iOS 27: Everything you need to know about the latest iPhone update announced at WWDC
iOS 27: Everything you need to know about the latest iPhone update announced at WWDC
Publish Date: 2026-06-08 13:35:00
Source Domain: tech.yahoo.com
As it’s done for the past several years, Apple previewed the next version of its iOS operating system during its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on Monday. The new update, iOS 27, includes a range of new features and tune-ups for the company’s iPhone software. Here’s a rundown of what to expect.
For one, Apple is giving the visual design of its platforms a bit of a change. While the overall look isn’t massively different from the current version of iOS, the sweeping “Liquid Glass” redesign the company introduced last year can now be customized to be look less transparent through an adjustable slider. Sidebars in apps will now expand to the full edge of an app’s window, while sidebar icons will retain their color. (The lack of the latter was a common user complaint with the original version of Liquid Glass.) Certain app icons will have new Liquid Glass-inspired touches as well.
The company is also promising improved responsiveness and overall performance with the update. Apps, file transfers, content and features like AirDrop should all load faster, while system animations should be smoother. Apple says new captures in the Photos app can load up to 70 percent quicker than before, for example.
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AirPods owners are getting a new custom EQ feature that makes it easier to adjust how the wireless earbuds sound. The cycle tracking feature in the Health app, meanwhile, now has menopause and perimenopause support.
Perhaps the headline feature of iOS 27 is an overhauled version of Siri, which is Apple is calling Siri AI. In general, this is Apple’s stab at transforming Siri from a simpler voice assistant to a wider-ranging AI companion that’s more in line with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Anthropic’s Claude and Google’s Gemini. The company first promised a Siri revamp along these lines two years ago, but after multiple delays, some internal shuffling and the release of other (oft-derided) AI features under the “Apple Intelligence” banner, it’s now ready to…
