How Apple Leaked Itself
When Apple pushed out the release candidate for macOS Tahoe 26.7 last week, it contained references to a raft of unannounced products , from home devices to iPhones, iPads, AirPods, and Macs. It's not the first time we've seen this kind of thing, but the sheer amount of references – including a video showing off AirPods with cameras – is a bit unusual. Code references to unreleased products turn…
Apple inadvertently leaked details of upcoming products in the release candidate for macOS Tahoe 26.7 last week. The software contained references to a range of unannounced devices, including home gadgets, iPhones, iPads, AirPods, and Macs. This is not the first time Apple has included references to unreleased products in early betas, but the extensive list of items in this particular release candidate is unusual.
Code references to unannounced products are common in Apple's early betas, but the macOS Tahoe 26.7 was intended to be the final version of the software, though delivered to developers early for testing. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman suggests that one of Apple's internal builds, which contained hardware support for yet-to-be-announced products, likely got inadvertently merged into the branch destined for release.
This suggests a possible mix-up by someone within Apple's development team. The references to the products will likely be removed from the public release, except for the AirPods with cameras, which had appeared in previous software but are not expected until 2027. The hardware shown in the video is believed to have been shelved in favor of a newer model.
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