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apple annual developers conference, Worldwide Developers Conference 2026It launches on Monday. Tim Cook will deliver his final keynote address at WWDC As Apple’s CEO, he is expected to share previews of the next releases of the company’s various software platforms. It will likely take center stage iOS 27but we’ll also get a sneak peek at MacOS 27, which will arrive alongside its mobile sibling in a few months.
The usual cycle is as follows: a developer preview and beta in June at WWDC, followed by a public beta in July before the official release launches in September. MacOS 27 is expected to focus more on performance and stability improvements rather than introducing a radical design shift or a host of new features. However, it looks like the next version of MacOS will look and behave a little differently than last year’s MacOS 26 Tahoe.
Check out what could be coming to your Mac this fall, and find out if your current Mac will be able to run the update.
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Buh, bye Intel
Before we get to potential design tweaks and new capabilities, let’s start with hardware support for macOS 27. This will mark the end of the road for Intel-based Macs. Basically, if you had a Mac before the pandemic, it won’t move to MacOS 27 and will need to stay on MacOS 26 Tahoe.
It’s not all bad news if you want to extend another year or two for your Intel Mac: Apple will continue to issue security updates for Intel-based Macs for another three years.
The following Macs that can currently run MacOS 26 Tahoe will do so no Mac 27 support:
- 13-inch MacBook Pro (2020, four Thunderbolt 3 ports)
- MacBook Pro 16-inch (2019)
- iMac 27-inch (2020)
- Mac Pro (2019)
If you have a Mac with an Apple processor and use Rosetta 2 to run x86 applications designed for Intel chips, you should know that support for Rosetta 2 will end soon. It’s not going away this year, but MacOS 27 will be the last version to support Rosetta 2.
Macs with Apple’s M-series chips will be able to update to MacOS 27, from M1 onward, including the A18 Pro-based version. MacBook Neo.
Powered by the A18 Pro chipset, the MacBook Neo will be able to run MacOS 27 with any MacBook equipped with an Apple M-series chip.
Siri is smarter
AI dominates every tech event, and WWDC 2026 will be no different. Apple intelligence It will almost certainly have a starring role, which will be centered on A A smarter version of Siri for iOS 27. The new Siri is expected to get its own standalone chatbot app and behave like ChatGPT. And what the iPhone gets with Siri, Macs get too.
Instead of answering simple questions and performing only basic tasks, the new Siri will reportedly be able to search the web and analyze content on your screen and apps to perform more complex workflows. And do this in a more conversational tone where he understands the context and pronouns. The new Siri will be able to access your data stored in Mail, Messages, Photos, Notes, Contacts, Calendar, and Reminders to summarize information and help in other ways. He is also expected to be able to create images.
The redesigned Siri will use Apple Intelligence to handle many on-device queries, but will rely on the cloud and Google Gemini for more complex requests. Given the head start that ChatGPT, Cloude, and Gemini themselves have had on Siri, Apple faces an uphill battle to convince Mac users to abandon their AI-driven chatbot in favor of Siri.
A revamped version of Siri will be available on iPhone and Mac this fall.
Liquid glass polish
Apple revealed the Liquid Glass design last year. It was a big departure, and not everyone was a fan. I find the blurry reflections and opacity distracting, especially when elements overlap, but I’ve gotten used to it on my iPhone, Apple Watch, and MacBook. Or maybe I’ve gotten better at ignoring it.
With iOS 26.2, Apple added a slider that lets you adjust the opacity of the lock screen clock between Glass and Solid. Maybe we’ll get a similar slider to control transparency for elements in macOS. If you are a fan of the glass look, you can call it. If you want text and icons to be clearer, you can reduce the transparent effects for a more opaque look.
Apple may also clean up the overall look of the liquid glass with sharper edges and sharper contrast, so things don’t look so blurry when elements overlap.
Touch Support Tips
There have been rumors for months that Apple is working on a new project OLED touch screen for MacBook Pro Which could arrive as early as this fall. If we’re about to see a touch-enabled MacBook, Apple should be working on a touch-enabled MacOS version.
Since WWDC is geared toward software developers, we’re unlikely to see any new MacBooks next week. It’s also unlikely that Apple will share details of touch support in MacOS before it’s ready to offer a touchscreen MacBook itself. But could we see hints of Touch Ease in macOS 27? Probably not, but it would be fun to try to track the design changes and see what a touchscreen MacOS might look like.
