Apple has resisted putting a touchscreen on its laptops for years. But one of the most credible voices in the Apple supply chain rumor space declared that resistance officially over on Thursday. The long-rumored touchscreen MacBook is “100% confirmed,” they said.

Once a bit of a sketchy upstart, Apple Maps has become one of the best iPhone navigation apps. And upcoming iOS 27 — previewed at WWDC 2026 this week — pushes it even further. Here’s every notable Apple Maps upgrade in iOS 27.

June 11, 2007: At Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, CEO Steve Jobs unveils Safari 3 for Windows, bringing the company’s web browser to PCs for the first time.

Apple pitches Safari as the world’s fastest and easiest-to-use web browser, capable of rendering web pages up to twice as fast as Internet Explorer and 1.6 times faster than Firefox.

“We think Windows users are going to be really impressed when they see how fast and intuitive web browsing can be with Safari,” Jobs says in a press release announcing the launch. “Hundreds of millions of Windows users already use iTunes, and we look forward to turning them on to Safari’s superior browsing experience too.”

Soundfreaq is known for producing affordable, well-designed Bluetooth speakers that offer great value. And in terms of audio, the company’s Sound Spot speakers punch above their weight class.

The Soundfreaq Sound Spot II is a portable Bluetooth speaker with a sophisticated design and plenty of special skills. It’s splashproof for poolside use, but also packs ambient lighting and built-in nature sounds to make it a perfect bedside companion.

Upgrade your summer with this multi-featured Bluetooth speaker, on sale for just $49.99 (regularly $79.99).

iOS 27 is coming to iPhone 11 and all models released after that. And while it sounds impressive that Apple’s new operating systems will support devices released in 2019, it does not mean that your old iPhone will get every new iOS 27 feature. In fact, even the iPhone 17 will not get the full suite of AI features in iOS 27.

The same holds true for iPadOS 27 and macOS 27. Many of the headline features require newer hardware, meaning some compatible iPads and Macs will miss out on parts of the update.

Apple’s Calendar app is just fine — good enough to use, but never good enough to love — but iOS 27 finally changes that. The update brings natural-language event creation to Apple’s stock app, a feature that third-party solutions have made possible for years.

In iOS 27, you can just type in simple English what you want to do, and your iPhone will take care of the rest. No more hopping between date pickers, fiddling with time selectors, and entering a location. The app will understand and build an event for you.

Apple’s new Siri AI chatbot might know when you’ve been bending its ear — and encourage you to take a break. A hidden piece of code in iOS 27 reveals that Siri AI could remind you to chill out if a conversation runs too long.

It’s a small detail, but it suggests Apple is clearly thinking about what happens when you don’t stop talking to Siri.

A few changes in macOS Golden Gate 27 hint towards Apple introducing a Mac with a touchscreen quite soon. Apple added a bunch of developer tools that allow apps to differentiate touch input from mouse input. Liquid Glass elements also behave differently when you interact with them on a touchscreen — they bounce and glow more prominently, just like iOS. 

Officially, these changes are for Sidecar, the feature that lets you use an iPad as a touchscreen Mac display. But Apple’s own documentation also states that these new features are “not just for the Sidecar display.”

What else could that be…? Maybe the touchscreen MacBook that’s rumored to launch later this year. 

The new BenQ MA320UG 120Hz Glossy Monitor for Mac is a 32-inch 4K display running at 120Hz with a glossy Nano Gloss panel and deep macOS integration, the company said Tuesday. It arrives as the first 120Hz model in BenQ’s MA Series for Mac.

“Today’s Mac users expect one setup to handle it all, and the MA320UG is the perfect answer for those users,” said Jeffrey Hsieh, head of the BenQ Consumer Line of Business. “The MA320UG combines 120Hz performance with matching Mac colors, intuitive controls and the flexible connectivity that Mac users depend on to work, create, and unwind.”

Tenorshare’s PDNob Pro PDF Editor is faster, smarter PDF software. It combines AI-powered PDF chat tools, optical character recognition, conversion, signing, annotation, cloud storage and traditional PDF editing tools, all for one low price.

Lifetime access to PDNob Pro PDF Editor is currently on sale for just $49.99 (regularly $349.95).

Apple Music will receive one of its biggest overhauls in years with iOS 27, and the changes go deeper than you might expect.

The update covers almost all aspects of the Apple Music app: interface changes, expanded lyrics tools, improved AI-powered mixing, and quality-of-life changes that make the app feel faster. It sounds like a big update for anyone who uses the app daily.

Apple’s WWDC26 keynote brought a wave of updates to Apple Wallet well beyond cosmetic tweaks. From AI-assisted bill splitting to richer hotel stays, iOS 27 turns Wallet into a more capable everyday tool. Here’s what’s coming.

WWDC26 drew plenty of attention for the rebuilt Siri and the relatively substantial iOS 27 overhaul. But buried beneath those headlines lies Apple’s biggest push yet to turn the Home app into a genuinely capable smart home platform. iOS 27 and tvOS 27 updates make your home smarter, from AI-powered security cameras to a more reliable wireless backbone.

June 10, 1977: Apple Computer Inc. ships its first Apple II computer.

A hulking beige behemoth with 4KB of RAM (upgradeable to a whopping 48KB), the Apple II is the computer that will define Apple for a generation of fans. Retailing at $1,298, it cost the equivalent of a handful of MacBook Pros today  — even though it seemed a total bargain at the time.

The Reframe and Extend tools Apple added to the Photos app in iOS 27, iPadOS 27 and macOS 27 are excellent examples of how AI can be used to improve our lives. With these AI-powered editing options, a picture that’s almost amazing can be noticeably improved.

Plus, they don’t have the drawbacks of artificial intelligence that make so many people uncomfortable.

Years after dropping support for the Apple Watch, Telegram is back with a native watchOS app. The revived app offers a richer experience, letting you send messages, reply to chats, and more directly from your wrist.

It packs nearly all the essentials you’d expect from Telegram without having to reach for your iPhone.

Apple’s tvOS 27 brings a few new features, but it also will leave two Apple TV models behind. According to Apple’s developer website, the tvOS 27 beta is compatible with “Apple TV 4K (2nd generation or later).”

That would mean the Apple TV HD and the Apple TV 4K (1st generation) won’t get the update. If you own either of those set-top boxes, you’re probably stuck on tvOS 26, with no new features coming.

Refinements to Apple’s divisive Liquid Glass user interface in iOS 27, iPadOS 27 and macOS 27 address many of the quirks that made some people despise the glossy new UI over the past year.

Apple straightforwardly addressed users’ concerns during Monday’s WWDC26 keynote. And Shubham Kedia, Apple’s human interface design director, said Apple updated “the foundations of how Liquid Glass is built” for this year’s new operating systems.

“Last year, we introduced our most ambitious cross-platform design update ever with Liquid Glass, which made apps and experiences even more expressive and delightful,” said Kedia. “Like with all major design updates, there’s a natural process where we take a bold leap forward and then we continue to iterate.”

Will the changes to Liquid Glass satisfy users who dislike the current state of affairs? The first developer betas are out, and early reactions seem mostly positive. Here are the biggest changes coming to Apple’s design language this year.

Anyone interested can download the iOS 27 developer beta for free — right now.

You’ll be among the first to try the exciting new Siri AI, which really does work as promised. It can answer complex questions about your digital life, understand what you’re asking for and look things up online with broad world knowledge. You’ll also get the other new Apple Intelligence features, a tweaked Liquid Glass design, improved speed and performance, and much more.

Of course, there are a few things you should look out for. Beta software is buggy and can lead to data loss. That being said, iOS 26 has been buggy since September. iOS 27 promises broader system stability — unlike most early betas, in my testing, the system runs smoother than before. But it comes at the expense of odd behavior you may find in third-party apps, since they haven’t been updated to support the new changes to Liquid Glass.

If you want to try it out, you should make sure you have a backup of your most important data with two copies of your photo library before you try installing. I’ll show you how.

When Apple unveiled watchOS 27 at WWDC26 on Monday, it also revealed that the new version drops support for several Apple Watch models. That leaves many users wondering what this means for their wearable — did it just become rubbish?

Here’s what’s really going on, and why you should be able to keep using the device for years to come.

At the WWDC26 keynote, Apple announced the next versions of all its operating systems with a swath of AI features. There are tweaks to the Liquid Glass design, a wide array of tiny quality-of-life and performance improvements, draconian parental controls and limits, and AI in every corner of the operating system.

It was an unusual WWDC keynote that disposed of the typical platform-by-platform format, and a relatively brisk runtime. But if you don’t have 76 minutes to spare, you can get the gist in just 90 seconds.

Mac users who rely on ultrawide monitors (ahem, like me) have been waiting years for Apple to treat their setups as first-class citizens. With macOS 27 Golden Gate unveiled Monday at WWDC26, that wait appears to be over.

June 9, 2002: Apple launches its “Switch” advertising campaign, featuring real people talking about their reasons for switching from PCs to Macs. Apple’s biggest marketing effort since the “Think different” ad campaign a few years earlier, one “Switch” ad in particular turns a 15-year-old high-school student named Ellen Feiss into an unlikely star.

She becomes a viral sensation after viewers suggest she was stoned while filming her sleepy-eyed “Switch” spot about a homework-devouring PC.

Arta AI lets you create AI images, avatars, videos, edits and photoshoots directly from your phone. And you can secure five years of Arta AI’s Premium capabilities for just $64 with code AI20. That’s a massive discount off the regular price of $199.99.

A sweeping set of child safety features including parental controls give families sharper tools for managing what kids see, who they talk to and how long they spend on devices, Apple said Monday at WWDC26.

“At Apple, our mission has always been to create technology that empowers people and enriches their lives, while helping keep them safe,” said Sumbul Desai, M.D., Apple’s vice president of Health and Fitness.

“Our approach to helping families create safer digital experiences is grounded in the belief that every child is unique,” she added. “That’s why we build simple and intuitive tools, based on expert guidance, to let parents tailor their kids’ digital journey.” 

The features arrive with iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27 this fall.