Apple Is Finally Bringing the Phone App to Mac. Here’s What That Means for You

For the first time, you can make and make telephone calls directly on your Mac computer. No iPhone collection required.

During WWDC 2025 KeynoteApple has announced that the telephone application officially arrives on Mac in the context of a wider thrust to deepen the continuity between its devices. The new desktop version of the Phone application will start iOS 26 And MacOS Tahoe 26 Later this year, giving Mac users full access to the call features previously limited to the iPhone.

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With the new telephone application for Mac, users will be able to make and receive calls, access their iPhone contacts and even take advantage of the new iOS 26 features, including Hold Assist (which awaits pending) and Live translations (which provides real-time subtitles during a conversation).

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Inbound calls will appear directly on your Mac screen, with full -size contact photos, so you will know exactly that reaches out.

This addition is part of Apple’s largest goal for the limits between the devices to feel invisible. The telephone application on Mac strengthens the continuity experience, which already allows users to put emails, messages and navigation between Apple devices. Now the phone in your pocket becomes accessible on your desk.

Integration does not stop there: Apple also adds support for live activities on Mac. If you start something like food delivery or a share of driving on your iPhone, you can now follow it from the menu bar of your Mac. Click to enlarge and the whole screen of your iPhone can be mirror and controlled from the desktop.

These updates highlight Apple’s ambition to unify its ecosystem even more and make Mac a more powerful companion of the iPhone than ever before.