask to Browse, improved Screen Time, contact approvals and broader Communication Safety protections. Better Mac gaming : Game Porting Toolkit 4 promises significant performance and compatibility improvements for Windows games. Refined Liquid Glass design : Better readability and consistency, adjustable transparency, cleaner Finder windows, and improved iPhone Mirroring. Faster macOS performance : Quicker app launches, Spotlight, AirDrop and networking, plus improved external-display, Thunderbolt and Bluetooth support. macOS 27 release date: When was macOS 27 released? September 14, 2026 macOS 27 has been in beta since it was unveiled at WWDC in June, but the official version of macOS 27 became available to install on compatible Macs on September 14. macOS 27 Beta Whats coming next ? Apple Apple hasnt released the first macOS 27.1 beta yet, but it is expected soon. Like previous point updates, macOS 27.1 is likely to include security fixes, bug fixes, refinements and possibly features that werent ready for the initial Golden Gate release. Beta software can cause crashes, app compatibility problems, increased battery drain and, in some cases, data loss. If you install a beta, make a full backup first and, ideally, use a secondary Mac, separate volume or external SSD. Heres how you can participate in the beta program we also recommend reading our guide to whether you should install the latest macOS beta . Siri AI: Siri powered macOS 27 features Foiundry Apples biggest focus in macOS 27 Golden Gate is Siri AI, a completely redesigned version of Siri powered by Apple Intelligence. Rather than functioning primarily as a voice assistant, Siri is now a conversational AI that can answer questions, understand personal and onscreen context, access current information from the web and take actions across apps. Siri AI behaves more like a generative-AI chatbot than the Siri of old. It can answer questions directly, understand natural follow-ups and solve problems instead of simply directing users to web searches. At a glance: Whats new with Siri AI? Conversational AI assistant : Siri can handle open-ended questions, brainstorming, research and natural back-and-forth conversations. Dedicated Siri app : A standalone Siri app keeps conversations in one place and syncs them through iCloud, allowing users to start a conversation on one Apple device and continue it on another. Personal context awareness : Siri can understand information in Messages, Mail, Notes, Photos, Maps and files to locate information and provide answers based on your personal data. Web-powered answers : Siri can access current information from the web, making it more useful for research, learning, interview preparation and questions about recent events. App actions and automation : Siri can perform tasks across apps such as Messages, Music, Reminders, Calendar and Maps using natural-language instructions. Spotlight integration : Siri AI is integrated with Spotlight, allowing users to type questions and receive AI-generated answers without opening a browser or separate app. Visual Intelligence : Visual Intelligence comes to the Mac for the first time, allowing Siri to understand selected images, documents, files, text and other content displayed on screen. Apples Visual Intelligence initially placed Blutenburg in Denmark. Macwelt Writing Tools : Siri can generate text, rewrite drafts, summarise content and adjust wording or tone. Apple says it can also adapt writing to the way you typically communicate with particular contacts. Improved dictation : Systemwide dictation gains better speech recognition along with automatic punctuation, capitalization and formatting. Custom Siri voices : Users can choose Siris voice and adjust characteristics such as pace and expressiveness, although some of these capabilities require newer hardware. macOS 27 also contains a Siri AI popover . Selecting text can bring up a small Siri icon offering contextual actions, including Writing Tools, summaries and key points, sending messages or emails, creating calendar events, opening locations in Maps, and tracking flights or packages. The feature is not currently enabled by default and requires Apples FeatureFlags system to activate. Apple also appears to be taking a relatively restrained approach to AI behaviour. In our testing , Siri avoids presenting itself as human, excessive flattery and potentially harmful responses, while generally keeping its answers straightforward. Siri AI has launched as a beta, so users should expect some rough edges and continued improvements. Siri AI is initially available in English. Availability will vary by region. Siri AI is available on Mac and Vision Pro in the European Union , although Siri AI remains unavailable on iPhone and iPad in the EU at launch because of issues related to the Digital Markets Act. It is also unavailable in mainland China while Apple works through regulatory requirements. Which Macs support Siri AI? Siri AI requires a Mac that supports Apple Intelligence, but some of its most advanced capabilities have higher hardware requirements. Apple says its most powerful on-device AI model, expressive Siri voices and advanced dictation require an M3 or later Mac with at least 12GB of unified memory. Macs that support Apple Intelligence but do not meet those requirements can still receive other Siri AI features, although the exact feature set may vary. Safari features in macOS 27 Notify Me in Safari Apple Safari gets several Apple Intelligence-powered upgrades in macOS 27, including smarter tab organization, webpage monitoring, custom extension generation, and performance improvements. Automatic Tab Topics : Safari automatically groups related tabs by topic as you browse, helping keep research and projects organized. These groups can also be saved for later. Notify Me : Safari can monitor webpages for changes and alert you when something happens, such as a product coming back in stock or a price dropping, removing the need to keep refreshing pages manually. Describe an Extension : Users can create custom Safari extensions simply by describing what they want. Safari generates the extension from the text description and add it to the toolbar. Faster, more efficient browsing : Apple says Safari uses less power while improving page-loading speed, JavaScript performance, scrolling, animations and resizing of the Start Page. Get notified. Macwelt Messages and Mail features in macOS 27 Messages and Mail gain deeper Apple Intelligence integration in macOS 27, alongside improvements to search, syncing and everyday reliability. Messages One-Tap Suggestions in Messages : Messages suggests useful actions based on the context of a conversation, such as creating a reminder or note without leaving the chat. Smarter Photo Suggestions : Messages surfaces relevant photos based on people, places and keywords mentioned in a conversation. Personalized Smart Reply : Suggested replies can reflect your usual writing style and adapt depending on who youre messaging. Improved syncing : Messages should sync more reliably across devices, while failed messages automatically retry sending. Mail Personalized Smart Reply : Mail also generates suggested responses that better match your writing style and the person youre replying to. More relevant search : A new ranking system prioritizes the most useful search results, alongside improved search indexing. Faster and more accurate : Apple says Mail loads messages more quickly and provide more reliable unread counts. Photos features in macOS 27 Photos has new AI-powered editing and organization tools in macOS 27, making it easier to improve images, find photos and manage an iCloud library. Spatial Reframing : Photos will intelligently recompose and reframe images after theyve been taken. Extend Tool : A new Extend tool can expand an image beyond its original boundaries, filling in missing areas when changing the crop or aspect ratio. Enhanced Clean Up : Apples Clean Up tool is better at removing larger unwanted objects and distractions from photos. Better organisation and search : Photos adds keywords, star ratings, improved metadata search and other tools for organising a library. Faster iCloud syncing : iCloud Photos can begin uploads more quickly, with an option to prioritize syncing when needed. Other new app features in macOS 27 macOS 27 also brings a wide range of smaller upgrades across Apples built-in apps, with a particular focus on automation, organisation, security and Apple Intelligence. Passwords The Passwords app can automatically identify weak or compromised passwords and, with Apple Intelligence, visit supported websites, change the password and save the new credentials. This could remove much of the manual work involved in updating large numbers of old or leaked passwords, although questions remain over website compatibility, two-factor authentication and how consistently the feature will work. Read: Apple finally got rid of my biggest password headache. Image Playground Image Playground gets a substantial AI upgrade, including the ability to create photorealistic images and make more convincing edits to existing pictures, such as changing colours, hair and other details. Apple continues to apply safeguards around real people, copyrighted characters and distinctive artistic styles. Foundry Calendar Calendar gains natural-language event creation, making it possible to describe an event rather than manually entering every detail. It can also make changes to multiple events at once. Preview Preview supports more document formats, improves PDF editing and saves PDF files more quickly. Notes Notes gains drawing tools for sketching with a mouse or trackpad, along with digital signatures, Markdown copy-and-paste and links to sections within notes. Notes now features a drawing tool as well as the ability to create and use digital signatures. Foundry Freeform Freeform adds drawing tools, collaborative folders and improved organisation, including the ability to sort boards into folders. Full dark-mode support also changes the appearance of the drawing canvas. In Freeform, boards can now be organised into folders. Foundry Weather Weather gets a clearer and more detailed forecast interface, with reorganised information tiles and enhanced 10-day forecasts showing precipitation probability and amount, as well as wind speeds throughout the day. In the Weather app, the tiles have been rearranged, and there are separate 10-day forecasts for precipitation and wind (circled in red). Foundry Shortcuts Shortcuts gains a redesigned editor, more automation capabilities and one of macOS 27s more ambitious AI features: the ability to turn natural-language instructions into working automations. Shortcuts can start automatically when a specific event occurs. Thomas Armbrster Parental Controls Apple expands its family-safety tools with Safaris Ask to Browse, improved Screen Time and Time Allowances, contact approvals, and broader Communication Safety protections. The changes give parents more control over what children can access and who they can communicate with without completely locking down the Mac. Accessibility, Shared Albums and Suggestions macOS 27 also includes accessibility improvements, expanded Shared Albums, and more contextual Suggestions throughout the operating system. Game Porting Toolkit 4 Apples Game Porting Toolkit 4 arrives alongside macOS 27 and promises significant improvements for running and porting Windows games on Apple silicon Macs. Early beta testing suggests substantial performance gains . On an M4 Pro MacBook Pro, GTA V reportedly increased from around 106fps to 176fps, while Red Dead Redemption 2 improved from roughly 60fps to 75fps. The results suggest software compatibility, rather than raw Apple silicon performance, is increasingly the main obstacle to better Mac gaming. Improvements to Game Porting Toolkit could make Windows titles more practical to run and easier for developers to bring to macOS. Design and Interface Changes in macOS 27 Apple macOS 27 Golden Gate refines the Liquid Glass redesign introduced in macOS 26, with Apple focusing on readability, consistency and usability rather than another major visual overhaul. Changes include: Improved Liquid Glass : Stronger contrast, better readability and more consistent refraction effects across windows, menus and controls. Customizable transparency : Users can adjust the Liquid Glass effect in System Settings, from a clearer appearance to a more heavily tinted look. Cleaner Finder and toolbars : Finder sidebars are more clearly defined, toolbars are more consistent, and edge-to-edge sidebars replace some of the floating elements introduced in macOS 26. More consistent windows : Window corners, controls and active-window highlighting have been standardized to make the interface feel more coherent. Updated icons and menus : Menu-bar and app icons gain sharper outlines, improved contrast and more depth, while unnecessary menu icons have been reduced. Smoother window management : Mission Control and Spaces animations have been refined, and active windows should be easier to distinguish. New wallpapers and screensavers : Golden Gate-themed backgrounds include animated daytime and nighttime views of the bridge. Swipe to refresh : Supported Mac apps gain a swipe-down-to-refresh gesture. Improved iPhone Mirroring : iPhone Mirroring adds Control Center access, resizable app windows and support for DRM-protected video. Foundry Performance improvements and system changes in macOS 27 Apple says macOS 27 focuses on speed, efficiency and everyday usability, with improvements across apps, networking, displays and system tasks. Most of these changes do not require Apple Intelligence. Changes include: Faster overall performance : Apps should launch more quickly, while an optimized CPU scheduler improves system responsiveness. Faster Spotlight and setup : Spotlight indexing and new user-account creation are quicker. Faster file transfers and networking : AirDrop and network file browsing are faster, while Ethernet status can appear in the menu bar. Thunderbolt and Bluetooth improvements : RDMA over Thunderbolt has been improved, alongside more efficient Bluetooth power management. Faster Safari : The Safari Start Page loads more quickly, with broader browser performance improvements. Better external-display support : New high-resolution and high-refresh-rate modes include 5K at 120Hz, alongside improved display-position persistence, HDR support for the macOS interface and 5K Mac mirroring. Apple Intelligence powered changes: AI-powered file naming requires Apple Intelligence : macOS can suggest filenames and folder names based on their contents, including in Pages, Numbers, TextEdit and Finder. Systemwide proofreading requires Apple Intelligence : Apple Intelligence provides automatic proofreading and improved spelling and grammar suggestions throughout macOS. Apple Intelligence privacy : Apple says AI processing happens on-device where possible, with Private Cloud Compute used for more demanding tasks. Data processed in the cloud is not stored or made accessible to Apple. macOS 27 Compatible Macs The MacBook Neo and other Macs in Apples current lineup will all be compatible with macOS 27. Foundry Apple states that macOS 27 Golden Gate is compatible with: MacBook Neo (A18 Pro, 2026) MacBook Air (Apple silicon, 2020 and later) MacBook Pro (Apple silicon, 2020 and later) iMac (Apple silicon, 2021 and later) Mac mini (Apple silicon, 2020 and later) Mac Studio (2022 and later) Mac Pro (Apple silicon, 2023 and later) All supported Macs can run Apple Intelligence, although some of the most advanced Siri AI features require an M3 or later Mac with at least 12GB of unified memory. What about Intel Macs? macOS 27 marks another major step in Apples transition away from Intel. macOS 26 Tahoe was the final version to support Intel Macs, and Apple is now encouraging developers to remove Intel code from their apps and focus on Apple silicon. macOS 27 will also be the final version to support Rosetta , Apples translation technology for running Intel-only apps on Apple silicon Macs. Those apps will continue to work in macOS 27, but will stop working in macOS 28 unless developers release Apple silicon-native versions. To help users prepare, macOS 27 includes an Intel-app checker in System Settings that lists Intel-based apps used during the past year. If you still rely on any essential Intel-only software, now is a good time to look for updates or alternatives before upgrading to macOS 28. What happens to DVD support? macOS 27 also begins the phase-out of Apples native DVD support . Apple has removed the DVDPlayback framework from the macOS 27 SDK and says it will disappear completely in a future version of macOS. Golden Gate may still include the DVD Player app, but it is likely to be the last macOS release with Apples built-in DVD playback support. Users who still watch DVDs on a Mac will increasingly need to rely on third-party software such as VLC. FAQ 1. When was macOS 27 Golden Gate released? September 14, 2026. 2. Should I install macOS 27? Golden Gate builds on macOS 26 Tahoe rather than reinventing macOS all over again. The biggest changes come from Siri AI and Apple Intelligence, alongside improvements to Safari, Spotlight, Photos, parental controls, and everyday system performance. But how much has actually changed since macOS 26 Tahoe , and is macOS 27 worth installing? We have a separate article that explains how Golden Gate compares with macOS Tahoe and which Macs will benefit most from upgrading . 3. Which Macs can run macOS 27? All M-series Macs can run macOS 27, and the MacBook Neo. Certain Siri AI features most powerful on-device model, expressive voices and advanced dictation are only available for M3 Macs and newer. 4. Should Intel Mac owners upgrade now? Intel Mac owners should start planning a move to Apple silicon, particularly if they want macOS 27, Apple Intelligence or continued access to the latest Mac features. The transition away from Intel hardware has reached a critical turning point, with software support rapidly vanishing and a new generation of affordable entry-level hardware making the switch more accessible than ever. Apple has confirmed that macOS 27 will not support any Intel-based Macs. While a small number of Intel models may receive security patches for older versions of macOS until September 2028, they are already excluded from modern flagship features. Those with Intel Macs also miss out on many features, including Apple Intelligence. 5. Will macOS 27 support Rosetta and Intel apps? macOS 27 will run Intel-only Mac apps through Rosetta 2. However, macOS 27 will be the final version of macOS to support Rosetta 2 as a general-purpose translation technology for running Intel-based Mac apps on Apple silicon. Rosetta has acted as a transition layer since Apple introduced its own Mac chips in 2020, translating x86_64 Intel instructions so older software can run on Apple silicon. After macOS 27, most Intel-only Mac apps will no longer work unless developers release Apple silicon-native versions, although Apple will retain limited Rosetta functionality for some older, unmaintained games. Apple is already preparing users for the change. Since macOS 26.4, Macs can display warnings when launching apps that rely on Rosetta, encouraging users (and the app developers) to update to Apple silicon-native versions before general Rosetta support ends. In macOS 28, most Intel-only apps will no longer run unless developers update them for Apple silicon. 6. When is macOS usually updated? Here is a history of release dates for macOS: macOS 27 Golden Gate: September 14, 2026 macOS 26 Tahoe: September 15, 2025 macOS 15 Sequoia: September 16, 2024 macOS 14 Sonoma: September 26, 2023 macOS 13 Ventura: October 25, 2022 macOS 12 Monterey: October 25, 2021 macOS 11 Big Sur: November 19, 2020 macOS 10.15 Catalina: October 7, 2019 macOS 10.14 Mojave: September 24, 2018 macOS 10.13 High Sierra: September 25, 2017 macOS 10.12 Sierra: September 20, 2016
Apple Releases macOS Tahoe 26.7 and macOS Sequoia 15.8
Alongside macOS Golden Gate , Apple today released new versions of macOS Tahoe and macOS Sequoia. macOS Tahoe 26.7 and macOS Sequoia 15.8 are available for users with older Macs or those who don't yet want to update to Golden Gate. The updates can be downloaded through the Software Update section of the System Settings app. On Macs eligible to install macOS Golden Gate, users will see both the macOS Tahoe 26.7 update and the new macOS Golden Gate update. macOS Tahoe 26.7 and macOS Sequoia 15.8 include security fixes, likely the same fixes that are in macOS Golden Gate. Related Roundup: macOS Tahoe Related Forum: macOS Tahoe This article, Apple Releases macOS Tahoe 26.7 and macOS Sequoia 15.8 first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
Apple Releases iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 With Siri AI and Liquid Glass Update
Apple today released iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 , the newest operating system updates for the iPhone and iPad . The software is available for free on all compatible devices, and can be downloaded over the air by going to Settings > General > Software Update. It can take several minutes for the updates to propagate to all users due to high demand on launch day. iOS 27 can be installed on all iPhones that run iOS 26 , which includes the iPhone SE 2 and the iPhone 11 series and later. iPadOS 27 is available on the 2nd-generation and later iPad Pro , 4th-generation and later iPad Air , 6th-generation and later iPad mini , and the A16 iPad. The updates introduce Siri AI, the smarter and more capable version of Siri. You may need to sign up to use Siri AI after updating, which you can do in the Settings app under the Siri section. Along with Siri AI and a dedicated Siri app, there are updates to the Liquid Glass design, and a long list of new Apple Intelligence features. To use the new AI features, you need an iPhone that supports Apple Intelligence, which includes the iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, all iPhone 16 models, all iPhone 17 models, and all iPhone 18 models. For iPad, Apple Intelligence is available on M-series devices and the A17 Pro iPad mini. There are no fees for Siri AI and other Apple Intelligence features yet, but Apple may start charging for higher usage in the future. Apple's release notes for the update are below. Siri AI (All iPhone 16 models and later, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max) - A more capable and conversational version of Siri is rolling out to users. It helps you find what you need and get more done, drawing on capabilities like personal context understanding, app actions, onscreen awareness, and access to broad world knowledge - New voice experience offers more expressive and natural-sounding voices, and lets you customize expressivity and pace to make Siri more personal to you using powerful on-device models on iPhone Air and iPhone 17 Pro models and later - Dedicated Siri app provides an easy way to revisit an existing conversation or kick off a new one, and privately syncs conversations across your Apple products with iCloud - Siri mode in Camera integrates Visual Intelligence into the Camera app, letting you ask questions and take action with what's in front of you, like splitting a bill or looking up nutritional info for a plate of food - Write with Siri enables you to generate a draft from scratch, edit what you've written, or get feedback from Siri virtually anywhere you type. In Messages & Mail, Siri personalizes your writing style based on your relationships, and uses unique phrases and punctuation that you've previously used in your conversations with those people Apple Intelligence across apps (All iPhone 16 models and later, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max) Photos - Spatial Reframing lets you adjust the composition of a photo after it was taken by virtually changing the camera position - Extend tool intelligently expands images beyond their edges with realistic infill, so you can straighten horizons, change aspect ratios, or add more space around a subject - Clean Up supports removing even larger objects, with more realistic, high-quality results, and you can choose between Fast mode for small blemishes or High Quality for more intricate edits Safari - Organize by Topic uses Apple Intelligence to sort your tabs, analyzing webpages and automatically grouping similar tabs together - Notify Me can periodically check a webpage for updates, like price changes and item availability - Describe an Extension lets you create a custom extension using natural language to adjust your view of a website's content or formatting - All-new Image Playground uses a new generative model to make high-quality images in virtually any style, including photorealistic, lets you modify your images using touch and natural language, and lets you generate Lock Screen wallpapers and Contact Posters with personalized suggestions - Describe a Shortcut lets you use natural language to create a shortcut or refine an existing one Home - Summarized activity notifications combine related alerts across accessories into a single notification - Video descriptions for HomeKit Secure Video recordings summarize what's happening in a clip for eligible iCloud+ subscribers - Camera clip search lets you find specific moments from your HomeKit Secure Video cameras by searching in the Home app or Spotlight when on an eligible iCloud+ plan - Describe an event in Calendar lets you use natural language to create an event, and details like the time, location, invitees, and event title are filled in using Apple Intelligence - Suggestions in Mail help you take action based on the context of your emails, like getting directions to a restaurant you booked - Call Context in the Phone app understands when you're speaking to certain businesses and proactively surfaces relevant information from across your apps, like a confirmation code or a reservation number Accessibility - VoiceOver enhancements include more detailed and contextual image understanding for photos, charts, and screenshots, a conversational experience that lets you ask questions about your screen or surroundings, and a new way to get answers fast with an Action button integration - An enhanced Magnifier experience offers conversational visual assistance for users with low vision, with a high-contrast interface and natural language app controls for zooming and other Magnifier functions - A smarter Accessibility Reader uses intelligence to provide better text cleanup and formatting, images and tables, on-demand summaries, and translation - Voice Control flexible inputs help you navigate your device with just your voice by describing elements on screen in your own words, like ap the gear or ap the button in the top right - And more, including additional ways to create and modify Genmoji, automatic proofreading, and more accurate dictation using an on-device model on iPhone Air and iPhone 17 Pro models and later Child Safety - Improved setup experience for new child accounts lets parents choose the exact apps their kids can access when they set up an iPhone for their child - Ask to Browse gives parents the option to approve each new website before their child can view it - Expanded Communication Safety protections help intervene before children see gore or violent content in shared images and videos - Time Allowances help parents set boundaries around how long kids can use apps across Entertainment, Games, and Social Media apps, offering guidance based on expert research and tailored to each child's age - Schedules let parents choose which apps their kids can access at different points in their day and across weekdays and weekends - Redesigned Screen Time settings give parents at-a-glance information about how their kids use their devices, and controls to adjust access in just a few taps System Improvements - Liquid Glass refinements improve overall readability, and a new slider in Settings lets you personalize its appearance from ultra-clear to fully tinted - Faster performance in experiences across the system, including app launches, new photos loading in your Photos library, and AirDrop transfers - Improved search provides more relevant and comprehensive results in Spotlight, Photos, and Mail - Connectivity Assist enables more seamless transitions between Wi-Fi and cellular networks And more improvements across apps and experiences, including enhancements to iCloud Shared Albums in Photos, Custom EQ for AirPods, support for perimenopause and menopause in Cycle Tracking in the Health app, and independent volume settings for Alarms and Timers For more on the new features, make sure to check out our iOS 27 roundup and our iPadOS 27 roundup . Related Roundups: iOS 27 , iPadOS 27 Tag: Siri Related Forum: iOS 27 This article, Apple Releases iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 With Siri AI and Liquid Glass Update first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
Not sure whether to update to iOS 27? These new iPhone features will convince you
Macworld Even if youre not getting a new iPhone 18 Pro this week, you can still make your old phone feel new again. iOS 27 is here, and the update brings a slew of new features, including the long-awaited Siri chatbot, along with a slew of AI tools across the system and first-party apps. Those averse to artificial intelligence will still appreciate the other unrelated features, design changes, and performance improvements across the board. Hesitant about updating your iPhone? Below are the top additions youre missing out on. Siris awakening Siri AI is the signature feature of iOS 27, baking advanced smarts into the operating system. You get a dedicated app to initiate and store conversations with the chatbot, with support for extensions like ChatGPT. Unlike third-party AI chatbots, however, Siri AIs responses arent limited to world knowledge and web results only. Thanks to Apples deep implementation, Siri AI can access data stored on your iPhone and respond accordingly. So, it can dig through and reference old emails, iMessages, photos, calendar events, notes, and much more. It can also analyze whats currently visible on your screen and take action inside apps. Its truly an all-encompassing AI assistant that other providers cant natively replicate on iOS. Other Siri AI perks include assistance with composing text; the chatbot can proofread, rewrite, adjust the tone, and even write from scratch in any text box if you prompt it to do so. Apps like Apple Mail and Messages also offer smart replies that adapt to your typing style and the ongoing conversation. Its worth noting that youll need an iPhone 15 Pro or newer, and accessing Siri AI may require getting past a potentially lengthy waitlist in the Settings app. But itll be worth it. Siri AI is a dramatc improvement over the version we know now. Foundry AI changes the image iOS 27s AI introductions extend beyond the revamped Siri. The built-in Photos app now offers a trio of AI-powered editing tools two of which are completely new. The existing Clean Up feature now offers an advanced mode that consumes more time and energy, allowing you to conceal more complex objects. Meanwhile, the Extend perk is essentially the opposite of cropping, letting you generate relevant content outside the original photos frame. You also get the Reframe option, which tweaks the angle of the shot using AI. Ive stress tested all three of them, and they generally work reliably. Like most AI features, however, they may hallucinate and generate unpredictable results from time to time. Do note that using any of these tools will add an AI label to the photos metadataregardless of how subtle your edits areand platforms like Instagram will add an AI disclaimer accordingly. Like Siri AI, youll need at least an iPhone 15 Pro to take advantage of these new Photo features. iOS 27 includes several new photo editing tools that use AI to augment your images. Foundry Taming the wild web Safari on iOS 27 similarly adds three new core AI functionalities for the iPhone 15 Pro and later. Notify Me is a simple web crawler that scans selected sites for described changes based on a frequency of your choosing. If youre anticipating a certain update, for example, you can stop manually refreshing the relevant webpage and Safari will alert you whenever it detects it. Secondly, Safari can now automatically categorize different tabs based on their topics. You can then save generated tab groups to revisit them later. Otherwise, you can create Safari web extensions on iOS 27 by prompting the AIsparing you from hunting for niche tools on the App Store. Shortcuts for the rest of us Similar to Safari extensions, iOS 27 lets you generate automations and workflows in the Shortcuts app using text prompts. For long, the app had required users to go through a sophisticated building process, barring tech newbies from creating complex shortcuts. Now, anyone can describe the needed tools using natural language, and the AI will pick the correct actions and sequence. Shortcuts in iOS 27 is more powerful and much easier to use. Foundry Even more Intelligence iOS 27s AI features (again for iPhone 15 Pro and later) can also be encountered in more subtle parts of the system. For example, the Calendar app can now extract event details from a casual text description. Meanwhile, the Phone app will surface useful personal data when relevant calls are made, like reservations and ticket numbers. In Image Playground, you can now generate more realistic images, an upgrade from its predecessors ghastly cartoons. Solid Glass Finally something for all phones: iOS 27 addresses a common Liquid Glass complaint introduced with last years design overhaul. With the latest OS version, you can finally kill the translucency of Liquid Glass and opt for a more opaque look across the system and apps universally. All you have to do is tweak the dedicated slider found under Settings > Appearance > Liquid Glass . Liquid Glass can be as clear or opaque as you want in iOS 27. Foundry And much more Other welcome iOS 27 additions include custom pass creation in Wallet, a quick paste keyboard shortcut when copying items, the ability to save high-resolution video frames, redesigned workout summaries, independent alarm volumes , more landscape apps, extra-large widgets, and more. The update also speeds up app launching and AirDrop, extends battery life , fixes leftover bugs, and patches security vulnerabilities. To install it on an iPhone 11 or newer model, go to Settings > General > Software Update > and hit the Install Now button. Agree to the Terms of Service after reading them thoroughly, and keep your iPhone connected to a power source until the installation concludes.
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Apple Releases iOS 26.7 With Security Fixes
Alongside iOS 27 , Apple today released iOS 26.7, an update to the existing iOS 26 software. Users who check for new software will see iOS 26.7 as the default update, with iOS 27 listed as an option at the bottom of the Software Update interface. According to Apple's release notes, iOS 26.7 includes security fixes, but it does not have any other features. Apple will eventually show iOS 27 as the main update for the iPhone, but that likely won't happen for a few weeks. Users who want to stay on iOS 26 for the time being can do so by opting for iOS 26.7 instead of iOS 27. iOS 27 runs on all of the same iPhones that support iOS 26. Related Roundups: iOS 26 , iPadOS 26 Related Forum: iOS 26 This article, Apple Releases iOS 26.7 With Security Fixes first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
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Apple working on Beats-branded game controllers, report confirms
Macworld A few weeks ago, code references in the first macOS 26.7 release candidate pointed to the imminent launch of two game controller devices . (There were also clues in there to a set of camera-equipped AirPods , but thats another story.) And a new report has now added further detail about the launch plans for these products. In the latest edition of his Power On newsletter, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman confirms that Apple has indeed been working on these iPhone gaming accessories for a bit over a year and is keen to join what the company views as a lucrative market. He doesnt name any sources for this, simply saying, Heres what I know. But Gurmans sources tend to be solid, as you can see with the accuracy of his last-minute iPhone Duo leak just before the launch event last week. The interesting part of Gurmans new report (his words, not mine) is that the game controllers are being developed and, if released, will likely launch under the Beats brand rather than Apples. The company has increasingly been using Beats as a way to experiment with new product categories and capitalize on the third-party accessories market without putting certain types of products under the more premium Apple brand, he explains. This, he argues, is a wise move when developing gaming products. A game controller for the iPhone would need to be relatively affordable in order to reach a wide audience, but as we saw at last weeks Surprise and Shine event, Apple prefers devices that are rather more premium when launching under its own brand. A glance at the Beats section of Apples website illustrates this approach. The cheapest Apple-branded wireless earbuds you can buy are the AirPods 5 , at $129, while the cheapest Beats equivalents are the Beats Flex, at $70. Similarly, the AirPods Max 2 are $549, whereas the similarly featured Beats Studio Pro are $350. Going with the Beats branding also makes sense from a cultural/lifestyle point of view, Gurman claims. Beats is a younger and altogether hipper brand. Apple, by contrast, doesnt appear to get gaming . We should emphasise that Gurman is merely claiming that Apple is and has been working on game controller accessories for the iPhone,a nd theres no guarantee that theyll ever launch. But if they do, hes confident that theyll have a b on them rather than an Apple logo.
Apple Releases watchOS 27 With Siri AI, New Watch Face, Smart Stack Improvements and More
Apple today released watchOS 27 , the newest version of the operating system that runs on the Apple Watch. watchOS 27 is compatible with the Apple Watch Series 9 and later, the Apple Watch Ultra 2 and later, and the Apple Watch SE 3 . watchOS 27 can be downloaded for free on a compatible device through the Settings app on the watch. The update introduces support for Siri AI, a more capable version of Siri that uses personal context and onscreen awareness to help you get things done. There's a new Siri Modular watch face, updates to Smart Stack, improvements to Liquid Glass, and a consolidated Find My app. Apple's release notes for the update are below. Siri AI - A more capable and conversational version of Siri is rolling out to users. It helps you find what you need and get more done, drawing on capabilities like personal context understanding, app actions, onscreen awareness, and access to broad world knowledge - New voice experience offers more expressive and natural-sounding voices, and lets you customize expressivity and pace to make Siri more personal to you using powerful on-device models on paired iPhone Air and iPhone 17 Pro models and later - Dedicated Siri app provides an easy way to revisit an existing conversation or kick off a new one, and privately syncs conversations across your Apple products with iCloud Apple Intelligence across apps - Workout Buddy delivers motivation with new insights and is now available without your iPhone nearby when you have a Wi-Fi or cellular connection - Call Context in the Phone app understands when you're speaking to certain businesses and proactively surfaces relevant information from across your apps, like a confirmation code or a reservation number Cycle Tracking - Cycle deviation notifications that are suggestive of perimenopause can be received by those age 40 and over Watch Faces - Siri Modular face features a rectangular complication that mirrors the top widget of the Smart Stack, which dynamically updates to show the most relevant widget, as well as a Siri complication to quickly invoke Siri Smart Stack - Single-handed tap gesture enables you to tap your index finger and thumb together once to select a widget in the Smart Stack, even if your other hand is occupied - New suggestion widgets will be surfaced when most relevant to you, including a Parked Car location, birthday reminders for a close contact, balance changes on a transit card, Noise app after a loud noise notification, and more System Improvements - Dynamic app grid highlights your most popular and recently used apps - Find My app is now consolidated into one app to show People, Devices, and Items with a map-centric interface - Media playback now starts faster - Workout app makes distance calculations during treadmill workouts even more accurate from the first step of every walk or run - Fitness app features more accurate route maps after workouts - Battery extension notifications may be proactively offered to disable certain features to increase battery life, including gestures, Start Workout reminders, and Raise to Speak method of invoking Siri - Shazam in the Smart Stack and Music Recognition app identifies songs offline without an internet connection and delivers results automatically when you're back online - Liquid Glass refinements improve readability with more uniform refraction and improved contrast Siri AI in watchOS 27 requires an Apple Intelligence-capable iPhone, which includes the iPhone 15 Pro models, the iPhone Air , and all iPhone 16 , iPhone 17 , and iPhone 18 models. Related Roundups: watchOS 26 , watchOS 27 Tag: Siri Related Forum: Apple Watch This article, Apple Releases watchOS 27 With Siri AI, New Watch Face, Smart Stack Improvements and More first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
Apple Releases visionOS 27 With Siri AI and New Spatial Experiences
Apple today released visionOS 27, the newest version of the visionOS operating system that runs on the Apple Vision Pro . It is a free update available on both versions of the Vision Pro headset. visionOS 27 can be downloaded by opening the Settings app, selecting the General section, and choosing Software Update. Installing the update requires the headset to be removed, and a progress bar appears EyeSight display. visionOS 27 adds support for Siri AI, a smarter version of Siri that can access your personal information and do more in and between apps. Siri supports Visual Intelligence for asking questions about objects on your screen or in your physical environment. The update adds a new spatial scene feature for panoramic photos, a Thrsmrk Environment, and immersive Safari environments on supported websites. Apple's release notes for visionOS 27 are below. Siri AI (Apple Vision Pro with M2 and later) - A more capable and conversational version of Siri is rolling out to users. It helps you find what you need and get more done, drawing on capabilities like personal context understanding, app actions, onscreen awareness, and access to broad world knowledge - Place Siri anywhere in your space and it stays pinned there, ready to help - Look and speak to Siri without saying Hey Siri. Just look at Siri and start speaking - Dedicated Siri app provides an easy way to revisit an existing conversation or kick off a new one, and privately syncs conversations across your Apple products with iCloud - Visual Intelligence lets you ask Siri about physical objects in your room or content on your screen, just by looking at them - Write with Siri enables you to generate a draft from scratch, edit what you've written, or get feedback from Siri virtually anywhere you type - New voice experience offers more expressive voices, and lets you customize expressivity and pace to make Siri more personal to you using powerful on-device models on Apple Vision Pro (M5) Apple Intelligence across apps (Apple Vision Pro with M2 and later) Safari - Organize by Topic uses Apple Intelligence to automatically group your Bookmarks and Reading List by topic, so related pages are easier to find Image Playground - All-new Image Playground uses a new generative model to create high-quality images in virtually any style, including photorealistic, and lets you modify images using natural language Home - Summarized activity notifications combine related alerts across accessories into a single notification - Video descriptions for HomeKit Secure Video recordings summarize what's happening in a clip for eligible iCloud+ subscribers - Camera clip search lets you find specific moments from your HomeKit Secure Video cameras by searching in the Home app Spatial Experiences - Spatial scene panoramas transforms your panoramas into spatial scenes with depth and dimension - Personal Environments allows you to choose a panorama special to you and set it as your own Environment - Windows with curvature help you view content more comfortably in apps including Safari, Freeform, and Apple TV using Multiview - Spatial Preview with supported macOS apps lets you pull 3D models directly from Mac Virtual Display into your space to preview and edit at true scale, with changes reflected in real time - Quick Look enhancements let you visualize changes to 3D models in your space. Change materials, choose wireframes or UV maps, or add annotations - New Environment: Thrsmrk transforms your space into Iceland with two variations: a serene daytime river view and a dramatic night scene with aurora - Freeform spatial groups let you pull multiple items off your board and arrange them in your space, view objects together as a group, and organize boards into collaborative folders - Web environments in Safari render fully immersive 360 backgrounds that surround your physical space System Improvements - Faster Wi-Fi connection enables Apple Vision Pro to connect to Wi-Fi up to 3x faster after powering on - Look to see notifications lets you glance at a notification to expand it, and tap and hold to take action like replying to a message without opening the app - Improved Control Center shows notifications, playback controls, and Environments controls organized into three distinct areas for easier access - High quality recording gives you the ability to capture your unfoveated view in 4K, with full edge-to-edge sharpness for up to 3 minutes - Mirror in high resolution lets you check what you're actively recording on a different device or monitor in 4K - Messages syncing more quickly and reliably updates unread counts and notifications across your devices - New extra small widgets let you customize your space with your favorite apps - Mac Virtual Display widget connects to your Mac with a tap and can be placed anywhere in your space Accessibility - Look to Drive enables you to control a compatible powered wheelchair with your eyes by sending a movement command from Apple Vision Pro to a connected wheelchair accessory - Updated Dwell Control offers a new way to make selections using just your eyes by glancing at a selection marker above the dwell pointer to confirm instantly, instead of waiting for timer The customizable Siri voice requires the M5 Vision Pro, but all other features are available on both models. More information on visionOS 27 is available in our Vision Pro roundup . Related Roundup: Apple Vision Pro Tag: Siri Buyer's Guide: Vision Pro (Neutral) Related Forum: Apple Vision Pro This article, Apple Releases visionOS 27 With Siri AI and New Spatial Experiences first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
Apple today released tvOS 27 after several months of beta testing. tvOS 27 is available for free on the Apple TV 4K. tvOS 27 can be downloaded using the Settings app on the Apple TV. Open up Settings and go to System > Software Update to get the new software. Apple TV owners who have automatic software updates activated will be upgraded to tvOS 27 automatically. tvOS 27 features a redesigned Podcasts app, options for larger text and customizable subtitles, and a more responsive Control Center. AirPlaying to an Apple TV from another Apple device is faster, apps open quicker, and animations are smoother. tvOS 27 works on the 2nd and 3rd generation Apple TV 4K models, and it drops support for the Apple TV HD and the first-generation Apple TV 4K. Related Roundup: Apple TV Buyer's Guide: Apple TV (Don't Buy) Related Forum: Apple TV and Home Theater This article, Apple Releases tvOS 27 first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
Apple Releases HomePod Software 27 With AutoMix Support
Alongside iOS 27 , iPadOS 27 , and macOS Golden Gate , Apple today released new software for the HomePod and HomePod mini . HomePod Software 27 adds AirPlay improvements and support for AutoMix when listening to Apple Music . This update introduces support for AutoMix with Apple Music, which transitions between songs like a DJ does, time stretching and beatmatching to deliver a continuous playback experience. It also delivers improved AirPlay performance, providing faster and more responsive connections when sharing music from iPhone, iPad, or Mac, and provides bug fixes and security updates for your HomePod. HomePod software can be installed on the Home app on the iPhone, iPad , or Mac by selecting on the More button, choosing Home Settings, and then using the Software Update option. If automatic updates are turned on, the new HomePod software will be installed automatically. Related Roundup: HomePod Buyer's Guide: HomePod (Caution) This article, Apple Releases HomePod Software 27 With AutoMix Support first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
macOS 27 Golden Gate vs Tahoe: What
Macworld Should you upgrade to macOS Golden Gate? Upgrade to macOS Golden Gate if you have an Apple Silicon Mac and want the latest Apple Intelligence features. Golden Gate is especially appealing for heavy Spotlight users, Safari users, Shortcuts fans, and families who use parental controls. Note that some features need newer hardware. All Macs with Apple Silicon can run macOS 27, but certain advanced AI features require newer chips and more memory. macOS 27 Golden Gate arrived on September 14, bringing a much smarter Siri, refinements to the Liquid Glass interface, faster performance, improved search and a range of new Apple Intelligence features to the Mac. Golden Gate builds on macOS 26 Tahoe rather than reinventing macOS all over again. The biggest changes come from Siri AI and Apple Intelligence, alongside improvements to Safari, Spotlight, Photos, parental controls and everyday system performance. But how much has actually changed since macOS 26 Tahoe , and is macOS 27 worth installing? Heres how Golden Gate compares with macOS Tahoe and which Macs will benefit most from upgrading. What are the biggest new features in macOS 27 Golden Gate? An overview of the features coming in macOS 27 . Foundry Here is our pick of the macOS Golden Gate features that we think will make the biggest difference. Siri AI could finally become genuinely useful Golden Gates biggest upgrade is the complete overhaul of Siri. Instead of relying mainly on simple commands, Siri can understand personal context, search across files and photos using natural language, compare information, answer questions about whats on screen and perform more complex actions across apps. This could be the most significant Siri upgrade since the assistant first launched. Smarter Search and Spotlight Apple has rebuilt the indexing system that powers Spotlight, Mail and Photos. The result should be faster searches, more relevant results and a better understanding of what users are actually looking for. Since search is something most Mac users rely on throughout the day, this under-the-hood improvement could prove to be one of Golden Gates most useful changes. Safari gets useful automation features Safari gains several AI-powered and automation features designed to reduce everyday friction. Tabs can be organized into related groups, Notify Me can monitor webpages and alert you when content changes, and Safari can automatically update compromised passwords on supported websites. More powerful AI photo editing Golden Gate also brings more advanced editing tools to Photos. Users can extend images beyond their original boundaries, adjust perspective and composition, remove unwanted objects more effectively and create new imagery with Image Playground. Some of these features will arrive in later macOS 27 updates rather than being available at launch. Much stronger parental controls Family features receive a substantial upgrade too. Parents can approve websites through Ask to Browse, approve new contacts, monitor a wider range of potentially harmful content and use updated Screen Time recommendations. For families with children using Apple devices, these are among the most practical improvements in macOS 27. What are the key differences between Golden Gate vs Tahoe? Siri is dramatically more capable, adding personal context, Visual Intelligence, document comparison, and natural-language automation. Liquid Glass has been refined, with better readability, transparency controls, coloured sidebar icons, and improved visual consistency. Parental controls have been expanded significantly, including website approvals, contact approvals, and enhanced Communication Safety. Safari is proactive, adding page monitoring, AI tab management, and automatic password replacement. Search has major backend improvements, enabling it to deliver faster and more accurate results across Spotlight, Mail, and Photos. Feature macOS Tahoe macOS Golden Gate Refined Liquid Glass interface Introduced Liquid Glass design language Better readability, transparency controls, coloured sidebar icons, improved window consistency Expanded Siri AI capabilities Basic Apple Intelligence integration Personal context awareness, Visual Intelligence, file discovery, document comparison, Shortcut creation Stronger parental controls Screen Time and child safety tools became easier to set up Ask to Browse, contact approvals, expanded content monitoring, improved recommendations Smarter Safari automation Improved web app support AI tab grouping by topic, Notify Me monitoring, automatic password replacement New AI photo editing tools Photos app gained Clean Up feature, AI-powered photo search, Image Playground integrated with ChatGPT Generative image expansion, perspective changes, smarter object removal, enhanced Image Playground Performance and search improvements Existing Spotlight improvements Rebuilt indexing engine, faster search, improved Mail and Photos relevance macOS 27 compared to macOS 26 Whats new in macOS Golden Gate? macOS 27 Golden Gate represents a significant step forward for the Mac, with a strong focus on Apple Intelligence, refinements to the Liquid Glass interface introduced in macOS 26 Tahoe, and major improvements to search, Safari, Photos and parental controls. It also marks the end of Intel Mac support, with Golden Gate available only for Macs with Apple silicon. The main changes include: Enhanced parental controls: Stronger family-safety tools, including improved website, contact and Screen Time controls. For families with children using Apple devices, these are among the most practical improvements in macOS 27. Siri AI: A much more capable Siri with better conversational understanding, personal context and onscreen awareness. Improved Apple Intelligence: New AI features that can work across apps and surface relevant information. Faster performance: Quicker app launches, searches, AirDrop transfers and networking, alongside better overall responsiveness. Smarter Spotlight: Faster, more relevant search results across Spotlight, Mail and Photos. AI photo editing: More powerful editing tools in Photos, including image expansion, improved object removal and generative features. Liquid Glass refinements: Improvements to the interface introduced with macOS Tahoe, with better readability and consistency. Safari upgrades: New automation features, smarter tab organization and improved password management. Is the Liquid Glass design any better? Apple macOS Tahoe arrived in 2025 with the new Liquid Glass graphical sheen on the interface. This was rolled out across all Apple products, but its fair to say that it wasnt entirely loved by everyone. The refracted light effect could be quite smart looking, but some complained it was harder to see things clearly. Apple seems to have paid attention, as macOS Golden Gate has been refined to deal with these concerns. Its using a new process, and Apple announced that to ensure exceptional readability, we tuned Liquid Glass so it diffuses complex content behind it much more effectively, while also creating more depth and separation. Theres now the addition of a slider in Settings that allows users to decide on the level of clarity or tint of Liquid Glass, so you can tailor it to your own preferences. Apple has also tweaked the interface in macOS Golden Gate with the addition of toolbars across the tops of apps where there are a number of control options. This adds a bit of needed structure and should keep things legible on the page. Sidebar icons have also been given back their color, so its more instantly distinguishable which option is selected. All app windows will now feature the same rounded corners, to give a more consistent look, and icons have also been given a spruce-up to make them appear fresh. Will Golden Gate make my Mac faster? One of the main focuses of macOS Golden Gate is system performance, with Apple reworking a number of the underlying processes that power the operating system. Early reports from beta testers suggest that the update makes Macs feel noticeably faster and more responsive, with quicker app launches, snappier Spotlight searches, faster AirDrop transfers and improved networking. Some testers have even reported noticeable speed improvements on older supported Macs. Apple has also improved support for external displays, Thunderbolt and Bluetooth, while refinements to the Liquid Glass interface should make macOS feel smoother and more consistent in everyday use. In our own testing of the Golden Gate beta on a MacBook Neo with an A18 Pro chip and 8GB of RAM, Siri performance was perfectly acceptable. There was some processing time when handling requests, but no obvious lag attributable to the chip or limited memory. Search is another area where Apple has made significant changes. A revamped indexing process should provide more accurate Spotlight results, as well as improve the relevance of searches in Mail and Photos. That is particularly welcome after some macOS Tahoe users experienced Spotlight-related freezes, including Macworld staff. As we detailed in System freezes plagued my Mac for months . A simple fix finally solved it, one Mac was found to have nearly 10,000 corrupted files in its Spotlight metadata folder, causing repeated system stalls. Golden Gates reworked indexing system is intended to make search faster and more reliable from the outset. If youre running an Apple silicon Mac, Golden Gate should therefore offer a tangible performance improvement, particularly when launching apps, searching, transferring files and working across the system. There is one important limitation, though: macOS Golden Gate drops support for Intel-based Macs altogether, so Intel Mac owners wont be able to install the update. Parents get more control over child accounts Apple Apple has always been a company that takes security and privacy seriously, and that looks to be enhanced with the additional child-safety features in macOS Golden Gate. Working with the American Academy of Pediatrics, Apple has created a child safety set of tools that starts with a setup guide that allows them to decide on the apps their progeny can use on their device. Of course, this capability was already in place in macOS Tahoe, but now Golden Gate adds an important improvement with Ask to Browse, whereby any new website a child wants to access in Safari has to be approved by the parents (usually via Messages). Theres also an approval restriction for any new contacts a child wants to connect with. Communication Safety now acts not only as a constant monitor for any sexual images or videos that the child is being sent or wants to send, but also for gory or violent content. The idea is to give parents more tools to protect their kids from the darker and more unsavoury elements of digital life.Yes, the settings will mainly apply to iPads and iPhones, but they can be controlled and monitored from your Mac. Time Allowances provide parents with the ability to set daily limits on three categories of content Entertainment, Social Media, and Gaming but it can confusing to know what these should be. Apple now includes recommended amounts for each, as researched by the American Academy of Pediatrics, so they have a good idea of whats healthy. These are determined by age and can be manually adjusted by the parent at any time, as well as the option to set up schedules that vary depending on the day. How much smarter is Siri in Golden Gate? Siri in macOS Golden Gate is significantly more capable thanks to new Apple Intelligence models. You can ask Siri to find files, photos or other information simply by describing what youre looking for. Apple says that the new models work with the principles of Personal Context understanding (all the things relative to you) and Broad world knowledge (all information on the web) to give you the answers you want to questions, be they which shed to buy or where to find those photos of that trip to Paris. Visual Intelligence allows you to highlight something on your screen and ask Siri AI for information about it, and theres the dedicated Siri app that allows you to keep all of your conversations in one place, no matter if they were on your iPhone, iPad or Mac. Apple Theres plenty of scope for Siri AI, with the WWDC demonstration showing the ability to highlight files then ask it to compare them and show you the results, you can also open a context menu and use the Ask Siri option to find out more information about something. Having trouble creating Shortcuts? In macOS Golden Gate you can describe what you want and Siri AI will build it for you. As with any AI software, well need more time with the final release to judge how reliably these features work in everyday use, but they represent a major step forward from macOS Tahoe. Better Writing Tools in Mail and Messages Apple Intelligence first appeared in macOS Sequoia, but there were delays in features being rolled out, so it felt more like the AI era arrived with macOS Tahoe. Writing Tools is probably one of the most used of the AI upgrades, and with macOS Golden Gate these get another level of capabilities thanks to the new AI models. In Mail and Messages you can now not only generate content from a prompt, but Siri AI will tailor it to match the language and styling youd normally use with that particular person. Say, for example, you want to send your client a proposal, then Siri AI will look at previous interactions between you and them and match the style presumably a formal one. While, if you want to let a friend know that youre having a BBQ and want them to come along, Siri AI will produce a suitably amiable and informal draft. It can also analyse any writing youve done and give tips on how it could be improved or made to better suit the situation in which it will be used. Whats new in Safari? Apple Apples browser gets the AI treatment in macOS Golden Gate, with some nice touches that can smooth out life online. The app can automatically group tabs into related topics, which can make researching things a bit more organised. If youre waiting for a news story or box office to open, then the new Notify Me feature will be a godsend. Simply tell Safari to watch the page, then you can carry on with other things while it constantly checks and then notifies you when the change occurs. Change your passwords with Siri AI If youre tired of constantly being bombarded by notifications that several of your passwords have been compromised in some security breach, but dont have the time to sort it out help is at hand. Apple states that you can instruct Safari to automatically go to all those affected sites, log in to your accounts, then create new safe passwords which it stores in the Passwords app. What new AI photo tools are included? Apple You cant have an AI updated without it somehow being related to photo editing, and thats the case with macOS Golden Gate. The new Apple Intelligence models allow for some impressive editing and image creation. You can expand existing images, with the AI generating the extra data to make it look like it was always there. Theres also the ability to change the angle and perspective of an image, essentially meaning you can recompose the shot after the fact. As youd expect, theres also improved ways to remove items from the shots too, creating the perfect moment that never really happened. Image playground also gets beefed up in macOS Golden Gate, with even more ways to auto-generate images from simple prompts, then iteratively alter them by conversing with the AI. Apple did state that this would have daily limits though, with higher allowances linked to your iCloud+ subscription. Which Macs will run macOS 27 Golden Gate Youll be able to upgrade to macOS Golden Gate if you have any of the following hardware: MacBookNeo (2026) MacBookAir with Applesilicon (2020 and later) MacBookPro with Applesilicon (2020 and later) iMac with Applesilicon (2021 and later) Macmini with Applesilicon (2020 and later) MacStudio (2022 and later) MacPro with Applesilicon (2023) Apple does state that some of the high-end AI features will require more modern hardware M3 and 12GB RAM or better but this is limited to things like improved diction and the ability to create voices for Siri, which were thinking shouldnt hamper too many people. When was macOS Golden Gate released? Apple released macOS 27 Golden Gate on September 14, 2026, as a free software update for compatible Macs. Siri AI is rolling out initially in English, while some other Apple Intelligence features are due to arrive in future macOS 27 updates. These include the new Spatial Reframing and Extend tools in Photos, as well as the enhanced Clean Up tool. macOS Golden Gate vs Tahoe: Is it worth upgrading? If your Mac supports macOS Golden Gate, there are plenty of reasons to upgrade. The biggest improvements come from Siri AI and Apple Intelligence, but faster performance, improved search, refinements to Liquid Glass and better parental controls should benefit users even if AI isnt their main reason for updating. Owners of Apple silicon Macs will get the most from Golden Gate, although some of its most advanced features wont be available on every Mac and a handful of headline additions are arriving in later updates. Read How to update macOS.
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iOS 27 vs iOS 26: These are the biggest reasons to upgrade
Macworld Should you update to iOS 27? iOS 27 is worth upgrading for users who want a smarter Siri, new AI-powered photo tools, stronger security and faster everyday performance. Owners of the iPhone 15 Pro and newer models will benefit most from Apple Intelligence, while older supported iPhones miss out on some of the more advanced AI features. iOS 27 arrives on September 14, 2026, bringing one of the biggest upgrades to Siri yet, along with faster performance, new AI-powered photo editing tools, stronger security and a long list of improvements across Apples apps. While iOS 26 introduced headline changes including the Liquid Glass redesign, Call Screening and the first wave of Apple Intelligence features, iOS 27 is more about making the iPhone smarter, faster and more useful. Siri AI is the star of the update, but there are also significant improvements to Photos, Safari, Passwords, parental controls and more. So, how does iOS 27 compare with iOS 26, what do you actually gain by upgrading, and which iPhones get the biggest improvements? Heres what you need to know. iOS 27 vs iOS 26: At a glance iOS 27 may seem a little light on specific new features, with more focus seemingly given to performance, security and sorting out Siri. Heres the main improvements Apple announced: Is Siri better in iOS 27? Yes: iOS 26 introduced Apple Intelligence features; iOS 27 transforms Siri into a contextual AI assistant with cross-app actions. Has performance improved? Yes: iOS 26 focused on features and redesigns; iOS 27 prioritises speed, responsiveness, stability and system optimisation. Whats new for photos? iOS 26 added Visual Intelligence screenshot analysis; iOS 27 adds generative editing, expansion and reframing tools. Whats changed for parents? iOS 26 introduced improved child protections; iOS 27 adds website approvals, category controls and enhanced monitoring. Has the design changed? iOS 26 introduced Liquid Glass; iOS 27 refines it with better readability, clarity and adjustable intensity controls. iOS 27 vs iOS 26 comparison table Category iOS 27 iOS 26 Siri Full Siri AI with personal context, cross-app actions and conversational workflows Basic Apple Intelligence integration, Live Translation, Visual Intelligence Performance Up to 30% faster app launches, 70% faster photo loading, 80% faster AirDrop Standard optimisation Design Refined Liquid Glass with improved readability and adjustable transparency Introduced Liquid Glass interface Photos AI image expansion, object removal, Reframe and enhanced Image Playground Visual Intelligence screenshot analysis Phone Call Context surfaces relevant emails, messages and information during calls Call Screening, Hold Assist, voicemail summaries Security Automatic password replacement for compromised accounts Password management improvements Parental Controls Ask to Browse, category-based limits and expanded safety protections Ask to Buy and Communication Safety Games Largely unchanged New dedicated Games app AI Features Next-generation Apple Intelligence powered by Siri AI and Gemini integration First wave of Apple Intelligence features Focus AI, performance, security and reliability New features and redesign What are the best new features in iOS 27? New features coming in iOS 27 Foundry Better Siri Siri AI is the headline upgrade. It will understand personal context, search messages, photos and emails, perform actions across apps, follow conversational requests and remember previous interactions. It will be able to find information buried in your communications, create reminders and complete multi-step tasks without switching between apps. Automatic fix for compromised passwords One of the most practical additions. Siri will be able to identify compromised passwords stored in the Passwords app, sign into supported services, generate stronger replacements and save them automatically. If it works as demonstrated, it removes one of the biggest barriers to improving online security. New AI photo editing features Photos gain powerful generative editing tools. Users can expand image borders beyond the original frame, remove larger unwanted objects more naturally, and use Reframe to change image perspective while AI fills newly created areas. Image Playground also gains more advanced image generation and style transformations. A faster iPhone Apple says app launches are up to 30% faster, photo libraries load up to 70% quicker and AirDrop transfers can be up to 80% faster. Unlike iOS 26s feature-heavy release, iOS 27 puts significant emphasis on performance, stability and day-to-day responsiveness. New safety features for families Parental controls will become much more granular. Parents will be able to set separate limits for games, entertainment and social media, approve access to unfamiliar websites through Ask to Browse, and benefit from expanded Communication Safety protections that help block sexual or violent content. When will iOS 27 be released? Apple released iOS 27 on September 14, 2026, as a free software update for compatible iPhones. If you are reading this on that day, we expect it to be available from 10am P.T., 6pm in the U.K. The update includes most of the features Apple previewed at WWDC in June, including the new Siri AI, although availability varies by device, language and region. Siri AI is initially rolling out as a beta for supported devices set to English, with French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish support due in October. Which iPhones will support iOS 27? iOS 27 is compatible with the following iPhones: iPhone Duo iPhone 18 Pro Max, iPhone 18 Pro iPhoneAir iPhone17ProMax, iPhone17Pro, iPhone17, iPhone17e iPhone16ProMax, iPhone16Pro, iPhone16Plus, iPhone16, iPhone16e iPhone15ProMax, iPhone15Pro, iPhone15Plus, iPhone15 iPhone14ProMax, iPhone14Pro, iPhone14Plus, iPhone14 iPhone13ProMax, iPhone13Pro, iPhone13, iPhone13mini iPhone12ProMax, iPhone12Pro, iPhone12, iPhone12mini iPhone11ProMax, iPhone11Pro, iPhone11 iPhoneSE (2nd & 3rd generation) One thing to note is that the most advanced on-device AI models will be restricted to iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max and iPhone 16 models or later. This is linked to the amount of RAM available, and youll only miss out on some of the new Siri voice models and dictation accuracy. Everything new in iOS 27 Apple When iOS 26 launched in September 2025, it introduced major changes including the Liquid Glass redesign, a revamped Phone app, and new Apple Intelligence features such as Call Screening, Live Translation, voicemail summaries and Hold Assist. Apple also added a dedicated Games app, redesigned the Camera app and expanded Visual Intelligence with screenshot analysis and ChatGPT integration. Read our comprehensive iOS 26 guide for more information. By comparison, iOS 27 focuses less on introducing entirely new features and more on improving Siri, boosting performance, enhancing security and expanding AI capabilities. Here are the biggest changes coming later this year. An even better Siri A large chunk of Apples keynote was taken up with the new, improved version of Siri. Powered by the next generation of its Apple Intelligence models (which now combines with Googles Gemini technology) Siri AI will bring some advanced features to the platform when it arrives later this year. The new models use two main information pools Personal Context understanding (all the data stored on your iPhone) and Broad world knowledge (all it can draw from the web) combining to provide a complete picture of what youre looking for or want to do. Thanks to deep integration into the OS itself, and in particular Apple apps like Mail, Messages and Photos, Siri AI will be able not only to answer questions in a conversational manner, but it can also monitor communications you have and then offer context-based actions. Apple Say you exchange a few emails with a friend about a potential meet-up. Siri AI can surmise from the text whats going on, then offer to create a Calendar entry for the relevant time and date, all without you needing to ask for anything. It should also be able to find photos or things mentioned in messages just by you asking it to track them down. For example, if someone sent you a message about a new TV show they thought you would like, but you cant remember what it was, you can simply ask Siri AI Hey, what TV show did Paul say I should watch?, which will trigger a search through your conversations to find the answer. In the demonstration, Apple also showed how the new Siri AI functionality works across multiple Apple applications. For instance, in one section we saw Siri AI being asked when a certain performers concert was coming up. Then, it was asked how to buy tickets, with the answer showing that there was a lottery draw. The demonstrator then told Siri AI to set a reminder for when the lottery would begin, while also playing a song from the artist in Apple Music. This was all seamlessly in the conversation, rather than a separate set of tasks. In another example, Siri AI was asked where a contacts new address was? This was found in a Message, then it was instructed to plot the journey there in Apple Maps, which it did without issue. Apple Other features include Call Context, where Siri will automatically bring any relevant information to your attention when youre on a call with someone. So, if you call a builder youve arranged some work with, Siri will show you the emails exchanges and any other data it thinks you might need for the conversation. There seems to be plenty of scope for the new Siri AI, and it will accessible either by the normal voice command, swiping down from the Dynamic Island or holding the Side Button for longer interactions. Youll also be able to see all your previous interactions and conversations in the new dedicated Siri app, which syncs across all your Apple devices. Ok, weve been burned in the past with Apples AI promises, but the focus on this year seems to be more on making the basics work well and that could be what most people actually want. One caveat is that due to an ongoing disagreement with the EU, countries in the Union wont be able to get Siri AI on iPhone or iPad at launch. Automatic password fix While this falls into the standard remit of Siri AI, it does feel like it needs its own section, as Apple announced that the new powers gifted to its digital assistant would enable it to do something very useful. Provided you keep your login details to all your accounts and sites in the Apple Passwords app, you can instruct Siri to find any compromised passwords, log in to the revenant service and change them automatically to a new, safer one. These would then be stored in the Passwords app and your details would be secure once more. Siri will look after changing your password. Apple If this works then it could be a game changer, as the painful truth is that most of us ignore this important job as it would just take too long. New AI photo editing features Apple showed off some pretty impressive photo features powered by the new AI models in iOS 27. When the update arrives youll be able to take existing images and have Siri increase the area of the image by up to 25%, with the new surrounding parts auto-generated by the system to match the rest of the image. Its like zooming out and finding that theres more to the image than you first thought. You can also clean up parts of images with more powerful tools that can remove large objects while still persevering the look of the photo. Perhaps the most stunning though is Reframe, which lets you take an existing image and change its perspective, with the new areas filled in by AI generated content. Essentially, you can pan around the subject and Siri will magically make it look real. Use AI to make your photos even better. Apple Image Playground has also been revamped so you can create images from prompts as well as change photos into a variety of styles just by asking Siri AI. New child safety features Apple takes privacy and safety seriously, and that extends to younger users. With iOS 27 youll now have expanded control over Screen Time for your kids, with the three main areas of Entertainment, Games, and Social Media all having granular times limits and schedules that you can set to prevent little ones from spending too much time on their devices. Dedicated Child Accounts come with guidance on the kind of usage is heathy for children, with Apple working alongside the American Academy of Pediatrics to give parents and idea of what is appropriate for their kids. The controls also change as the child gets older, allowing my precise controls rather than blanket settings. Apple Alongside the Ask to Buy feature already present in iOS 26, where children can send a message to their parent asking permission to make app purchases, iOS 27 adds Ask to Browse, which prevents the child from opening a website they havent used before until they get permission. Communication Safety will now also monitor any messages coming in or out of the childs device, preventing any sexual or violent images from being able to be seen, received or sent. Liquid Glass and design tweaks One of the biggest changes in iOS 26 was the introduction of the Liquid Glass graphical interface. This wasnt entirely met with cheers and adoration, so Apple has done some work and brings needed fixes in iOS 27. These include subtle redesigns, such as frosted menu bars across the top of sections of the interface where there are controls. This should help with legibility, as will some of the other colour and clarity adjustments that Apple announced. There will also be a slider in the Settings that allows you to manually change the level of the effect on the interface. Apple Performance is set to get an upgrade too, with Apple promising plenty of enhancements to the underlying engine. It claims that iPhone apps will launch 30% faster, new photos load into libraries up to 70% quicker, and AirDrop gets the biggest boost as transfer times could be reduced by up to 80%. What else is new? Since Apple first previewed iOS 27, weve learned more about some of the smaller improvements included in the final release. These include Enhanced Flyover in Maps, Custom EQ controls for AirPods, new Apple Intelligence features in the Home app, including smarter camera notifications and HomeKit Secure Video search, and GymKit support on the iPhone. iOS 27 also introduces special interface features for Apples new iPhone Duo, including support for side-by-side apps and layouts that adapt as the foldable iPhone is opened, closed or repositioned. iOS 27 vs iOS 26: Is it worth upgrading? Apple went hard on AI when the iPhone 16 launched, but the rollout of Apple Intelligence didnt go as smoothly as expected, with some features delayed and others taking longer than anticipated to arrive. With iOS 27, Apple is taking another big step toward delivering on that original promise. The biggest draw is the much smarter Siri, alongside new Apple Intelligence features, faster performance, stronger security and improvements across many of Apples apps. If you have an iPhone that supports Apple Intelligence, particularly an iPhone 15 Pro or newer model, iOS 27 should be a worthwhile upgrade. Older supported iPhones still benefit from many of the other improvements, but they miss out on some of the more advanced AI features. For a more detailed look at everything included, see our comprehensive iOS 27 guide .
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How to create a bootable macOS USB installer for macOS 27 Golden Gate and older
Macworld Being able to create a bootable USB installer for macOS is a useful skill for any Mac user. Whether youre performing a clean install, setting up multiple Macs, recovering a system that wont boot, or simply want a reliable offline installer, a bootable USB drive gives you far more control than relying on macOS Recovery alone. Creating a bootable installer is easier than it used to be thanks to Apples Terminal command, createinstallmedia , but the process still isnt obvious and it differs depending on whether youre using an Intel Mac or a Mac with Apple silicon. Youll need the correct macOS installer, a USB drive with enough capacity, and a few Terminal commands that need to be entered exactly. In this guide, well show you how to create a bootable USB installer for macOS Golden Gate , as well as macOS Tahoe, macOS Sequoia and older versions of macOS. Well explain what you need before you begin, how the process differs between Intel and Apple silicon Macs, and how to use your installer once its ready. By the end, youll have a reusable macOS installer that can save you time, bandwidth and frustration and it might even help you recover a Mac when nothing else will. PROMOTION Create a bootable installer on Mac FREE EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac is not only a hard drive recovery tool on macOS devices but also a bootable installer creator. Just with a click, it clones the boot disk to create a bootable USB and gets your macOS updated or boot from the installer. Also this bootable disk manager helps to install macOS, perform system repairs, or even reinstall the operating system on the go. Free Trial Buy and Save 25% We also explain how to create a bootable installer for the latest macOS beta, where available, and provide instructions for macOS Golden Gate, Tahoe, Sequoia and earlier releases. Why create a bootable USB mac installer Creating a bootable USB macOS installer is a versatile tool for troubleshooting, system maintenance, and managing multiple computers. There are several specific scenarios where a bootable USB is superior to standard software updates or built-in Recovery modes: Clean Installations and Troubleshooting : A bootable drive allows you to wipe a Macs internal storage and install a fresh copy of the operating system. This is often the best way to fix persistent software issues, resolve persistent software problems, or prepare a machine for a new owner. See: How to do a clean install of macOS Installing on Multiple Macs : Instead of downloading the multi-gigabyte installer (which can be 16GB or more) on every individual machine, you can download it once and use the USB to update several Macs quickly. Installing on a separate volume : You can also use your bootable installer to install macOS on a separate volume of your hard drive . Beta updates : Installing the latest macOS beta Downgrading macOS : If a new update like macOS Golden Gate causes issues, a bootable installer is the primary method for rolling back to a previous version like macOS Tahoe. See: How to downgrade macOS update and rollback to the previous version and How to get older versions of macOS . Unsupported Hardware : For users with older Intel-based Macs that Apple no longer officially supports, a bootable USB can be required to use tools like the OpenCore Legacy Patcher to install newer versions of macOS. Emergency Access : If your Mac cant access Recovery mode . Speed Faster than downloading the OS via Recovery mode for every install. Reduced downloading The macOS installer is stored on the drive, so you dont need to download the full OS on every Mac. An internet connection may still be required during installation. Versatility Supports clean installs, downgrades, and patching unsupported Macs. Efficiency One drive can update an entire fleet of Mac computers. How to create a bootable macOS Installer We will run through the following steps to create a bootable USB for Mac: Get the macOS installer files Create a bootable installer for macOS Choose the correct createinstallmedia command What you need to make a bootable USB for Mac A 32GB Flash Drive (Minimum) : To create a bootable USB installer, you typically need a USB flash drive or Thunderbolt drive with at least 16GB (we recommend 32GB) of space. Using a faster drive, such as a USB 3.0 or USB-C stick, is recommended to reduce installation times. Note: If you have data on the drive that you plan to use you will need to transfer it to another drive, as it will be completely formatted and erased. macOS installation files : You can obtain these from the Mac App Store, Software Update in System Settings, or other official Apple sources. A Compatible Ma c. Admin access : You will need to have an admin user account on the Mac you are working with. Internet access : It goes without saying that you will need an internet connection to download the software and you may need it while installing the version of macOS if it needs to check for firmware or confirm your iCloud credentials. 1. Get the macOS installer files You can get installers from the Mac App Store as long as your Mac is compatible. Foundry How you get the installation files will depend on the version you want the installer for. Below well look at how to get various macOS installers. If its an older version you are after, we have a dedicated article about How to download old Mac OS X and macOS versions . Warning : Download the installation files, but make sure you stop before the actual installation starts. When the installation starts the files will be disposed of, so you need to step in beforehand! Where to get macOS Golden Gate installer : From September 14, macOS Golden Gate can be downloaded on compatible Macs through the Software Update mechanism within macOS. Navigate to the Apple menu > System Settings > General > Software Update. Your Mac will check for the latest version, and you can click Upgrade Now to begin the download. Where to get the macOS beta : To get the latest beta files you need to first register for the Apples official developer or public beta programs. You can then download the latest beta from Software Update, as described above. See: Latest macOS beta details and how to get it . Where to get other macOS installers : You can download the installers from these Mac App Store links. Make sure you use Safari and close the Mac App Store before clicking on the link or it may not work. If your Mac is too new it may not be compatible with these older versions. macOS Tahoe macOS Sequoia macOS Sonoma macOS Ventura macOS Monterey macOS Big Sur macOS Catalina macOS Mojave macOS High Sierra Once the installation files are downloaded you will be able to find them in the Applications folder via the Finder. Now you have the installation files, we can move on to the process of making the bootable installer. Creating a bootable installation of macOS requires a single command in Terminal (this has been the case since Mavericks arrived in 2013). The createinstallmedia command makes it possible to create a bootable copy of an installer on any drive thats connected to your Mac. Youll find all the createinstallmedia commands at the bottom of this article. Warning : The createinstallmedia command erases anything on the external disk you use for your bootable drive, so make sure theres nothing on it that you need. 2. Connect and prepare the drive manually, if necessary Using Disk Utility to prepare the hard drive. Foundry You may not need to prepare the drive manually. If everything in step 3 (below) works as expected, the createinstallmedia command will erase the external drive and format it as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) automatically. You can therefore skip these Disk Utility steps and go straight to creating the bootable installer. However, if createinstallmedia cant erase or prepare the drive correctly, we recommend formatting it manually first using the steps below. Connect a USB flash drive or other external drive with at least 32GB of space. Everything on the drive will be erased, so make a copy of anything you want to keep first. Open Disk Utility (press Command + spacebar and start to type Disk Utility). In Disk Utility click View and select Show All Devices . From the sidebar, physical external drive itself, rather than one of the volumes underneath it. Click Erase . Give the drive a simple name such as MyVolume . You can use another name, but you must use that exact name later in the Terminal command. Set Scheme to GUID Partition Map . Note that createinstallmedia will ultimately erase the drive as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) . Click Erase , wait for Disk Utility to finish, then click Done . 3. Create the bootable macOS installer Use Terminal to create your installer. Foundry Before starting this part of the process, make sure the full macOS installer is in your Applications folder. If you ran the update when you downloaded it the installer will need to be downloaded again. Open Terminal (Command + Space and type Terminal). Enter the createinstallmedia command for the version of macOS you want to install. You can find the commands at the bottom of this article. Press Return . Enter your administrator password when prompted. Nothing will appear on screen while you type the password; this is normal. If macOS asks Terminal for permission to access the removable drive, click OK . When Terminal warns that the drive will be erased, type Y and press Return . Wait while Terminal erases the drive and copies the macOS installer. This may take several minutes. When it is finished you should see Copy complete. Done. The external drive is now a bootable macOS installer. 4. Boot the Mac from the installer Foundry This process is different on Apple silicon and Intel Macs. On an Apple Silicon Mac: Connect the installer drive and shut down the Mac. Press and hold the power button until Startup Options appears. Select the macOS installer. Click Continue . On an Intel Mac: Connect the installer drive and shut down the Mac. Turn it on while holding the Option/Alt key . Select the macOS installer from the startup menu. Press Return or choose Continue . Note: Apple warns that Macs with a T2 Security Chip may need Startup Security Utility configured to allow booting from external or removable media. 5. Install macOS Install the version of macOS you want. Foundry Once the Mac has started from the USB installer, choose the option to Install macOS and follow the onscreen instructions. The installer can only install that version of macOS on Macs that support it. If you want a clean install , you must first erase the Macs internal disk before installing macOS; otherwise, you can install the OS normally without wiping the Mac. Read How to clean install macOS for step-by-step instructions. createinstallmedia commands The createinstallmedia command will be slightly different depending on which version of macOS you are wanting to use. Note MyVolume may have a different name for you, for example it might be USB or Untitled . Check in Disk Utilities, its the name of the external disk you are using. WARNING: We have heard of people copying and pasting in the -- only for them to change to a in Terminal, so be careful of that. There should be two dashes! Golden Gate sudo /Applications/Install macOS Golden Gate.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume Tahoe sudo /Applications/Install macOS Tahoe.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume Sequoia sudo /Applications/Install macOS Sequoia.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume Sonoma sudo /Applications/Install macOS Sonoma.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume Ventura sudo /Applications/Install macOS Ventura.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume Monterey sudo /Applications/Install macOS Monterey.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume Big Sur sudo /Applications/Install macOS Big Sur.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume Catalina sudo /Applications/Install macOS Catalina.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume Mojave sudo /Applications/Install macOS Mojave.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume High Sierra sudo /Applications/Install macOS High Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume Sierra sudo /Applications/Install macOS Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume --applicationpath /Applications/Install macOS Sierra.app El Capitan sudo /Applications/Install OS X El Capitan.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume --applicationpath /Applications/Install OS X El Capitan.app Yosemite sudo /Applications/Install OS X Yosemite.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume --applicationpath /Applications/Install OS X Yosemite.app
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