After you upgrade your iPhone to iOS 27, you might notice your device doing a little extra thinking. That’s because the update brings a revamped Search system to your device, and it needs some time to get to know everything on your iPhone.

iOS 27 rolled out for iPhone users on Monday, Sept. 14. Here are the new features and a list of the devices it's compatible with.

Here's what will happen if you turn off background app refresh on your iPhone, and which apps operate better with it on.

The new OS doesn’t feel like a total overhaul, but most of the changes consistently nudge things in a good direction.

OS 27 is now available for supported iPhones, with Siri AI, faster performance, Liquid Glass refinements, improved parental controls, and new features across Apple’s apps.

If you want to stop using your phone at certain time and getting stuck into certain apps too much, Screen Time can help.

To help secure mobile apps for Siri AI, Platform adds day-one iOS 27 security testingCHICAGO, Sept. 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As Apple’s iOS 27 brings agentic AI into the mainstream mobile app experience,