iOS 27 Will Add These 8 New Features to Your iPhone

Sunday January 18, 2026 3:51 pm PST by Joe Rossignol

iOS 27 is still many months away, but there are already plenty of rumors about new features that will be included in the software update.

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The first beta of iOS 27 will be released during WWDC 2026 in June, and the update should be released to all users with a compatible iPhone in September.

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said that iOS 27 will be similar to Mac OS X Snow Leopard, in the sense that Apple is apparently focused on improving "quality and underlying performance." However, there will still be some new features, with many of them expected to fall under the Apple Intelligence umbrella.

Below, we have recapped eight rumored iOS 27 features in bold text:

A more personalized version of Siri is expected to launch with iOS 26.4, and more changes are slated for iOS 27. Siri will reportedly have a new design, provide proactive suggestions, and remember past conversations.
Several new Apple Intelligence features have been rumored, including an AI-powered Calendar app. A new Apple Health+ subscription service will reportedly include an AI health coach that offers nutrition planning and medical suggestions. Google Gemini will help power some of the new Apple Intelligence features.
iOS 27 will reportedly support 5G satellite internet connectivity, although this functionality might be limited to the iPhone 18 Pro models. Additional satellite features have been rumored, including Apple Maps via satellite and the ability to send and receive photos when using Messages via satellite.

Over the coming weeks and months, additional iOS 27 rumors will likely surface.

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Top Rated Comments

tomchr9

16 weeks ago

How about the most important and useful option, i.e disabling Liquid Glass?

Score: 45 Votes (Like | Disagree)

Genelec8341

16 weeks ago

All I want is for the bugs to be fixed and LG to go away.
Fix the existing features before adding more features!

Score: 33 Votes (Like | Disagree)

dmr727

16 weeks ago

A focus on quality will be a welcome change.

Score: 31 Votes (Like | Disagree)

AppleTO

16 weeks ago

I can't believe people are still complaining about it. It's the most underwhelming and subtle restyling ever. Most people will not even have realised anything changed at all. If there is something to complain about it's that this update was not bold enough, but since it is so minimal there is little to no point to have the option to disable it, as practically nothing would change. I hope iOS 27 brings much bolder changes to the interface.

You’re joking, right?

The white UI flashes alone are driving me me up the wall.

Score: 24 Votes (Like | Disagree)

iObama

16 weeks ago

It's the most ... subtle restyling ever.

That's just straight up not true. I've had multiple non-techy friends reach out to me asking if they could turn it off because they legitimately hate how bouncy and shiny everything is now.

I always get some complaints about any change, but this is a whole new thing. iOS 26 adoption numbers compared to uh... every other ****in' year... show that too.

Score: 23 Votes (Like | Disagree)