Inside Apple’s Expanding 2027 Roadmap
Apple’s 2027 roadmap refers to a planned product cycle in which the company is expected to expand beyond its traditional iPhone focus with six smartphone models, new AI wearables, smart glasses, updated Macs and iPads, and smart home devices, all timed to coincide with a leadership transition to incoming CEO John Ternus and the iPhone’s 20th anniversary. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman describes 2027 as Apple’s “biggest product year” yet, with two major iPhone waves and entirely new device categories. The plan highlights how Apple aims to move deeper into spatial computing and AI-powered accessories rather than leaning only on yearly phone refreshes. While none of these products are officially confirmed and launch details could change, the breadth of the Apple 2027 roadmap shows a clear attempt to define the company’s next decade of hardware and services.
Six iPhones and the Significance of the iPhone 20 Pro
Apple is reportedly preparing six iPhone launches in 2027, splitting the lineup into two waves that reshape its usual annual rhythm. Early in the year, the iPhone Air 2, iPhone 18, and iPhone 18e are expected, with the Air 2 gaining a second rear camera and better battery life to fix first‑generation complaints. The iPhone 18 family is rumored for around March with an A20 chipset and up to 12GB of RAM to support heavier AI workloads. Later in the year, the focus shifts to the iPhone 20 Pro, iPhone 20 Pro Max, and a second‑generation foldable iPhone Ultra 2. Apple is said to be skipping “19” so the iPhone 20 Pro line matches the smartphone’s 20th anniversary, adding a quad‑curved display, extremely thin bezels, solid‑state buttons, and an all‑glass look with an under‑display selfie camera.
Apple Glasses and Camera AirPods: A New Wave of AI Wearables
Beyond phones, AI wearables from Apple are central to the expected 2027 push. Camera-equipped AirPods are reportedly planned for late 2027, designed to move Apple into the AI wearables Apple segment by giving Siri visual awareness of what the user is looking at and enabling more contextual responses. At the same time, the Apple Glasses launch is now targeting late 2027 after a slip from an earlier 2026 window. Gurman describes these Apple Glasses as direct competitors to Meta’s smart glasses, with frame-mounted cameras for photos and video, audio playback, and deep Siri integration. Together, Apple Glasses and camera AirPods show how Apple is trying to extend its ecosystem from pockets and wrists to faces and ears, blending ambient computing, hands‑free interaction, and lightweight spatial computing into accessories people can wear all day.
Smart Home Robots, Macs, and Watches Under John Ternus
Apple’s 2027 plans also touch the home, desktop, and wrist, rounding out a broad hardware cycle that will help define John Ternus’s early years as CEO. On the smart home side, reports point to a premium tabletop home hub built around a roughly 9‑inch display on a robotic arm that can tilt, pan, and follow users through a room, recognizing people as they approach and surfacing personalised information. This builds on the rumoured HomePad platform and signals a stronger move into spatial computing inside the home. At the same time, Apple’s M6 transition should reach new iPad Pro and MacBook Air models, with a possible MacBook Ultra, while Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 are expected to add stronger AI features and health tracking. Gurman frames this broad Apple 2027 roadmap as a tailwind that could make such scale “the new normal” under Ternus.
