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

[t.n.d.]

Is a factory reset necessary after coming from the 26.6 beta?

 

[LutzRFrank]

Is a factory reset necessary after coming from the 26.6 beta?

No, just change beta source and install

 

[one more]

Clicking on a particular weather widget, e.g. Temperature, Wind or Rain will now open the relevant field in the Weather app, nice.

 

[Macx69]

So I went to attach a picture to a message using the camera option from within the message thread I was in, and the thumbnail initially shows as a gray box until you actually SEND it.

Submitted Feedback FB23019615.

100% repeatable for me.

You sent pictures as sms?

 

[goldmac2006]

Where are Writing Tools gone? Anyone know?

Since Siri ai has been turned on and I got off the waitlist, it took it away. Restarting both my iPhone and MacBook Pro on macOS and iOS 27 beta 1 respectively still didn’t bring it back.

Filing feedback on it RIGHT NOW!

 

[one more]

Clicking on the Timer widget on the lock screen allows us to set a timer directly, without opening the Clock app. 🖐️

 

[Mac Guy in Brighton]

Why is no one talking about this?

Maybe it will be more of a topic of conversation when the public beta hits? But as it stands it looks like you can no longer turn off Apple Intelligence.

 

[ian6969]

Don’t know if anyone mentioned this, but Apple did a lot of work on landscape app layouts with iOS 27. Tested with a 16 Pro Max and 17 Pro Max, these are the apps that now support landscape orientation:

• Weather
• Reminders
• Health
• Home
• Fitness
• Apple Watch
• Voice memos
• Compass
• Shortcuts
• Passwords
• Journal
• Tips

In addition, many of the existing apps that supported landscape were updated:

• General changes: Floating sidebars have been removed. Sidebars are now resizable.
• Files: Removed tab bar in landscape orientation by merging recents and shared into the sidebar.
• Preview: Removed tab bar in landscape orientation by merging recents, shared, and browse into the sidebar.

Will be good to see which iPhone models support landscape mode on iOS 27. I’ve always found it strange that my iPhone 11 has landscape mode on its 6.1” screen, but my iPhone 17 Pro with a 6.3” screen doesn’t.

 

[MCKLMT]

How long spent indexing on your iPhone?

 

[iFone88]

Anyone test out CarPlay yet?

Have an aftermarket CarPlay unit in my car. Disconnected a couple of times this morning but reconnected itself 30 secs later

 

[Sebosz]

How long spent indexing on your iPhone?

Good question, mine’s still at it 36 hours later 😆 at this point I’m willing to believe that it’s a bug and won’t go away until next beta.

 

[Radeon85]

31 hours roughly, and it’s still indexing on my 17 PM and still no access to Siri 😕

That indexing doesn’t seem to be doing sod all, because running from a 100% battery for 7 hours while sleeping I lost just 2% to 3%. Surely it must be a visual bug.

 

[MCKLMT]

Good question, mine’s still at it 36 hours later 😆 at this point I’m willing to believe that it’s a bug and won’t go away until next beta.

Maybe a hard reboot can help?

 

[palemonkey]

31 hours roughly, and it’s still indexing on my 17 PM and still no access to Siri 😕

That indexing doesn’t seem to be doing sod all, because running from a 100% battery for 7 hours while sleeping I lost just 2% to 3%. Surely it must be a visual bug.

I imagine it will only index while plugged in anyway.

 

[iFone88]

Installed yesterday around 1230. Still indexing and no Siri as of yet.

Have found a few screens and animations to be a bit stuttery this morning.

 

[leucoma]

Has anyone in the European Union received the beta software for AirPods Pro 3?

 

[LutzRFrank]

Has anyone in the European Union received the beta software for AirPods Pro 3?

received for AirPods Pro 2 here

 

[-BigMac-]

UMMMM

Apple Maps, 3D satellite view.

All flat, no 3D buildings. 😓

Legit how does noone from internal development team not notice such a bug🤣

That’s a big one

 

[CrisiomiroX]

Works for me.

 

[Mark1269]

31 hours roughly, and it’s still indexing on my 17 PM and still no access to Siri 😕

That indexing doesn’t seem to be doing sod all, because running from a 100% battery for 7 hours while sleeping I lost just 2% to 3%. Surely it must be a visual bug.

Same here.

 

[Zocster]

Wow. What did I miss.

 

[gigapocket1]

So immediately after installing. I was like hmmm. It’s not as smooth as I thought it would be. But after the indexing finally pops up and starts. It’s butter smooth

 

[Parowdy]

Anyone else’s phone still indexing since launch day?

 

[Parowdy]

So immediately after installing. I was like hmmm. It’s not as smooth as I thought it would be. But after the indexing finally pops up and starts. It’s butter smooth

Right? Apart from some things not working quite right, like the Silent Switch in Camera (on Action Button phones) it actually feels better than any version of iOS 26 ever did. For me at least.

 

[LutzRFrank]

got it simultaneously on iPhone, iPad and Mac - had to enable the ChatGPT extension manually on all three.

No "Talk to Siri..." notification - had it set up already during wait (Siri, Siri & Hey Siri..)