{
  "id": 3581846,
  "title": "iOS 27: 13 Ways the Messages App is Smarter and Less Annoying",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/ios-27-13-ways-the-messages-app-is-smarter-and-less-annoying",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-26T19:47:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MacRumors",
    "slug": "macrumors",
    "url": "https://www.macrumors.com/guide/ios-27-messages/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In iOS 27, Apple is enhancing the Messages app with several smart features and quality-of-life improvements. One notable addition is Contextual Suggestions, which uses Apple Intelligence to provide one-tap recommendations based on the conversation's content. For instance, if a participant asks to send a photo, Messages suggests adding the relevant photos to the message. Similarly, if someone invites you to an event, Messages can automatically add the event to your Calendar. If you're asked to pick something up at the store, Messages can suggest adding it to your Reminders list or Notes app. Moreover, Messages can recommend Genmoji tailored to the conversation.\n\nThe Write with Siri feature, available systemwide in Messages, allows Siri to compose entire messages, proofread texts, or offer feedback. A dedicated Write with Siri button appears above the keyboard, granting access to these new tools. Siri AI can also locate images, videos, links, addresses, phone numbers, and more within the Messages app, and draft reply messages. In terms of drawing, users can now send sketches and notes using the new Drawing interface accessible via the + button next to the text bar. This interface offers various drawing tools, including a marker, pen, highlighter, and eraser, all available in different colors.\n\nTo prevent accidental voice message recordings, iOS 27 provides an option in the Messages settings to hide the audio button from the text bar. Additionally, Tapbacks have been streamlined to consolidate notifications for Tapback responses in group threads, making it easier to manage multiple notifications simultaneously. In case of a failed message send, iOS 27 automatically retries the transmission, a feature absent in iOS 26. The app also supports continuous sending of photos, videos, and texts, automatically resuming when the connection is reestablished.\n\nCross-device syncing in iOS 27 is improved, ensuring that conversations remain consistent across devices like the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Vision Pro. Fewer messages will fail to sync and display correctly when transitioning between devices. The app also experiences faster syncing of messages, read states, reactions, and attachments. When capturing photos to send via Messages, users are more likely to see the photo immediately after taking it. Apple claims that the iPhone now adds recent camera captures to Messages more swiftly. The enhanced search functionality allows users to find specific content across apps like Mail and Messages, using phone numbers, contact nicknames, or conversation content. When sending messages to Android users via RCS, users can long-press messages to send inline replies, and reaction emojis will now appear directly on images and videos. Lastly, Genmoji creation in iOS 27 has been revamped with an updated interface, allowing users to start from an existing emoji, choose an image from Photos, or select a person. After creating a Genmoji, users can describe changes to refine the design, making iterative adjustments without starting from scratch. Users can also modify individual elements, colors, and objects within a Genmoji, resulting in more consistent and cartoonish-looking emojis by default.",
  "summary": "The Messages app is arguably the most important app on the iPhone, and in iOS 27 , Apple is adding some useful improvements. There are some quality-of-life fixes for longtime issues, and new AI features. Contextual Suggestions Messages uses Apple Intelligence to surface one-tap suggestions based on what's being discussed in a…",
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  "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."
}