iOS 27 Speculation Thread

[Populus]

I de-Googled my life a few years back and have no interest in using anything Google-related ever again, so my concern here may not be specific to iOS 27

I also de-Googled my life, but sadly, I cannot replace YouTube. What did you end up doing if you want to watch a YouTube video? Use Invidious? Last time I tried it, it didn’t work very well…

 

[Kal Madda]

With the introduction of Apple Creator Studio, I’m thinking there’s a pretty good chance we get improved font-handling on iPadOS 27, hopefully the Font Book app. It would make a lot of sense with Apple Creator Studio. They advertise project round-tripping for Pixelmator Pro, and it works, but the main point of friction is fonts. If the iPad has a font but the Mac doesn’t, then it will force you to change the font. If the Mac has a font the iPad doesn’t, same deal. So it would make a lot of sense to unify the font management systems between the two, so that all the same fonts can be officially installed on both.

And if they bring over Font Book to iPadOS, they could also sync it with iCloud, so that fonts installed on one device will automatically be available for installation on the other. So instead of having to replace the font, you get a popup “Would you like to install Desmond Bold font?”, (assuming it’s synced with cloud but not installed on the device) and you just tap “Yes”.

This would be a major improvement. I currently use a third-party app called iFont, and it works ok, I can install any font on my iPad with it, but it’s a bit of a hassle because it requires creating configuration profiles to do so. So this is one of my number one wishlist items. 🙂👍🏻

 

[GM…]

From Rich Text to Video: RCS Universal Profile 4.0 has arrived

Tom Van Pelt, Technical Director, GSMA Delivering a consistent native messaging experience regardless of device or ecosystem is one of the primary objectives of GSMA’s Rich Communication Services (RCS) Universal Profile. We took a big step closer to that goal with the news that end-to-end...

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"Among the headline features of this new Universal Profile version is the introduction of Messaging‑Initiated Video Calls (MIVC). MIVC allows users to escalate any RCS 1‑to‑1 or group messaging session directly into a video call... When implemented, MIVC paves the way for the first natively supported video call experience that’s interoperable across a wide range of devices and networks."

 

[it wasnt me]

It looks like iOS 27 finally gets a sane version of Liquid Glass (= a slider).

iOS 27: Three new features and changes coming besides Siri - 9to5Mac

iOS 27 will be unveiled at WWDC 2026, and rumors point to a big focus on Siri and AI, but here are three rumored features besides Siri.

9to5mac.com

 

[StumpyBloke]

It looks like iOS 27 finally gets a sane version of Liquid Glass (= a slider).

iOS 27: Three new features and changes coming besides Siri - 9to5Mac

iOS 27 will be unveiled at WWDC 2026, and rumors point to a big focus on Siri and AI, but here are three rumored features besides Siri.

9to5mac.com

Hope we can turn it off completely!

 

[it wasnt me]

Unlikely.

 

[50thanniversary19762026]

It looks like iOS 27 finally gets a sane version of Liquid Glass (= a slider).

iOS 27: Three new features and changes coming besides Siri - 9to5Mac

iOS 27 will be unveiled at WWDC 2026, and rumors point to a big focus on Siri and AI, but here are three rumored features besides Siri.

9to5mac.com

Hopefully it’s just a option to turn it off
I really liked iOS 18 and it was the stupid auto update that got me to iOS 26.2.1 and then I couldn’t go back , I do like some iOS 26 things but I cannot stand the transparency effect on everything that happens, like why would I want my apps to shimmer when I move my phone !

 

[Hans300]

iOS 27 „Snow Leopard“ will be great !

Optimized under the hood.

 

[Kal Madda]

I think this is interesting. We pretty much have confirmation that the new Siri is coming in iOS 27. It will be interesting to see how the new Siri works. And I like the idea of merging Siri and Spotlight Search together, I think it makes a lot of sense. 👍🏻

Google teases Gemini-powered Siri upgrade during Cloud Next keynote - 9to5Mac

Apple’s upcoming Siri overhaul got a moment of stage time during Google’s Cloud Next ’26 opening keynote today. Google highlights...

9to5mac.com

 

[dannyyankou]

What would be great is to give the ability to skip alarms without turning them off. I have different alarm schedules for office days and remote days, so if I wake up before the alarm goes off, I would love to be able to disable it for that day so I don’t have to remember to enable them again at night.

 

[Brettka7]

I’ll be so happy if we get a slider to frost Liquid Glass so much that is looks like the WWDC25 teasers. Currently, the implementation seems to have just a few drops of milk in it which makes it often look ugly to me. Pop-up menus are the only parts of the current OS that look like the teaser to me.

 

[01cowherd]

What would be great is to give the ability to skip alarms without turning them off. I have different alarm schedules for office days and remote days, so if I wake up before the alarm goes off, I would love to be able to disable it for that day so I don’t have to remember to enable them again at night.

If you use the sleep schedule, you can skip a single alarm by tapping the alarm icon on the lock screen (visible when your iPhone is in sleep focus) or it gives you the option of a single day when changing the alarm.

 

[Jakimo]

The year's Apple OS run should be very interesting, especially with Apple's contract for Google's LLM technology in place. I wonder if the first beta will include evidence of their partnership, or if that'll come later.


Has anyone seen/collected news/rumor in this area.. Apple Intelligence?