Apple’s 20+ Product Roadmap for 2026-2027: Foldable iPhones, AI Glasses, Smart Home Robots, and a Design Revival Under New CEO John Ternus

Wearables

• Apple Watch Series 11 — Annual fall update .
• Apple Watch Ultra 3 — Successor to the Ultra 2 .
• AirPods Pro 3 — Next-generation premium earbuds .

Mac

• MacBook Pro (M6 chip) — Redesigned model with OLED display expected by end of 2026 .
• MacBook Air (M6 chip) — Update alongside the Pro .
• Mac Pro / Mac mini / iMac updates — M6-series chip refreshes .

Smart Home / Audio

• New smart home hub — A brand-new category: a wall-mountable smart display with AI/Siri integration, could ship this year .
• Apple TV (refresh) — Long-awaited hardware update .
• HomePod mini (refresh) — Updated internals .

2027 — "Apple's Biggest Product Year Ever"

Gurman has said 2027 will be Apple's most ambitious year since the iPhone X era, with a new CEO, multiple new categories, and a massive iPhone lineup .

iPhones (Six Models Across Two Waves)

• iPhone 20 Pro / Pro Max — 20th-anniversary models with an all-screen, bezel-less design, potentially called "iPhone 20" as a milestone branding .
• iPhone 18e — Successor to the budget SE/e series .
• iPhone Air 2 — Second-gen ultra-thin model .
• iPhone Ultra 2 — Second-generation foldable, successor to the 2026 foldable .

New Wearable Categories

• Camera-equipped AirPods — AirPods with built-in cameras for AI-powered spatial awareness and visual intelligence features. On track for 2027 .
• Apple smart glasses — AI/AR-powered glasses (not full AR goggles), described as a "major new product category" .
• AI pendant — A wearable AI device, part of the six new categories .

Smart Home / Robotics

• Tabletop robot — A smart home robotic device with an articulating display; one of the six major new categories .
• Security camera — Apple-branded home security camera .
• Smart display (home hub) — Already expected in late 2026, but potentially a broader rollout in 2027 .

Mac

• MacBook Ultra — Redesigned flagship with OLED display .
• Continued Mac line refreshes — Subsequent M7-generation chips .

The Ternus–Design Team Intersection

• John Ternus takes over as CEO on September 1, 2026 .
• Gurman explicitly states Ternus's top priority is revamping Apple's design team, which lost talent and influence after Jony Ive's departure and the exit of design leader Alan Dye .
• Ternus already took over oversight of the design studio in early 2026, a move that signaled his CEO candidacy .
• The product roadmap and the design revival are directly intertwined: Gurman frames the 2027 blockbuster lineup (bezel-less iPhone 20, foldables, smart glasses, new categories) as the hardware that Ternus's newly energized design studio will be responsible for delivering .
• The challenge is that the design team has been "gutted" — Ternus is rebuilding it simultaneously with executing the most ambitious product cycle in a decade .