iOS 27 Now Available: 10 Features to Try First

Today is the official launch date of iOS 27, which means it’s available for everyone that has an iPhone 11 or newer. ‌iOS 27‌ introduces Siri AI, tons of new Apple Intelligence features, Liquid Glass updates, and performance improvements to make your iPhone feel faster. Performance Improvements Apple sped up a long list of features in ‌iOS 27‌, and it’s immediately noticeable when you download the software.

Everything feels faster than it did in iOS 26. Animations are quicker, apps launch faster, and AirDrop transfers complete faster. You’ll see improvements when taking photos, opening the keyboard, using the App Library, and swapping Home Screen pages.

Your iMessages between devices sync more accurately, messages won’t fail to send and will be automatically retried, and your iPhone can transition more smoothly between Wi-Fi and cellular. The majority of new features in ‌iOS 27‌ require ‌Apple Intelligence‌ and an iPhone 15 Pro or later, but the under-the-hood improvements are available on all iPhones, so even older iPhones will feel faster. For more on what’s new, we have a list of the best performance improvements in iOS 27.

After several months of beta testing, Apple released Siri AI to the public today as part of iOS 27 and its other OS updates. During setup, users will see a new prompt asking whether they’d like to opt in to improve Siri and Apple Intelligence.

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Here’s what that means. IOS 27 adds new opt-in setting for sharing data to improve Apple’s Foundation Models.

The product of more than a decade of development, almost 5 million people had pre-ordered the digital download within days of the Netflix Extended Look (which itself pulled in 31.1 million Netflix views) according to Sensor Tower data. With figures like that, the question for most isn’t whether to buy it, but which version.

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The answer, resoundingly, seems to be the $99.99 Ultimate Edition. Priced at $20 above the Standard Edition’s $79.99, the Ultimate Edition has reportedly attracted almost 90 percent of pre-release sales.

But unless a handful of cosmetics and a bonus side mission truly speak to you, we recommend keeping your $20 for now. You can always upgrade to the Ultimate Edition at any time after launch.

Siri AI ‌Siri‌ AI is the new version of ‌Siri‌. It’s more like ChatGPT or Claude ‌Siri‌ in ‌iOS 26‌, with support for back-and-forth conversations.

‌Siri‌ AI can do a lot of what other AI chatbots can do, but unlike other AI options, ‌Siri‌ has private access to your messages, emails, photos, apps, and other personal data so it can complete a wider range of tasks. ‌Siri‌ can also search the web, so it can answer all kinds of queries.

You can activate ‌Siri‌ with a wake word, swipe down from the middle of your screen to type a question to ‌Siri‌, chat with ‌Siri‌ in the ‌Siri‌ app, or press the side button to activate ‌Siri‌. Some examples of what ‌Siri‌ is now able to do: Create home automations with a command like lock all the doors at midnight.

Find specific emails, messages, photos, images, links, files, and other documents people have sent to you. You can ask based on person, time, location, and more.