At WWDC 2026, Apple announced the official name for the next macOS operating system.
During the keynote address, Apple Senior Vice President of Software Engineering, Craig Federighi, announced that macOS 27 will officially be called Golden Gate.
The tongue-in-cheek announcement poked fun at macOS’s long history of California-themed names, with trippy visuals and a Volkswagen van.
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Along with the official macOS name, Apple shared that today’s WWDC announcements for macOS will revolve around three priorities across its operating system: Platform improvements, trust and safety, and a big leap forward for Apple Intelligence.
Ask Siri AI via Spotlight
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Apple also finally announced its new assistant, Siri AI, a revamped version of the old Siri, and it’s deeply integrated in the new macOS 27 UX as well.
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Siri AI appears on macOS 27 as a small chatbot window on the screen. Users can start typing questions in Spotlight, and the feature will automatically realize that this is a prompt to hand off to Siri AI. Users can right-click a file or even multiple files and the new context menu will include a prompt box to ask Siri questions based on the content of those files.
Siri AI will be able to help users write and proofread documents across platforms in apps like Mail, Messages, and more.
Ask Siri AI about files from the context menu
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Apple also announced a slew of small, yet significant improvements to macOS. For example, the company is adding a more uniform toolbar at the top of apps on macOS 27 to answer user complaints about Liquid Glass.
In addition, Apple will be introducing new child and teen safety tools to all of its operating systems. (Learn more at a new dedicated safety hub at apple.com/child-safety/.
This piece will be updated with more macOS 27 news as Apple announces it.
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