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iOS 27's AI Tools to Try First

iOS 27 arrives Monday, Sept 14, and its AI tools cost nothing extra. Here are 9 worth opening first, and #9 tells you what your front-door camera saw.

Check Your iPhone First

iOS 27 installs on iPhone 11 and newer, but the AI tools need an iPhone 15 Pro, 15 Pro Max or any iPhone 16 or later. Older models get the update without them.

Siri Finally Keeps Up

Siri AI ships as an English beta. It handles follow-ups, sees what's on screen, acts inside apps and saves chats in a new Siri app. The EU has to wait.

Photo: Kārlis Dambrāns, CC BY 2.0

A Writing Coach Everywhere

Write with Siri drafts from scratch, edits what you wrote or gives feedback almost anywhere you type, from an email reply to a note or a web form.

Erase, Extend, Reframe

In Photos, Clean Up now removes much larger objects, Extend widens a shot past its edges, and Spatial Reframing fixes the composition after you shoot.

Photorealistic Images, Free

The all-new Image Playground makes images in almost any style, now including photorealistic, plus Lock Screen wallpapers. Daily limits apply; iCloud+ gets more.

Automate by Describing It

Describe a Shortcut turns a plain sentence into an automation in the Shortcuts app, or refines one you already built. No dragging action blocks around.

Type an Event Like a Text

Describe an event in Calendar builds it from plain language. Type lunch with Sam next Friday at noon and it fills in the entry for you.

Let Safari Watch a Page

Notify Me checks a webpage for updates like price changes or restocks, and Organize by Topic sorts a messy pile of tabs into groups for you.

Your Camera Writes Recaps

HomeKit Secure Video clips now come with text descriptions of what happened. It needs an iPhone 15 Pro or newer plus an Apple TV or HomePod as a home hub.

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Two Tools Missed the Cut

Suggestions in Messages and automatic password fixes were pulled days before launch and are marked for a future update. Everything above ships Monday.

What Apple pulled from iOS 27