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In the latest 9to5Mac Happy Hour episode, hosts Chance Miller and Benjamin Mayo share hands-on impressions after a week testing the iPhone 18 Pro and new Apple Watch models, alongside first reactions to Apple's newly released operating systems, including macOS Golden Gate. The episode also touches on rumors that Apple may be developing its own game controllers for iPhone.
Apple has issued the first developer beta of macOS 27.2, build 26B5086k, just days after launching macOS 27 Golden Gate, bypassing the 27.1 beta stage entirely. The update is expected to expand Siri's AI features into French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish, following Apple's earlier announcement at its 'Surprise and Shine' event.
A reverse engineer discovered a hidden Extensions Framework in iOS 27 and macOS Golden Gate that lets Siri hand off voice and text requests to third-party AI models like Claude, with Siri acting as a middleman for system tasks requiring privacy access. A separate, deeper integration point called Model Manager Services could let providers such as a GPT-5.6 model replace Apple's server-side Siri AI entirely, though Apple hasn't confirmed any such partnership.
Apple released detailed security changelogs for macOS 27 Golden Gate, macOS Tahoe 26.7, and macOS Sequoia 15.8, collectively addressing more than 200 vulnerabilities. The flaws include bugs that could let attackers execute code with kernel or root privileges, escape the sandbox, bypass Gatekeeper, or trigger remote code execution via Bluetooth, CUPS, and WebDAV.
Apple has rolled out its 2026 annual software updates—iOS 27, macOS 27 Golden Gate, watchOS 27, visionOS 27 and tvOS 27—headlined by a rebuilt Siri powered by large language models. The new assistant can explain on-screen content, search past emails and messages for context, and work directly with apps that add support, alongside new tools for generating Shortcuts, Safari extensions and photo edits from prompts. Apple also added a slider to control the transparency of its Liquid Glass interface and made design refinements across macOS in response to user complaints.
Apple has released public versions of iOS 27, macOS 27, iPadOS 27, watchOS 27 and visionOS 27, bringing the long-awaited Siri AI overhaul to supported devices set to English. The revamped assistant can pull context from apps and on-screen content, but Apple is holding back the feature in the European Union over privacy and security concerns and in China due to regulatory hurdles. The updates also include a refined Liquid Glass design, faster app launches, new AI photo editing tools and a US bill-splitting feature.
Apple has released Release Candidate versions of iPadOS 27, watchOS 27, and other upcoming operating systems for developers and public beta testers. These builds, available now through Settings, represent the near-final software slated for public release to all users on Monday, September 14.
Apple's newly unveiled Mac mini with M6 and M5 Pro chips carries several specs the company didn't spotlight at launch. Memory bandwidth actually varies by RAM configuration, topping out only with the M5 Pro model, and the machine includes an Apple-designed N1 chip enabling Thread smart-home support. Additionally, units will ship with the unreleased macOS Golden Gate already installed.