Apple's developer betas for iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27 Golden Gate are live, giving developers their first hands-on look at what Apple previewed at WWDC 2026.
The betas are available to registered Apple developers now. Key features in tow include revamped Siri AI capabilities and Spatial Reframing, a tool that adjusts how video content is presented across Apple devices. These are early builds, and developer betas reliably ship with rough edges - crashes, broken apps, and half-finished features are normal at this stage. A public beta typically follows within a few weeks; anyone without a developer account should wait for that.
Siri is the one to watch. Apple has promised a meaningfully smarter assistant for the better part of two years, and developer beta season is when the gap between keynote demo and shipping code starts to show. Spatial Reframing, meanwhile, signals that Apple is still investing in spatial computing ideas beyond the Vision Pro's niche audience.
Beta cycles also tend to reveal which announced features get quietly delayed before the fall release - so treat the current feature list as a ceiling, not a guarantee.