Apple ships iOS 27, macOS Golden Gate 27 with Siri AI and Liquid Glass refinements
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As previously announced, Apple has today released 2026’s major annual updates for its operating systems, including iOS 27, macOS 27 Golden Gate, watchOS 27, visionOS 27, and tvOS 27.
Key facts
- As previously announced, Apple has today released 2026’s major annual updates for its operating systems, including iOS 27, macOS 27 Golden Gate, watchOS 27, visionOS 27, and tvOS 27
- All these updates are available to supported devices starting today. iOS 27 supports the iPhone 11 and later, but you’ll need either an iPhone 15 Pro or an iPhone 16 or later to use Siri AI
- Siri AI and other “Apple Intelligence” features are primarily driven by a handful of Apple-developed models, most of them labeled AFM 3
- It’s also worth noting that Golden Gate is the last version of macOS to support Rosetta, which helps Apple Silicon/M-series Macs run older Intel-based applications
Summary
Siri AI—a large language model-based and context-aware overhaul of the company’s Siri voice and text assistant—is the flagship feature across all these releases except one (tvOS). The new Siri can respond in kind to natural language requests to do things like explain what’s on the screen and search the user’s past personal context and history (like old emails and text messages). Other new AI features include the ability to generate Shortcut automations or Safari extensions from a prompt and additional photo editing options. Siri AI and other “Apple Intelligence” features are primarily driven by a handful of Apple-developed models, most of them labeled AFM 3.