Apple tested the Himalayan Peaks aerial as a Setup Assistant backdrop in tvOS 27 beta 3. The aerial file appeared in a new SetupBackground app that only shipped in beta 3, and was later removed in beta 4. This landscape aerial is already available in current tvOS versions.

iOS 27 adds new Fitness+ lifetime session awards, all the way up to 10,000 sessions. "That was your 10,000th Fitness+ session. You’re the GOAT!"

Upcoming AirPods may use cameras for improved Spatial Audio head tracking. According to macOS 26.7 RC code, AirPods cameras can detect screens around the wearer. CoreMotion can then use the direction of the anchored screen to mitigate motion sensor drift. More details… 👇

Here's how to disable Siri's new floating button in macOS 27 When Siri AI is enabled, macOS 27 adds a contextual "lightweight UI" when you type or select text. The floating button can expand into Ask Siri, Edit with Siri and Writing tools, or other contextual actions. To disable it...

macOS 27 Beta 7 removes the Private Cloud Compute model option from the Foundation Models CLI. The second image is a still from the WWDC 26 session "Build AI-powered scripts with the fm CLI and Python SDK" showing the PCC model option. (developer.apple.com/videos/play/...)

iOS 27 Beta 7 updates the splash intro video for Siri AI.

Apple may soon offer higher-resolution generations in Image Playground. Hidden behind a feature flag, a new 12MP option appears. Generation currently fails: "3K/4K resolution is not supported yet in Rave RC" Image Playground may also offer an "Upgrade to 12 MP" action for existing generations.

Here's your first look at the new Siri app on tvOS 27.

Camera AirPods Code Reveals Image Capture Resolution, Status Light, Person Detection, and More

Camera AirPods Code Reveals Image Capture Resolution, Status Light, Person Detection, and More

Apple is working on camera-equipped AirPods, as indicated by various reports and a demo video of them in action discovered earlier this week. The video was found by MacRumors in the macOS Tahoe 26.7 release candidate, but it turns out there are even more details in the code. MacRumors forum member mactracker has discovered a hidden macOS framework called "AccessorySensorManager" that manages sensor data from the AirPods when they are connected to a Mac. That's turned up the following information: * AirPods designed to capture paired color images: Code indicates the left and right earbuds have individual camera sensors that return synchronised RGB still images of up to 1 megapixel with matching frame IDs, giving Visual Intelligence the same scene from two angles. This doesn't rule out other sensors like infrared cameras, but they aren't mentioned in the code. * AirPods support periodic image capture but not video: The cameras take internal still frames for Visual Intelligence to process, rather than "taking pictures" or recording video. In "active" mode, the framework can request a synced pair of images, or it can receive a capture rate, where pairs of stills are continually sent at the specified rate. * Active and passive capture modes use different resolutions: In "active" mode, likely triggered by the user via Siri, the AirPods capture a 640x640 image and return a processed 1024x1024 image. "That's about 0.4 megapixels of sampled image data, and a little over 1 megapixel for the output frame," mactracker explains. In "passive" mode, they capture a 320x320 image that can return a 320×320 or 512×512 output. "These are capture-specific resolutions, and the physical sensor's native resolution may be larger," adds mactracker. * Passive mode appears intended for background environmental awareness: The framework mentions contextual conditions like nearby speech, changes in the surrounding audio, posture changes, head rotation, and movement outside a defined area. It's not clear from the code whether every condition triggers a camera capture. * AirPods account for continual head movement: The framework includes lens distortion correction, dual-camera calibration, and camera-to-motion sensor calibration. It can also reject images affected by excessive movement or an occluded view. * Some processing happens directly on AirPods: The code mentions "peripheral inference," or on-device detection of whether a person is in view. * Each AirPod likely has a capture indicator light: The framework contains code that allows it to remotely control a hardware indicator and its brightness, suggesting the AirPods have a light to let other people know when they are capturing still images. It's worth noting that the AirPods that were shown in the demo video were a version of the AirPods Pro 3 with cameras, which have a B790 codename. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has said that Apple no longer plans to release this model, and instead is working on a new generation of AirPods with cameras, codenamed B798. This makes it likely that the discovered framework is related to the canceled model. It also underlines that the findings show how Apple's camera-equipped AirPods could work, rather than a guarantee of the final product's features. Gurman says the AirPods are planned for 2027, and could potentially launch alongside the 20th-anniversary iPhone.Related Roundup: AirPods 4Buyer's Guide: AirPods (Caution)Related Forum: AirPods This article, "Camera AirPods Code Reveals Image Capture Resolution, Status Light, Person Detection, and More" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums

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Turns out that macOS 26.7 includes the image capture framework for the leaked AirPods. New info about image resolution, people detection, a hardware indicator, and more:

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In macOS 27, you can swap Siri's model with a third-party Inference Provider extension. Here's Siri AI running on GPT-5.6.

In macOS 27, when using "Hey Siri," Siri can add your request to the previous conversation thread, even after you dismiss the Siri window. By default, you get 7 seconds to invoke Siri and continue the chat, but you can change the timeout: defaults write com.apple.campo sessionResumptionTimeout 7

You can make the window narrower than the default too, or adjust the sidebar to get even more space. Some more dynamically built pages already take advantage of the extra space.

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System Settings is infinitely resizable in macOS 27 ↔ Hidden behind a feature flag, the System Settings app can now be resized in any direction. To enable the FeatureFlags override, run the following command in the Terminal:

System Settings is infinitely resizable in macOS 27 ↔ Hidden behind a feature flag, the System Settings app can now be resized in any direction. To enable the FeatureFlags override, run the following command in the Terminal:

A new feature in Safari 27 will let you search for text in video captions. Safari will then seek the video to the moment the matching caption appears. To try it, enable 'Show features for web developers' under Safari Settings > Advanced. Then, enable the Find in Video flag in the Feature Flags tab.

macOS 27 Beta 5 gives Siri AI a faster, local tool for math queries, even when offline. The new MathComputeTool, part of Siri's lightweight Skimmer planner can evaluate a range of operations locally without reaching for the server.

macOS 27 can show when your Mac was manufactured. Open Settings > General > About > Regulatory Certification. At the footer of the new window, you'll see a new "Date of Manufacture" label. This feature is already available in iOS in a similar location.

macOS 27 Beta 5 adds a new feature that lets keyboard focus move from the active app's menus to controls on the right side of the Menu Bar using the Left/Right arrow or Tab keys. It's currently disabled by default.

Apple left a full "Pocket Tuning" panel for scroll edge effects in Beta 5 macOS 27 Beta 5 includes a new "Pocket Tuning Window" that can change the scroll edge effect in real time on supported apps. You can tune both light and dark mode effects, and can really make the scroll edge effect disappear.

iOS and macOS 27 beta 5 add native support for Valve's 2026 Steam Controller. The controller's Settings profile includes remapping and haptic feedback controls. No trackpad support at the moment. The plugin disables Valve's "lizard mode," suppressing the firmware-defined mouse/keyboard fallback.

Support for Global Privacy Control (GPC) has been disabled in Beta 5.

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Safari 27 adds support for Global Privacy Control (GPC), a new 'stop selling or sharing my data switch.' Enable 'Show features for web developers' under Safari Settings > Advanced. Then enable the two Global Privacy Control flags in the Feature Flags tab. Test GPC at globalprivacycontrol.org

If you're on macOS 26, you can download Safari 27 for macOS Tahoe at developer.apple.com/safari/resources/. You can also download Safari Technology Preview from the same site, which also includes the GPC feature. There's a single Global Privacy Control flag in Safari Technology Preview.

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Safari 27 adds support for Global Privacy Control (GPC), a new 'stop selling or sharing my data switch.' Enable 'Show features for web developers' under Safari Settings > Advanced. Then enable the two Global Privacy Control flags in the Feature Flags tab. Test GPC at globalprivacycontrol.org

Safari 27 adds support for Global Privacy Control (GPC), a new 'stop selling or sharing my data switch.' Enable 'Show features for web developers' under Safari Settings > Advanced. Then enable the two Global Privacy Control flags in the Feature Flags tab. Test GPC at globalprivacycontrol.org

New iOS and macOS betas incoming 👀 Last night, Apple published Expressive Voice assets for all 7 American voices and 4 British Siri voices. It also published a new version of its base AI model, required for the new voices. But the server isn't serving any of it to current builds.

Another related tidbit: macOS 27 introduces a new WBSDebugNotifyMeWhenUpdateVersion numeric value in defaults. Safari uses it to append `?version=X` to links it checks for changes. This probably lets internal test webpages return different content for each version query and speed up development.

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If you've been using Safari's new Notify Me website monitoring feature, you may have been underwhelmed by the range of polling options available. The shortest waiting period between checks is 1 hour. Luckily, you can enable a hidden option that allows you to enable 10-minute polling...

If you've been using Safari's new Notify Me website monitoring feature, you may have been underwhelmed by the range of polling options available. The shortest waiting period between checks is 1 hour. Luckily, you can enable a hidden option that allows you to enable 10-minute polling...

macOS 27 has a hidden feature that groups aerial landscape wallpapers and automatically switches variants based on the sun's position during the day. Here's how to enable it for Tahoe and Golden Gate wallpapers...

Turns out Apple’s rumored third-party Siri Extensions already work in macOS 27. So I got “Ask Claude” working across the system. Here’s how 🧵

iOS 27 has a hidden Generate Shortcut action. It lets one shortcut generate another with natural language and return it as output. The generated shortcut will also appear in your gallery. It's hidden from the actions drawer, but you can get it below. ↓

In macOS 27, AirPlay can finally open in a window instead of taking over your Mac's full screen. Currently hidden behind a feature flag, here's how to enable it... 🧵