Apple’s macOS Tahoe 26.7 Release Candidate contains references to more than a dozen unreleased products, and the sheer range of what’s in there is the real story. Reports have picked out identifiers for camera-equipped AirPods, a new smart-home hub, a tabletop robot, OLED Macs and iPads, and the long-rumored foldable iPhone, all sitting in the same software build.
The camera AirPods lead the pack, and this one’s harder to wave off as a routine code reference. The build reportedly contains an actual demo video showing someone wearing the earbuds, holding up a book, and asking Siri about it through Visual Intelligence. The AirPods carry an internal identifier, B790, distinct from an earlier B798 project some reports had linked to a later-generation device. If B790 is real and separate, camera AirPods could show up as soon as September rather than sometime down the road.
Smart home gets a cluster of its own. Two identifiers, J490 and J491, reportedly point to a tabletop and wall-mounted version of Apple’s rumored Home Hub, tied to an internal home OS codenamed “Pebble.” Alongside that sits B525, believed to be a next HomePod mini, J229, possibly a security camera, and J595, described as a tabletop robot with no real detail on what it actually does yet.
On the iPhone side, the leak lines up with what’s already been rumored: V63 and V64 for the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, both expected in September 2026, and V68 for the foldable iPhone Ultra landing the same month. Two more identifiers, V67 for the standard iPhone 18 and V62 for iPhone Air 2, point to spring 2027, evidence Apple’s software already accounts for hardware well past the next launch event.
Mac and iPad references stack up too. J804 reportedly maps to an M6-powered entry-level 14-inch MacBook Pro, J833 and J834 to new iMacs, and a cluster of K114/K116 identifiers to a future OLED MacBook Pro redesign, all expected sometime in the late 2026 to 2027 window. J510 and J511 point to what would be Apple’s first OLED iPad mini.
One identifier, N109, is genuinely ambiguous. It’s been linked at different points to both a second-generation Vision Pro and a cheaper Vision headset that reports say Apple already canceled, so don’t read too much into it yet.
None of this confirms a retail roadmap. Software needs to recognize hardware before that hardware ships, so some of these references are just normal engineering groundwork rather than an accidental leak. Still, seeing this many products referenced together says Apple’s next couple of years are more packed than the September iPhone event alone would suggest.
M Adnan Akram is the founder and lead writer at Phoonomo, covering mobile technology with a primary focus on Apple and the broader smartphone industry, alongside emerging developments in AI. He follows product launches, spec leaks, and industry trends closely to keep readers informed with timely updates.
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