10 Things to Do After Installing iOS 27

Installing iOS 27 takes a few minutes, and these 10 tasks are the quickest way to see what changed. Most of the headline features need an Apple Intelligence iPhone, which means iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, any iPhone 16 model or later, or iPhone Air.

This guide covers features to try, while our list of 10 iOS 27 settings covers the controls worth changing, such as the Liquid Glass slider, alarm volume and privacy permissions.

1. Hold a real conversation with Siri AI

Siri AI handles follow-up questions without making you repeat yourself. It needs an Apple Intelligence iPhone with the device and Siri language set to English, and it is not available on iPhone in the EU.

Siri AI launched behind a waitlist and is still labeled a beta. Join it from Settings > Siri > Try Siri AI (Beta). Apple says wait times vary, and some users have reported waits from a couple of hours to several weeks. Our Siri AI waitlist guide has the details.

1. Activate Siri and ask, “Who directed Inception?”
2. Follow up with, “What else did he direct?” without naming the director again.
3. Open a recipe in Safari and ask Siri how long it takes to cook, to test onscreen awareness.

Answers vary, and some Siri AI features depend on your iPhone model. Our breakdown of which iPhones get which Siri AI features lists the differences.

2. Find things across your apps by describing them

Siri AI can search a shared index that spans Mail, Messages, Notes, Files, Photos, Reminders and Calendar. That makes it useful for items you remember only by description.

1. Ask Siri, “Find the email about my flight.”
2. Ask for “photos from my last beach trip.”
3. Ask for a note or file by what it contained, not its title.

3. Ask Siri about a single email

Inside Mail, Siri can work with one message at a time.

1. Open Mail and long-press an email.
2. Tap Ask Siri.
3. Ask for a summary, or ask a question about the message, such as when a meeting starts.

Our rundown of Mail features in iOS 27 covers the rest of what changed in the app.

4. Rewrite a message with Write with Siri

Write with Siri replaces the old Writing Tools button above the keyboard in Messages, Mail, Notes and other apps. It is built to match your usual writing style, punctuation and tone.

1. Open a conversation in Messages and type a draft.
2. Tap Write with Siri above the keyboard.
3. Ask Siri to make the message shorter, more casual or more polite, then review the result before you send it.

5. Try personalized Smart Reply in Messages

Smart Reply suggestions in iOS 27 are tuned to your writing style, so the one-tap replies should sound closer to what you would type. The personalized version is available in English only.

1. Open a conversation where someone has asked you something.
2. Tap the text field and look at the suggested replies above the keyboard.
3. Tap one to drop it into the message, then edit it if needed before you send.

In Mail, open an email, tap Reply, tap Reply again, and tap a suggestion above the keyboard to get a full draft. The personalization switch is under Settings > Apps > Mail > Personalize Smart Replies.

6. Remove a distraction with Clean Up

Clean Up in iOS 27 uses newer Apple Intelligence models and handles busier backgrounds better than before. It needs an Apple Intelligence iPhone.

1. Open a photo in Photos and tap Edit, then Tools, then Clean Up.
2. Tap, brush or circle the object you want gone. Photos may also highlight objects on its own.
3. To undo a saved edit, reopen the photo and go to Edit > Tools > Clean Up > Reset.

7. Add background with Extend, then check what it invented

Extend works like Crop in reverse and fills in new background around your photo with Apple Intelligence.

1. Open a photo, tap Edit, then Tools, then Extend.
2. Drag the edges outward, or use Crop and pinch outward with two fingers.
3. Tap Extend, then zoom into the new areas to look for details that were never in the scene.

8. Change a photo’s perspective with Reframe

Reframe shifts the camera angle after the shot, using the same spatial technology behind tilting Lock Screen photos.

1. Open a photo and go to Edit > Tools > Reframe.
2. Wait while Photos scans the scene, then drag with one finger to shift the angle, or use two fingers to pan, zoom or rotate.
3. Tap Reframe to save it.

Generated results can look unnatural, and repeated reframes of the same picture make it worse. Our full Photos AI tools tutorial goes deeper on all three.

9. Turn a loyalty card into a Wallet pass

Wallet can now build your own passes for memberships, loyalty cards, library cards and tickets that carry a barcode or QR code.

1. Open Wallet and tap the Add button in the upper-right corner.
2. Tap Create a Pass. On an Apple Intelligence iPhone, you can scan the card with the camera.
3. Otherwise tap Create Pass Manually, pick a template, fill in the fields and tap the checkmark.

These passes are made by you, not issued by the business. Keep the physical card until you have tested the digital version at the counter, because some staff require the original card or the company’s own app. Our custom pass tutorial covers each step in more detail.

10. Let Safari sort your open tabs into topics

Safari can group a pile of open tabs into topics for you. Our tutorial on how to auto-organize Safari tabs in iOS 27 covers the iPad and Mac versions.

1. Open Safari and tap the tab switcher.
2. Tap the three-line menu at the top and choose Organize Tabs.
3. Select Automatically Create Topics. To switch it off later, repeat the steps and choose Never.

If you do not see Organize Tabs, update to the latest iOS 27 release first. Tabs that Safari cannot match to a topic stay loose in the tab switcher.

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