Apple brings macOS 27 Golden Gate at WWDC 2026: 5 big upgrades you can expect
Last Updated: 2026-06-10 08:04:25
Apple WWDC 2026 has given us the new macOS 27 Golden Gate version, which is the next operating system for its Mac and MacBook users.
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macOS 27 Golden Gate ends Intel support, focuses on Apple silicon- New AI tools boost Safari, Passwords, Photos, Shortcuts
- Parental controls now allow app blocking and safer communication
This mac update officially sees the end of the Intel era and gives us a glimpse of what the future holds for Macs powered by Apple silicon. Golden Gate continues Apple’s tradition of naming macOS releases after iconic Californian landmarks and brings new AI-powered tools across Apple’s apps, alongside new features and automation tools.
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The first developer beta of macOS 27 is available now, with a public beta scheduled to launch in July, and a stable release for all compatible Macs in September. We now list out the five best announcements made with macOS Golden Gate at WWDC 2026.
Liquid Glass enhancements
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After multiple complaints about readability and the general accessibility experience users complained of in macOS 26 Tahoe, Apple has introduced an all-new Liquid Glass design with macOS Golden Gate. The biggest highlight is an all-new slider setting that lets users adjust how translucent or tinted Liquid Glass appears in icons or the settings pane.
Apple is also creating a more unified experience and has introduced new window shapes, menu bar icons, and toolbar previews.
Apple Intelligence upgrades
Apple Intelligence is now integrated more deeply in various system apps such as Safari, Passwords, Photos, Image Playground, and others. Safari will get the ability to automatically organise tabs into topics, monitor webpages for various changes, and generate custom browser extensions from a text description.
Moreover, with the Passwords app, Apple Intelligence can log in to your account, change your password, and update the password in the app on its own. Interestingly, with the Shortcuts app, Mac users can ‘Describe a Shortcut’ to Apple Intelligence, and the AI will then do custom tasks based on user inputs.
Siri AI
Like iOS 27, AI-backed Siri is also a big part of macOS 27. It comes with advanced AI features, courtesy of Google's Gemini, and will be able to complete tasks with just a voice command or text prompts. Siri will also be deeply integrated into the Calendar app, and users can use it to create events and confirm availability for events.
There will be a new Siri app for macOS, where you can have conversations with the assistant that are synced with iCloud, so you'll be able to continue them on your iPhone or iPad. Siri AI is also now integrated directly into Spotlight, allowing Mac users to ask certain Siri questions without opening an app.
Improved performance
Apple is promising faster performance with the upcoming macOS Golden Gate. Now, searching for files and even load times on Safari should be faster, as Apple says that the Mac will feel "more responsive than ever." Apple also suggests that Spotlight suggestions are improving, and promises that Mac apps will load 30% faster thanks to pre-loading.
Hence, Photos should appear in your gallery faster, or the Safari browser should open a bit quicker. The company also claims that AirDrop sharing will now be up to 80% faster.
Parental controls
Alongside the existing parental controls, macOS 27 Golden Gate will let parents put a block on certain apps. Parents have even more control over what their kids can access online, what apps they can download, and how they can spend money.
Parents can also customise schedules for when their children when they are at school and home for studying. Apple is also adding new ways to help kids communicate safely through FaceTime, iMessage, and more, with new ways of blocking, sharing, or viewing nudity or violent content.