iOS 27 puts a much better dictation experience on your iPhone, and you must enable it

iOS 27 quietly ships two dictation systems. The better one is off by default, requires 12GB of RAM, and most users will never know to enable it.

Did you know that your iPhone bursts on-screen fireworks when you call a person on their birthday?

Your iPhone now celebrates birthdays with on-screen fireworks during phone calls, and it’s one of iOS 27’s best undiscovered features.

Apple skipped Siri AI model choices at WWDC, but they may still arrive with iOS 27

Apple reportedly has hidden support for multiple third-party AI models in iOS 27, potentially letting Siri work with services beyond ChatGPT.

I tried to blur a face in iOS 27. My iPhone gave a new one instead.

Apple improved the Clean Up tool in iOS 27, but it broke the hide faces feature in the process, and what it does now is both funny and a little alarming.

The next-gen Siri in iOS 27 might still ship as a beta experience in the early days

Apple’s next-generation Siri could finally arrive with iOS 27, but a new report suggests users may be getting an unfinished version at first. Apple reportedly plans to treat the assistant more like an ongoing test than a fully polished release.