With Apple Intelligence in iOS 27, dictation uses an on-device model to improve spelling, punctuation and capitalization. Apple says it’s available in English on “iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max, iPhone Air, or later,” and its feature availability page lists nine varieties of English. The A20 Pro chip in iPhone 18 Pro. Image: Apple…
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How to use Files name suggestions and Access Requests in iOS 27
In iOS 27, when you rename a file in the Files app on an iPhone with Apple Intelligence, Files recommends a name above the keyboard. Apple’s iOS 27 guide also describes Access Requests, an option for shared iCloud Drive links that lets other people with the link ask you to approve their access. A work…
iOS 27 voicemail can suggest a reminder or calendar event: Here's how it works
On iOS 27, your iPhone can turn a voicemail into a to-do. With Apple Intelligence, the Phone app shows what Apple calls “Siri suggested actions” based on the voicemail transcript, such as adding a reminder or creating a calendar event. iPhone 18 Pro, photographed by Apple. Image: Apple Apple’s iOS 27 guide documents the feature…
How to make a Safari extension by describing it in macOS 27 and iPadOS 27
In Safari on macOS 27, go to the website you want to change, click the Page menu button in the Smart Search field, and choose Describe Extension. Type what you want, and Safari either points you to a matching extension in the App Store or builds one you can try before you save it. Mac…
How to build a shortcut in iOS 27 just by describing what it should do
In iOS 27, you can make a shortcut without touching the action list. Open the Shortcuts app, tap the Add button, and describe what you want in plain language, and the app “creates and names a shortcut based on your input,” according to Apple’s Shortcuts User Guide. Apple's A20 Pro chip for iPhone 18 Pro.…
iOS 27 fills in Reminders and Calendar details from a sentence you type
In iOS 27, you can create a reminder by typing a sentence instead of working through date and repeat pickers. Type something like Apple’s example, “Feed the cat every evening at 5pm,” and Reminders “automatically fills in the details and timing based on what you typed.” Calendar does the same for events. iPhone 18 Pro,…
How to use iOS 27's personalized Smart Reply in Mail, or turn it off
Tap a suggested reply above the keyboard in Mail on iOS 27 and Apple Intelligence writes a full draft “in your personalized writing style,” according to Apple’s iPhone User Guide. If you’d rather it didn’t imitate you, turn off Personalize Smart Replies at Settings > Apps > Mail. Apple's artwork for iOS 27 and iPadOS…
Siri AI and third-party apps: Apple names WhatsApp, Audible, and Outlook
Apple’s September 14 Siri AI announcement names five third-party apps. It says Siri AI “already works seamlessly with apps from Apple’s vast ecosystem of developers,” pointing to WhatsApp and Audible, and says Microsoft Outlook, Notability and Tripsy are coming “soon.” Write with Siri on iPhone Duo. Image: Apple Apple gave no date for the second…
Apple Intelligence can take up to 14GB on iOS 27: Here's which iPhones need what
Apple Intelligence in iOS 27 can take up to 14GB of storage on an iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max or iPhone Air, and up to 8GB on other supported iPhones. Apple says it becomes available automatically when you update, so if your free space shrank after installing iOS 27, that’s one likely reason.…
How to join the Siri AI waitlist on iPhone, and who can't get it yet
Installing iOS 27 doesn’t switch on the new Siri. Open Settings, tap Siri, then tap Try Siri AI (Beta) and follow the setup screens, which put you on a waitlist until Siri AI downloads. Siri AI on iPhone Duo. Image: Apple Apple gives no estimate beyond “wait times can vary,” and says Siri AI “will…
Apple Intelligence's English-Only Suggestions in Mail and Messages Reach Nine Countries
Two of iOS 27’s Apple Intelligence features, Mail: Suggestions and Messages: Suggestions, work only in English, and Apple’s own iOS feature availability page lists just nine countries where they appear: Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, the UK and the US. Context-aware suggestions are one of several Apple Intelligence features gated by…
Apple Intelligence Counts 16 Languages, and Chinese Does Not Work in China Mainland
Apple Intelligence’s language list, published on apple.com/apple-intelligence and repeated in Apple’s September 9 press release, runs to 16 entries once Chinese (Simplified) and Chinese (Traditional) are counted as two separate languages. Apple’s own live iOS 27 feature availability page, however, marks the Chinese (Simplified) option as excluded in China mainland across several Apple Intelligence features,…
Siri AI's EU Exclusion: The DMA Proposal Apple Says Regulators Rejected
Siri AI does not ship in the European Union on iOS 27, iPadOS 27 or watchOS 27 when the software arrives Monday, September 14. Apple’s own newsroom explains the exclusion in unusually specific terms: Apple says it proposed a “Trusted System Agent” approach and an 18-month rollout plan under the Digital Markets Act, and that…
Gurman Says AI Wearables Will Not Replace the iPhone’s Screen
AI devices may handle routine tasks, but Mark Gurman says people will still need a powerful screen in their pocket.
iOS 27: Here's which features turn on by themselves and which don't
Most of what iOS 27 adds turns on the moment installation finishes Monday, with nothing to configure. A smaller group needs one setting changed first, and two features Apple announced back in June are not arriving Monday at all, by Apple’s own dating. iOS 27 installs the same way across every compatible iPhone on Monday.…
iOS 27 Update: Six Things Look Different the Moment You Unlock Your iPhone
The moment iOS 27 finishes installing, a handful of things look different before you open a single app: sharper icons on the Home Screen, a new Liquid Glass slider waiting in Settings, and a changed Camera viewfinder on the iPhones that qualify. Apple documents all of it; not all of it needs an Apple Intelligence-capable…
iPadOS 27's Two iPad-Only Upgrades: Faster File Transfers and Screenshot Visual Intelligence
Most of what iPadOS 27 changes, Apple also ships in iOS 27 or macOS 27 Golden Gate. Two items on Apple’s own iPadOS page are not shared: file transfers to external drives that Apple measured as up to five times faster, and a Visual Intelligence flow built specifically into iPad’s screenshot experience. iPadOS 27 arrives…
iPad Gets Apple Cash Bill Splitting, but Only Two Model Lines Qualify
Apple’s Wallet update lets a Camera scan of a restaurant receipt split the bill, tax and tip included, through Apple Cash. On iPad, Apple names exactly two eligible lines: iPad mini with the A17 Pro chip, and iPad with an M-series chip from M1 onward. The feature works only in the United States. Apple names…
Apple Intelligence on a Budget: $699 Buys In, and $1,099 Buys the Tier Above
If you are buying hardware purely to get Apple Intelligence, buy the iPhone 17e at $699. It is the cheapest device on Apple’s own price list that also appears on Apple’s Apple Intelligence device page, and the software itself costs nothing: iOS 27 arrives free on Monday, September 14. Siri AI is the headline Apple…
iPad or Mac for On-Device AI Work? Apple Publishes Numbers for Only One of Them
If the job is on-device AI work, running and prompting models locally rather than sending everything to a server, buy the Mac. Start at the Mac mini with M6 at $899, or $799 education, and step to the Mac Studio with M5 Max at $2,499 if the work pays for itself, because every AI performance…
Which iPad Should You Buy in 2026? The $749 iPad Air, and the Memory Figure Apple Has Not Published
For most people the iPad to buy is the iPad Air, recorded at $749 for the 11-inch model with M4 and $699 on Apple’s Education Store. It is the cheapest iPad that appears on every capability list Apple publishes, it takes the $100 Back to School gift card that the smaller and cheaper iPads do…
Which iPhone to Keep in 2026 Rather Than Replace: The Cutoff Is iPhone 15 Pro, Not iPhone 11
Keep any iPhone 15 Pro or later. Replace an iPhone 13 or anything older. The line that decides it is not iOS 27, which runs on iPhone 11 and later plus iPhone SE from the second generation, but Apple Intelligence, which needs an iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max or iPhone 16 or later…
iPhone Duo's Apple Intelligence Count Is 15 Languages. Every Other Apple Page Says 16
Apple’s iPhone Duo press release lists Apple Intelligence in 15 languages. Every other Apple page covering Apple Intelligence for iOS 27, including the June 8 announcement and the general Apple Intelligence page, lists 16. Apple has not reconciled the two figures anywhere in what it has published. Siri AI on iPhone Duo, shown in Apple's…
'Coming Later This Year' and 'a Future Software Update': Apple's Dating Language for Six Features, Decoded
Apple’s own pages date six features from this launch with one of four phrases: ‘later this year,’ ‘later in 2026,’ ‘coming late 2026,’ or ‘a future software update.’ None of the four names a month, and one names no year at all. Apple Pencil support for iPhone Duo is dated 'later this year' on Apple's…