Apple is preparing to release iOS 27 later this month, bringing one of the biggest collections of new iPhone features in years, with major changes to Siri, Apple Intelligence, Photos, Safari, Shortcuts, Maps, Health, Find My and more.
First unveiled at WWDC26 in June, iOS 27 has spent the summer in beta testing and is now nearing its public release. Apple has focused heavily on artificial intelligence, performance and everyday usability, while also refining the Liquid Glass design introduced with iOS 26.
Here are 27 new features coming to iPhone with iOS 27.
1. Siri AI
The biggest change in iOS 27 is Siri AI, a completely rebuilt version of Apple’s assistant powered by Apple Intelligence. Siri can hold more natural conversations, understand follow-up questions, use personal context from apps such as Messages, Mail, Photos and Notes, and provide answers using information from the web.
2. A dedicated Siri app
For the first time, Siri gets its own standalone app. The new Siri app lets users start conversations, revisit previous chats and continue conversations across devices using iCloud.
3. Siri moves into the Dynamic Island
On supported iPhone models, Siri no longer lights up the edges of the display. Instead, a new Siri animation appears within the Dynamic Island, giving the assistant a more integrated look.
4. Swipe down to type to Siri
Users can swipe down from the Dynamic Island to immediately begin typing a request to Siri, making text-based interactions much quicker to access.
5. Write with Siri
Apple is adding new writing capabilities to Siri, allowing users to draft and refine emails, messages and other text. Siri can adapt its suggestions depending on who the user is communicating with and the tone of the conversation.
6. More powerful Visual Intelligence
Visual Intelligence becomes more capable in iOS 27, allowing users to point the Camera at objects, food, products and other items to ask questions, find information and perform actions directly from what they can see.
7. Spatial Reframing in Photos
The Photos app gains a new Apple Intelligence feature called Spatial Reframing. It allows users to change the composition and perspective of a photo after it has been taken, with Apple Intelligence generating additional image content where needed.
8. Extend images beyond their original frame
A new Extend tool in Photos can expand an image beyond its original boundaries, giving users more space around subjects or allowing an image to be straightened without cutting away important parts of the picture.
9. A better Clean Up tool
Apple is also improving Clean Up in Photos. The feature is designed to remove larger distractions and produce more natural-looking results in complex scenes.
10. Safari Notify Me
Safari gains a new Notify Me feature that can monitor webpages for changes such as price drops, ticket availability or product restocks, then send a notification when something relevant changes.
11. Automatic Safari tab organisation
Apple Intelligence can automatically organise large numbers of open Safari tabs into topics, making it easier to manage busy browsing sessions.
12. AI-generated Safari extensions
Users can create custom Safari extensions by simply describing what they want the extension to do, with Apple Intelligence generating the required functionality.
13. Passwords can change compromised passwords automatically
The Passwords app becomes more proactive in iOS 27. When it identifies compromised credentials, Passwords can automatically create a stronger replacement and update the account on supported websites.
14. Describe a Shortcut
Shortcuts gains one of its biggest upgrades yet with Describe a Shortcut. Users can explain an automation in plain language and Apple Intelligence will build the shortcut automatically.
15. Smarter Shortcuts actions
Beyond Describe a Shortcut, iOS 27 adds new Shortcuts capabilities including richer onscreen awareness, support for else-if actions, screenshot and notification automations, data storage inside shortcuts and a redesigned editor.
16. Liquid Glass appearance controls
Apple is giving users more control over the look of Liquid Glass. A new slider lets users choose between a clearer, more transparent appearance and a more opaque tinted look.
17. Improved Liquid Glass readability
Apple has also adjusted contrast, icon rendering and visual clarity throughout the interface following feedback from iOS 26, while refining translucency and readability across apps and menus.
18. More flexible Find My location sharing
Find My gains more flexible location sharing options, allowing users to share for a custom number of minutes, hours or days, or choose an exact date and time for sharing to stop. Users can also pause location sharing with specific people until the end of the day.
19. Smarter Maps
Maps gains enhanced Flyover imagery, more accurate Visited Places, improved offline map updates, Parked Car widgets and the ability to search for routes using more natural language.
20. Call Context
A new Call Context feature can surface useful information while the user is on a phone call, such as booking references, reservation details or confirmation codes stored elsewhere on the device.
21. Live Translation
Live Translation becomes a bigger part of the iPhone experience in iOS 27, working across Phone, FaceTime and Messages to help users communicate in different languages in real time.
22. New child safety and parental controls
Apple is adding a wide range of new child safety features, including Ask to Browse for approving websites, new Time Allowances for app categories, redesigned Screen Time controls and expanded Communication Safety protections.
23. AirPods Custom EQ
AirPods users will be able to manually adjust bass, mids and treble through a new Custom EQ feature, giving users more control over how music and other audio sounds.
24. GymKit comes to iPhone
GymKit support is expanding to iPhone, allowing compatible gym equipment to connect directly to the device for more accurate workout data without requiring an Apple Watch.
25. New menopause and perimenopause features
The Health app gains new features focused on menopause and perimenopause, along with faster Health data updates, improved sleep handling across time-zone changes and better syncing between Health and Fitness.
26. Smarter Home camera features
The Home app can use Apple Intelligence to generate descriptions of security camera footage and make clips easier to search using natural language. iOS 27 also introduces grouped smart home notifications and support for 4K HomeKit Secure Video on compatible cameras.
27. Faster performance across iOS
Apple has made performance a major focus this year. According to the company, iOS 27 delivers faster app launches, quicker Photos loading, improved AirDrop speeds, smoother scrolling, faster Camera launches in Low Power Mode, more efficient Bluetooth performance and quicker Safari web app performance.
Those are only some of the changes arriving with iOS 27. Apple has also packed the update with hundreds of smaller improvements across Messages, Mail, Notes, Apple Music, Journal, Spotlight, accessibility, widgets, keyboards and other parts of the operating system.
Apple has confirmed that iOS 27 will support every iPhone currently capable of running iOS 26, including the iPhone 11 lineup. The update is expected to be released later this month following Apple’s September event.
