GoKawiilFor years, I barely used Siri for anything beyond menial tasks like setting timers or alarms. That has changed with iOS 27, as I now repeatedly use the new Siri AI for complex requests and to make sense of on-screen context.
While Siri is clearly front and center in this software update by Apple, I also enjoy many of the other quality-of-life updates.
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I have been using iOS 27 on my main device since the public beta version was released, and on another device through the developer beta before that. I have really enjoyed using the new Siri, often trying to find new use cases for it — and that’s possibly the biggest win for Apple, given that I, like many people, had given up on Siri before this update.
Over two years ago, Apple introduced Apple Intelligence and teased an advanced version of Siri. And after multiple delays, the company is finally shipping it — and it doesn’t disappoint. Built on the back of Google’s Gemini models, Siri is much smarter than its previous version, which was built on extended knowledge and a shaky ChatGPT integration. It also has a new logo and transition animation.
For starters, I asked Siri about several different things in the area of sports, ranging from World Cup matches to team lineups and scores. There were some hiccups in the earlier developer versions, but most of the information was correct. Siri can also take complex, multistep directions. For instance, I asked it to find small or hidden and useful features for iOS 27 and add them to a note, and it did a good job of that.
Plus, Siri can draft a message for you and send it to someone.
And because Siri can fetch context from your files, messages, and email, you can also ask it to look up a conversation, like one related to a delivery, and have it create a message for returns.
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Siri’s on-screen context was a big blessing, too. I could ask trivial questions like who was the oldest player on the pitch when I was looking at lineups for two teams in the World Cup, or have it read the text on-screen out loud when I didn’t want to read. When I was on a startup’s website, I could ask Siri to look up its funding information and competitors.
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