{"id":274497,"date":"2026-06-16T10:54:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T14:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/16\/ive-been-testing-ios-27-and-these-5-overlooked-features-make-even-older-iphones-better\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T10:58:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T14:58:38","slug":"ive-been-testing-ios-27-and-these-5-overlooked-features-make-even-older-iphones-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/16\/ive-been-testing-ios-27-and-these-5-overlooked-features-make-even-older-iphones-better\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;ve been testing iOS 27, and these 5 overlooked features make even older iPhones better"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/ios-27-overlooked-features-improve-old-iphones\/\">I&#8217;ve been testing iOS 27, and these 5 overlooked features make even older iPhones better<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/ios-27-overlooked-features-improve-old-iphones\/\">https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/ios-27-overlooked-features-improve-old-iphones\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-16 10:54:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.zdnet.com\">www.zdnet.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"c-shortcodeImage_credit g-outer-spacing-top-xsmall u-block\">Prakhar Khanna\/ZDNET<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Follow ZDNET: <span class=\"c-commerceLink\"><span>Add us as a preferred source<\/span><\/span> on Google.<\/p>\n<h3>ZDNET&#8217;s key takeaways<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>iOS 27 has several smaller changes worth noting.<\/li>\n<li>Some iOS 27 updates got little or no WWDC attention.<\/li>\n<li>The beta includes practical updates beyond Siri AI.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At <span><span>WWDC 26<\/span><\/span>, Apple spent the majority of its time talking about <span><span>Siri AI<\/span><\/span> and other Apple Intelligence upgrades. Unsurprisingly, they&#8217;re the highlight of <span><span>iOS 27<\/span><\/span>. After all, they aim to enhance your user experience. However, certain features got a brief mention or no mention at all, and they are interesting perks, especially for older generations of iPhones.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Every iPhone model that supports the iOS 27 update (and which older ones don&#8217;t)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I installed the <span><span>iOS 27 Developer Beta<\/span><\/span> soon after WWDC, and these are some of the relatively small features that are big improvements, depending on the way you use your iPhone. <\/p>\n<h2>1. Save a frame from video <\/h2>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"Prakhar Khanna using the Save a Frame from Video iOS 27 feature.\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720.313725490196\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/>   <span class=\"c-shortcodeImage_credit g-outer-spacing-top-xsmall u-block\">Prakhar Khanna\/ZDNET<\/span><\/p>\n<p>There are times when I take a screenshot of a specific frame from a video to share on social media or make a funny sticker out of it. But with iOS 27, I can simply extract that frame out of the video with a few taps. I no longer need to take a screenshot, resize it to dismiss the black borders on the top and bottom, and then save it to have a usable frame. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Also:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Your iPhone may support Channel Sounding via Bluetooth with iOS 27 &#8211; and it&#8217;s a big deal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On iOS 27, you can play a video, tap on the three-dot menu in the top-right corner, and select Save Video Frame as Photo. It&#8217;ll then extract the frame and save it as a photo in your gallery. <\/p>\n<p>However, it compresses the image, so you aren&#8217;t getting a GoPro-like 24MP photo from the video feature. I&#8217;ve noticed screenshot file sizes ranging from 6MB to 9MB, whereas the same frame is extracted as a 500KB image. I didn&#8217;t see a major difference in quality. It is essentially saving you space while giving you a similar-quality photo. <\/p>\n<h2>2. Lock screen enhancements <\/h2>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"Customizing the lock screen on iOS 27.\" width=\"1280\" height=\"719.6837944664031\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/>   <span class=\"c-shortcodeImage_credit g-outer-spacing-top-xsmall u-block\">Prakhar Khanna\/ZDNET<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re like me and don&#8217;t like a big&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/ios-27-overlooked-features-improve-old-iphones\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been testing iOS 27, and these 5 overlooked features make even older iPhones better&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":274498,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/a\/img\/resize\/56fe1a4c8302715b56b9037f0560a5093f2eb4fc\/2026\/06\/16\/4a260959-85aa-4716-a69a-c6fc4456aced\/img-20260616-171229.jpg?auto=webp&fit=crop&height=675&width=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[69],"class_list":["post-274497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iphone","tag-ios"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274497"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274497"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":274499,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274497\/revisions\/274499"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}