{
  "id": 7397293,
  "title": "iOS 27 is out now. Here are the biggest changes the update is bringing to your iPhone.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/ios-27-is-out-now-here-are-the-biggest-changes-the-update-is-bringing",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-14T20:47:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/ios-27-release-siri-ai-iphone-new-features-update-2026-9"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Apple unveiled iOS 27 on Monday, promising an AI-focused overhaul for the iPhone. Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images\n\nSiri, Apple's virtual assistant, received a significant upgrade with expanded AI capabilities. Now, Siri can engage in longer conversations, answer intricate questions, and retrieve information from various apps to fulfill user requests. The AI-powered assistant can even draft emails and revise text based on a user's typical writing style. Mike Rockwell, Apple's VP of Siri engineering, emphasized the assistant's newfound capacity during the company's Worldwide Developers Conference in June. The enhanced Siri is currently available in English and partially in Europe.\n\nApple also introduced new parental controls designed to assist parents in managing their children's device usage. Parents can now choose which built-in apps are accessible when setting up an iPhone for a child and can grant or deny browsing requests through the Ask to Browse feature. Screen Time now offers more granular control over app categories, such as entertainment, games, and social media, and allows parents to schedule app access times. The company also revamped the parent-facing settings for a more user-friendly experience.\n\nAI-powered photo editing features were added to iOS 27, including Spatial Reframing, Extend, and Clean Up tools. Spatial Reframing enables users to adjust a photo's perspective after it's been taken, Extend adds virtual space around an image's edges, and Clean Up helps remove or reframe unwanted elements. The AI tools will attempt to write emails in the user's voice, drawing from their typical punctuation and tone. Shortcuts, a powerful but somewhat complex app, has been simplified by allowing users to describe their desired automation in plain English, after which Shortcuts will generate the workflow.\n\nApple addressed concerns about the Liquid Glass interface update by introducing a dimmer switch, enabling users to adjust the effect from ultraclear to tinted. Additionally, the update promises faster performance, with apps launching up to 30% quicker, Photos library images loading up to 70% faster, and AirDrop transfers up to 80% swifter. The new update should also facilitate smoother transitions between WiFi and cellular networks.",
  "summary": "Apple is updating the brains inside the iPhone. Here are the biggest changes in iOS 27, which launched on Monday.",
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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."
}