Apple seeded the macOS Tahoe 26.7 release candidate on Monday, and while the update itself is a security fix with no new features, its code is packed with hardware Apple has not announced. MacRumors dug through the build and found identifiers for a home hub, a new HomePod mini, camera-equipped AirPods, AirPods Pro 4, all five upcoming iPhones including the foldable, an M6 MacBook Pro, new iMacs, an OLED iPad mini, and more.
Some of these codenames were in earlier builds and now carry new feature flags; others are new. Code references are not launch confirmations, but the list lines up with what Apple is expected to ship over the next several months.
Home devices are the biggest group
The smart home side has the most entries. The code includes Siri setup references for J490, the base version of Apple’s home hub, and J491, the wall-mounted version. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has said the hub is due between October and early 2027, with a September preview possible.
There is also a device called B525 with a software component named “Argentium” installed. The current HomePod mini is B520, so B525 likely points to the second-generation HomePod mini that Gurman has tipped for the fall. A third entry, J229, is a home accessory with multiple sensors that first showed up in iOS 26 code last December. It could be a security camera or an add-on for the hub.
The home section also mentions “Pebble,” Bloomberg’s reported codename for homeOS, two unexplained HomeAccessory17,2 and HomeAccessory17,3 devices, color strings for Rose Pink, Silver, Space Gray, and Starlight, and an “audio accessory visual reasoning” feature that may belong to the hub.
All five 2026-27 iPhones are listed
The iPhone identifiers are V62 (iPhone Air 2), V63 (iPhone 18 Pro), V64 (iPhone 18 Pro Max), V67 (iPhone 18), and V68, the foldable that Apple reportedly calls iPhone Ultra internally. These are the same identifiers that surfaced in iOS 27 beta code earlier this month. The Pro models and the foldable are expected in September, with the iPhone 18 and iPhone Air 2 following in spring 2027.
AirPods, Beats, and a fourth-gen AirPods Pro
The headphone references are the most concrete. One string reads “B790 start image stream failed for left bud.” B790 is the codename Bloomberg has tied to Apple’s camera-equipped AirPods, and MacRumors says it is a separate project from B798, the camera AirPods Bloomberg has slotted for 2027. Gurman has said B790 could ship as soon as September, though the AirPods were not on his most recent list of products for the event.
The build also mentions AirPodsPro1,4. AirPods Pro 3 is AirPodsPro1,3, so this looks like a fourth-generation AirPods Pro. Two Beats identifiers, B518 and B522, likely point to upcoming Beats headphones.
Macs and an OLED iPad mini
On the Mac side, J804 appears to be the entry-level 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M6 chip, since the current M5 model is J704. J833 and J834 match the next-generation iMacs Bloomberg has reported. Four more identifiers, K114c, K114s, K116c, and K116s, may be the higher-end OLED MacBook Pro models Apple is expected to introduce with M6 Pro and M6 Max chips.
The iPad entries are J510 and J511, which line up with the next iPad mini. That model is rumored to move to an OLED display and an A19 Pro chip.
The rest of the list
N109 is a headset that Bloomberg once identified as Vision Pro 2 and The Information described as a cheaper Vision Pro. It was reportedly canceled in 2025, so this may be leftover code. ATVRemote1,5 points to a new Siri Remote. There are also references to Apple Intelligence Writing Tools expanding to China with content restrictions, plus a batch of A-series model numbers MacRumors could not match to products.
When any of this could ship
Gurman’s latest Power On newsletter listed eight products for the September event: the two iPhone 18 Pro models, the iPhone Ultra, Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, a new Apple TV 4K, HomePod mini 2, and a first look at the home hub. He expects the M6 MacBook Pro and iPad mini in October, which fits MacRumors’ read that Apple may hold a second event in October or November for the Macs, iPad mini, and home accessories.
The code does not give dates. With the September event a few weeks away and macOS 27 due right after it, this is likely the last Tahoe update where the fall lineup shows up in code before it shows up on stage.
