macOS 27 Golden Gate arrives with Siri AI and Liquid Glass dial | Infinium-tech

With macOS 27 Golden Gate, Apple is ending its support for Macs with Intel processors. The latest version of Cupertino’s desktop operating system will only support devices with M and A-series chips. Like iOS 27, the main new additions are the standalone Siri AI app and updated Apple Intelligence features.

Siri app on macOS 27 Golden Gate

The latter supports personalized context, system-wide apps support, and visual intelligence, which recognizes items on your screen. Apple is also bringing “Type to Siri”, which allows you to enter prompts directly into Spotlight search, which has a new interface.

The new Siri app will be available on Macs with the M1 chip (and newer), as well as the MacBook Neo (A18 Pro). However, the more powerful on-device Apple Intelligence features and customization options will only work on Macs with an M3 chip (or newer) with at least 12GB of integrated memory.

There are several other extras that are worth mentioning. Apple claims Golden Gate has system-level improvements. These include faster AirDrop transfers, faster file browsing, and faster loading in Safari.

On the visual side, Apple’s liquid glass design has been minimized, ensuring readability throughout the OS as well as uniformity in aspects such as toolbars and menu items.

There is a slider option that lets you control the opacity of the effect throughout the UI. Apple also confirmed support for 5K/120Hz ultrawide displays.

The developer beta of macOS 27 Golden Gate is available starting today. The public beta is scheduled to launch in July, followed by a final release in September.