Apple don drop the first public beta of iOS 27 dis week, and e get plenty new tins for users to test. The main tin na the new Siri AI, wey don become both standalone app and features wey dey inside many Apple apps. Siri don get new name—Siri AI—and e dey confuse some pipo, but the beta dey show say e really smarter.
Before you begin to use am, you need know say almost all these features no dey available for China and Europe because of regulator wahala. China problem don resolve, but Apple no get timeline for Siri AI launch for Europe. For how to install the beta, Mashable don publish guide.
For long time, since 2011, Apple no gree give Siri proper body. E dey invisible helper, voice wey you dey yarn with, but no be something you tap and chat. But after OpenAI ChatGPT come, everything change. Apple take time, but now with iOS 27, Siri become standalone app. The experience dey like ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini. You open app, you see grid of your previous conversations with Siri. You start new one by voice or typing, and Siri go answer.
Since e don smarter, you no need fear to ask complex things like “Will yellow cards for World Cup semifinal carry over to final?” You fit also ask personal questions wey involve content from your past emails, notes, and events. This one dey useful because e connect to how you use your iPhone for ways wey no dey possible before.
Another new feature na screen context awareness. Say you dey YouTube and video wey show moment from famous TV show pop up, but you no remember the show name. No wahala; invoke Siri by long-pressing side button, and ask am about wetin you dey watch. E go tell you. You fit do this for various contexts—wetin dey your screen, Siri fit tell you something about am.
Same thing go for real life. New Siri mode for Camera app let you point your lens at anything and get Siri to provide information on wetin you dey see. This feature don dey before, but now with Siri AI, e don improve. You fit generate realistic photos like futuristic cityscapes and beautiful landscapes, or combos like bear dancing on massive block of cheese. Even better, once image don generate, you fit tweak am with additional prompt. If you want sign wey say “CHEESE” above the image, tell Siri to add am and e go show for next iteration. E no be the most advanced AI-based image generation, but e do the job and for many users, e go be quickest and most convenient option.
For Photos app, new editing tools dey. Open photo, tap edit button, and you go see option for bottom right wey call Tools. Tap am, and you go see three options. Clean Up let you tap or circle unwanted object to make am disappear. Extend go use Siri AI to make picture bigger. Pinch to zoom out, and AI go analyze photo and add more stuff for edges. E no always work, but when e work, e dey feel magical. Reframe let you change perspective of photo after you don take am. No expect miracles, but when e work, e dey cool.
Siri AI don bake into various writing and communication tools across iOS. For Notes app, just above keyboard, you go see option wey call “Write with Siri.” Tap am, and write by using prompt instead of entering text. This one dey powerful. Say you want sum up trip itinerary, or write movie plot—just tell Siri wetin you want and e go generate text for you. You fit highlight chunk of text and tell Siri to generate image wey relate to am, or use am to solve math problems.
Siri also dey inside Calendar app, allowing natural language recognition. Calendar app go automagically recognize right pipo from your Contacts, and create event for right time. Same for Reminders. Once again, describe wetin you need to be reminded of, and details like location, time, and date go pick up automatically.
Shortcuts app na best iOS feature wey almost nobody dey use, because e dey intimidating. But now with Siri AI, you fit just describe the shortcut and e go create automatically. To access, open Shortcuts, tap New Shortcut, and describe wetin you want the Shortcut to do. Want iPhone to audibly tell you say e don charge to 90 percent? Just type am down, and you done.
Aside Siri, Apple also quietly announce at WWDC 2026 say CarPlay go soon let you browse and play videos directly on supported vehicles once iOS 27 arrive. This news come after Google announce say HD video playback go come to Android Auto. CarPlay video capability go only work when car dey stationary; if system detect motion, e go switch to audio-only mode. E go be godsend to bored EV owners charging their vehicles, ride-sharing drivers waiting for passengers, and parents picking up kids from school.
But get serious caveats wey fit delay wide availability. Developers need add video playback for apps for new cars wey support Apple’s upcoming “video in car” feature. The new iOS 27 video feature let users not only play back but browse videos. For demonstration, Apple use fictitious “Landmark” app, but e fit apply to any video streaming app like Apple TV or YouTube. If your app and CarPlay system support video playback, you go see option for “Videos” at top left of display. Selecting am go show list of video thumbnails, along with mini player at top right with basic controls. When video dey play, thumbnail show remaining time and current progress, plus badges for newly added or live streaming videos.
Apple emphasize say video go only work when car dey parked, for safety reasons. Video on CarPlay no be brand new; Apple introduce video mirroring to CarPlay screens from iPhone using AirPlay. But this one no be as advanced as iOS 27 video browsing and playback feature. For mirroring, you enable AirPlay on supported apps and select your vehicle’s CarPlay infotainment system as mirroring source. Then, when you play video on iPhone, e go appear on vehicle’s screen. But reality be say most CarPlay systems no appear to allow mirroring from iPhone yet—despite say wireless CarPlay systems use AirPlay as underlying Wi-Fi streaming layer. Developers don notice say CarPlay video mirroring only works on displays with minimum 1,920 x 1,080 resolution, but many factory car head unit installations no get that. HEVC codec support and 4GB or more memory also dey needed, and older CarPlay systems fit lack those specs.
At WWDC 2025, Apple say automakers need implement CarPlay video functionality, both to allow for extra hardware demands for video and to detect when vehicle dey parked. So far, no one automaker don announce support. E clear say Apple dey strictly lay groundwork for future implementation by devs and automakers. The question na when dis much-anticipated feature go come to actual car. Based on lack of concrete product announcements from both Apple and auto industry, the answer appear to be “not imminently.” Normally, if Apple get anything to tell consumers about nifty new CarPlay feature, e go do so enthusiastically. Google, for instance, demonstrate YouTube playing on Android Auto inside Kia EV at its I/O 2026 conference earlier this year, and reveal specific vehicle manufacturers supporting HD 60fps playback on Android Auto, including Skoda, Volvo, Kia, and Mercedes-Benz. Apple silence around CarPlay video dey deafening, but e fit change soon. Company go likely unveil latest iPhone 18 models for September, and fit also get another Mac-related event sometime this year. Dat go give am golden opportunity to reveal more info about new CarPlay feature.
