Here are the key new features coming to macOS Tahoe (aka macOS 26), unveiled at WWDC on June 9, 2025:
✨ 1. Whole‑new Liquid Glass interface
- A translucent, reflective UI—the first major redesign since Big Sur.
- Fully transparent menu bar, refined Dock, sidebars, toolbars, and fluid app icons.
- Deeper personalization: folder colors, custom emojis/emblems, light/dark tints
🔍 2. Spotlight powerhouse
- “Biggest update ever”: intelligent ranking, quick‑action shortcuts, extensible filters.
- Search across local files, apps, messages, and third‑party cloud storage.
- Launch apps, send emails, do actions right from Spotlight UI
📞 3. Native Phone app
- Full call control on Mac: Recents, Voicemails, call screening, Hold Assist.
- Mirrored iPhone SMS/call interface via Continuity
🔁 4. Enhanced Continuity & iPhone Mirroring
- Mirror or control iPhone fully from Mac (requires Apple Silicon or T2 Intel Macs).
- Drag‑and‑drop files, access notifications, sync Wi‑Fi login across devices
🕒 5. Live Activities & Control Center
- Continue tracking flights, deliveries, ride‑shares, etc., live on Mac.
- Redesigned, customizable Control Center with improved sliders and quick access
🧠 6. Apple Intelligence
- Live Translation: real‑time translation for Messages, FaceTime, calls.
- Genmoji and Image Playground: let you generate images, emojis on‑device.
- More intelligent Shortcuts with access to native AI models
🎮 7. New Apps & Productivity Tools
- Games app: organizes Apple Arcade/downloaded titles with invitation options.
- Stage Manager 2.0: revamped multitasking layout.
- Vehicle Motion Cues: UI motion cues designed to reduce motion‑sickness while traveling
📱 8. Safari & Other System Upgrades
- Safari updated in Liquid Glass UI, “Highlights” feature for smarter browsing overlaid on current sites
- Clipboard history, enhanced Photos tools, Mail summaries, low power mode toggles
🛑 Legacy intel‑MacAlert
- macOS Tahoe is the final update supporting Intel Macs with T2 chips; future macOS versions will require Apple Silicon
📅 Release timeframe
- Developer beta available now.
- Public beta expected in July.
- Broad release scheduled for Fall 2025 (likely September)
These updates position macOS Tahoe as a major leap forward—visually stunning, AI‑empowered, and more integrated with your Apple devices. Let me know if you’d like a deep dive into any feature or compatibility details!