{
  "id": 15859415,
  "title": "I disabled these iOS 27 features and my iPhone finally feels responsive again",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/i-disabled-these-ios-27-features-and-my-iphone-finally-feels",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-21T07:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Tom's Guide",
    "slug": "tom-s-guide",
    "url": "https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/iphones/i-disabled-these-ios-27-features-and-my-iphone-feels-responsive-again"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Since updating to iOS 27, my iPhone has been acting strangely, often feeling sluggish and glitchy. Beyond general slow performance, my screen sometimes fails to respond to touch, and my favorite laughing emoji has started sending as a large image file instead of an inline symbol. Additionally, the iPhone tends to get warm to the touch and has experienced other glitching issues since the update. While most of the lag appears to be due to background indexing, which typically resolves after a few days, adjusting a few resource-intensive system features has made a noticeable difference for me. By disabling certain demanding settings, I instantly improved my iPhone's responsiveness.\n\nOne significant design change in recent iPhones is Liquid Glass, a translucent UI look introduced in iOS 26 that reflects ambient light and your background wallpaper. Although it looks impressive, rendering all that real-time transparency puts a heavy load on the graphics chip. Apple provided a setting to adjust the interface intensity in iOS 27, allowing users to modify the tint and opacity of Liquid Glass in Settings, Appearance, Liquid Glass. However, even with this adjustment, the feature still runs background processes that cause lag. To completely eliminate the lag, it's necessary to turn off the glass effects at the system level. Go to Settings, Accessibility, Display & Text Size, and enable Reduce Transparency. This will stop the glass effects from running in the background, instantly improving the phone's responsiveness.\n\nI used to leave Low Power Mode on all day, believing it would help conserve battery life. However, this setting actually does more harm than good when trying to use your phone. Even with iOS 27's recent improvements in managing background tasks, Low Power Mode still intentionally slows down your iPhone's processing speed by half. This extra throttling leads to constant lag, slow app loading, and delayed web browsing. Since it's primarily designed as a safety net when your battery reaches 20% and your phone is idle, keeping it enabled all day provides minimal benefits while significantly slowing down your device. To turn it off, go to Settings, Battery, Power Mode, and disable Low Power Mode.",
  "summary": "If you're dealing with iOS 27 glitches, here's how adjusting a few key display and battery settings can make your iPhone run noticeably smoother.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}