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

[Radeon85]

In UK and I’m still on the waiting list for Siri this morning. I installed about 11pm last night. Hope it’s not stalled but will give till afternoon then might try rebooting my phone. It’s also currently indexing. Anyone else make it past the waiting list overnight?

UK here as well, installed it on my 17 PM about midnight and it’s still showing as indexing, plus I’m still in the Siri waiting list as well.

 

[Discopants]

UK here as well, installed it on my 17 PM about midnight and it’s still showing as indexing, plus I’m still in the Siri waiting list as well.

same here installed last night about 20:00hrs

 

[Sal09]

No Siri Waitlist for me on my 17 Pro today. Straight away full access.

Most likely because I joined the waitlist on my 16+ yesterday using my main Apple ID and access was granted over night.

 

[Simon89]

Installed around 8pm last night too and still on the waiting list (UK).

 

[DCohen726]

The biggest issues I ran into from a new setup are autofill not showing until I start typing the credentials manually and the popups asking if i want an app to notify me not showing up. The later which was easily fixed on a reboot.

But the new siri is such a night and day difference that I will deal with any bugs knowing we get new betas every 2-3 weeks

 

[Alhagar]

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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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Wallet & Apple Pay​

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

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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

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Find My​

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

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AirPods & Audio​

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Anyone figure out how to have website notify you if changes are made to it?

 

[Alhagar]

Been indexing since I updated around 11:30 AM pacific or so. Off the Siri waitlist though and have used it several times already so I don’t think indexing strictly matters for that. Weird that it still shows though - usually it’s done quicker than this.

My 17 pro still indexing as of 7:30 am EDT

 

[LutzRFrank]

For those still on waitlist, has anyone tried turning Siri off and back on?

no change - jumps directly back onto the waitlist

 

[Simacca]

Anyone else noticed that spatial sound isn’t working with Apple Music, or is it just me? 16pro (AirPods pro 2)

 

[50thanniversary19762026]

While I don’t recommend installing on daily devices, for me iOS 27 beta 1 been great .
Yes there a few glitches here and there but overall massive improvements all round

 

[Alhagar]

In UK and I’m still on the waiting list for Siri this morning. I installed about 11pm last night. Hope it’s not stalled but will give till afternoon then might try rebooting my phone. It’s also currently indexing. Anyone else make it past the waiting list overnight?

Yes, woke up in NYC this morning and my phone running the new Siri. No notification

 

[Dave.Inwood1988]

Yes, woke up in NYC this morning and my phone running the new Siri. No notification

Still on the wait list - in the UK got the beta installed and joined the waitlist all by 2030ish and still waiting

 

[Unggoy Murderer]

New selector in weather to go between temperature rain and wind. I really like this!

Also a new "Averages" section for temperature and precipitation.

(I'm sure it's new, never seen it before)

Edit: been informed it's not new. My bad!

 

[ProbablyDylan]

No, you don't. The old style editor is still there, you just have to tap the three bars button in the top right, that button toggles between the text to edit and the visual scripting.

Shows up in normal shortcuts and automations.

This doesn't reveal the triggers for automations though, it only expands the functions to be performed.

 

[ProbablyDylan]

My 17 pro still indexing as of 7:30 am EDT

Same here, 4:45 PDT. Still waitlisted for Siri, too.

 

[DenethorLenwion]

Hi all! Is there anything that would be of use on the iPhone 12 Pro Max? Would the new Siri be available there?

 

[Simon89]

Just neatened the UK section of carriers up and grouped the MVNOs to the main network to save loads of empty spacing.

 

[robbyrob01]

Anyone else noticed that spatial sound isn’t working with Apple Music, or is it just me? 16pro (AirPods pro 2)

So I am having an annoying bug with YouTube spatial sound. It looks like it actually supports it now, or it's bugged because the sound qualify is awful and muddled. So there may be something with spatial sound right now.

 

[iFone88]

Finally.

Nice and easy to find your browsing history in Safari

 

[TrueIcex]

Siri in the European Union has receded in development to the previous version even before the beta .. it has a round circle at the bottom not like before on the whole screen

 

[adrianlondon]

This doesn't reveal the triggers for automations though, it only expands the functions to be performed.

It does. At the top of the shortcut is the automation trigger or triggers.

Now, when you want to add a new action, click in the search bar and you'll get a button at the top labelled "Automation". You can add triggers there. This will turn the shortcut into an automation (or create further automations) as you add them.



It took me a while to work out what was going on, as I suddenly had a load of shortcuts appear with weird names like "Time of day 1" "Focus 3" etc. Turns out that the upgrade has changed all automations into shortcuts with automaton-triggers at the top.

So I renamed them all and put them in a folder called Automations. Of course, Apple already has a sidebar entry for automations, but as they show now as both an automation and a shortcut, I needed to tidy them up. Although confusing, one big advantage is that these automation/shortcut hybrids now sync via iCloud. And they get backed up by my backup-shortcuts shortcut (which is similar to https://www.macscripter.net/t/backup-and-restore-shortcuts/77137).

 

[krishnajha]

If in safari you select browsing history or the other options, put the phone in landscape it returns to favorites tab.

 

[J Ham]

iPhone Mirroring is broken for me. iPhone Air on ios 27 and m4 Pro on 26.5.1

 

[ProbablyDylan]

Now, when you want to add a new action, click in the search bar and you'll get a button at the top labelled "Automation". You can add triggers there. This will turn the shortcut into an automation (or create further automations) as you add them.

I see what happened to mine. Seems the time offsets for "time of day" were removed. I had one for scheduled half after sunrise and another for 45 before sunset, but that trigger just doesn't exist anymore. Pity.

 

[palemonkey]

After updating my Apple TV I’m now seeing the new intelligence features in Apple Home. Some nice features here.