iOS 27: Release Date, supported iPhones, Siri upgrades and Apple Intelligence rumors

Apple Intelligence in iOS 27: Major updates

Wallet scanning tickets/cards
Visual Intelligence (nutrition/object recognition)
Contact info extraction from images
Safari/app-level AI integrations
AI photo editing features
Improved writing tools with grammar check
Shortcut generation
New third-party AI model support

Apple Intelligence is Apple’s suite of generative AI tools integrated across its operating systems, designed to enhance productivity through writing assistance, image generation, and system-wide automation. While many features were introduced in 2024 and 2025, the upcoming iOS 27 update – set to be previewed at WWDC on June 8, 2026 – is expected to deliver a massive overhaul of these capabilities.

We don’t have much information about what specific AI advancements Apple is working on or how it will be used throughout the OS and Apple’s apps, yet. But Gurman reports iOS 27 will be heavy on new AI features.

In April 2026, some back-end code relating to Visual Intelligence suggested Apple is working on Apple Intelligence features like reading nutrition lables, adding phone numbers and addresses to contacts, adding physical tickets and passes to Wallet, and auto-generating names for tab groups in Safari.

Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman claimed Apple is planning a trio of new AI-powered image editing tools. Extend, Enhance, and Reframe will join the existing Clean Up feature in a new “Apple Intelligence Tools” section within the Photos app.

In a May report, Gurman wrote that Writing Tools will get an AI-related update to be more capable, including checking grammar, and will be more easily discoverable in the operating system. He also indicates that there may be a “Write with Siri” button and a “Help Me Write” option.

AI-powered Shortcuts will be able to be created using plain language for the first time, too. You’ll just describe what you want the Shortcut to do, and your iPhone or iPad will…

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