GoKawiilApple’s big WWDC keynote is almost here, and rumors indicate iPadOS 27’s unveiling will bring these four new features—plus a lot more.
#1: Automatic tab grouping in Safari
One of the new Safari features rumored for iPadOS 27 is an ‘Organize Tabs’ feature.
Per Bloomberg, this is an optional AI-powered feature coming to Safari across iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS.
When activated, Organize Tabs will automatically sort your various tabs into different groups based on related topics. So if you’re researching a topic for a school project, while doing some shopping, and keeping productivity web tools nearby, Safari can automatically organize those different tabs so they’re sorted together.
#2: Spotlight Search overhaul
Spotlight Search got a major upgrade in macOS Tahoe last year, but none of those changes came to iPad. Fortunately, iPadOS 27 is rumored to bring its own Spotlight changes thanks to a Siri-inspired overhaul.
In iPadOS 27, iPad users will be able to ask Siri questions in the same interface where they find suggested apps, search for files, and more.
Mark Gurman, writing at Bloomberg:
From there, users can launch apps, start text messages, ask about the weather, add calendar appointments, search through notes, trigger shortcuts within apps, or search the web using Apple’s new AI-powered search system, which competes with tools like Perplexity. Results are displayed in a rich text card that pops out of the Dynamic Island. Users can swipe down further to open a chatbot-style conversation inside the Siri app.
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