Updates to Apple Intelligence, new child safety features and a refined Liquid Glass design.
iOS 27 brings major updates across the things you do every day, from powerful new child safety tools and accessibility features to a refined Liquid Glass design – and new ways to work out. Here’s a tour.
The next generation of Apple Intelligence across apps
Apple Intelligence makes your everyday apps smarter and more useful. Safari supercharges your browsing by automatically organising your tabs by topic, notifying you of changes to webpages (such as price drops) and letting you create new extensions by describing them. The Shortcuts app can similarly create a shortcut based on your description. And Foundation Models are powering intelligent experiences in other everyday apps you use. Check them out in these apps.
Power your creativity
Powerful new tools in Photos let you reframe a photo after it’s been taken with Spatial Reframing, expand your shots with the Extend tool and remove even larger objects with the enhanced Clean Up tool. Image Playground offers new ways to create images and the ability to modify them with just a description. Check out these apps that integrate Image Playground.
Get some parental peace of mind
A powerful update to parental controls helps parents manage what content kids can see, who they can communicate with and when they have access to apps. Just like Ask to Buy for apps, the all-new Ask to Browse lets kids send a request for each new website they want to visit. Communication Safety expands its protections to help keep conversations safe, while the Time Allowances feature makes it easy to manage the time children spend in apps across categories, including entertainment, games and social media.
Schedules let parents manage which apps kids can access at different times of day, across weekdays and weekends. And a redesigned Screen Time makes it easy to pause access, allow unlimited use or adjust a schedule right when you need to.
Unlock greater accessibility
Apple Intelligence is now powering accessibility features that users rely on for everyday tasks. VoiceOver delivers richer, more contextual image descriptions for users who are blind or who have low vision – covering receipts, bills, photographs and more – with the ability to ask questions by tapping the Action button for instant answers about whatever is in the camera viewfinder. Voice Control lets users with physical disabilities navigate any app using natural language, simply by describing what they see on screen. And Accessibility Reader delivers a customised reading experience for a wide range of disabilities, with on-demand summaries and built-in translations.
An even more refined design
Updates to Liquid Glass ensure exceptional readability with more uniform refraction and improved contrast. A new slider lets you easily customise how Liquid Glass looks, from ultraclear to fully tinted.
Surface relevant details during a call
There are moments on a phone call when you need information buried in another app. Call Context proactively surfaces relevant details from across your apps when calling a business, such as a hotel reservation or airline confirmation code from Mail. It uses the phone number you’re calling, not what you’re saying, to find what you need.
More ways to work out
GymKit is now on iPhone, letting you get real-time metrics from treadmills, ellipticals, bikes and other equipment simply by tapping. You can also use your AirPods Pro 3 to track your heart rate while you work out. With watchOS 27, Workout Buddy keeps you motivated with real-time encouragement in a new language: Spanish. It also no longer requires an iPhone nearby, as long as your watch has cellular coverage.
See personalised app recommendations
These collections are built around your interests, complete with a note explaining why each app is being recommended to you. You’ll also discover apps through bigger, bolder visuals in product pages and in search results.
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Some features may not be available in all regions or languages or on all devices.
Apple Intelligence is available with Siri and device language set to Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish or Vietnamese. Some features may not be available in all regions or languages. Some devices may not be available in all regions. Siri AI is available in beta in macOS 27 and visionOS 27 and requires an Apple Intelligence–enabled device set to a supported language. Available in English to start. Siri AI will not be initially available in the EU on iOS, iPadOS and watchOS. Certain Apple Intelligence features that rely on server-side models are subject to daily usage limits, including but not limited to Siri AI, Intelligent Photo Editing Tools, Image Playground and AFM 3 Cloud models in Shortcuts. Daily limits may vary by feature, request complexity, system demand, system policies and other factors. Expanded access to such features will be available for a fee in the future. Use of these features is subject to the Apple Intelligence Terms and Conditions. Learn more at apple.com/apple-intelligence.
