Apple flashed a single slide at WWDC 2026 that listed over 250 changes coming to iOS 27, macOS Golden Gate, and its entire software lineup. The slide stayed on screen for seconds.
Most attendees couldn't read it. That was by design. Apple's keynote spent its runtime on Siri AI, Apple Intelligence, and parental controls.
The rest, the actual OS refinements users will interact with daily, got relegated to an eye-chart slide and buried on Apple's WWDC Preview pages. The company told its own website: "Nothing was off limits, no enhancement too small."
The full list, now compiled by MacRumors, reveals an operating system update that is unusually focused on fixing what's broken rather than adding what's new. There are no headline features here.
Instead, Apple is shipping independent alarm volumes, faster app launches, smoother scrolling across a dozen interfaces, and the kind of polish that rarely makes a keynote demo. A separate breakdown from Lifehacker highlights 20 features Apple didn't mention on stage, including the ability to manage ringer, media, and alarm volumes independently, a long-standing user request. iOS 27 also lets users dismiss the Now Playing widget from the Lock Screen, minimize the lock screen clock to show more wallpaper, and save video frames as still images with full metadata. The CarPlay overhaul includes audio scrubbing on the Now Playing screen and support for video apps (parked only). macOS 27 adds native support for 5K 120Hz ultrawide monitors and remembers window layouts across reconnections.
Sidecar on the iPad finally accepts touch input, not just Apple Pencil. iPhone Mirroring on the Mac now supports window resizing, letting apps expand to iPad size.
Macworld counted 263 total items in Apple's list. The tally includes AirPods Custom EQ, Messages auto-retry for failed sends, more accurate Apple Watch step tracking, perimenopause and menopause logging in Health, and faster iCloud Photo uploads.
Some categories border on obsessive, four separate entries for perimenopause features, multiple "smoother scrolling" fixes across different apps.
All updates are available as developer betas now. Public release arrives in September.
