macOS 12 Monterey
Although last month saw the release of most of Apple’s major operating system updates — iOS 15, iPadOS 15, watchOS 8, tvOS 15, and HomePod 15 — as usual macOS remains the outlier.
macOS 12 Monterey was announced at WWDC back in June, alongside iOS 15 and the rest, but as of now, it remains in beta. With new Macs coming next week, however, it’s safe to say we’ll get a release date for macOS 12 as well, since that will almost certainly be the version that ships on the new Macs.
The bulk of Monterey’s goodness will be focused on Apple’s M-series Macs, although Apple did relent on at least one new feature, conceding that it will be able to bring Live Text in Photos to recent Intel Macs, albeit in a slightly more limited way.