Six iPhone models. Camera-equipped AirPods. AI-powered smart glasses. A tabletop robot with a swiveling arm.
Apple's 2027 product roadmap is shaping up to be the most ambitious in the company's history, and it arrives just as incoming CEO John Ternus takes the helm.
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, who has tracked Apple's internal plans for years, says 2027 is on track to be the biggest year for new products in Apple's history. Industry forecasts now project six iPhone launches in a single year for the first time, alongside a wave of AI wearables and smart home hardware. The iPhone lineup alone tells the story.
In the first half of 2027, Apple is expected to launch the iPhone Air 2, iPhone 18, and iPhone 18e. The second half brings the iPhone 20 Pro, iPhone 20 Pro Max, and a second-generation foldable dubbed iPhone Ultra 2. That's six models across two release waves, a cadence Apple has never attempted.
The iPhone 20 Pro series carries special weight. Apple is reportedly skipping the "19" naming to matches the iPhone's 20th anniversary. The devices are expected to feature a quad-curved display with nearly invisible bezels, solid-state buttons, and potentially an all-glass design with an under-display selfie camera.
Rumors suggest Apple plans to go all out with the iPhone 20 Pro series. The iPhone Air 2 addresses the original model's biggest complaints.
Reports suggest it will gain a second rear camera and improved battery life, fixes that could turn a niche product into a mainstream contender. The iPhone 18 and 18e are expected around March, a break from Apple's traditional September rhythm, with the 18 packing an A20 chipset and up to 12GB of RAM for AI workloads.
Beyond phones, Apple is pushing into entirely new categories. Camera-equipped AirPods are scheduled for late 2027, according to people familiar with the matter. The device is meant to vault Apple into the AI wearable market, with cameras that let Siri see what the user is looking at and provide contextual information.
Apple's first smart glasses are also targeting a late 2027 launch, having slipped from an earlier 2026 target. Gurman describes them as a direct competitor to Meta's smart glasses, with frame-mounted cameras for photos and video, Siri integration, and audio playback. The company is also developing a tabletop home hub with a robotic arm, described as a roughly 9-inch display on a movable robotic arm that can tilt, pan, and follow users around a room, recognizing people as they approach and surfacing personalized information.
The computing lineup gets a refresh too. New iPad Pro and MacBook Air models with the M6 chip are expected, alongside a potential MacBook Ultra.
Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 models are also in the pipeline, with stronger AI features and expanded health tracking.
Gurman frames this product blitz as a tailwind for Ternus, who replaces Tim Cook as CEO in September 2026. The scale of the 2027 roadmap could help establish this level of output as the new normal, not an exception, as Apple enters its next chapter.
