Apple releases iOS 27 with Siri AI overhaul
Apple has launched its iOS 27 update, which introduces a major AI-powered overhaul to the Siri assistant across its device ecosystem. The update also includes UI refinements like a Liquid Glass opacity slider and various performance improvements for iPad and Vision Pro users.
Why it matters
This represents a significant integration of generative AI into Apple's core consumer product line, marking a major milestone in the company's AI strategy.
Apple is now rolling out its iOS 27 update to compatible devices today, alongside the watchOS 27, iPadOS 27, and visionOS 27 updates. Siri AI is the headline feature across all four updates, the delayed AI-powered overhaul of the Siri assistant. Siri AI is available as a beta today for English-only devices, and Apple says support for French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish is coming in October.
Siri AI isn’t the only big feature in iOS 27, though. Apple is adding a new Liquid Glass opacity slider that lets you pick between a clearer UI or a more frosty one. A lot of built-in apps are also getting new icon designs, with subtle tweaks to colors, as well as extra large widgets and different volume settings for ringtones, alarms, timers, and alerts and system sounds.
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