iOS 27 adds convenient new iPhone feature you’ll use all the time
iOS 27 has arrived, with Siri AI and new Apple Intelligence features as big highlights. But one of my favorite features is a convenient addition for quickly pasting items from your iPhone’s clipboard. Here’s how it works. more…
The latest version of Apple's iOS, iOS 27, has been released, bringing along several welcome improvements, including Siri AI and Apple Intelligence features. However, for me, one standout feature is a convenient new paste shortcut that simplifies copying and pasting across different apps on your iPhone.
Every year, Apple introduces a host of new features to iOS, including upgrades to apps like Apple Wallet, Messages, and CarPlay. While many of these updates might go unnoticed by regular iPhone users, there is one particular addition in iOS 27 that I believe users will find themselves relying on quite frequently.
When you copy text, a link, or an image to your iPhone's clipboard, iOS 27 now displays a paste shortcut directly above the keyboard when you enter a new text field. This feature aims to save you time and effort by anticipating your likely need to paste the copied content. Instead of having to open the copy/paste menu and manually selecting "paste," the shortcut appears automatically, allowing for a single-tap solution.
A preview of the copied content is also displayed in the top keyboard row, so you can easily identify whether it's text or an image before pasting it. This seemingly small addition has proven to be incredibly useful in my own experience while testing the iOS 27 beta.
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