{"id":356244,"date":"2026-02-25T22:37:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T22:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/356244\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T22:37:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T22:37:13","slug":"macos-27-all-the-rumors-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/356244\/","title":{"rendered":"macOS 27: All the Rumors So Far"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>macOS 27 is still months away, but there are already a handful of rumors about the upcoming software update, as outlined below.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/macOS-27-Feature-Blue.jpg\"   alt=\"macOS 27 Feature Blue\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1406\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1037586\"\/><br \/>We expect the first beta of macOS 27 to be seeded to developers during WWDC 2026 in June, and a public beta to follow in July. Following beta testing, the update should be released to all users with a compatible Mac in September.<\/p>\n<p>macOS 26 is known as macOS Tahoe, but the name of macOS 27 has yet to leak.<\/p>\n<p>Siri Upgrades<\/p>\n<p>macOS 27 will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/01\/21\/siri-chatbot-ios-27\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reportedly include a full-out Siri chatbot<\/a> that you can have back-and-forth conversations with. This would make Siri more like OpenAI&#8217;s ChatGPT and Google&#8217;s Gemini. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/02\/11\/siri-features-delayed-ios-26-4\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Due to delays<\/a>, macOS 27 might also include at least some of the personalized Siri features that Apple previewed all the way back at WWDC 2024.<\/p>\n<p>For example, Apple showed a user asking Siri about their mother&#8217;s flight and lunch reservation based on info retrieved from the Mail and Messages apps. This functionality was previewed on an iPhone, but it will extend to the iPad and Mac.<\/p>\n<p>More Apple Intelligence Features<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Apple and Google announced that Google Gemini <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/01\/12\/google-gemini-future-apple-intelligence-features\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">will help power future Apple Intelligence features<\/a>, and that will extend beyond the more personalized version of Siri. However, exactly which features arrive remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<p>Touch Interface<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"macOS Liquid Glass Icon\" width=\"1960\" height=\"1102\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1037592 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/macOS-Liquid-Glass-Icon.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>Bloomberg&#8217;s Mark Gurman this week reported that Apple is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/02\/24\/touchscreen-macbook-pro-dynamic-island\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">preparing a touch-optimized version of macOS<\/a> for the rumored MacBook Pro with a touch screen.<\/p>\n<p>For example, if a user touches a button or control on the screen, the report said a relevant set of commands will instantly appear in a menu surrounding their finger. And if a user taps on an item in the menu bar at the top of the screen, the report said the controls will enlarge so they are easier to select with a finger.<\/p>\n<p>Gurman expects the MacBook Pro with a touch screen to be released in late 2026, so these touch optimizations will presumably arrive in macOS 27. However, the changes might be hidden until the touch-screen MacBook Pro launches.<\/p>\n<p>Improved Stability<\/p>\n<p>macOS 27 will reportedly be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2025\/11\/23\/ios-27-two-key-upgrades\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">similar to 2009&#8217;s Mac OS X Snow Leopard<\/a>, in the sense that Apple is apparently very focused on improving &#8220;quality and underlying performance.&#8221; Apple is expected to implement many bug fixes and stability improvements, and there may also be some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/02\/13\/macos-tahoe-finder-bug-slipping-ui-polish\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">much-needed<\/a> Liquid Glass design enhancements.<\/p>\n<p>No Intel Macs<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Apple announced that macOS Tahoe would be the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2025\/06\/09\/intel-macs-no-more-updates\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">final major macOS release for Intel-based Macs<\/a>, meaning that macOS 27 will be compatible with Apple silicon Macs with the M1 chip and newer only. However, Apple will likely continue to release security fixes for some Intel-based Macs for at least a few more years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"macOS 27 is still months away, but there are already a handful of rumors about the upcoming software&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":356245,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[74],"tags":[18,19,17,147321,82],"class_list":["post-356244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-eire","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-macos-27","tag-technology"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116133668134152192","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}