Apple Launches macOS 27 Public Beta With AI Siri on M-Series Macs, MacBook Neo
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Updated · Gizmodo · Jul 15
Apple Launches macOS 27 Public Beta With AI Siri on M-Series Macs, MacBook Neo
3 articles · Updated · Gizmodo · Jul 15
Summary
macOS 27 Golden Gate public beta is now available, bringing Apple Intelligence-powered Siri to M-series Macs and the MacBook Neo through Spotlight and right-click menus.
Siri adds on-screen awareness, typed or voice prompts, and app actions such as turning emails into calendar events, but the beta still misses some searches and can fail to load its new expressive voice.
Apple also softened the more criticized macOS 26 design elements, making window corners uniform and dialing back the transparent "Liquid Glass" look while adding smaller upgrades like compromised-password alerts and 5K 120Hz external-display support.
Shortcuts may be the more practical AI feature: users can generate automations from plain-language prompts, though the tool remains buggy and some requests still fail.
Apple says some AI processing runs on its own Private Cloud Compute servers despite Gemini-related model collaboration, underscoring that the Mac update expands AI cautiously rather than making it central to the desktop.