iOS 27 has arrived, and many of its latest additions are powered by the next generation of Apple Intelligence. Here are more than 20 new Apple Intelligence features available in iOS 27.
AI-powered Siri
Siri receives its long-awaited AI redesign in iOS 27. Apple rebuilt the assistant from the ground up for the large language model era, making it a substantial upgrade. According to Apple, the new capabilities include:
– Broad world knowledge: Receive answers to nearly any question using broad world knowledge
– Personal context understanding: Locate what you need across Messages, Mail, Calendar, Notes, Reminders, and other apps with personal context understanding
– Onscreen awareness: Ask questions about what is displayed on your screen and take action on it
– App actions: Use Siri to complete tasks across your apps, including sending messages, creating events, and more
– Siri app: Resume previous conversations in the Siri app, which keeps your history synced through iCloud across your Apple devices
– Write with Siri: Explain what you want, and Siri can create a draft from scratch, revise your writing, or provide feedback almost anywhere you type
– Visual Intelligence: Integrated with Siri and enhanced with additional features
– Expressive voices: Adjust the pace and expressiveness on supported hardware
System apps with new and enhanced AI tools
Apple Intelligence is now built into more system apps in iOS 27, adding fresh capabilities to apps used every day. According to Apple, the updates include:
– Photos: Spatial Reframing; Extend; improved Clean Up
– Messages: Personalized Smart Reply
– Calendar: Describe a calendar event using natural language
– Reminders: Describe a reminder using natural language
– Mail: Suggestions; Personalized Smart Reply
– Safari: Notify Me; Describe an Extension; organize tabs by topic
– Shortcuts: Describe a shortcut using natural language
– Image Playground: Redesigned app with new, realistic image generation and wallpaper creation
– Files: Intelligent suggestions for file and folder names
– Home: Combine related activity notifications; AI-powered search and captions for HomeKit Secure Video
– Journal: Personalized writing prompts for Journal entries
Apple Intelligence features across the system
iOS 27 also introduces several AI features that work systemwide. These include:
– Automatic proofreading: Receive suggestions for spelling corrections and grammar revisions
– Call Context: View relevant information on screen while on calls with businesses
– Accessibility: Ask questions and receive detailed image and scene descriptions in VoiceOver, use flexible item names with Voice Control commands, and access content cleanup and summaries in Accessibility Reader
Which iOS 27 Apple Intelligence features are your favorites? Share your thoughts in the comments.
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