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Apple held its WWDC 2026 keynote today, introducing iOS 27 , macOs 27, iPadOS 27, watchOS 27, visionOS 27, and tvOS 27. It took Apple an hour and a half to walk through the major new features in the updates, but we have a quicker 10 minute recap for those who want the highlights. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. Apple debuted an all-new smarter Siri , added Apple Intelligence features to multiple apps, and shared details on a long list of performance improvements and bug fixes. We have a recap of all our coverage below. Siri AI Apple Announces 'Siri AI' at WWDC 2026 Apple Unveils All-New Siri App Across iOS 27 and macOS Golden Gate Apple Rebuilds Search Infrastructure Across Platforms Apple Touts Faster Core Software Features Across Devices Apple Reveals New AI Architecture Built Around Google Gemini Models New Siri AI Features Won't Be Available in EU Later This Year Apple Says New Siri is Compatible With These iPhones, iPads, and Macs Siri AI Gains Customizable Voice Expressiveness and Pace Apple's Private AI Will Run on Google's Servers iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 Apple Announces Liquid Glass Improvements and Transparency Slider Apple Expands Visual Intelligence With Bill Splitting, Nutrition Insights, and visionOS Support New Safari Can Monitor a Webpage and Notify You of Updates Apple Brings Natural Language Creation to Shortcuts App Apple to Bring AI Reframing and Editing Tools to Photos App Apple Revamps Image Playground With Photorealistic Generation and New Editing Tools iOS 27 Adds New Parental Controls: Ask to Browse, Time Allowances, and a Redesigned Screen Time Apple to Add AI Video Descriptions and Smarter Notifications to Home App Apple Intelligence Introduces Contextual Call and Messages Features iOS 27 Calendar and Reminders Apps Get New AI Features and Natural Language Support Apple Passwords Can Now Automatically Fix Weak and Compromised Passwords With Agentic AI Apple Brings AI Tab Organization and AI-Generated Extensions to Safari iOS 27 Camera App Gets Siri Mode, Updated UI Apple Intelligence Gains Smarter Writing Tools in iOS 27 iOS 27 Wallet App Gets 'Create a Pass' Feature Apple Overhauls Genmoji in iOS 27 iOS 27 Tidbits: Share a Phone Number on Two iPhones, Independent Alarm Volume, Faster AirPlay and More Apple Announces New CarPlay Features on iOS 27, Including Video Apps Apple Maps Flyover Gets a Visual Upgrade in iOS 27 iOS 27 Adds Perimenopause and Menopause Tracking to Health App Apple Photos Finally Gets a Slideshow Maker iOS 27 Supports iPhone 11 and Newer iPadOS 27 Drops Support for a Wave of iPads How to Get iOS 27's New Siri AI: Join the Waitlist First iOS 27 Announced: How to Install the Beta macOS 27 Golden Gate Apple Announces macOS Golden Gate Rich Siri Conversations in macOS 27 Can Be Started in Spotlight Here Are the Macs Compatible With macOS Golden Gate watchOS 27 watchOS 27 Features Dynamic App Grid, New Gesture Control, and More watchOS 27 Introduces Workout Buddy Upgrades, Better Sleep Tracking, and More watchOS 27 Drops Support for Apple Watch Series 8, Ultra 1, SE 2, and Older Apple Watch Series 9 Mistakenly Left Off watchOS 27 Compatibility List tvOS 27 Apple Announces tvOS 27 With These New Features tvOS 27 Drops Support for Two Apple TV Models visionOS 27 AirPods Apple to Bring Custom EQ to AirPods Other News Apple Releases First iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27 Betas to Developers Apple Unveils Xcode and Foundation Models Framework Improvements Apple's Most Powerful On-Device AI Now Requires iPhone 17 Pro or iPhone Air Apple Brings Full-Resolution iCloud Shared Albums to Android and Windows iOS 27 Hints at Foldable iPhone With App Resizability Push and New Framework Strings Tim Cook Delivers Farewell Remarks at His Last Apple Keynote as CEO Make sure to stay tuned to MacRumors , because we'll have more in-depth feature guides and videos coming over the next several weeks. Related Roundups: iOS 27 , WWDC 2026 Related Forum: Apple, Inc and Tech Industry This article, " Everything Apple Announced at WWDC 2026 in 10 Minutes " first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
Apple today unveiled watchOS 27, featuring a redesigned dynamic app grid, new gesture controls, and a raft of usability and battery improvements. The new dynamic app grid surfaces and rearranges five apps based on context and usage. Users can simply tap the bottom center icon to go to the rest of their apps. A new tap gesture lets users select a widget in the Smart Stack by tapping their index finger and thumb together once, allowing interaction even when the other hand is occupied. Apple is also expanding Smart Stack suggestions to surface more contextually relevant widgets, including birthday reminders for close contacts, a parked car location card, sleep alarm adjustments ahead of select holidays, and transit card balance checks. Users can now create custom passes for any membership or card that uses a QR code or barcode, such as a library card, using their iPhone and access it directly from the Apple Watch's Wallet app or pin it to the Smart Stack. Transit cards and IDs will also appear in the Smart Stack. Apple says it has improved Liquid Glass in watchOS 27 to improve readability through more uniform refraction and better contrast. Other improvements include faster Music playback startup, faster app extension launches, improved Wi-Fi connectivity, more efficient water detection, better battery efficiency with suggested optimizations, Guest Key support, and the ability to view card balances in the Wallet app. The settings interface in the Apple Watch app on iPhone also features a new design. Find My is completely redesigned with a more map-centric layout and consolidates the Find Devices, Find People, and Find Items apps into a single unified view. A new Call Context feature can proactively surface relevant information from other apps during a phone call to a business, such as displaying a confirmation code from Mail when a user calls an airline. watchOS 27 also includes a large number of fitness, workout, and sleep tracking improvements . Related Roundup: watchOS 26 Related Forum: Apple Watch This article, " watchOS 27 Features Dynamic App Grid, New Gesture Control, and More " first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
watchOS 27 contains a series of enhancements to fitness and sleep tracking, including new Workout Buddy insights, improved indoor run tracking, and more. Workout Buddy is gaining new data-driven motivation features, delivering progress updates for pace, distance, and workout duration based on a user's fitness history. Apple is also enabling Workout Buddy to function without an iPhone nearby, allowing users to stay motivated during workouts without needing a phone in their pocket or hand. Workout Buddy is additionally expanding to Spanish, letting Spanish-speaking users receive personalized fitness motivation in their preferred language. Indoor run and walk distance tracking is also getting more accurate in watchOS 27. Apple says improved motion tracking algorithms will more precisely measure treadmill distance directly from the wrist, without requiring a connected iPhone. Route maps in the Fitness app are also receiving an accuracy improvement, giving users a more precise view of their workout paths after the fact. Sleep tracking is becoming more accurate as well, though Apple has not yet detailed the specific changes underlying the improvement. The update also brings a step count sync fix where steps counted in the Health app will now sync with the Fitness app directly. Related Roundup: watchOS 26 Related Forum: Apple Watch This article, " watchOS 27 Introduces Workout Buddy Upgrades, Better Sleep Tracking, and More " first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
