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iOS 27 Beta 1 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

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FYI be sure and get on the new SIRI wait list, settings, SIRI, & enter wait list.

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Phone, Messages & Communication​

Messages​

  • Improved Messages syncing across devices
  • Failed messages automatically retry sending
  • Poll options displayed in Camera settings (if tied to messaging/media workflows)
  • React with any emoji in Shared Albums
  • Improved recipient discovery
  • Consolidated notifications for multiple Tapbacks
  • Continuous sending of photos, videos and texts in Messages
  • Improved attachment handling
  • Dual-camera FaceTime
  • Improved FaceTime quality on poor connections

Phone​

  • Call Recording transcriptions for Traditional Chinese, Japanese and Brazilian Portuguese
  • Switch between two iPhones using the same phone number
  • Improved contact and sharing suggestions

Photos & Camera​

Photos​

  • Add keywords to photos and videos
  • Filter photos and videos in Shared Albums
  • Captured By Me collection
  • Full-resolution photos and videos in iCloud Shared Albums
  • Album organisation improvements
  • Identify Documents collection
  • Save any slideshow as a video
  • Save a video frame as a photo
  • Improved search for people and pets
  • Faster loading of new captures
  • Easier sharing options
  • Participate in Shared Albums from Android and Windows

Camera​

  • Camera uses less power in Low Power Mode
  • Faster Camera launch
  • Easier-to-reach Camera experience
  • Faster access to recent Camera captures

Lock Screen, Home Screen & Control Centre​

  • Undo and redo Home Screen edits
  • Faster Lock Screen switching
  • More accessible password help from Lock Screen
  • More responsive Control Centre
  • Smoother scrolling in Control Centre
  • Improved Control Centre reliability

Apple Intelligence & Smarter Features​

  • More relevant Spotlight suggestions
  • Automatic punctuation when typing on multilingual keyboards
  • Smarter typing suggestions
  • Improved language-aware suggestions
  • Natural language route searching in Maps
  • Content-based sharing suggestions
  • Natural language reminder categorisation
  • Better photo search
  • Improved phonetic typing for Chinese and Japanese
  • Improved multilingual grammar checking
This is probably where the majority of Apple’s AI effort is landing.

Maps​

  • More accurate Visited Places
  • Guides available in more locations
  • Enhanced Flyover
  • Offline Maps improvements
  • Natural language route searching
  • More Places support
  • Improved route maps in Fitness
  • Recent activity in Shared Albums and Maps integrations

Health & Fitness​

Health​

  • Perimenopause symptom logging
  • Perimenopause support
  • Perimenopause education
  • Faster data updates
  • Better Health app performance

Fitness​

  • Improved workout tracking
  • Synced step counts
  • More accurate route tracking
  • Improved Fitness app maps
  • Better workout summaries

Wallet & Apple Pay​

  • Easier card selection and payment management
  • Transit cards and IDs improvements
  • Faster and smoother Wallet interactions

Home App & Smart Home​

  • View streams from compatible cameras simultaneously
  • Faster HomeKit accessory pairing
  • Improved Thread connectivity
  • Improved HomeKit camera storage
  • Better smart-home accessory updates
  • More reliable Personal Hotspot behaviour

Find My​

  • More flexible sharing options
  • Consolidated Find My experience
  • Improved distance accuracy during retrieval
  • Easier sharing of item locations

AirPods & Audio​

  • Faster AirPlay connections
  • Improved AirPods power management
  • AirPods Custom EQ
  • Better audio handoff behaviour

Accessibility​

  • Easier password access
  • Improved Voice Control responsiveness
  • Better text recognition in photos and documents
  • Improved Assistive Access
  • Improved Guided Access
  • Larger text size support

International & Keyboard Support​

New Keyboard Languages​

  • Afrikaans
  • Basque
  • Baybayin
  • English (Philippines)
  • Galician
  • Guarani
  • Luxembourgish
  • Xhosa
  • Zulu

Indigenous Languages​

  • Blackfoot
  • Comanche
  • Cree
  • Kiowa
  • Tsuut’ina

Enhanced Existing Languages​

  • Hindi
  • Chinese
  • Japanese
  • Traditional Chinese
  • Brazilian Portuguese
  • Slovenian
  • Estonian
  • Marathi

Apps & Productivity​

Notes​

  • Copy and paste as Markdown
  • Divider lines
  • Section links

Reminders​

  • Expanded language support
  • Better auto-categorisation

Journal​

  • More attachment types
  • Better streak tracking
  • iCloud sync status
  • Larger attachment limits
  • More accurate timestamps

Shortcuts​

  • Expanded Get What’s On Screen capabilities
  • Faster indexing
  • Screenshot and notification automations
  • More actions available

Security & Accounts​

  • Recovery contact support in Quick Start
  • Easier access to account recovery codes
  • Faster user account creation
  • Improved unread badge accuracy
  • Better iCloud upload reliability

Biggest iPhone Features​

If I had to guess which of these Apple considers the most important iOS additions:

  1. Perimenopause tracking and education in Health
  2. Keywords and major organisation upgrades in Photos
  3. Undo/Redo Home Screen edits
  4. Camera improvements and faster launch
  5. Call recording transcription expansion
  6. AI-powered search, sharing and typing improvements
  7. AirPods Custom EQ
  8. Improved Home app camera support
  9. Markdown support in Notes
  10. Massive expansion of language and keyboard support
 
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My iPhone has been stuck on indexing in progress for about three hours, is this normal? With iOS 26 beta indexing went fairly quickly and was able to get access to Apple intelligence features. I've tried force rebooting my phone, it's been connected to my Mac for the three hours straight and on wifi. I have an iPhone 15 Pro and upgraded from iOS 26.5.
 
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Mac_tech said:
My iPhone has been stuck on indexing in progress for about three hours, is this normal? With iOS 26 beta indexing went fairly quickly and was able to get access to Apple intelligence features. I've tried force rebooting my phone, it's been connected to my Mac for the three hours straight and on wifi. I have an iPhone 15 Pro and upgraded from iOS 26.5.
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iOS 26 it took 2 days
 
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Mac_tech said:
My iPhone has been stuck on indexing in progress for about three hours, is this normal? With iOS 26 beta indexing went fairly quickly and was able to get access to Apple intelligence features. I've tried force rebooting my phone, it's been connected to my Mac for the three hours straight and on wifi. I have an iPhone 15 Pro and upgraded from iOS 26.5.
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Ditto on both 15PM & 16P. About 5 or 6 hours.
 
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rawriphone said:
Since updating to iOS27 beta I have a message badge that will not go away. I have no unread messages. I’ve turned badges off, did a restart, and turned it back on…no luck.

Also asked Siri to read all unread messages. Also no luck. Any tips?
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I’m having the same issue
 
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s2mike said:
For those experiencing the issue where the Messages app badge shows an inaccurate number of “unread” messages… are you using Messages in iCloud?

EDIT: according to Reddit, disabling “Screen Unknown Senders” and “Text Message Filter” fixes the bug.
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Tried this and it didn’t work unfortunately. For now just going to turn badge notification off.
 
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rawriphone said:
Yes.
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I feel like it may have something to do with Messages in iCloud. Saw someone on Reddit mention that going into their iCloud Messages settings and keeping a sync fixed it for them.

I don’t use Messages in iCloud and just installed iOS 27 and don’t have the unread messages bug…
 
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HouseLannister said:
Public beta will have it too. But when it eventually hits GM, it will still be tagged as a beta for the foreseeable future. Kind of how Private Relay was labeled a beta for a long while. They also said this year rather than this fall, so it might get pulled from the final 27.0 if it isn't up to expectations by September and come back in 27.1 or 27.2.
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its way too good.
Its honesty scary.
 
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