I Don’t Care About iOS 27’s AI Tricks. Give Me These 3 Useful iPhone Features Instead
I Don’t Care About iOS 27’s AI Tricks. Give Me These 3 Useful iPhone Features Instead
Publish Date: 2026-05-29 07:01:00
Source Domain: www.cnet.com
Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference starts June 8, where the company will show off its latest software and technologies. The WWDC rumor cycle is already pointing toward a busy iOS 27 update, with Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reporting that Apple is planning changes to Siri, the Camera app, Safari, Weather, Image Playground and parts of the iPhone interface. Apple has also said WWDC will highlight “AI advancements,” which means Apple Intelligence will almost certainly be a major part of the show.
But when I think about what I actually want from iOS 27, I don’t picture a more magical AI-powered Siri or an image-generation tool I’ll use twice and forget exists. I think about the tiny annoyances that still make my iPhone feel harder to use than it should.
You know what I actually want? I want to find buried settings without going on an archaeological dig. I want clipboard history so that one accidental copy doesn’t erase the thing I needed. And I want notification controls that don’t make me choose between missing something important and letting every app annoy me with whatever they want all day.
None of these would be the flashiest feature Apple could announce. But the best iPhone updates are often the ones that remove a minor annoyance you didn’t realize you had learned to live with, like last year’s Screen Unknown Callers feature.
Here’s why I want Apple to think small (details) when it shows us iOS 27.
The Settings app can be a lot to deal with.
Apple needs to fix the Settings labyrinth
The Settings app has become one of the strangest places on the iPhone. It contains almost everything you need, but finding the exact toggle can feel like digging through a messy drawer that desperately needs organizing. A phone this advanced shouldn’t require a scavenger hunt every time I want to change something simple.
Some settings live under Privacy & Security. Others are buried under individual app menus. Payment and subscription settings are scattered. And…
