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Google Chrome breaks its own speed records on macOS Tahoe

Sat, 06 Jun 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Google has posted benchmarks from its own testing with its Chrome browser on the Mac, and the results show a nice speed improvement. In Speedometer 3.1 tests, Chrome posted a score of 61, which is a 5 percent improvement over results posted a year ago. Chrome also recorded a score of 469 in JetStream 3 tests, which is a 10 percent increase.

While a 5 to 10 percent increase doesn’t seem like much, consider that last year, Google reported a 22 percent Speedometer improvement from 2024 to 2025. So that’s a sizeable 30 percent boost over a two-year span. Faster is always better, especially when it comes to browsers, since web content and sites are becoming more and more complex.

Google states that it performed most of its optimizations on JavaScript. One optimization involves “fast paths” where the browser’s engine can skip unnecessary execution steps. The handling of async and generator functions has been improved, optimized BigInt handling, and more. Non-JavaScript optimizations include WebAssembly items, rendering engine style computations, page-loading and text-handling, and vector gaphics rendering.

Google’s report does not state what version of Chrome was tested, though the testing was done on macOS Tahoe 26.0.1. Google also did not provide any test results on Apple’s Safari browser for comparison. I wasn’t able to replicate Google’s results while running Speedometer or JetStream, but my testing conditions are not the same as Google’s, and Google did not define their test bed in their report.

The current version of Chrome is 149.0.7827.54. To update Chrome, launch the browser and then go to Chrome > About Google Chrome. In the main window, the top of the About Chrome will show the version you are using and whether an update is available. Chrome will need to relaunch to complete the update.

Trade your monthly Microsoft 365 bill for a $44.97 lifetime Office license

Sat, 06 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000

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TL;DR: Get a lifetime license to Microsoft Office 2021 for Mac for $44.97 through June 14 and stop paying recurring subscription fees for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and more.

The best productivity software is the kind that helps you get work done without charging you a monthly fee forever. Right now, Microsoft Office Home & Business 2021 for Mac is on sale for $44.97 through June 14, giving Mac users a lifetime license that only has to be paid for once.

MS Office apps you’ll own forever:

Word
Excel
PowerPoint
Outlook
Teams (basic)
OneNote (free version)

That’s basically everything you need to handle work projects, personal tasks, or school assignments like a pro. It’s perfect for students, families, or small business owners who want a dependable, full-featured productivity suite without ongoing costs.

Once you purchase, you’ll get instant delivery of your redemption code via email, along with instructions to activate it. The license connects to your Microsoft Account (not your device), and it works on one Mac for the lifetime of the product. It also comes with updates and free customer service.

Just make sure you redeem the code within 7 days of purchase, and note that this version is not compatible with virtual machines like Parallels Pro.

Skip the subscriptions — get a lifetime license to Microsoft Office Home & Business for Mac 2021 while this $44.97 deal lasts until June 14.

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This $40 tool helps you discover Mac features you’ve been missing out on

Sat, 06 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000

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TL;DR: Get the most out of your Mac with this lifetime license to MacPilot, on sale now for $39.99 (MSRP $99).

Are you making the most of your Mac? Even if you’re a Mac expert, you may not realize all your device can really do. MacPilot changes that — allowing you to unlock some of the coolest Apple features that are hidden from view.

Right now, you can lock in major savings and get a lifetime license to MacPilot for only $39.99.

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You paid a lot of money for your Mac, so you should make sure you’re getting a lot out of it. MacPilot can help you unlock more than 1,200 Mac features — from displaying hidden files in Finder to fully customizing your dock with spacers and stacks.

You don’t need any coding or previous tech knowledge to take advantage of this tool. Change your screenshot file format, disable the startup chime, or use your screensaver as your desktop background with MacPilot. It also lets you see your Mac’s graphics card, RAM bus speeds, and system serial number.

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Apple event live blog: Follow WWDC news before the keynote starts

Sat, 06 Jun 2026 07:40:00 +0000

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Next week, Apple will kick off WWDC with a keynote presentation that outlines all of the new features across its family of devices: iOS, iPadOS, macOS. watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS. What will Apple have in store for this year’s show? Will there be any surprises? This will be your one-stop source for all things Apple this week and all through next week’s show, so stay tuned!

Watch the WWDC keynote right here

Apple has posted a placeholder page for its keynote livestream on YouTube, which you can watch right here. You can also check out the keynote on Apple.com and in the TV app on Apple TV.

Catch up on the rumors

For months, we’ve been collecting every rumor and tidbit about iOS/iPadOS and macOS leading up to Monday’s keynote. If you haven’t been following as closely as we have, don’t worry. We’ve got you covered with superguides for iOS and macOS, as well as everything else expected to arrive this month.

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WWDC 2026: Live blog

5 hours ago, By David Price

Tim Cook's last hurrah

Back in April, Tim Cook announced he will step down as Apple CEO on September 1. (He isn’t leaving, by the way. His new duties as chairman of the board are likely to include a certain amount of political wrangling.) This timing means new CEO John Ternus will be in place for the iPhone 18 Pro launch in early September, and Monday’s WWDC26 keynote will be Cook’s swansong: his last Apple event as host and compere.

This will surely be acknowledged in some way. Perhaps Ternus will be invited on stage for a symbolic passing of the torch: a handshake, a hug, a high five. Expect Cook to thank the colleagues and customers who’ve supported him for the past 15 years, much as he did in this letter to the Apple community.

And here’s a trip down memory lane. A video of Cook’s very first event in charge, back in October 2011. “This is my first product launch since being named CEO,” he says. “It is a pleasure to host you today.” The pleasure was all ours, Tim.

7 hours ago, By Roman Loyola

WWDC preview podcast: macOS 27 and Mac hardware

A couple of weeks ago, Michael, Jason, and I talked about WWDC and what could happen with macOS 27 and Mac hardware. You can check out that episode of the Macworld PODcast in the YouTube video below. Skip to the 12-minute mark if you don’t want to hear us talk about the Ferrari Luce.

19 hours ago, By Michael Simon

Apple's first search engine may power Siri

According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple will use “an in-house web search product” to power Siri’s upgraded knowledge base without leaning on Google or ChatGPT. If true, that’s a major step toward replacing Google in Safari, a rumor we’ve been tracking for years.

21 hours ago, By Michael Simon

WWDC feature spotlight: New home for Visual Intelligence

As we get ready for the keynote kicking off on Monday at 10am PT, we’re going to spotlight rumored features that we’re excited about. Here’s one that I think people will love: Apple is reportedly moving Visual Intelligence from the Camera Control button to the camera to give it more, ahem, visibility. According to reports, there will be a new “Siri” option in the Camera app that will take you straight into Visual Intelligence to get information about something you see.

Visual Intelligence is an underappreciated feature that works quite well, but I fear most iPhone users don’t even know it exists. Moving it to a place where people will see it every day will be a great way to advertise it. And now that it’ll be using a smarter Siri rather than ChatGPT for most requests, it could be the killer feature of iOS 27.

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22 hours ago, By Michael Simon

WWDC preview: Top 5 most wanted

WWDC is going to be filled with small changes and big features coming to your Apple devices later this year. We’ll be highlighting a few of them throughout the weekend, but to get started, here’s Filipe Esposito with a list of the top 5 things he hopes to see on Monday, including a tease for the folding iPhone. Will it happen? We’ll know in just a few more days.

24 hours ago, By Michael Simon

More changes in store for notifications

Mark Gurman’s WWDC preview for Bloomberg doesn’t include much that we haven’t already heard, but we did spot this tidbit: “Notifications across iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 have a new effect for when alerts arrive. They now slide in from the left side of the screen, aligning with the new gesture system: Users swipe down from the left to open the Notification Center because swiping down from the center now opens the Search or Ask AI panel.”

So it sounds like notifications are changing yet again. Someday Apple will settle on a system it likes, but for now, we’ll be summoning Siri more often than we want until our fingers get used to the new system.

1 day ago, By David Price

What exactly is "coming bright up"?

Apple loves a good clue, and the marketing materials for WWDC26 are no exception. Invites feature the tagline “Coming bright up,” while the company’s developer portal uses the phrase “All systems glow.” Nice puns, but what do they mean?

The most likely explanation is that these are references to an upcoming interface redesign. Once iOS 27 is here, Siri is going to look very different, and this will include a glow in the Dynamic Island to indicate that it’s been activated.

We discuss the WWDC taglines in more depth here.

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1 day ago, By Michael Simon

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2 days ago, By Michael Simon

New merch at Apple Park!

If you happen to be in Cupertino and want to stop by the store at Apple Park, there is some special new gear. According to Mr. Macintosh on X, Apple has started selling new rainbow hats and crewnecks, and stainless steel water bottles. Of course, they could be for Pride Month, but we think Apple is just really excited for the show Monday,

2 days ago, By Michael Simon

Google and Nvidia will play a major role in the new Siri

When Apple announces the new Siri next week, you’ll hear a lot about what it can do, how smart it is, how much more capable it is, and how cool the new interface looks. What you might not hear much about is that at least part of it will run on Google servers, which are powered by Nvidia chips. The burning question is: How will Apple play up the privacy angle, and how does Private Cloud Compute fit into all this?

2 days ago, By Michael Simon

iOS 27 already has a game-changing feature

In late May, Apple announced a couple of iOS 27 features early as part of a spotlight on Accessibility. Among them is a huge upgrade to Voice Control, which will use natural language to control all sorts of things on your phone. That’s cool on its own, but it also speaks to a much more capable and contextual Siri that could change everything about how we use and interact with our iPhones.

2 days ago, By Michael Simon

Save $100 on the Apple Watch Series 11

Along with iOS 27, we’ll also get a look at watchOS 27 during Monday’s keynote. If you want to make sure you can get all the latest features, pick up an Apple Watch Series 11 for just $299, a savings of $100 and matching the lowest price we’ve ever seen.

2 days ago, By Michael Simon

Fix the iPhone camera please!

I’m a pretty casual iPhone photo taker, but Filipe Esposito made me realize just how underpowered the iPhone camera is. I don’t hate using it like he does, but I also don’t seek out many features because they’re just too hard to find. Filipe is hopeful that iOS 27 will fix things.

2 days ago, By Michael Simon

Macworld's WWDC Preview podcast: iOS 27 and more!

Roman, Jason, and myself spend an hour talking about what we expect next week from iOS 27, Siri, and Apple Intelligence—plus a few predictions on how Apple will start the show. Join us and send us a comment at podcast@macworld.com with your thoughts.

2 days ago, By Michael Simon

You might hate iOS 27

If there’s one thing we’re sure of next week, it’s that iOS 27 will feature a lot of AI. As AI skeptic Jason Cross explains, there’s a bit of a backlash against AI right now. There are hallucinations, confidently wrong answers, inappropriate images, bias—the list goes on. What kind of AI will iOS 27 bring? And more importantly, will iPhone users embrace the new Siri or turn against it?

3 days ago, By Michael Simon

Will Apple bring any new Macs to the show?

While WWDC is primarily a software show, we’ve gotten our share of Apple hardware announcements at the event, including Vision Pro, HomePod, and the 15-inch MacBook Air. However, much like last year, this year’s show looks to be entirely focused on software. That’s a bummer, but Filipe Esposito explains why there’s still plenty of time for new hardware this year.

2 days ago, By Michael Simon

Welcome to the WWDC 2026 live blog!

Come on in, everyone! We’re starting this year’s live blog a little early this year to make sure you don’t miss a thing. We’ll have full coverage of every leak, rumor, and announcement leading up to the keynote at 10 am on Monday, followed by minute-by-minute reporting of everything announced as it happens. So keep coming back!

macOS 27: What’s new in next Mac update being unveiled at WWDC Monday

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:48:38 +0000

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On June 8, Apple will officially reveal the follow-up to macOS 27 Tahoe, followed by a months-long beta cycle, and the official release of the new operating system in the fall.

As for what to expect, since the development is all in-house at Apple, leaks aren’t as prevalent as hardware, so a lot of the features are seen for the first time at the WWDC keynote. However, we’ve heard about big changes to how Siri is implemented, along with tweaks to the Liquid Glass UI that was released with macOS Tahoe.

We can also draw some conclusions based on Apple’s hardware plans. For example, Apple is rumored to release its first touchscreen MacBook Pro during the macOS 27 cycle, so it’s possible that macOS 27 could bring major interface changes related to the new machine. Leading up to WWDC, stay tuned to this page as we track all the latest macOS 27 rumors.

We also have an Apple WWDC event live blog where we will be sharing expert commentary and our immediate reactions and what the news means to you.

What’s coming in macOS 27: At a Glance

New chatbot-style Siri app
Release timeline for advanced Siri capabilities
New Apple Intelligence features
End of Intel Mac support
Touchscreen features

macOS 27 release date: When will macOS 27 be available?

First developer beta: June 8, 2026
First public beta: July 2026
Final version: September 2026

Apple will debut macOS 27 at WWDC26. Apple’s Keynote presentation will be on June 8, 2026, and the company will highlight the key features.

The official version of macOS 27 will not be available until later in 2027. In recent years, Apple has released macOS at the same time as iOS. The iOS release has been happening during the second week of September, so Monday, September 14, is our guess as to when macOS 27 becomes available to everyone.

When will the macOS 27 beta be released?

It isn’t necessary to wait until the fall to try out the new features in macOS 27, though. Apple will release a developer beta at WWDC – likely immediately after the keynote on June 8. Apple will then release a public beta in July.

The beta cycle includes several iterations as Apple refines the software. Here’s how you can participate in the beta program.

macOS 27 compatibility: Which Macs will support macOS 27?

Apple Silicon only: macOS 27 ends support for Intel Macs

With the release of macOS 26 Tahoe last year, Apple announced that it would be the last version that supports Macs with Intel processors. That means when macOS 27 is released, you’ll need a Mac with an M1 processor or later to install it.

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Only M-series Macs will be able to run macOS 27.

The list of supported Macs is expected to look like this:

MacBook Neo (A18 Pro/2026 and later)
MacBook Air (M1/2020 and later)
MacBook Pro (M1/2020 and later)
iMac (M1/2021 and later)
Mac mini (M1/2020 and later)
Mac Studio (M1/2022 and later)
Mac Pro (M2/2023 and later)

Users should also take note that macOS 27 will be released about six years after the first M1 Macs were released in November 2020. Apple’s macOS support cycle usually runs about seven years; after that, Apple starts the deprecation process that eventually leads to the end of support for the device. Apple has not stated if macOS 27 will be the last or next-to-last version of macOS that M1 Macs can support, but it’s possible that the first Apple silicon Macs could get cut off next year.

Should Intel Mac owners upgrade now?

Intel Mac owners should upgrade to Apple Silicon as soon as possible. The transition away from Intel hardware has reached a critical turning point, with software support rapidly vanishing and a new generation of affordable entry-level hardware making the switch more accessible than ever.

Apple has confirmed that macOS 27 will not support any Intel-based Macs. While a small number of Intel models may receive security patches for older versions of macOS until September 2028, they are already excluded from modern flagship features.

Those with Intel Macs also miss out on many features, including Apple Intelligence.

What the end of Rosetta support means

macOS 27 is also expected to end support for Rosetta 2, Apple’s translation technology that allows Intel-based Mac apps to run on Apple Silicon Macs.

The end of Rosetta 2 support marks the final stage of Apple’s transition away from Intel-based architecture, effectively terminating the ability of M-series Macs to run older software designed for Intel processors. Rosetta 2 has served as a “translator” or “transition layer” since 2020, allowing Apple silicon to execute x86_64 instructions.

The move further accelerates Apple’s transition away from Intel-era software. As of the macOS 26.4 update, users are already seeing Rosetta 2 warnings.

macOS 27 performance: Stability improvements

Main focus on stability

macOS and the rest of the OS 26 releases last year introduced some of the biggest changes that Apple has made to its operating systems in recent history. Since it was such a big release, it follows that the xOS 27 releases this June won’t include a ton of feature changes.

According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple “is focused on improving the software’s quality and underlying performance… Engineering teams are now combing through Apple’s operating systems, hunting for bloat to cut, bugs to eliminate, and any opportunity to meaningfully boost performance and overall quality.”

In this case, Apple seems to be taking a cue from its release of Mac OS X Snow Leopard in 2009, which focused on battery life, stability, performance and modernized code, rather than new features, following 2007’s Mac OS X Leopard.

macOS 27 Siri: Will Siri finally get its long-awaited upgrade?

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Chatbot upgrades
Google Gemini foundational model

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The main spotlight at WWDC26 is expected to revolve around Siri. The major overhaul Apple first previewed at WWDC 2024 has been delayed multiple times, with the company now targeting a rollout over the coming year. Some features could arrive first in beta. After months of setbacks, WWDC26 represents an important opportunity for Apple to demonstrate progress on its AI roadmap and reassure users that its next-generation Siri is still on track.

The delayed Siri features include personal context awareness, on-screen awareness, deeper app actions, multi-step automation, AI-powered Shortcuts, and a conversational Siri. Together, these capabilities are intended to transform Siri from a simple voice assistant into a more capable AI assistant that can understand what you’re doing and take actions across apps on your behalf. See: New Siri features coming in 2026.

Reports also suggest Apple is planning a broader AI-focused reboot of Siri. Rumored additions include a redesigned interface, a ChatGPT-style chatbot experience and support for additional AI models such as Google Gemini. While details remain scarce, Siri appears to be headed for its most significant overhaul since its debut in 2011.

As of June 2026, Apple is reportedly testing a standalone Siri app, internally. The app is said to support persistent conversations, conversation history, file uploads, and synchronization across devices. It remains unclear whether the app will launch on macOS at the same time as iOS, but a Mac version would be a logical extension of Apple’s cross-platform AI strategy.

Another change could involve the AI models powering Siri. While OpenAI’s ChatGPT was the first third-party AI model integrated into Apple’s ecosystem, reports suggest Apple is expanding its approach to include multiple AI providers. Google Gemini is widely expected to join ChatGPT as an option for handling certain Siri and Apple Intelligence requests, while Apple will continue using its own in-house models for features such as Writing Tools, notification summaries, and other on-device AI tasks.

Many reports focus on iOS 27 rather than macOS 27, since Siri is primarily marketed as an iPhone feature. However, Siri has largely achieved feature parity across Apple’s platforms in recent years, making it likely that major Siri upgrades will also arrive on the Mac.

macOS 27 Apple Intelligence: What’s next for Apple Intelligence?

Along with the new Siri, reports claim that iOS 27 will have a lot of new Apple Intelligence features, and while many of those features are iPhone specific, there are several that are likely to make their way into macOS 27. Some Apple Intelligence features that could feature in macOS 27 include:

AI-based photo-editing tools in the Photos app
Text editing tools similar to Grammarly
AI tools in Calendar
Automatic tab groups in Safari

macOS 27 UI: Liquid Glass tweaks and touchscreen elements

Liquid Glass refinements
Touchscreen MacBook Pro preparation
Dynamic Island

With macOS 26, Apple introduced a major revamp of the macOS interface, based on Liquid Glass. It’s not going anywhere, but Apple will use macOS 27 to make refinements. Gurman reported that macOS 27 will address “transparency quirks” and other design issues. The changes will “make Liquid Glass look the way Apple’s design team intended it to from the start,” according to the report.

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Additionally, Apple is expected to release a touchscreen MacBook Pro sometime during the macOS 27 cycle, which will include UI elements for touch. Gurman said in a report that macOS 27 will offer a “refreshed, dynamic user interface that can shift between being optimized for touch or point-and-click input.” A new menu will appear with touch controls when the user touches the screen, and menu items will expand to make touching them easier. Gurman also said that these new laptops will have a Dynamic Island similar to the one on the iPhone. It will not have Face ID, however.

It’s unclear whether macOS 27 will feature visible interface changes to accommodate the new touchscreen MacBook or if the interface will contain hidden elements that adjust for touch input.

macOS 27 name: What will macOS 27 be named after?

With macOS, Apple gives it a name that refers to an association in California. It’s a tradition that started in 2013 with OS X 10.9 Mavericks (referring to the surf break in the Half Moon Bay area).

macOS 26 was named after Lake Tahoe, and macOS 27 may also be named for a lake: Big Bear. The Big Bear name has been spotted in data attached to an image Apple shared on X. Big Bear Lake is a lake and adjacent city in San Bernardino County. Big Bear is also the name of an AI company that builds real-world AI systems for the U.S. Department of Defense.

If Apple has so little choice of Californian names that Big Bear sounds like a good idea, maybe it’s time to switch to another theme?

Here is a list of the names Apple has used for macOS since it started to use Californian landmarks then:

10.9 Mavericks
10.10 Yosemite
10.11 El Capitan
macOS 10.12 Sierra
macOS 10.13 High Sierra
macOS 10.14 Mojave
macOS 10.15 Catalina
macOS 11 Big Sur
macOS 12 Monterey
macOS 13 Ventura
macOS 14 Sonoma
macOS 15 Sequoia
macOS 26 Tahoe

Three years ago, a list of names that Apple had trademarked was posted to X. Here is that list of (then) trademarked named that have not yet been used:

Condor
Diablo
Farallon
Grizzly
Mammoth
Miramar
Pacific
Redwood
Redtail
Rincon
Shasta
Skyline
Tiburon

It’s not clear if the trademark has expired on any of these names. However, it’s worth noting that the name “Big Sur” had expired before Apple decided to use it for macOS 11.

Here is a history of release dates for macOS:

macOS 26 Tahoe: September 15, 2025
macOS 15 Sequoia: September 16, 2024
macOS 14 Sonoma: September 26, 2023
macOS 13 Ventura: October 25, 2022
macOS 12 Monterey: October 25, 2021
macOS 11 Big Sur: November 19, 2020
macOS 10.15 Catalina: October 7, 2019
macOS 10.14 Mojave: September 24, 2018
macOS 10.13 High Sierra: September 25, 2017
macOS 10.12 Sierra: September 20, 2016

iOS 27: Everything we know about the 2026 iPhone update

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:59:42 +0000

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Apple is still wrapping up development of iOS 26, but is already hard at work on the next major iPhone operating system release: iOS 27.

With an unveiling coming in early June at WWDC, we’ve already heard a few rumors about what the next OS will have in store for our iPhones when it is released in September 2026. We also have an Apple WWDC event live blog where we will be sharing expert commentary and our immediate reactions and what the news means to you.

iOS 27 could be one of Apple’s most important iPhone updates. The leaks and rumors suggest that Apple will be focused on performance and stability improvements, rather than new features. Siri is said to be getting a huge overhaul, with a new chatbot-like interface. Apple is also expanding its Apple Intelligence features, according to reports. The Camera app is also said to be getting new customization abilities.

Plans change of course, and you shouldn’t consider anything to be set in stone until Apple makes a formal announcement. Here’s what we think we know so far.

What’s coming in iOS 27: At a Glance

Performance and stability improvements
New Apple Intelligence features
New chatbot-style Siri based on Gemini technology
Camera app customization with new Advanced mode and widgets

Read on for more detail about these changes and what else to expect.

iOS 27 release date: When will Apple release iOS 27?

First developer beta: June 8, 2026
First public beta: July 2026
Final version: September 2026

Apple is expected to unveil iOS 27 during its WWDC keynote on June 8, 2026, where it will showcase the update’s headline features. As usual, the software will then go through several months of testing before its full public release in the fall.

Apple typically launches new versions of iOS in September, often around the second week – making Monday, September 14 a likely release date based on past patterns.

If you want to try iOS 27 early, Apple will make beta versions available shortly after the keynote. The first developer beta is set to arrive on June 8, followed by a public beta in early July.

While installing a beta lets you test new features ahead of release, its worth noting that pre-release software can be unstable. Bugs, performance issues, and app incompatibility are common, as Apple uses the beta period to identify and fix problems before the final version launches.

iOS 27 compatibility: Which iPhones are expected to support iOS 27?

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May drop support for iPhone 11, 11 Pro & Max, and iPhone SE 2020

Leaker ‘Instant (Momentary) Digital’, who has a decent track record for leaking credible information, has indicated via a Weibo post that the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max (launched in 2019) and the iPhone SE 2 (launched in 2020) will not be able to run iOS 27. As we explain in our guide to how long Apple supports iPhones, Apple does tend to drop devices from new OS releases after about seven years, so their omission isn’t really surprising.

Plus, with iPhone 11 Pro and 11 Max having been relegated to the Vintage iPhone list by Apple, it is inevitable that they will not be supported by iOS 27.

That leaves us with a compatibility list that looks like this:

iPhone 17, 17 Pro / 17 Pro Max (launched in 2025)
iPhone Air (launched in 2025)
iPhone 16e (launched in 2025)
iPhone 16 / 16 Plus and iPhone 16 Pro / 16 Pro Max (launched in 2024)
iPhone 15 / 15 Plus and iPhone 15 Pro / 15 Pro Max (launched in 2023)
iPhone 14 / 14 Plus / 14 Pro / 14 Pro Max (launched in 2022)
iPhone SE 3 (launched in 2022)
iPhone 13 / 13 mini / 13 Pro / 13 Pro Max (launched in 2021)
iPhone 12 / 12 mini / 12 Pro / 12 Pro Max (launched in 2020)

The iPhone 15 and older will not be able to take advantage of any Apple Intelligence features, as is currently the case.

The iOS 26 complaints iOS 27 is expected to fix

iOS 26 has been characterized by some users as a “troubled release” due to significant performance issues and unfulfilled promises regarding AI features.

Reports suggest iOS 27 will focus heavily on fixing these stability issues and finally delivering a massive overhaul to Siri.

Common complaints about iOS 26 include:

Performance and Stability: Users have reported frequent crashes, freezes, and sluggish animations when Low Power Mode is enabled. Some iPhone 17 Pro Max users noted that their devices become uncomfortably hot even when running basic applications like Messages.
Liquid Glass Interface: While visually striking, the new interface is resource-intensive.
Battery Drain: The high GPU demands of the Liquid Glass interface, particularly with animated backgrounds, have led to significant battery depletion.
Broken AI Promises: A major point of frustration is that many “Apple Intelligence” features promised at WWDC 2024 – specifically a contextually aware Siri capable of controlling the entire device – have still not been fully delivered as of mid-2026.
Bugs in Core Apps: Complaints include unreliable virtual keyboards, disappearing icons, and delayed Face ID authentication.

Anticipated Improvements in iOS 27 include:

A Siri overhaul: The most significant anticipated change is the transformation of Siri into a full conversational chatbot . Leaks suggest it will use a smarter, more capable foundation (potentially powered by Google servers and Nvidia chips) rather than relying on external partners like ChatGPT for most requests.
Visual Intelligence Integration: A new Siri option is expected in the Camera app to provide immediate access to Visual Intelligence, allowing users to get information about objects they see every day.
Notification Redesign: Notifications are rumored to change again, sliding in from the left side of the screen to align with a new gesture system where swiping down from the center opens a dedicated “Search or Ask AI” panel.
Interface Refinements: To address the “unreadable” text issues of Liquid Glass, iOS 27 may introduce a new interface glow (referred to in marketing as “Coming bright up”) to indicate Siri activation and improve overall clarity.
Accessibility Upgrades: Apple has already previewed features like natural language Voice Control, which will allow users to navigate their phones by describing on-screen elements by color or content rather than just discrete commands.
Focus on Fixes: Some reports indicate that instead of adding a plethora of new visual changes, iOS 27 will focus primarily on stability and fixing the bugs that plagued iOS 26.

Siri in iOS 27: How Siri will improve in iOS 27?

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Apple appears to have abandoned plans to deliver its long-promised Siri overhaul as part of iOS 26, and is instead reportedly targeting a bigger Siri overhaul for iOS 27.

According to reports, Siri will evolve into a full-fledged AI chatbot with a redesigned interface that more closely resembles ChatGPT or a messaging app. Users will reportedly be able to interact with Siri through a new Ask interface, reference previous conversations, and continue ongoing chats. Siri is also expected to integrate much more deeply with Apple’s own apps and services.

The revamped assistant is said to be built on a new foundation model reportedly based on Google’s Gemini technology, with Apple adding its own enhancements, privacy protections, and safeguards on top.

Siri should also appear as a standalone app, with a chat history that auto-deletes conversations more than 30 days old.

Apple is also expected to significantly expand Siri’s smart home capabilities. Rumored features include AI-powered vision recognition that would allow devices to identify users and understand what they are doing while maintaining privacy protections. These kinds of capabilities are expected to play a major role in future Apple products such as smart home cameras and smart glasses.

The Siri interface itself may also see a dramatic redesign. Reports suggest Siri’s activation animation will center around the Dynamic Island. Invoking Siri with the side button or wake phrase would trigger a large pill-shaped animation around the Dynamic Island, while swiping down from the top center of the display could open a new Search or Ask interface with both text and voice input options.

When Siri returns results, users may be able to swipe down to expand responses into a persistent chat interface similar to iMessage. Apple is also rumored to be developing a standalone Siri app where users can revisit, search through, and continue previous conversations.

Apple Intelligence in iOS 27: Major updates

Wallet scanning tickets/cards
Visual Intelligence (nutrition/object recognition)
Contact info extraction from images
Safari/app-level AI integrations
AI photo editing features
Improved writing tools with grammar check
Shortcut generation
New third-party AI model support

Apple Intelligence is Apple’s suite of generative AI tools integrated across its operating systems, designed to enhance productivity through writing assistance, image generation, and system-wide automation. While many features were introduced in 2024 and 2025, the upcoming iOS 27 update – set to be previewed at WWDC on June 8, 2026 – is expected to deliver a massive overhaul of these capabilities.

We don’t have much information about what specific AI advancements Apple is working on or how it will be used throughout the OS and Apple’s apps, yet. But Gurman reports iOS 27 will be heavy on new AI features.

In April 2026, some back-end code relating to Visual Intelligence suggested Apple is working on Apple Intelligence features like reading nutrition lables, adding phone numbers and addresses to contacts, adding physical tickets and passes to Wallet, and auto-generating names for tab groups in Safari.

Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman claimed Apple is planning a trio of new AI-powered image editing tools. Extend, Enhance, and Reframe will join the existing Clean Up feature in a new “Apple Intelligence Tools” section within the Photos app.

In a May report, Gurman wrote that Writing Tools will get an AI-related update to be more capable, including checking grammar, and will be more easily discoverable in the operating system. He also indicates that there may be a “Write with Siri” button and a “Help Me Write” option.

AI-powered Shortcuts will be able to be created using plain language for the first time, too. You’ll just describe what you want the Shortcut to do, and your iPhone or iPad will create the automation for you.

As to how Apple will power the new Siri. Reports indicate Google Gemini and Anthropic models are being tested in addition to OpenAI/ChatGPT integration.

To find out more about Apple Intelligence, read: How to use Apple Intelligence on iPhone and What is Apple Intelligence.

iOS 27 Camera app changes

You’ll reportedly be able to fully customize the Camera app interface in iOS 27. According to a report from Mark Gurman of Bloomberg, users will be able to switch to a new Advanced mode or build their own layout using customizable widgets. These widgets will be organized into categories such as Basic, Manual, and Settings, allowing users to tailor the camera interface to their preferences.

Potential widgets could include controls for depth of field, timers, photo styles, and exposure adjustments. The Camera app is also rumored to gain a new Siri mode – similar to existing modes like Slo-mo or Panorama – that would provide quick access to Visual Intelligence features.

A Siri mode in the camera app could offer live visual intelligence – answering spoken questions in real time.

iOS 27 performance: Stability improvements

Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that Apple intends to treat iOS 27 similarly to Mac OS X Snow Leopard, prioritising performance and stability over a long list of new features.

Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) followed the more feature-heavy Leopard (10.5) update, and focused on refining the system – removing unnecessary complexity, fixing bugs, and improving overall efficiency. While it didn’t introduce as many headline features, it became a popular version of macOS thanks to its speed and reliability.

If iOS 27 is going to follow a similar path as Snow Leopard, users can expect some new features, but a greater emphasis on optimisation, performance, and stability, with effort spent on cleaning up the code and improving performance.

Other new features coming in iOS 27

AirPods settings: Apple reportedly planning a redesign of AirPods settings in iOS 27. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is working on a more functional and streamlined interface that better highlights key features and makes AirPods easier to manage. AirPods settings currently only appear when the earbuds are connected, and the menu has become increasingly cluttered as Apple has added features like Adaptive Audio, Conversation Awareness, and personalised controls. While Gurman did not mention a standalone app, the reported overhaul suggests Apple is responding to long-standing complaints about how difficult some AirPods features are to find and manage within the Settings app.

Satellite connectivity: It might be possible to use a Satellite connection to navigate Apple Maps and send photos via Messages. This could be made possible by Apple’s next-generation modem technology coming to future iPhones.

AI Vision Recognition: iOS 27 is expected to introduce AI vision features that allow devices to recognize users and their activities while maintaining privacy, which will be critical for upcoming smart home products.

Personalized Intelligence: Siri is expected to use on-device data from mail, messages, and web history to build a private profile, allowing it to provide answers specific to the user.

Wallet Enhancements: A new “Create a Pass” feature is tipped for the Wallet app.

Image Playground updates: Image generation should get a boost.

AirPlay: Users in the EU may be able to choose between AirPlay and an alternative streaming default.

Safari: Tab grouping is said to be getting more intelligent.

Accessibility features in iOS 27

In May 2026, Apple previewed some new accessibility features coming in iOS 27. These lean heavily on Apple Intelligence, with updates coming to VoiceOver, Magnifier, Voice Control, Accessibility Reader, on-device subtitles, and Vision Pro.

Magnifier and VoiceOver: Major Visual Intelligence upgrades, enabling more detailed descriptions of images and what’s in the viewfinder. These improvements also reflect Apple’s broader AI efforts, since the same systems power object and text recognition across the OS.

Voice Control: Evolving from fixed commands to natural language interactions. Users will be able to describe what they want to tap, zoom, or scroll to using context like color or content, showing how Apple’s AI is becoming more capable of understanding on-screen information.

Accessibility Reader: Expanding support for more complex layouts, including tables, images, and multi-column content, using AI to better interpret and present information on screen.

iOS 27 interface changes: Folding phone specific features

We’ve heard of the imminent release of a folding iPhone for more than five years now, but it looks it could actually happen in 2026. The iPhone Fold, or iPhone Ultra, as some are calling it, is expected to be an ultra-premium device with a sky-high price tag—some rumors say as much as $2,400.

Naturally, an iPhone that has a 5.5-inch screen on the outside but then opens to reveal a 7.8-inch display on the inside is going to need some specific iOS changes to make use of it. Not only will the operating system itself need an overhaul to deal with this screen-switching and new aspect ratios, but all of Apple’s built-in apps will need to take advantage of the iPhone Fold’s unique geometry.

We haven’t gotten any rumors about how iOS 27 will adapt to the folding phone, and Apple is unlikely to unveil any new features until the phone arrives in September, but we’ll be looking for clues at WWDC.

Apple TV this week: ‘Cape Fear’ is now streaming

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:06:54 +0000

Macworld

What’s new on Apple TV? What are the best shows and movies? How do you sign up and what does it cost? This article will answer all of that, and you’ll also get a list of all the currently-available Apple TV content.

There’s also a ton of new content in the works for Apple’s service, too. If you want to know what’s on the way, check out our list of upcoming Apple TV shows and movies.

Updated June 5, 2026: Cape Fear is now streaming.

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Latest Apple TV releases

Cape Fear
Released: June 5, 2026

Star City
Released: May 29, 2026

Propeller One-Way Night Coach
Released: May 29, 2026

Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed
Released: May 20, 2026

Unconditional
Released: May 8, 2026

How to get Apple TV

You can subscribe to Apple TV on Apple’s website here, or via the Apple TV app on your device. It costs $12.99/£9.99 a month, which you can cancel at any time (Read: How to cancel an Apple subscription). You can also opt for a one-year subscription for $99/£89, which essentially gives you two months free each year.

Apple also offers various trials so that you can try out Apple TV before you subscribe. Take a look at our article explaining all the ways you can watch Apple TV for free, and the best Apple TV deals you can get.

Students can get Apple TV for free with an already subsidized Apple Music subscription.

Best shows on Apple TV

There’s far too much content on Apple TV to sift through it all yourself. If you’re looking for something to watch and don’t know where to start, here are a few of the Macworld staff’s favorite shows, series, and movies.

Bad Sisters

Synopsis: A dark comedy about a group of Irish sisters who find themselves at the center of a life insurance investigation after John Paul–the abusive husband to one of the sisters–dies unexpectedly.
Number of seasons: 2
Release date: August 19, 2022

Black Bird

Synopsis: A gripping miniseries about a convicted con artist who works for the FBI to try to get a serial killer’s confession before he is released from prison. Based on the true story of James Keene and Larry Hall.
Number of seasons: 1
Release date: July 8, 2022

For All Mankind

Synopsis: What if the U.S.S.R. put a man on the moon before the U.S.? How would the ensuing space race change history throughout the decades? That’s the high concept behind this gripping big-budget sci-fi series.
Number of seasons: 5
Release date: November 1, 2019

Pluribus

Synopsis: A mysterious virus-like pathogen turns the entire human race into a peaceful hive-mind, except for a handful of individuals. Created by Vince Gilligan, of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul fame.
Number of seasons: 1
Release date: November 17, 2025

Severance

Synopsis: A combination of dystopian sci-fi drama and workplace comedy about a company where employees are “severed”–when at work, they can’t remember their outside lives, and vice-versa.
Number of seasons: 2
Release date: February 18, 2022

Shrinking

Synopsis: A surprisingly quick-witted comedy about a therapist who has trouble dealing with the death of his wife and his eccentric patients.
Number of seasons: 2
Release date: January 27, 2023

Slow Horses

Synopsis: Gary Oldman turns in a great performance as the cranky leader of a band of misfit spies.
Number of seasons: 5
Release date: April 1, 2022

Ted Lasso

Synopsis: Apple’s fish-out-of-water comedy/drama about a midwestern college football coach who heads to England to coach Premier League soccer is a breakout hit for good reason.
Number of seasons: 3
Release date: August 14, 2020

The Morning Show

Synopsis: Big star power and a fantastic performance by Jenniffer Aniston highlight this fast-paced drama that goes behind the scenes of a fictional morning news program.
Number of seasons: 4
Release date: November 1, 2019

Full list of Apple TV shows and series

These are all the episodic series you can currently watch on Apple TV, including both recurring and limited series. This list is in alphabetical order.

Title	Premiere	Seasons / Episodes
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything	May 21, 2021	8 episodes
Acapulco	October 8, 2021	4 seasons, 40 episodes
Amazing Stories	March 6, 2020	1 season, 5 episodes
Amber Brown	July 29, 2022	1 season, 10 episodes
Bad Monkey	August 14, 2024	1 season, 10 episodes
Bad Sisters	August 19, 2022	2 seasons, 20 episodes
BE@RBRICK	March 21, 2025	1 season, 13 episodes
Becoming You	November 13, 2020	1 season, 6 episodes
Before	October 25, 2024	10 episodes
Best Foot Forward	July 22, 2022	1 season, 10 episodes
Big Beasts	April 21, 2023	1 season, 10 episodes
Black Bird	July 8, 2022	6 episodes
Boom! Boom! The World vs Boris Becker	April 7, 2023	2 episodes
Born to be Wild	December 19, 2025	6 episodes
Calls	March 19, 2021	1 season, 9 episodes
Camp Snoopy	June 14, 2024	10 episodes
Cape Fear	June 5, 2026	10 episodes
Carême	April 30, 2025	1 season, 8 episodes
Carpool Karaoke	August 8, 2017	5 seasons, 75 episodes
Central Park	May 29, 2020	3 seasons, 39 episodes
Chief of War	August 1, 2025	9 episodes
Circuit Breakers	November 11, 2022	1 season, 7 episodes
City on Fire	May 12, 2023	1 season, 8 episodes
Constellation	February 21, 2024	1 season, 8 episodes
Cowboy Cartel	August 2, 2024	4 episodes
Criminal Record	January 10, 2024	2 seasons, 16 episodes
Curses!	October 27, 2023	2 seasons, 20 episodes
Dark Matter	May 8, 2024	1 season, 9 episodes
Dear Edward	February 3, 2023	1 season, 10 episodes
Dear…	June 5, 2020	2 seasons, 20 episodes
Defending Jacob	April 24, 2020	8 episodes
Dickinson	November 1, 2019	3 seasons, 30 episodes
Disclaimer	October 11, 2024	7 episodes
Dope Thief	March 14, 2025	8 episodes
Doug Unplugs	November 13, 2020	2 seasons, 26 episodes
Down Cemetery Road	October 29, 2025	1 season, 8 episodes
Dr. Brain	November 3, 2021	1 season, 6 episodes
Drops of God	April 21, 2023	2 seasons, 16 episodes
Duck & Goose	July 8, 2022	2 seasons, 17 episodes
Earth at Night in Color	December 4, 2020	2 seasons, 12 episodes
Earthsounds	February 23, 2024	1 season, 12 episodes
Echo 3	November 23, 2022	1 season, 10 episodes
El Deafo	January 7, 2022	3 episodes
Eva the Owlet	March 31, 2023	2 seasons, 17 episodes
Extrapolations	March 17, 2023	1 season, 8 episodes
Five Days at Memorial	August 12, 2022	8 episodes
For All Mankind	November 1, 2019	5 seasons, 50 episodes
Foundation	September 24, 2021	3 seasons, 30 episodes
Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock	January 21, 2022	2 seasons, 27 episodes
Fraggle Rock: Rock On!	April 21, 2020	1 season, 6 episodes
Frog and Toad	April 28, 2023	2 seasons, 18 episodes
Get Rolling with Otis	October 8, 2021	2 seasons, 18 episodes
Ghostwriter	November 1, 2019	3 seasons, 39 episodes
Government Cheese	April 16, 2025	1 season, 10 episodes
Greatness Code	July 10, 2020	2 seasons, 13 episodes
Gutsy	September 9, 2022	1 season, 8 episodes
Harriet the Spy	November 19, 2021	2 seasons, 20 episodes
Hello Tomorrow!	February 17, 2023	1 season, 10 episodes
Hello, Jack! The Kindness Show	November 5, 2021	2 seasons, 16 episodes
Helpsters	November 1, 2019	3 seasons, 40 episodes
Helpsters Help You	April 24, 2020	6 episodes
High Desert	May 17, 2023	1 season, 8 episodes
Hijack	June 28, 2023	2 seasons, 15 episodes
Hollywood Con Queen	May 8, 2024	3 episodes
Home	April 17, 2020	2 seasons, 19 episodes
Home Before Dark	April 3, 2020	2 seasons, 20 episodes
Imperfect Women	March 18, 2026	8 episodes
Interrupting Chicken	November 18, 2022	2 seasons, 17 episodes
Invasion	October 22, 2021	3 seasons, 30 episodes
Jane	April 14, 2023	3 seasons, 20 episodes
John Lennon: Murder Without A Trial	December 6, 2023	3 episodes
Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars	October 10, 2025	8 episodes
K-Pop Idols	August 30, 2024	6 episodes
KPopped	August 29, 2025	1 season, 8 episodes
La Maison	September 20, 2024	1 season, 10 episodes
Lady in the Lake	July 19, 2024	7 episodes
Land of Women	June 26, 2024	1 season, 6 episodes
Lessons in Chemistry	October 13, 2023	8 episodes
Liaison	February 24, 2023	1 season, 6 episodes
Life by Ella	September 2, 2022	1 season, 10 episodes
Lincoln’s Dilemma	February 18, 2022	4 episodes
Lisey’s Story	June 4, 2021	8 episodes
Little America	January 17, 2020	2 seasons, 16 episodes
Little Voice	July 10, 2020	1 season, 9 episodes
Long Way Up	September 18, 2020	11 episodes
Long Way Home	May 9, 2025	10 episodes
Loot	June 24, 2022	3 seasons, 30 episodes
Losing Alice	January 22, 2021	1 season, 8 episodes
Love You to Death	February 7, 2025	1 season, 7 episodes
Lovely Little Farm	June 10, 2022	2 seasons, 14 episodes
Make or Break	April 29, 2022	2 seasons, 15 episodes
Manhunt	March 15, 2024	7 episodes
Margo’s Got Money Troubles	April 15, 2026	1 season, 8 episodes
Masters of the Air	January 26, 2024	9 episodes
Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed	May 20, 2026	1 season, 10 episodes
Me	July 12, 2024	1 seasons, 10 episodes
Messi Meets America	October 11, 2023	6 episodes
Messi’s World Cup: Rise of a Legend	February 21, 2024	4 episodes
Midnight Family	September 25, 2024	1 season, 10 episodes
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters	November 17, 2023	2 season, 20 episodes
Monster Factory	March 17, 2023	6 episodes
Mr. Corman	August 6, 2021	1 season, 10 episodes
Mr. Scorsese	October 17, 2025	5 episodes
Murderbot	May 16, 2025	1 season, 10 episodes
My Brother the Minotaur	April 24, 2026	1 season, 10 episodes
My Kind of Country	March 24, 2023	1 season, 8 episodes
Mythic Quest	February 7, 2020	4 seasons, 40 episodes
Not a Box	June 13, 2025	1 season, 8 episodes
Now and Then	May 20, 2022	1 season, 8 episodes
Omnivore	July 19, 2024	1 season, 8 episodes
One-of-a-Kind Marcie	August 18, 2023	39 min.
Onside: Major League Soccer	February 21, 2025	8 episodes
Oprah Talks COVID-19	March 21, 2020	1 season, 13 episodes
Oprah’s Book Club	November 1, 2019	1 season, 14 episodes
Pachinko	March 25, 2022	2 seasons, 16 episodes
Palm Royale	March 20, 2024	2 seasons, 20 episodes
Physical	June 18, 2021	3 seasons, 30 episodes
Pinecone & Pony	April 8, 2022	2 seasons, 16 episodes
Platonic	May 24, 2023	2 seasons, 20 episodes
Pluribus	November 7, 2025	1 season, 9 episodes
Prehistoric Planet	May 23, 2022	3 seasons, 15 episodes
Presumed Innocent	June 12, 2024	8 episodes
Pretzel and the Puppies	February 11, 2022	2 seasons, 18 episodes
Prime Target	January 22, 2025	8 episodes
Puppy Place	October 15, 2021	2 seasons, 16 episodes
Real Madrid: Until the End	March 10, 2023	3 episodes
Roar	April 15, 2022	1 season, 8 episodes
Sago Mini Friends	September 16, 2022	3 seasons, 24 episodes
Schmigadoon!	July 16, 2021	2 seasons, 12 episodes
See	November 1, 2019	3 seasons, 24 episodes
Servant	November 28, 2019	4 seasons, 40 episodes
Severance	February 18, 2022	2 seasons, 19 episodes
Shantaram	October 14, 2022	1 season, 12 episodes
Shape Island	January 20, 2023	2 seasons, 16 episodes
Shining Girls	April 29, 2022	1 season, 8 episodes
Shrinking	January 27, 2023	3 seasons, 33 episodes
Side Quest	March 26, 2025	4 epsiodes
Silo	May 5, 2023	2 seasons, 20 episodes
Slow Horses	April 1, 2022	5 seasons, 30 episodes
Slumberkins	November 4, 2022	1 season, 8 episodes
Smoke	June 27, 2025	9 episodes
Snoopy in Space	November 1, 2019	2 seasons, 24 episodes
Star City	May 29, 2026	1 season, 8 episodes
Stick	June 4, 2025	1 season, 10 episodes
Still Up	September 22, 2023	1 season, 8 episodes
Stillwater	December 4, 2020	4 seasons, 40 episodes
Strange Planet	August 9, 2023	1 season, 10 episodes
STEVE! (martin): A documentary in two pieces	March 29, 2024	2 episodes
Sugar	April 5, 2024	8 episodes
Sunny	July 10, 2024	1 season, 10 episodes
Super League: The War for Football	January 13, 2023	4 episodes
Surface	July 29, 2022	2 seasons, 16 episodes
Surfside Girls	August 19, 2022	1 season, 10 episodes
Suspicion	February 4, 2022	1 season, 8 episodes
Swagger	October 29, 2021	2 season2, 18 episodes
Ted Lasso	August 14, 2020	3 seasons, 34 episodes
Tehran	September 25, 2020	3 seasons, 24 episodes
The Afterparty	January 28, 2022	2 seasons, 16 episodes
The Big Cigar	May 17, 2024	6 episodes
The Big Conn	May 6, 2022	4 episodes
The Big Door Prize	March 29, 2023	2 seasons, 20 episodes
The Buccaneers	November 8, 2023	2 seasons, 16 episodes
The Changeling	September 8, 2023	1 season, 8 episodes
The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin	March 1, 2024	1 season, 6 episodes
The Crowded Room	June 9, 2023	1 season, 10 episodes
The Dynasty	February 16 2024	10 episodes
The Enfield Poltergeist	October 27, 2023	4 episodes
The Essex Serpent	May 13, 2022	6 episodes
The Hunt	March 4, 2026	6 episodes
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey	March 11, 2022	6 episodes
The Last Frontier	October 10, 2025	1 season, 10 episodes
The Last Thing He Told Me	April 14, 2023	2 seasons, 15 episodes
The Line	November 19, 2021	4 episodes^[a]
The Long Game: Bigger Than Basketball	April 22, 2022	1 season, 5 episodes
The Me You Can’t See	May 21, 2021	1 season, 6 episodes
The Morning Show	November 1, 2019	3 seasons, 30 episodes
The Mosquito Coast	April 30, 2021	2 seasons, 17 episodes
The New Look	February 14, 2024	1 season, 10 episodes
The Oprah Conversation	July 30, 2020	1 season, 15 episodes
The Problem with Jon Stewart	September 30, 2021	2 seasons, 20 episodes
The Reluctant Traveler	February 24, 2023	2 seasons, 13 episodes
The Sisters Grimm	October 3, 2025	1 season, 6 episodes
The Shrink Next Door	November 12, 2021	8 episodes
The Snoopy Show	February 5, 2021	2 seasons, 26 episodes
The Studio	March 26, 2025	1 season, 10 episodes
The Super Models	September 20, 2023	4 episodes
The Wild Ones	July 11, 2025	1 season, 6 episodes
They Call Me Magic	April 22, 2022	1 season, 4 episodes
Time Bandits	July 24, 2024	1 season, 10 episodes
Tiny World	October 2, 2020	2 seasons, 12 episodes
Truth Be Told	December 6, 2019	3 seasons, 28 episodes
Trying	May 1, 2020	4 seasons, 32 episodes
Twisted Yoga	March 13, 2026	3 episodes
Unconditional	May 8, 2026	8 episodes
Visible: Out on Television	February 14, 2020	5 episodes
Wanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn	August 25, 2023	4 episodes
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson	July 30, 2021	1 season, 6 episodes
WeCrashed	March 18, 2022	8 episodes
Where’s Wanda?	October 2, 2024	1 season, 8 episodes
Widow’s Bay	April 29, 2026	1 season, 10 episodes
Wolfboy and the Everything Factory	September 24, 2021	2 seasons, 20 episodes
Women in Blue	July 31, 2024	1 season, 10 episodes
WondLa	June 28, 2024	3 seasons, 20 episodes
Wonder Pets: In the City	December 13, 2024	2 seasons, 26 episodes
Yo Gabba Gabbaland	August 9, 2024	1 season, 20 episodes
You Would Do It Too	October 30, 2024	1 season, 8 episodes
Your Friends and Neighbors	April 11, 2025	2 seasons, 19 episodes

Full list of Apple TV movies and short films

Apple TV is home to a fair number of original movies, too. Some of the movies saw a limited theatrical release, all are listed here in alphabetical order.

Title	Release Date
9/11: Inside the President’s War Room	September 1, 2021
Argylle	April 12, 2024
All of You	September 26, 2025
Beastie Boys Story	April 24, 2020
Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry	February 26, 2021
Blitz	November 22, 2024
Blush	October 1, 2021
Bono: Stories of Surrender	May 30, 2025
Boys State	August 14, 2020
Bread and Roses	November 22, 2024
Bruce Springsteen’s Letter to You	October 23, 2020
Causeway	November 4, 2022
Cha Cha Real Smooth	June 17, 2022
Cherry	March 12, 2021
CODA	August 13, 2021
Come from Away	September 10, 2021
Come See Me in the Good Light	November 14, 2021
Dads	June 19, 2020
Deaf President Now!	May 16, 2025
Echo Valley	June 13, 2025
Emancipation	December 9, 2022
Eternity	February 13, 2026
F1: The Movie	December 12, 2025
Fancy Dance	June 28, 2024
Fathom	June 25, 2021
Finch	November 5, 2021
Fingernails	November 3, 2023
Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds	November 13, 2020
Flora and Son	September 29, 2023
Fly Me to the Moon	December 6, 2024
Fountain of Youth	May 23, 2025
Ghosted	April 21, 2023
Girls State	April 5, 2024
Greyhound	July 10, 2020
Hala	December 6, 2019
Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas	November 22, 2023
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth	April 17, 2020
Highest 2 Lowest	September 5, 2025
Killers of the Flower Moon	January 12, 2024
Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues	October 28, 2022
Luck	August 5, 2022
Lulu is a Rhinoceros	May 30, 2025
Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special	December 4, 2020
Mariah’s Christmas: The Magic Continues	December 3, 2021
Napoleon	March 1, 2024
Napoleon: Director’s Cut	August 29, 2024
Number One on the Call Sheet	March 28, 2025
On the Rocks	October 23, 2020
Outcome	April 10, 2026
Palmer	January 29, 2021
Propeller One-Way Night Coach	May 29, 2026
Raymond & Ray	October 21, 2022
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me	November 4, 2022
Sharper	February 17, 2023
Sidney	September 23, 2022
Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical	August 15, 2025
Snoopy Presents: For Auld Lang Syne	December 10, 2021
Snoopy Presents: It’s The Small Things, Charlie Brown	April 15, 2022
Snoopy Presents: Lucy’s School	August 12, 2022
Snoopy Presents: To Mom (and Dad), With Love	May 6, 2022
Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin	February 16, 2024
Spirited	November 18, 2022
Stephen Curry: Underrated	July 21, 2023
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie	May 12, 2023
Stiller & Meara: Nothing is Lost	October 24, 2025
Swan Song	December 17, 2021
Tetris	March 31, 2023
The Banker	March 20, 2020
The Beanie Bubble	July 28, 2023
The Bloody Hundredth	March 15, 2024
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse	December 25, 2022
The Elephant Queen	November 1, 2019
The Family Plan	December 15, 2023
The Family Plan 2	November 21, 2025
The First Snow of Fraggle Rock	December 5, 2025
The Gorge	February 14, 2025
The Greatest Beer Run Ever	September 30, 2022
The Instigators	August 9, 2024
The Last of the Sea Women	October 11, 2024
The Lost Bus	October 3, 2025
The Pigeon Tunnel	October 20, 2023
The Sky Is Everywhere	February 11, 2022
The Tragedy of Macbeth	January 14, 2022
The Velvet Underground	October 15, 2021
The Velveteen Rabbit	November 22, 2023
The Year Earth Changed	April 16, 2021
Twas the Fight Before Christmas	November 26, 2021
Who Are You, Charlie Brown?	June 25, 2021
Wolfs	September 27, 2024
Wolfwalkers	December 11, 2020

Watch this Franken-Neo come alive with official Apple parts

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:39:37 +0000

Macworld

One of the cool things about the MacBook Neo is that it’s designed so the user can repair it if needed. You can order parts online and use Apple’s manuals to, say, replace a broken trackpad. But as it turns out, Apple doesn’t require you to buy the same-colored parts as your MacBook Neo. You could, for example, buy a Citrus trackpad for your Indigo Neo or mix-and-match keycaps to create a multi-colored rainbow MacBook Neo.

That’s exactly what Antonio G. Di Benedetto did at The Verge. After purchasing an Indigo MacBook Neo, he went to the Self Service Repair Store, bought parts of different colors, and used those parts to replace some of the Indigo-colored ones on the Neo. The result is a laptop with multiple splashes of color.

@verge
The MacBook Neo is Apple’s cheapest laptop, its most colorful, and its easiest to repair in years. And you can buy official replacement parts in all four of its colors. So that got us thinking: What if we bought a Neo just to see how funky we could make it look? #apple #macbook #macbookneo
♬ original sound – The Verge

More important than the results, however, is the insight into how easy it is to replace parts on the MacBook Neo. It was relatively easy for Di Benedetto; replacing the trackpad, USB-C ports, and the bottom case went smoothly, but the trouble began when replacing the keycaps. Di Benedetto neglected to buy the tools from Apple needed to do this, so he used his own and ended up damaging some of the keycaps. The takeaway here if if you need to repair your Neo and you want to do it yourself, be sure to double-check for any necessary tools you’ll need on the Repair Store website.

Apple Arcade in June: Four new games added to the service

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:28:16 +0000

Macworld

Gaming subscription services are all the rage now, but Apple Arcade isn’t a little different from the likes of PlayStation Plus, EA Play, or Xbox Game Pass. If you’ve got questions about it, we’ve got plenty of answers.

Updated June 5, 2026: There are four new games on the service this month: Coffee Inc. 2+, Free Cell Solitaire: Card Game+, Mini Football Legends, and My Talking Tom 2+.

What is Apple Arcade?

Apple Arcade is a gaming subscription service for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and AppleTV that features several hundred games. The games are a mix of genres and styles, and include original games you’ll only find on the service and others that can be found on the regular App Store or even other platforms. Apple Arcade isn’t a streaming service like Xbox Live Cloud Gaming or GeForce NOW. Games must be downloaded onto your device in order to be played.

What do I need to run it?

Apple Arcade was made available as part of iOS 13, iPad OS 13, tvOS 13, and macOS Catalina or later. Some of the more visually-intensive games may only run well on newer hardware, though, and some Mac games require macOS 11 (Big Sur).

How much does Apple Arcade cost?

Apple Arcade costs $6.99/£6.99 per month, and you’ll also get a one-month free trial or you can get three months free if you purchase a new iPhone, iPad, Apple TV or Mac. To claim your free trial click here.

You can get Apple Arcade for less than $6.99 a month if you subscribe for a year upfront. A year of Apple Arcade is $49.99/£49.99 (so $4.16 a month). If you’re currently on the $6.99 month-to-month plan and want to switch to the annual plan and save some money, you can do so on your iPhone or iPad. Open the App Store app, then tap your account icon in the upper right. Tap Subscriptions, then tap the entry for Apple Arcade. Here, you can switch to the annual plan.

Apple Arcade is also included in the Apple One subscription bundles, which range from $20 a month to $38 a month and include access to Apple Music and Apple TV and iCloud storage. There is also a month free trial of Apple One. To claim the trial, or sign up for Apple One, click here.

There isn’t an Apple Arcade app—it’s built into the App Store. On your iPhone, iPad, or Mac open the App Store and look for the Apple Arcade tab at the bottom of the screen (or in the left column on macOS). A sign-up screen with a Try It Free button will appear. After the trial you’ll be charged either the monthly or annual fee, depending on your selection. When subscribing, you’ll need to enter your Apple ID password or use Touch ID or Face ID to sign in, and you’ll have to confirm your subscription purchase a few times.

Once you’re done with the sign up, the Arcade section of the App Store shows what games are available to you. To access a game, tap on it in the App Store, then tap the Get button. When the game is done installing on your device, the Get button turns into a Play button, and you can tap it to launch the game. The game app icon will also appear on your device’s Home page.

On the Apple TV, there actually is an Arcade app. Open that to see the sign-up offer. You’ll also find an Arcade tab within the App Store.

Yes. One $6.99 per month subscription can be shared between up to six people (including you).

How do I cancel Apple Arcade?

First off, keep in mind that if you cancel Apple Arcade (either before your free trial is up or after subscribing), you won’t be able to keep playing the games unless you re-subscribe. If you’re okay with that, you can use the same process you use to cancel any other subscription service. Here’s the easiest way to do it on the iPhone and iPad:

Open the App Store app and tap on your profile photo in the upper right.
In the screen that pops up, press Subscriptions near the top of the page.
You’ll then see a list of active subscriptions, and Apple Arcade should be listed there. Tap it.
You’ll either see Cancel Free Trial or Cancel Subscription toward the middle of the page that appears. Tap whatever option is available, then Confirm Cancellation.

And here’s how to cancel Apple Arcade on the Mac:

Open the App Store app and then press the icon with your profile photo in the lower left.
The Account window will appear, and you should then click View Information at the top of the window. Enter your password when/if prompted.
When your Account Information appears, scroll down to the Manage section and click the Manage link to the right of Subscriptions.
When the list of your active subscriptions appears, click Edit to the right of Apple Arcade.
Toward the middle of the page that appears, you’ll see a button that says either Cancel Free Trial or Cancel Subscription. Click it, then click Confirm Cancellation and Confirm.

Do Apple Arcade games have in-app purchases?

No. In Apple’s words, “since every game includes access to the full experience, including all game features, content, and future updates, no additional purchases will be required.” Even games that have in-app purchases on the App Store won’t have any in Apple Arcade.

Do Apple Arcade games have ads?

Also no. On a related note, Apple says Apple Arcade has no ad tracking.

Is Apple Arcade a game streaming service like GeForce NOW or Xbox Game Streaming?

No. All Apple Arcade are downloaded.

Are there demos for Apple Arcade games?

No, and they’re not really necessary. Like App Store apps, games download quickly and can easily be removed if you don’t want to keep it anymore.

Apple partly envisions Apple Arcade as a way of letting players try out games with more freedom than the App Store currently allows (which is basically none). In Apple’s words, “rather than pay upfront for each game, a subscription to Apple Arcade will give players the opportunity to try any game in the service without risk.”

The service has a free trial, though, as we’ve seen with other Apple subscription services.

Am I able to keep playing Apple Arcade games if I cancel my subscription?

No. As with most subscription services, you only have access while you’re a subscriber.

Can I use controllers with Apple Arcade games?

Yes. In additional to traditional MFi (Made for iOS) controllers, you can pair some specific Bluetooth controllers for either PlayStation or Xbox with either your iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV. Since many Apple Arcade games are playable on Mac and Apple TV (where controller support is more common), many games will support them. Some games, especially those that are also available in the broader App Store and only for iPhone or iPad, have no controller support.

How often are new games released?

Games are typically released on the first Friday of each month. There are some rare exceptions.

What games have been released so far?

There are over 200 games available for Apple Arcade, and the list grows all the time.

Title	Publisher	Release Date
A Slight Change of Sawblades+	Yong Kian Chin	05/02/24
Alba: A Wildlife Adventure	ustwo	12/11/20
Alto’s Odyssey: The Lost City	Team Alto / Snowman	07/16/21
Alto’s Adventure—Remastered	Team Alto / Snowman	03/25/22
Arkanoid vs Space Invaders+	TAITO Corporation	11/07/24
Angry Birds Bounce	Rovio	09/03/25
Angry Birds Reloaded	Rovio	07/16/21
Asphalt 8: Airborne+	Gameloft	08/27/21
Badland Party	HypeHype Oy	05/06/22
Balatro+	Playstack	09/26/24
Ballistic Baseball	Gameloft	10/18/19
Barbie Color Creations+	StoryToys Limited	12/05/24
BEAST: Bio Exo Arena Suit Team	Oh BiBi	02/01/24
Beyond a Steel Sky	Revolution Software	06/26/20
Big Time Sports	Frosty Pop Games	09/19/19
Blackjack by MobilityWare+	MobilityWare	01/05/24
Bleak Sword	Devolver Digital	09/19/19
Bloons TD Battles 2+	Ninja Kiwi	03/07/24
Boggle: Arcade Edition	Zynga	12/05/24
Bold Moves+	Red Games Co.	06/09/23
Bridge Constructor+	Headup GmbH	02/04/22
Card of Darkness	Pendleton Ward	09/19/19
Castle Crumble	Orbital Knight	02/03/23
Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls	Konami	09/17/21
Charrua Soccer	Batovi Games	02/07/20
Chess Universe+	Tilting Point	05/04/23
Cityscapes: Sim Builder	Playstack	05/04/23
Clue: The Classic Mystery Game+	Marmalade Game Studio	03/24/23
Coffee Inc. 2+	Side Labs	06/04/26
Cooking Mama: Cuisine!	Office Create Corp.	06/17/22
Cornsweeper	Robert Morrison	01/05/24
Cozy Caravan	5 Lives Studios	01/08/26
Crayola Adventures	Red Games Co.	03/07/24
Crayola Create and Play+	Red Games Co.	10/29/21
Crayola Scribble Scrubbie+	Red Games Co.	09/03/25
Crazy Eights: Card Games+	MobilityWare	03/06/25
Creaks	Amanita Design	07/10/20
Cricket Through the Ages	Devolver Digital	09/19/19
Crossword Jam+	PlaySimple Games	10/20/23
Crossy Road+	Hipster Whale	10/08/21
Crossy Road Castle	Hipster Whale	02/28/20
Cult of the Lamb	Devolver	12/04/25
Cut the Rope 3	SeptoLab UK	10/13/23
Cut the Rope Remastered	Paladin Studios	04/02/21
Cypher 007	Tilting Point	09/29/23
Dandara: Trials of Fear+	Raw Fury	12/03/21
Dead Cells+	Playdigious	12/02/22
Dear Reader	Local No. 12	09/19/19
Delicious — Miracle of Life+	GameHouse	11/24/23
Dicey Dungeons+	Distractionware	05/02/24
Disney Coloring World+	StoryToys Entertainment	05/04/23
Disney Dreamlight Valley	Gameloft	12/05/23
Disney Getaway Blast+	Gameloft	05/04/23
Disney SpellStruck	Artist Arcade	05/04/23
Doctor Who: An Unlikely Heist	Tilting Point	04/07/23
Dominoes: Classic Tile Game+	MobilityWare	10/02/25
Doodle God Universe	JoyBits	07/16/21
Doodle Jump 2+	Lima Sky	02/06/25
Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story+	Kairosoft Co.	03/05/26
Downwell+	Devolver	11/17/23
Dredge+	Black Salt Games	04/02/26
Drive Ahead! Carcade	Dodreams Fairytale Company	11/07/24
Easy Come Easy Golf	Claphanz	02/04/21
Episode XOXO	Episode Interactive	01/06/23
Everybody Shogi	AltPlus	08/07/25
Fabulous – Wedding Disaster+	GameHouse	06/06/24
Fantasian	Mistwalker	04/01/21
Farming Simulator 20+	Giants Software	05/04/23
Farmside	The Label	02/17/23
Felicity’s Door	Area 35	02/05/26
FFIV: The After Years	Square Enix	12/09/24
Final Fantasy+	Square Enix	01/10/25
Final Fantasy IV (3D Remake)	Square Enix	12/09/24
Finity	Seabaa	08/25/23
Flow Free+	Big Duck Games	03/05/26
Food Truck Pup+	Game Start	10/03/24
Football Manager 2023 Touch	SEGA	11/08/22
Free Cell Solitaire: Card Game+	MobilityWare	06/04/26
Frogger in Toy Town	Konami	09/19/19
Furistas Cat Cafe+	Runaway	10/03/24
Galaga Wars+	Bandai Namco	11/12/21
Game Dev Story+	Kairosoft Co., Ltd	06/18/21
Game Room	Resolution Games	01/20/24
Garden Tails: Match and Grow	Playdots, Inc.	09/16/22
Gear.Club Stradale	Eden Games	04/08/22
Getting Over It+	Bennett Foddy	05/04/23
Gibbon: Beyond the Trees	Broken Rules	02/25/22
Gin Rummy Classic+	MobilityWare	10/07/22
Goat Simulator+	Coffee Stain Publishing	05/13/22
Good Pizza, Great Pizza+	Tapblaze	05/07/26
Grand Mountain Adventure+	Toppluva	04/28/23
Grindstone	Capybara Games	09/19/19
Hearts: Card Game+	MobilityWare	01/07/22
Helix Jump+	Voodoo	06/05/25
Hello Kitty Island Adventure	Sunblink	07/28/23
Hidden Folks+	Adriaan de Jongh	01/28/22
Hill Climb Racing+	Fingersoft	05/04/23
Horizon Chase 2	Aquiris Game Studio	09/09/22
Hot Lava	Klei Entertainment	09/19/19
Hot Wheels: Race Off+	Hutch Games	12/05/24
Human: Fall Flat+	505 Games	03/31/23
HYKE: Northern Light(s)	Akatsuki Games	04/02/26
I Love Hue Too+	Zut Games	02/05/26
INKS.+	State of Play Games	06/25/21
Iron Marines+	Ironhide Irl	05/04/23
It’s Literally Just Mowing	Protostar	01/10/25
Japanese Rural Life Adventure	Game Start	09/15/23
JellyCar Worlds	Walaber Entertainment	12/09/22
Jeopardy! Daily	Frosty Pop	09/04/25
Jeopardy! World Tour+	Uken	10/06/23
Jet Dragon	Grezzo Co.	06/16/23
Jetpack Joyride+	Halfbrick Studios	07/23/21
Jetpack Joyride 2	Halfbrick Studios	08/19/22
Jigsaw Puzzle by MobilityWare+	MobilityWare	06/10/22
Junkworld TD	Ironhide	09/22/23
Katamari Damacy Rolling LIVE	Bandai Namco	04/03/25
Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD+	Ironhide Irl	09/03/25
Kingdom Rush Frontiers TD+	Ironhide Irl	11/12/21
Kingdom Rush Vengeance TD+	Ironhide Irl	07/29/22
Kingdom Two Crowns+	Raw Fury	05/04/23
Kingdoms: Merge & Build	Cherrypick Games	08/18/23
Knotwords+	Zach Gage	11/03/23
Legends of Kingdom Rush	Ironhide Game Studio	06/11/21
LEGO Brawls	The Lego Group	09/19/19
LEGO Builder’s Journey	The Lego Group	12/19/19
LEGO DUPLO World+	StoryToys	07/07/23
LEGO Friends Heartlake Rush+	StoryToys	05/01/25
LEGO Hill Climb Adventures+	Fingersoft	06/05/25
LEGO Star Wars Battles	TT Games	09/24/21
LEGO Star Wars: Castaways	Gameloft	11/19/21
Leo’s Fortune+	1337 & Senri LLC	06/25/21
Let’s Go Mightycat!	Ponos corporation	08/07/25
Limbo+	Playdead	05/04/23
Lost in Play+	Snapbreak Games	06/05/25
Lumen	Lykkegaard International	02/05/21
MasterChef: Let’s Cook!	Tilting Point	09/03/21
Masterpieced	BorderLeap	12/01/23
Mini Football Legends	Miniclip.com	06/04/26
Mini Motorways	Dinosaur Polo Club	09/19/19
Millionaire Trivia: TV Game+	Uken	06/30/23
Monomals	Picomy	11/01/19
Monster Train+	Good Shepherd Entertainment	09/05/24
Monument Valley+	ustwo games	02/02/21
Monument Valley 2+	ustwo games	03/11/22
Moonshot – A Journey Home	Noodlecake	04/22/22
My Bowling 3D+	iWare Designs	07/01/22
My Dear Farm+	HyperBeard Inc.	02/06/25
My Little Pony: Mane Merge	Gameloft	12/16/22
My Talking Angela 2+	Outfit7 Limited	09/08/23
My Talking Tom+	Outfit7 Limited	08/12/22
My Talking Tom Friends+	Outfit7 Limited	09/04/25
My Talking Tom 2+	Outfit7 Limited	06/04/26
My Town Home – Family Games+	My Town Games	05/04/23
My Very Hungry Caterpillar	StoryToys	04/02/26
MySims	Electronic Arts	11/06/25
MySims Kingdom	Electronic Arts	11/06/25
NARUTO: Ultimate Ninja Storm+	Bandai Namco	12/04/25
NBA 2K24 Arcade Edition	2K Sports	10/24/23
NBA 2K25 Arcade Edition	2K Sports	10/03/24
NBA 2K26 Arcade Edition	2K Sports	10/16/25
Nekograms+	Hungry Sky	08/10/23
NFL Retro Bowl ’25	New Star R&D	09/04/24
Nick Jr. Replay!	Viacom	05/07/26
Oceanhorn 2: Knights of the Lost Realm	Cornfox & Bros.	09/19/19
Oceanhorn 3	Cornfox & Bros.	03/05/26
Octodad: Dadliest Catch+	Young Horses	05/04/23
Oddmar+	Mobje Ltd.	12/03/21
Old Man’s Journey	Broken Rules	11/18/22
Outlanders	Pomelo Games	09/19/19
Outlanders 2	Pomelo Games	07/03/24
Over the Alps	Stave Studios	09/19/19
Overland	Finji	09/19/19
PAC-MAN Party Royale	BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment	10/18/19
PAC-MAN 256+	BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment	12/05/24
Patterned	BorderLeap	09/19/19
Perchang World	Perchang	05/07/26
PGA Tour Pro Golf	HypGames	02/06/25
Piano Tiles 2+	Koapps	03/06/25
Piffle+	Hipster Whale	10/02/25
Play-Doh World	Scary Beasties	08/07/25
Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On!	Game Freak	01/20/23
Pocket Love!+	HyperBeard	03/05/26
Potion Punch 2+	Monstronauts Inc.	01/08/26
PowerWash Simulator	FuturLab	12/04/25
PPKP+	Shimada Toshiro	05/04/23
Pro Darts 2026+	iWare Designs	05/27/22
Pro Snooker & Pool 2026+	iWare Designs Ltd.	04/15/22
Prune+	Joel McDonald	04/29/22
Puffies.	Lykkegaard Europe	04/03/25
Punch Kick Duck+	Shaun Coleman	07/03/24
Puyo Puyo Puzzle Pop	Sega	04/04/24
Puzzle & Dragons Story	GungHo Online Entertainment	12/05/23
Rabbids Multiverse	Ubisoft	06/06/24
Reigns+	Devolver Digital	07/01/21
Retro Bowl+	New Star R&D	06/23/23
Retro Goal+	New Star R&D	06/23/23
Retrocade	Resolution Games	02/05/26
Return to Monkey Island+	Devolver	06/06/24
Ridiculous Fishing EX	Vlambeer	07/17/23
Rodeo Stampede+	Featherweight Games	01/10/25
RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic+	Atari	04/03/25
Sago Mini Jinja’s Garden	Sago Mini	01/08/26
Sago Mini Trips+	Sago Mini	04/04/24
Samba de Amigo: Party-To-Go	Sega	08/29/23
Sesame Street Mecha Builders+	StoryToys	04/03/25
Sid Meier’s Civilization VII	2K	02/05/26
Skate City	Snowman	09/19/19
Skate City: New York	Snowman	01/10/25
Slay the Spire+	Humble Bundle	07/07/23
Smash Hit+	Mediocre	10/03/24
Snake.io+	Kooapps	05/04/23
Sneaky Sasquatch	RAC7	09/19/19
Solitaire Stories	Red Games Co.	07/02/21
SongPop Party	Gameloft	04/02/21
Sonic Dash+	Sega	04/08/22
Sonic Dream Team	Sega	12/05/23
Sonic Racing	Sega	09/19/19
Sp!ng	SMG Studio	03/05/21
SpaceInvaders InfinityGene EVO	TAITO Corporation	04/03/25
Spades: Card Game+	MobilityWare	01/07/22
Spider Solitaire: Card Game+	MobilityWare	10/07/22
Spire Blast	Orbital Knight sp.	01/22/21
Spongebob SquarePants: Patty Pursuit	Nickelodeon	05/28/20
Spongebob: Patty Pursuit 2	Viacom International	12/04/25
Squiggle Drop	Noodlecake	01/27/23
Star Trek: Legends	Tilting Point LLC	04/02/21
Stardew Valley+	ConcernedApe	07/21/23
Stitch.	Lykkegaard Europe	10/28/22
Subway Surfers+	Sybo Games	12/04/25
Subway Surfers Tag	Sybo Games	07/15/22
Suika Game+	Xgimi Limited	09/03/25
SUMI SUMI: Matching Puzzle+	Imagineer Co.	05/01/25
Summer Pop!+	Ocean Games	05/02/24
Summon Quest	The Label	04/21/23
Super Leap Day	Nitrome	08/06/21
Super Mega Mini Party	Red Games Co, LLC	11/01/19
Super Monsters Ate My Condo+	PikPok	04/04/24
Super Stickman Golf 3+	Noodlecake	08/06/21
Taiko no Tatsujin Pop Tap Beat	BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment	04/02/21
Talking Tom Blast Park	Outfit7 Limited	12/05/24
Tamagotchi Adventure Kingdom	Bandai Namco	01/05/24
Temple Run+	Imangi Studios	05/04/23
Temple Run Legends	Imangi Stuidios	08/01/24
Temple Run: Puzzle Adventure	Scopely, Inc.	09/17/21
Texas Hold’em Poker: Pokerist+	KamaGames	11/07/24
The Battle of Polytopia+	Midjiwan	03/07/24
The Game of Life 2+	Marmalade Game Studio	04/03/25
The Last Campfire	Hello Games	08/27/20
The Oregon Trail	Gameloft	04/02/21
Thomas and Friends: Let’s Roll+	StoryToys	10/02/25
Three Kingdoms Heroes	Koei Tecmo Games	01/10/25
Time Locker+	Sotaro Otsuka	05/04/23
tint.	Lykkegaard International	09/19/19
Tiny Wings+	Andreas Illiger	10/15/21
TMNT Splintered Fate	Paramount Global	05/04/23
Trials of Mana+	Square Enix	01/10/25
True Skate+	True Axis	01/08/26
Toca Boca Jr. Classics	Sago Mini	11/06/25
Tomb of the Mask+	Playgendary	06/06/24
Turmoil+	Gamious	12/05/23
Ultimate 8 Ball Pool+	HypGames	05/07/26
UNO: Arcade Edition	Mattel	06/05/25
Unpacking+	Humble Bundle	04/02/26
Vampire Survivors+	Poncle	08/01/24
Very Little Nightmares+	Bandai Namco	05/04/23
Warped Kart Racers	Electric Square	05/20/22
What the Car?	Triband ApS	05/04/23
What the Clash?	Triband ApS	05/01/25
What the Golf?	Fig	09/19/19
Wheel of Fortune Daily	Frosty Pop	11/07/24
Where Cards Fall	Snowman	09/19/19
Winding Worlds	KO_OP	05/15/20
with My Buddy	Neilo inc.	05/01/25
Words in Progress	Gamious	02/01/24
Words of Wonders: Search+	Fugo Bilisim	05/01/25
Worms Across Worlds	Team 17	08/07/25
Wurdweb	Aran & Adriaan	08/13/21
Wylde Flowers	Studio Drydock	02/22/22
Zen Koi Pro+	LandShark Games	07/03/24
Zen Pinball Party	ZEN Studios	09/03/21
Zookeeper World	Kiteretsu Inc.	09/10/21

WWDC top 5: Here’s what I can’t wait for Apple to announce Monday

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:04:07 +0000

Macworld

WWDC is the year’s most exciting event for the Apple community. Of course, September is when the new iPhones come out, but WWDC is when Apple unveils the ideas that will shape the next 12 months of its ecosystem. Not only that, but we even get to try out many of these announcements right after they’re unveiled in the developer betas.

And this year seems particularly important. Following the ambitious yet chaotic rollout of Apple Intelligence in 2024, WWDC 2026 is rumored to be the event where Apple will show that it can finally deliver on all those AI promises to users.

With the WWDC 2026 keynote just around the corner, here are five things I can’t wait to see at the event next week.

A smart assistant that’s actually smart

Apple showed off its vision for a new AI-powered Siri at WWDC 2024, but that Siri never saw the light of day. Nearly two years later, Apple’s virtual assistant still struggles with context, multi-step requests, and natural conversation. These are things that other AI agents solved long ago.

That looks to finally change at WWDC. According to multiple reports, Apple has been working on a major overhaul of Siri, powered by Google Gemini’s large language models and a redesigned interface. Some rumors even suggest Apple may introduce a dedicated Siri app that works more like ChatGPT, complete with conversation history and richer text responses. Honestly, this is what Siri should have become years ago.

And there’s more. In a recent announcement about new Accessibility features for iOS 27, Apple showcased a new version of Voice Control integrated with Apple Intelligence, which is capable of understanding what’s on the screen and responding to natural voice commands which is also expected to come to Siri.

I don’t necessarily expect Apple to win the AI race in one day. I just don’t want Siri to seem like the least intelligent assistant in the room. If Apple can finally make Siri reliable, contextual, and genuinely useful across iPhone, iPad, and Mac, that alone could define this entire WWDC.

Foundry

Apple Intelligence features that are actually useful

Over the past two years, Apple has introduced numerous Apple Intelligence features, including Writing Tools, Genmoji, Summarization, and Clean Up in the Photos app. Some of them are fine, but none of these features really change the way we interact with our devices.

This year, I want Apple Intelligence to feel less like a feature and more like part of the platform. Rumors point to AI upgrades across Photos, Search, Camera, and system-wide interactions, including smarter editing tools, contextual suggestions, and deeper app controls.

For instance, a report suggests that iOS 27 will allow users to scan nutrition labels on food packaging to add and track calories and nutrients in the Health app. Visual Intelligence will also reportedly gain the ability to scan phone numbers and addresses on business cards and posters.

If true, these features will certainly be much more useful than being able to create your own emojis using AI.

A Camera app that’s actually helpful

If there’s one iPhone app I use the most, it’s the Camera. And to be honest, the current Camera app has become a mess. Important controls are hidden behind gestures, while pro-level features are limited. At the same time, casual users have a hard time finding basic features, like how to keep the flash on all the time.

Like many other people, I rely on third-party apps such as Halide to get the most out of my iPhone’s camera. Thankfully, a recent report suggests that Apple will introduce a redesigned Camera app with iOS 27 that could solve all of my problems.

According to rumors, the Camera app will be much more customizable, and users will be able to choose which controls they want to see right in front of them. I’d also love to see easier access to manual controls and a cleaner interface for switching between camera modes.

The iPhone camera system is more powerful than ever, but the software still doesn’t fully match the hardware. This WWDC could finally change that.

Foundry

Liquid Glass improvements that are actually consistent

Introduced last year, Liquid Glass is the interface across all Apple platforms that adds depth and reflections to icons, buttons, controls, and other elements.

Visually, it’s one of Apple’s most beautiful interface designs in years. But in practice, the current implementation of Liquid Glass prioritizes style over usability. There are many examples of transparency issues, inconsistent animations, and readability issues that make Liquid Glass seem unfinished.

This year, I really hope Apple has taken the time to polish the Liquid Glass interface. I don’t think Apple should get rid of it or start from scratch. I just want better contrast and more consistency across apps and platforms.

Recent rumors suggest that we’ll see improvements in this area with iOS 27 and the other new operating systems set to be unveiled next week.

An iPhone update that’s actually forward-looking

I don’t really expect Apple to unveil a new iPhone at WWDC. But I do think there’s a chance Apple will start laying the groundwork for it.

Rumors about the first foldable iPhone, likely to be called the iPhone Ultra, have been intensifying in recent months as Apple is expected to announce this new iPhone in September. And for such a significant new piece of hardware, Apple also needs to have its software ready for it.

Reports suggest iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 could introduce multitasking improvements and split-screen features designed to support foldable devices. That’s the kind of subtle WWDC teaser I’d love to see.

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Maybe Apple will introduce more advanced app continuity. Maybe iPhone apps become more flexible with windowing. Maybe Split View finally comes to larger iPhones. Or maybe Apple simply hints at a future category without naming it outright.

Apple often uses WWDC to prepare developers for hardware that arrives later. And if the foldable iPhone really is coming out soon, this year’s WWDC seems like the perfect place to get things started.

WWDC 2026 could be Apple’s most important software event in years

In recent years, Apple has been falling behind in AI. WWDC 2026 looks like it will be the moment when the company finally catches up with the rest of the industry.

There probably won’t be any new hardware at the event, but we’ll see things like a smarter Siri, improved Apple Intelligence, and more refined software. There’s still plenty to look forward to for this event, and I’m really excited to see what Apple has been working on.

AirPods 4 are down to a cool $99 for those hot summer beats

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:01:36 +0000

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Summer is nearly here, and just in time, Apple’s AirPods 4 are down to $99 from $129, the lowest they’ve been all year. They briefly dipped lower for Black Friday 2025, so this isn’t an all-time best, but $99 is a strong number for Apple’s current standard earbuds and an easy entry point if you’ve been holding out.

If you absolutely hate earbuds with silicone tips, then you’ll love the fit of AirPods 4. When using them for long hours, these buds will be a lot more comfortable as you won’t have to deal with that in-ear pressure. The redesigned shape and shorter stem add to that, sitting more securely so they stay put during a walk or a quick jog.

The H2 chip inside these buds improves sound quality over previous models. The call clarity also holds up well thanks to voice isolation and trimming background noise. The chip will also make pairing the buds to your other devices so much easier. Even better, they also switch between an iPhone, iPad, or Mac on their own. And when you forget where they are, you can use the Find My app to track their location. Personalized Spatial Audio and head-nod Siri replies are nice extras you get when picking the AirPods 4.

The buds will keep you listening to your favorite songs for about five hours, although you’ll get about 30 hours with the case. At $99, the AirPods 4 are easy to recommend, especially since better deals are few and far between.

Anker’s versatile 2-in-1 Nano docking station is $40 off today

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:00:57 +0000

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Anker’s uniquely versatile Nano docking station is down to $110 from $150, a $40 cut, and the cheapest this handy hub has ever been.

This is such a cool dock to hub because it’s a 2-in-1 model. On the one hand, it’s a 13-in-1 docking station that can find its home near your laptop, and on the other hand, it’s a 6-in-1 hub you can take anywhere you go. Most docks live permanently on your desk, but this one lets you pop off a smaller hub and take essential ports with you when you head out.

The main dock handles the usual desk duties. You get dual HDMI and DisplayPort outputs for external monitors, Ethernet for a stable wired connection, a bunch of USB-C and USB-A ports for accessories, an audio jack, and SD and TF card slots if you move photos or footage around. It’s easy and straightforward.

Then, if you pop out the smaller hub, you get the SD card slots, a USB-A and USB-C on one side, an HDMI, USB-C upstream, and USB-C with PD-IN on the other.

Now, while this dock supports a triple-screen setup, things are different on a Mac. According to Anker’s description, when hooked up to a Mac, external monitors mirror the same content rather than extending into separate screens. Also, video output runs through HDMI or DisplayPort only, not the USB-C ports, so plan your monitor connections accordingly.

But those are specific issues. For most people, this 2-in-1 Anker docking station is a great pick at $110, handling your needs while at the office and while on the go.

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition for Mac Review: A strategy classic returns

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:18:59 +0000

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At a glance

Expert's Rating

Pros

Fast-paced real-time strategy action
Updated high-res graphics
Dozens of historical campaigns to play
Tutorials for new players

Cons

Online multiplayer is Mac-only
Slightly dated interface

Our Verdict

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition remains one of the finest real-time strategy games available, with enhanced visuals and substantial DLC content. However, Mac players should be aware that it requires Apple Silicon hardware and online multiplayer is limited exclusively to other Mac users.

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Best for:

Strategy fans who enjoy fast-paced real-time battles, resource management and challenging military campaigns.
History enthusiasts who like commanding famous civilisations and replaying historical conflicts across Europe and Asia.

Not for:

Players who prefer slower, turn-based strategy games with a more methodical pace.
Gamers looking for FPS, RPG or action-focused experiences rather than large-scale strategic warfare.

We’re used to waiting months, or even years, for PC games to arrive on the Mac – and, of course, there are many popular games that are never released for the Mac at all. But there can’t be many games that take as long to arrive as Age Of Empires II: Definitive Edition.

The original Age Of Empires II was launched back in 2005, and there was a Mac version released about a year later. However, there was an updated Definitive Edition launched for PCs in 2019, which added support for 4K graphics and also included a number of expansion packs that added new civilisations and campaigns to extend the base game. And now, in 2026, Age Of Empires II: Definitive Edition has arrived on the Mac, courtesy of our friends at Feral Interactive, who have been responsible for porting many classic games onto the Mac in recent years. At the moment, the game is only available on Steam, but Feral tell us they’re also hoping to release it on the Mac App Store later in 2026.

For more Mac game recommendations see: Best Games for Mac 2026: A-list Mac games to play.

What Is Age Of Empires II: Definitive Edition?

Like all the games in the AoE series, Age Of Empires II: Definitive Edition is a real-time strategy game (RTS). This means that the action continues on the screen in real-time – in contrast to the more measured pace of turn-based games, such as the Civilization series – although you can pause it in single-player mode if you need some time to think and plan your next move. The game covers a period of roughly 1,000 years, from the Dark Ages through to the Mediaeval era, and covers much of Europe and Asia, allowing you to take control of many different nations and kingdoms, led by historical figures such as Joan Of Arc, Attila The Hun, and even Vlad Dracula leading the troops of Wallachia against the Ottoman Empire.

The game’s single-player mode provides dozens of campaigns in which you control each kingdom and lead it into battle against its enemies, and this Definitive Edition includes three DLC expansion packs that add more campaigns in India, Poland and other countries, so there’s enough strategy action to keep you busy for many months. And, if you’re new to strategy games, there’s a number of tutorials within the game that teach you both the basics of commanding your troops, as well as more advanced military tactics, based on the classic book The Art Of War, written by the Chinese leader and philosopher, Sun Tzu.

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What’s new in the Mac version of Age Of Empires II: Definitive Edition?

4K/high-resolution support: Updated graphics support modern high-resolution and 4K displays, making the classic battlefield visuals sharper and more detailed.
Included DLC: The Definitive Edition bundles three expansion packs, adding extra civilisations, regions and historical campaigns.
Apple Silicon requirement: The game only runs on Macs with Apple Silicon processors and is not supported on older Intel-based Macs.
Steam availability: The Mac version is currently available through Steam.
Planned Mac App Store release: Publisher Feral Interactive plans to release the game on the Mac App Store later in 2026.
Multiplayer restrictions: Online multiplayer and co-op are limited to Mac players, with no cross-platform play against PC users.

How much content is included?

There’s an enormous amount of content included in the Definitive Edition. Alongside the original game, players get three bundled DLC expansions that add new civilisations and campaigns. Combined with dozens of historical scenarios, tutorial missions, skirmish battles and replayability across multiple factions, it can provide hundreds of hours.

How to play Age Of Empires II: Definitive Edition

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Your main task, of course, is to play the single-player campaigns that re-enact historical battles, so that your nation grows in status and (hopefully) emerges as the victor. However, each nation represents a different challenge, as they all have their own distinctive military strengths, such as the longbows of the Britons or the horsemen of Attila The Hun, so you’ll have to learn new tactics for each campaign. However, each campaign starts in essentially the same way, with a handful of villagers who can be sent out to explore the territory around their village, and to gather resources such as wood and gold, and plants and animals for food. These resources allow you to build structures such as an army barracks, which then allows you to train soldiers so that you can defend yourself against attacks from rival nations.

Other types of buildings have benefits too, such as universities, which can conduct scientific research in order to develop new weapons and technologies. As well as the historically-based campaigns that make up the bulk of the game, there’s also a single-player Skirmish mode that allows you to design your own battles, competing against up to seven computer-controlled opponents fighting on your choice of terrain.

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There are online multiplayer and co-op modes as well, although the Mac version of the game only allows you to play with other Mac users, so you won’t be able to play with friends who own the game on PC. The game does occasionally show its age, with a slightly clumsy interface, and the game does a poor job of explaining that the updated high-res graphics require a separate (free) download that needs to be installed in addition to the main game. Fortunately, the age of the game means that you don’t need a really fast Mac to run it properly – although it does require a Mac with Apple Silicon, so check the system requirements on Steam before buying.

Should You Buy Age Of Empires II: Definitive Edition?

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition proves that great strategy games never go out of style. The classic RTS gameplay remains as compelling as ever, while enhanced high-resolution graphics help it feel at home on modern Macs. The inclusion of three DLC expansions adds excellent value, providing dozens of additional campaigns and countless hours of gameplay. However, Mac players should note that the game requires Apple Silicon and lacks cross-platform multiplayer with PC users. Even so, strategy fans will find a huge amount to enjoy here.

Bright? Glow? What do the WWDC taglines mean?

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:55:32 +0000

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Apple is notoriously secretive, famous for locking down information about its products until the very moment they’re announced. Paradoxically, however, the company loves to tease us with cryptic clues and hints in its invites.

The WWDC 2026 invitations feature a glowing version of the logo for Apple’s Swift programming language, above the words, “Coming bright up.” On its developer portal, meanwhile, the company uses the line “All systems glow.” What could Apple mean by these phrases?

The words “bright” and “glow” and the glowing logo all likely point to a visual redesign. Siri is expected to get a new interface as part of the iOS 27 update, and this will reportedly include a glowing Dynamic Island to indicate it’s running.

Mostly, though, we should bear in mind that Apple likes the idea of clues more than the reality of them. It doesn’t actually want to give away anything useful, but it does like to stoke speculation. In 2022 and 2023, respectively, the WWDC taglines were “Call to code” and “Code new worlds,” which, for a conference addressing software coders, is about as uninformative as it gets.

Last year’s event was tagged “Sleek peek.” That makes sense in retrospect as a veiled reference to Liquid Glass–sleek means both smooth, kind of like glass, and elegant, which is how the company hoped we’d view the new design–but no one could have used those two words alone to work out what was coming. And if we’re honest, virtually any product launch in history could plausibly have used that tagline since they always give a peek of something which its makers would like us to think is terribly sleek.

In other words, “Coming bright up” and “All systems glow” are specific puns, but we won’t know for sure what Apple means until the keynote. By Tuesday, we’ll be able to look back and see what Apple was referring to. But it’s probably Siri.

The event starts at 10am PT on Monday. Join our WWDC26 live blog for all the latest news, rumors, and speculation.

Plugable TBT-UDH2 review: The first dual-HDMI Thunderbolt 5 dock for Mac

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:35:56 +0000

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At a glance

Expert's Rating

Pros

Thunderbolt 5
Two dedicated HDMI 2.1 ports
Supports dual 6K/60Hz on Mac
2.5Gb Ethernet
Fast card readers
140W PD 3.1 to laptop
2x 30W charging ports

Cons

Only one downstream Thunderbolt port

Our Verdict

The TBT-UDH2 is an exceptionally able docking station with Thunderbolt 5, an incredible nine downstream USB ports, 2.5Gb Ethernet, fast card readers and unique dual-HDMI 2.1 ports that for many users will do away with the need for extra adapters.

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Buy the TBT-UDH2 if you need native dual HDMI displays, Thunderbolt 5 bandwidth, strong charging, and lots of ports. Skip if you need multiple downstream Thunderbolt ports or use a base M1/M2 Mac.

Mac Thunderbolt docking stations have long offered two basic solutions for monitor support, using either one or more Thunderbolt ports to connect displays and/or a DisplayPort—forcing HDMI users to buy a separate and messy adapter cable to fully utilize the dock.

To their rescue comes Plugable, with its new 16-port Thunderbolt 5 docking station that includes two HDMI 2.1 ports and a downstream Thunderbolt 5 port as well as the upstream Thunderbolt 5 port to the host computer. It’s ideal for its target audience: Mac users looking for a setup of two external HDMI monitors plus the fast 80Gbps data bandwidth of Thunderbolt 5.

First unveiled at CES 2026, Plugable’s new Thunderbolt 5 TBT-UDH2 dock not only includes dual HDMI 2.1 but a generous six downstream USB-C/Thunderbolt ports—two with a power output of 30W, which is perfect for fast-charging your iPhone and/or iPad.

Who is the Plugable Thunderbolt 5 TBT-UDH2 Dock for?

With its two top-end HDMI 2.1 ports, the Plugable TBT-UDH2 is the solution for those of us who need a two-display setup based on HDMI without needing external video adapters. It’s not for owners of the MacBook Neo or base M1/M2 Macs but it offers much for just about everyone else. You can buy cheaper but not at this level of functionality.

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Specs and features

One upstream Thunderbolt 5 port (80Gbps, 140W)
One downstream Thunderbolt 5 port (80Gbps, 30W)
Two HDMI ports (2.1)
One USB-C port (10Gbps, 30W)
One USB-C port (10Gbps, 4.5W)
Three USB-C ports (5Gbps, 4.5W)
One USB-A port (10Gbps, 4.5W)
Two USB-A ports (5Gbps, 4.5W)
Ethernet (2.5Gb)
UHS-II SD card reader (312MBps)
UHS-II microSD card reader (312MBps)
3.5mm combo audio jack (front)
180W power supply

Many docks come with one upstream and three downstream Thunderbolt (TB) ports (Intel’s reference design). Others trade one of the TB ports for a DisplayPort as it is expected that connecting to at least one external monitor is at the heart of any dock’s purpose.

Thunderbolt is built on DisplayPort (DP) technology, combining two main data highways into a single cable: PCI Express (for data and devices) and DisplayPort (for video and monitors). (Thunderbolt 1 and 2 even used the same physical connector as Mini DisplayPort, but beginning with Thunderbolt 3, the technology was adapted to piggyback onto the universal USB-C connector.)

That close technical relationship between Thunderbolt and DisplayPort, and DisplayPort’s superior capabilities, meant that it was a natural fit for docks to trade a TB port for a DP. However, it left owners of HDMI monitors scrabbling around to find a DisplayPort-to-HDMI adapter cable.

HDMI 2.1 has largely caught up with DisplayPort in terms of capability, although gamers and top-end video professionals might still prefer DisplayPort as it offers up to 240Hz refresh rates for 4K displays, while HDMI is ‘limited’ to 120Hz.

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Rather than offering two additional downstream Thunderbolt 5 ports, Plugable allocates these two “pipes” to two dedicated HDMI outputs and leaves one downstream Thunderbolt 5 port available for additional expansion (including Thunderbolt daisy-chaining) or display use.

As macOS doesn’t support MST (Multi-Stream Transport), only one of the HDMI ports would normally function on a Mac if the dock also preserved two downstream Thunderbolt ports. Windows does support MST so is much more able when it comes to multi-display setups.

Even if your current Mac uses Thunderbolt 4, the Plugable Dual HDMI TBT-UDH2 Docking Station will operate (although not with Thunderbolt 3 Macs) as Thunderbolt 5 is backwards compatible. It makes sense to buy Thunderbolt 5 now in anticipation of your next hardware upgrade.

Display capability

The Plugable TBT-UDH2 can support up to dual 8K/60Hz (7680 x 4320 pixels) or 4K/144Hz, depending on the model of Mac and its M-series processor.

At the top, a Mac with an M4 Max or M5 Max chip can support two 8K/60Hz displays or two at 4K/144Hz.

M4/M5 Pro, M2/M3 Pro/Max or base M4/M5 Macs can connect two 6K/60Hz displays or 4K at 144Hz. Macs with an M1 Pro/Max support two 6K/60Hz but lack the 4K/144Hz option.

Macs with a base M1/M2 are limited to one 6K/60Hz external display. While this is a dock with a lot more than just flexible video options, owners of the older base M1/M2 should be looking to the best DisplayLink docks for multi-monitor options with software workarounds. MacBook Neo users should also look for a DisplayLink dock, and don’t need the 80Gbps bandwidth of a Thunderbolt 5 docking station.

For more expansive display options, M5 Pro and M5 Max users can add a third display to the downstream Thunderbolt 5 port. M5 Max users can even stretch to four displays, using Thunderbolt’s daisy-chaining capabilities.

Displays with HDMI can be connected to the 2x HDMI 2.1 ports. The downstream Thunderbolt port can provide up to 120Gbps via TB5’s Bandwidth Boost, and can be used to connect up to one display via USB-C/Thunderbolt or via USB-C to HDMI or USB-C to DisplayPort cables/adapters.

Only two displays may be used at a time (HDMI+HDMI or HDMI+Thunderbolt/USB-C Alt Mode).

A three-display setup with an M5 Pro or M5 Max would consist of two HDMI displays plus one USB-C DP Alt Mode or Thunderbolt display connected via the front downstream Thunderbolt 5 port. In tests, three 4K 144Hz HDR displays have been proved to work simultaneously. The M5 Max theoretically supports four displays with two HDMI displays plus two Thunderbolt displays that are connected in series to each other (daisy-chained) but neither we nor Plugable have tested this in practice.

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Not forgetting the 9 USB ports

This compact dock manages to fit nine downstream USB ports alongside the two HDMI.

One is Thunderbolt 5 with 30W device charging, compared to TB’s usual 15W output. That’s enough power to fast-charge an iPhone or iPad. It can also be used as a video port if required—maybe your second monitor is USB-C rather than HDMI.

There’s a 10Gbps USB-C port that also has 30W power output at your disposal. Both 30W ports are located at the front for easy access.

In comparison, the $399.99 CalDigit TS5 provides less charging power overall for your devices, with only 15W from each downstream Thunderbolt 5 port and 20W from its front USB-C port. The CalDigit TS5 Plus steps up accessory charging with 36W from each downstream Thunderbolt 5 port and 36W from the front USB-C port, but costs $499.99.

Also at the front are one USB-C and one USB-A data port, both rated at a speedy 10Gbps.

As you’d expect, both card readers are also facing you as you work, and these are fast UHS-II at 312MBps.

There’s an audio jack at the front and also a handy power button so you can rest assured that no power is going to your MacBook’s battery while you aren’t using it. Apple’s battery tech should handle that anyway, but I like the option to power off.

At the back, alongside the two HDMI 2.1 ports are the upstream Thunderbolt 5 port, plus three 5Gbps USB-C data ports and two 5Gbps USB-A.

The upstream TB5 port can supply up to 140W of Power Delivery (3.1), which is enough to fast-charge even the 16-inch MacBook Pro.

Rounding it off is an Ethernet port for stable wired network access, and this is rated at 2.5Gb, two and a half times faster than standard Gigabit Ethernet (1Gb) if your network supports it. If your network is still 1GbE, it will still work as it’s backwards compatible and forwards too for 5GbE and 10GbE.

It comes with an external 180W power supply, so when going full pelt to a PD 3.1 laptop, there will be 40W remaining for the other ports. In most scenarios the laptop will be taking a lot less than 140W so both 30W charging ports should be able to cope just fine.

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Design

The space gray aluminum dock can be oriented vertically or horizontally to best fit your desk. Grilles along the sides aid cooling as the dock is fanless for silent operation. Runners are included if you want the horizontal orientation.

It is compact, measuring 5.9 x 2 x 3 inches (150 x 50 x 75mm) and weighs just over 2lbs (a little under 1kg) without the power supply.

In terms of physical security, it comes with both a standard K-slot and a Kensington Nano slot (K-slot nano), ensuring lock standard compatibility.

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What you gain and what you give up

You gain dual HDMI 2.1 outputs without adapters, Thunderbolt 5 performance, 140W laptop charging, nine USB ports, 2.5Gb Ethernet, and fast UHS-II card readers—making it one of the most capable docks for HDMI-based Mac setups.

You miss out on two potential downstream Thunderbolt 5 ports, limiting expansion flexibility compared with traditional Thunderbolt 5 docks such as the CalDigit TS5 or Plugable TBT-UDT3. Base M1/M2 Macs remain restricted to a single external display, Thunderbolt 3 Macs aren’t supported, and availability is currently limited to North America.

Price

Available in North America only at the time of writing, the Plugable Dual HDMI Thunderbolt 5 Docking Station (TBT-UDH2) is priced at $349.95.

This is at the upper-end for Thunderbolt 5 docks, but the 16 ports are well chosen, and dual-screen setups will be boosted by the double dose of HDMI 2.1.

If you just want all the basics you need at top speed and an attractive price point, the £299.99 Plugable TBT-UDT3 Dock has three downstream Thunderbolt 5 ports (each at 15W), three USB-A ports and pretty much everything the TBT-UDH2 has in terms of Ethernet and card readers.

That extra $50 gets you a big upgrade on the number of USB ports and device-charging capability, although you are sacrificing two of the downstream TB5 ports for the convenience of the double HDMI.

See our reviews and comparisons of the other best Thunderbolt docking stations.

Should you buy the Plugable Dual HDMI Thunderbolt 5 Docking Station?

The TBT-UDH2 is an exceptionally able docking station with 80/120Gbps Thunderbolt 5 bandwidth, an incredible nine downstream USB ports, 2,5Gb Ethernet, fast card readers and unique dual-HDMI 2.1 ports that for many users will do away with the need for extra adapters.

Apple’s (almost) definitely about to launch new headphones

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:29:54 +0000

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As the saying goes, once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, and six times is a sure sign of an imminent product launch. Football star Lamine Yamal has posted to Instagram yet another photo of himself with a pair of unreleased Beats over-ears, and come on people, who are we kidding, Apple is definitely about to drop some new headphones.

Last week, we reported on the Barcelona midfielder’s “inadvertent” posting of four carefully posed photos and one carefully posed video of himself with the unidentified pink cans, and speculated that it was most likely paid stealth marketing ahead of a launch. Now he has posted another still photo, this time in the form of a story on his Instagram account, and it shows the player hugging a fan and clutching a bag with not one but two pairs dangling off the handle.

Who carries around two pairs of the same headphones? Not many millionaires, I would have thought. They have people for that, right?

Most convenient of all, the two pairs are in different color finishes. The ones we saw last week were seen in a pale pink, but in the new post, they are joined by a pair in a Beats trademark creamy off-white. These look to correspond respectively to the Cloud Pink finish of the Beats Solo 4 and the Sandstone on the Beats Studio Pro. No current model offers both colors.

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Such unsubtle guerrilla marketing hints that Apple will release the new Beats headphones in the near future. An updated version of the Beats Studio Pro is a strong possibility, particularly after Apple filed documents with the FCC last month.

We don’t currently expect any hardware to be announced at the WWDC 2026 keynote next week (on Monday, from 10am PT), but it’s not impossible that Apple will spring a surprise. Join our WWDC live blog as we discuss all the news and rumors surrounding the event.

Alogic Clarity 6K Touch monitor review: This could be the ultimate Mac display for creatives

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:47:05 +0000

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At a glance

Expert's Rating

Pros

Super-crisp UHD 6K 60Hz touchscreen
32-inch and max 6016 x 3384 pixels
Color accuracy
Cheaper than Apple Studio Displays
Clarity Fold Stand

Cons

Hub doesn’t daisy-chain extra displays

Our Verdict

Graphic and video professionals will appreciate the higher 6K resolution of this generously sized 32-inch touchscreen display with digital-artist-friendly stand, and impressive color specs.

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Buy the Clarity 6K Touch if you’re a graphic designer, video editor, illustrator, photographer, or CAD professional who benefits from maximum detail, color accuracy, and touchscreen input. Skip it if you’re a general user. The 6K premium is worthwhile mainly for creative professionals.

While Apple rules the roost with mobile touchscreens on its iPhones and iPads, it has kept a distance from touchscreen displays for its Macs. There are rumours of a touch screen slated as part of an overhaul of a redesigned OLED-screened MacBook Pro, but it was a definite case of Do Not Touch with Apple’s recent new Studio Display models.

Alogic is an Australian company that makes premium products for the Apple ecosystem and has been a pioneer in creating touchscreen displays for Mac users. It was first to market with a 4K touchscreen—the Clarity 4K Pro Touch— and a 5K, the Clarity 5K Touch. The company has now released another world first, the Clarity 6K Touch, which as its name points out takes Mac touchscreens up to a new level of screen quality.

Like the previous Clarity Touch monitors, you can use the touchscreen display much like an iPad with on-screen tap, swipe, slide and pinch, and over 4,000 levels of pressure sensitivity. Alogic caught up with Apple’s Studio Display with its Clarity 5K but now goes one better. Where the Apple Studio Display has a maximum resolution of 5120 x 2880, the Clarity 6K reaches 6016 x 3384 at the same pixel density on a larger screen (32 inches vs Apple’s 27 inches).

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6K vs 5K monitors

The Clarity 6K Touch costs $2,499, compared to $1,799 for the 5K Touch. Alongside the resolution boost, you also get a larger 32-inch panel rather than the 5K model’s 27-inch screen.

The main difference between 5K and 6K displays is resolution. A 5K monitor offers 5,120 x 2,880 pixels, while 6K increases that to 6,016 x 3,384. This delivers both more screen space and greater pixel density.

A 5K display contains around 14.7 million pixels, while a 6K panel packs in more than 20 million. The result is exceptionally sharp text, finer image detail, and nearly 2.5 times the pixel count of a 4K display.

Running at the full 6K resolution can make interface elements uncomfortably small, so most users will prefer a scaled setting. The default 3,008 x 1,692 resolution strikes a good balance between workspace and readability.

For creative professionals, pixel density is the bigger advantage. A 32-inch 5K display delivers 163ppi, while the 6K reaches 216ppi—Apple’s Retina benchmark. Images and text appear noticeably sharper, allowing photographers, designers and video editors to work with greater precision.

Many users may struggle to spot the difference between 5K and 6K in everyday use, but professionals who rely on fine detail will appreciate the added sharpness. The display tops out at 60Hz, which is more than adequate for creative work but less appealing for gamers.

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Screen pixels and colors

Screen: 32-inch IPS 8-bit + HiFRC
Finish: Gloss
Max resolution: 6016 x 3384 pixels
Refresh rate: 60Hz
DCI-P3 color coverage: 100%
Adobe RGB color coverage: 100%
sRGB color coverage: 100%
Contrast Ratio: 2000:1
Delta E (dE): <1
Brightness: 400 nits
Touch: 10 Point Multitouch; One Glass Solution (OGS)

The key consideration when buying a display is the picture quality, and the Clarity 6K Touch is a clear winner with its enhanced resolution, vibrant colors and sharp details beating 5K rivals.

It offers 100% Adobe RGB Color Accuracy, meaning better accuracy in color-managed environments that can properly utilize the AdobeRGB color space, where the colors appear richer and more accurate. Again, this accuracy isn’t particularly important for non creative professionals but the 6K Touch is very much aimed at that level.

Delta E (dE) is the metric that measures how accurately a monitor displays colors compared to the original input source. The closer to zero the number is, the more perfect the color reproduction. It is a key metric for professionals who rely on exact color replication. The Clarity’s excellent <1 score means the difference is imperceptible to the human eye.

The Clarity supports 400 nits of brightness. You can get brighter (Apple’s Studio Display can reach 600 nits) but it should be fine for most users, although you will notice the difference to the MacBook Pro’s 1,000 nits. In fact, Clarity 6K can reach peak local brightnesses of 600 nits when in HDR mode, aligned with the VESA HDR600 standard—creating greater contrast between the light and dark sections of the picture.

The screen finish is high gloss, which helps reduce fingerprints but does suffer from reflections, so screen positioning will be important, and the highly adjustable stand is your friend in this regard. There is no matte screen option.

The One Glass Solution (OGS) technology combines the monitor’s protective layer with its input layer via a conductive medium remarkably keeps the Clarity Touch’s screen as thin as the other Clarity monitors, while maintaining the monitor’s bright picture. Lower-cost, capacitive touchscreen monitors often appear darker because of the extra layer of glass required by a touchscreen.

Design and looks

The Clarity 6K display measures 726mm wide (28.6in), 429mm (16.9in) tall and 57mm (2.25in) deep. The aluminum Clarity’s minimalist and metallic looks are very Mac friendly. With stand, it measures 726 x 493 x 321mm (28.6 x 19.4 x 12.6 inches).

It’s a 32-inch display, compared to the smaller 27-inch Apple Studio Displays. You really can feel the difference, and I’d not want to go back to a singular 27-inch after my time on the 32-inch monitor—luckily my normal setup is two 27-inch displays.

As it’s a larger screen, the extra pixels you get from a 6K display are welcome. The picture really is crisp and sharp even at this size.

Around the back of the stand are handy magnetic clips for you to thread your cables.

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Flexible Fold Stand

The Clarity 6K ships with the articulating Clarity Fold Stand, which is super tiltable for touchscreen work. This was a $219 extra when we reviewed the Clarity 5K Touch, but Alogic now ships all its Clarity Touch monitors—from 4K to 6K—with the Fold Stand as part of the package.

It can securely hold the monitor raised at an angle like a drafting board, or almost flat against the table to suit your creative style in comfort and optimum angle.

As such the Clarity Monitor can be transformed into an ergonomic, ultra-high-definition tablet like a massive iPad for sketching or marking up. When you are using it as traditional monitor, you can simply fold it back up.

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The Fold Stand’s base can rotate 360° degrees, making it easy to show your screen to colleagues in meetings.

It doesn’t go as high as other Clarity monitors with a more traditional stand, but it is height-adjustable enough for ergonomic viewing comfort.

The stand’s base and stem snap together easily and supports 100x100mm VESA mounts—coming with compatible mounting screws.

Alogic has another touchscreen range—Aspekt—that works with its own similar Fold Stand but can also work with an Omni Stand that includes a neat cradle for Apple’s Mac mini M4. We have the Alogic Aspekt Touch 32” 4K UHD Docking Monitor in testing and will publish the review soon.

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Touchscreen controls

Comparing the Clarity Touch and say the Apple Studio Display on specs is not the whole story as what will attract buyers is the Clarity’s precision, 10-point multitouch, One Glass Solution touchscreen, absent from the Studio Display.

There aren’t many large touchscreen displays for Mac, and Alogic claims this is the first 6K touchscreen for Mac before many had even caught up with its world-first 5K Touch.

We are used to touchscreens with our phones and tablets but using one with a Mac brings real benefits, especially for professionals such as creatives and scientists.

Popular creative programs such as Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, SketchUp, ZBrush, Autodesk Maya, Blender and Inkscape, for example, allow for touch-based freehand input, such as drawing or sculpting. It’s a more intuitive way to fine-tune levels and effects in photo-editing or music mixing, in applications such as Adobe Lightroom and Audition, and Apple Logic Pro.

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Non-creatives can join in the fun, too, moving folders around, opening tabs, and double- and triple-tapping text with a finger for multitouch gestures. You are unlikely to entirely give up your desktop mouse, but using a touchscreen is a liberating experience, and you might find yourself pinching and swiping your standard screen after some time with the Clarity Touch.

You can use your fingers or any capacitive stylus to interact with the onscreen content. The Clarity 6K Touch is compatible with any MPP 2.0 styluses, such as the $119.99 / £69.99 Clarity Active Stylus Pen 2, which boasts 4,096 levels of pressure sensitivity, tilt sensitivity, a configurable quick-action button, and USB-C charging. You can magnetically place it onto the front of the display for easy access.

You can buy touchscreens with greater levels of pressure sensitivity—the smaller and more expensive Wacom Cintiq Pro has 8,192 levels of pressure sensitivity—but 4,096 is fine for most professional applications. Most hands can’t consistently distinguish between 4K and 8K levels of pressure anyway, but if you want more you’ll have to pay for it.

MPP 2.0 is a standardized stylus input protocol developed by Microsoft. Limitations in some programs means that the pen’s built in digital eraser doesn’t work with all applications, unfortunately. The Clarity 6K Touch isn’t compatible with the Apple Pencil.

Using the stylus, you should achieve smoother handwriting and sketching. The stylus detects the angle it’s being held at, which is useful for shading and precision drawing. You can even rest your palm on the screen without interfering with the pen input.

If you fancy two Clarity 6K Touch screens, you are out of luck as a Mac user, unless you are using two different computers. While Windows will support two touchscreen monitors out of the box (in Extended mode), the Mac is having none of it. That’s not to say you can’t line up the 6K Touch with an $749 / £999 Clarity Max 32-inch Monitor for a dual-screen setup that looks fantastic.

Touchscreen Mac setup

Setting up the touchscreen requires some software installing, System Settings setting, and possibly fiddly configuration software clicking. Alogic includes a link to the Base-Touch UPDD Mac touch drivers (via QR code in the manual and a link on the product page), and that comes with some online instructions, but I still had to reinstall and play around a bit despite installing the same for previous touchscreens.

To be fair, Alogic’s tech support is excellent, and some of my missteps were fixed with a reboot or by unplugging the display for a minute or so and then reconnecting.

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No webcam

Alogic presses the benefits of its Illuminate USB-C Light Bar with 4K Autofocus Webcam, pictured above, rather than building a webcam into the Clarity 6K Touch. As the monitor can be tilted right back to lie almost flat, you won’t be keeping the light bar on all the time but placing it on top when it’s required.

The 12-megapixel webcam sits in the middle of a 19-inch LED light bar. Picture quality is excellent with rapid focus, and you can adjust brightness and color temperature adjustment via a cool-looking wireless remote-control puck. A magnetic cover fits over the webcam lens when you want some privacy.

The Light Bar webcam costs $189.99 / £119.99. You’ll save money but lose the useful light bar by choosing one of our recommended best Mac webcams instead.

Either way, as it is a separate gadget, you’ll need to sacrifice another of your computer’s USB-C ports for connect a webcam as the monitor itself has just the one USB-C port in its hub, and you need that to connect to your Mac to get the touchscreen functionality. Instead, you could choose to connect the webcam to one of the monitor’s USB-A ports, although you’ll need to invest in a USB-C to USB-A adapter cable.

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Built-in multi-port hub and power

The back-mounted hub includes a USB-C upstream port that supports DisplayPort 1.4, plus an upstream USB-B port, and two USB-A downstream ports, as well as a DisplayPort 1.4 and two HDMI 2.1 ports, and a 3.5mm audio port. It’s the same as you’ll find on any of the Alogic Clarity monitors, and it’s looking a bit dated. Indeed, we noted its overabundance of legacy ports back in 2022.

You connect from your Mac to the screen via either the USB-C, USB-B, DisplayPort 1.4 or one of the HDMI 2.1 ports. But connecting via the video ports will not allow the touchscreen to work, so you can forget these. You paid extra for the touchscreen, so you are going to want to use it!

Using USB-C or USB-B, it can connect to your computer for not just the display but also charge a laptop at up to 90W at the same time. This up from 65W on the earlier Clarity monitors and much more able when connected to a MacBook Pro. Powering your MacBook from the monitor will free up that Thunderbolt port you might be using for the webcam, although all of Apple’s latest laptops feature a separate MagSafe 3 power port.

While the Clarity Touch’s port hub looks impressive on paper, much of it is superfluous. To use the touchscreen to its full potential you’ll really need to use the one USB-C slot. (You could use the USB-B port but the USB-B to USB-A cable is not much use with a modern Mac. As you can’t daisy-chain extra monitors from the Clarity, the three dedicated video ports aren’t doing anything. Indeed, the monitor’s two HDMI 2.0 ports don’t have enough bandwidth to deliver smooth 60Hz video.

Alogic’s other touchscreen monitor, the Aspekt, has a much more modern set of ports on its hub.

If the computer is connected to the USB-C port on the display, the USB-A ports will operate at a plodding USB 2.0 (480MBps) speed because the video traffic shares the USB-C cable with the USB data. They are fine for a keyboard and mouse if you aren’t a wireless input user, as most of us are these days. The Clarity monitors come with three cables: USB-C to USB-C (5Gbps), HDMI-to-HDMI, DisplayPort-to-DisplayPort and, curiously, USB-A to USB-B.

The USB-C connection is the most important, the dedicated video ports don’t make much sense with a touchscreen, the USB-B port is an oddity for legacy devices only, and the USB-A ports are low powered.

Alogic explains that there are situations where the USB-B comes in handy: a school might have a desktop permanently connected to the Clarity via DisplayPort & USB-B, while allowing students to connect their own laptop via USB-C. This setup allows for both devices to access Clarity’s USB hub (such as a connected Mouse & Keyboard) and touch functions without replugging cables. But for most Mac professionals that the Clarity 6K is aimed at, USB-B is not going to offer much.

Where the hub does come in useful if you connect a webcam, which you can connect to the monitor via USB-A as suggested above.

Decent speaker surprise

Alogic’s Clarity display features two 5W speakers. These are fine for video calls and while they won’t excite audiophiles I found them superior to most monitor (and desktop Mac) speakers—although they do lack bass. The built-in 3.5mm audio jack can be used to connect external speakers if you desire a fuller sound. Of course, you could use a decent wireless speaker setup, too.

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On Screen Display

Like so many monitor makers, Alogic hides the physical controls for the On Screen Display (OSD) underneath the bottom edge of the screen. I’ve always found these fiddly and with no marking they might confuse even a Braille reader—push the wrong one and you can easily yet inadvertently power off the monitor. The same company’s Aspekt 4K Touch monitor’s OSD is brought to the screen with a two-finger left swipe for the bottom-right corner—much easier.

Once the OSD is showing, things become much easier with a touchscreen. No more fumbling under the screen for the up or down button, you can just use your finger or stylus to choose and adjust the setting.

The usual suspects are included: Input Source, Brightness, Contrast, Color Gamut, Volume, Sharpness, HDR, Temperature, Gamma, Saturation, and so on.

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Price

The Alogic Clarity 6K Touch 32-inch monitor is priced at $2,499. That’s $700 more than the 32-inch 5K Touch and $800 more than the 32-inch 4K Touch model (which features a webcam). In the U.K. it costs £2,199. While it’s certainly not a budget 5K display, it is reasonably priced for a large ultra-high-resolution touchscreen.

Artists might prefer the more pressure-sensitive delights of the Wacom Cintiq Pro (8,192 levels of pressure sensitivity, compared to the Clarity’s 4,096), but that only 27-inch model costs a whole bunch more at $3,499 / £3,249.

Note that the base Apple Studio Display costs with the Studio Display XDR model a whopping $3,299 / £2,999 with a more basic stand. Both are 27-inch monitors with no touchscreen functionality.

Read our full roundup of the best monitors for Mac.

Should you buy Alogic Clarity 6K Touch?

The Alogic Clarity 6K Touch is a welcome ultra-pixel-density enhancement to the limited Mac touchscreen market. Graphic and video professionals will appreciate the higher resolution of this generously sized 32-inch touchscreen display with digital-artist-friendly stand, and impressive color specs. In fact, the 6K screen is worth it even without the touch functionality, it’s so crisp and sharp.

These 4 changes will make macOS 27 massively better

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:30:00 +0000

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As a longtime Mac user, I’m actually pretty happy with the state of macOS. All things considered, the Mac is in a pretty good place right now, and while Tahoe has some wrinkles, the platform as a whole is solid. But the key to continued success is continued progression, that the Mac evolve to address the needs of users.

On Monday, Apple will announce macOS 27, the next major version of the Mac operating system, and preview its biggest new features. It’s our chance to see what Apple will do to make our Mac experience better, and here’s what I want to see from macOS at WWDC26.

A lot more Siri

Apple is expected to finally reveal its revamped Siri, and while much of the talk about Siri has been in regards to iOS 27, they carry over to macOS 27, as well. And Apple is expected to show several Apple Intelligence-based features with macOS and its apps.

I’m quite interested in seeing how Apple integrates AI features into macOS, but I’m also interested in the big picture. The ultimate goal with AI development is an AI that knows you almost as well as you know yourself, maybe even better, resulting in a computing experience that maximizes your productivity. Microsoft is attempting to do this with Windows Copilot, and Google recently announced several new Gemini-related technologies that can provide “real work with minimal human input,” according to TechCrunch’s Rebecca Bellan.

As you already know, Apple is behind in its AI development and implementation. Apple has to do two things here: play catch-up and demonstrate that it is making real progress beyond that. My interest is less about new features I can use and more about Apple’s ability to develop and execute technology that will be at the core of everything moving forward.

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Visual tweaks

Now, on to more concrete macOS features and products I’ll be looking for at WWDC26. macOS Tahoe introduced Liquid Glass and other changes to the look of the OS–some hate it, some like it. Me, I’m in the middle; I don’t find the changes offensive, but I’m not enthused by them, either.

But there’s one thing clear, and that is Apple is attempting to unify the look of macOS and iOS an much as possible. Since they’re all part of the same ecosystem, this makes sense but in practicality, it sacrifices the uniqueness of each platform. I’m hoping to see efforts to make macOS stand out as well as take advantage of its platform. This includes dynamic widget sizes and hiding, icon tinting, and the ability for developers to create app icons that are unique and not restricted to the iOS-style rounded squares.

System Settings fixes

Speaking of graphical tweaks, the System Settings UI needs more than a graphical makeover. With the current layout, it seems as though Apple wants users to rely on using Search, but the problem is that users don’t know what the settings are called. It needs an organizational reconstruction to make it easier to get to the setting you need. While I’d be happy with a redesign, it would be amazing if Apple figured out how to use Apple Intelligence to make System Settings intuitive.

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A little more LaunchPad

With macOS Tahoe, Apple wanted to move people from using LaunchPad to using the revised Spotlight. But LaunchPad lives on, in a way; it was replaced by the Apps app. However, Apps is nowhere near as functional as LaunchPad–it feels like a pacifier for LaunchPad users as they practice using Spotlight instead.

Apps don’t have any customization options, their listing options are few, and for some reason, you can’t expand the Apps window horizontally, which would go a long way in its usability. I’m hopeful that Apple will offer Apps UI tweaks in macOS 27, but if they don’t, they should just get rid of it completely–in its current state, Apps isn’t more useful than having an alias of the Applications folder in the Dock.

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Your fingers deserve a break — Voibe dictation lifetime access is on sale for $50

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000

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TL;DR: Voibe helps Mac users dictate text up to 3x faster than typing with offline voice transcription that works across apps — and lifetime access is $49.99 right now.

There’s a whole world of frustration that comes from having ideas faster than you can physically type them. You know what you want to say. Your brain is moving at full speed. Meanwhile, your keyboard is over there doing its best impression of a traffic jam.

That’s the problem Voibe is trying to solve. Right now, lifetime access is $49.99 (reg. $199), and the app is built around one simple idea: speaking is dramatically faster than typing for most people. In many cases, up to three times faster.

Voibe runs locally on Apple Silicon Macs using OpenAI’s Whisper model, which means dictation happens offline directly on your device instead of bouncing your voice recordings around the cloud.

That’s a pretty big deal for anyone handling sensitive work documents, client notes, meeting recaps, or just people who don’t love the idea of every random thought living on external servers forever.

The app also handles natural speech surprisingly well, including accents, technical terminology, and messy “thinking out loud” workflows that usually break older dictation software.

And because it works across apps, it slips pretty naturally into daily workflows.

Take some of your time back with lifetime access to Voibe for just $49.99 (reg. $199).

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This 10,000mAh Qi2 iPhone battery is perfectly slim and half-off

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 07:15:00 +0000

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Baseus’s Picogo magnetic power bank is down to just $34.16 right now, a 50 percent discount off its $70 MSRP when you redeem the 10 percent coupon on the listing. Of course, we’ve actually most often seen this model for $40, but a deal’s a deal. The honest read is that you’re saving a few dollars off its typical street price. Still, at a few cents over $34, it’s a genuinely great price for a slim Qi2 magnetic battery.

The best thing about this power bank is how thin it is. At about half an inch thick, it won’t be annoying to hold when it’s magnetized to your phone, even the iPhone Air. It snaps onto the back of your phone and stays out of the way, even when you shove this thing into your pocket.

The Qi2 15W magnetic wireless charging is super convenient to have. Just snap it onto a compatible iPhone, and it starts charging, without needing any cables or having you fumbling around to plug it in. Since the magnets are strong enough to hold a steady connection, it even works with MagSafe-style cases, so you don’t have to take your case off to use it.

The 10,000mAh capacity is enough to give you quite a bit of extra use time. You’ll get about an extra charge and a half for most iPhones, but that will vary depending on how much you’re actually using your device while charging. That’s ideal for a long day out when you’re going to be glued to your phone. If you want better speed, there’s a 27W USB-C port available, but you’ll need to use a cable.

At $34.16, the Baseus Picogo MagSafe power bank is an easy recommendation for anyone who wants slim, grab-and-go magnetic charging for their iPhone.

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