Apple’s iOS 27 Beta Adds 5 Early Standout Features as Siri AI Stays Waitlisted
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Updated · The Verge · Jun 8
Apple’s iOS 27 Beta Adds 5 Early Standout Features as Siri AI Stays Waitlisted
3 articles · Updated · The Verge · Jun 8
Summary
Five non-AI changes stood out in the first hours of Apple’s iOS 27 developer beta, including a new Liquid Glass opacity slider, revised app icons and separate volume controls.
The update also adds extra-large widgets that can fill nearly an entire home screen and a Lock Screen option that moves the time beside the date to free more wallpaper space.
Those tweaks suggest iOS 27 is a more polished, fit-and-finish release than a sweeping redesign, even in its earliest beta form.
Siri’s new AI remains unavailable to some testers on a waitlist, leaving the first hands-on impressions centered on interface and usability changes rather than Apple’s headline AI push.