5 things I already love from the iOS 27 beta

June 8, 2026 Jay Peters

Some app icons have a little more glass, but it gives them more identity.

iOS 27 has only been out for a few hours, and I've been messing around with the developer beta on my iPhone 16 Pro. I was most interested in trying out the new Siri AI, but unfortunately, I'm still on Apple's waitlist for that. In the meantime, I've been poking around a bunch of features that aren't about AI and found a lot that I'm happy with - even though this doesn't seem to be as big of an update as previous years, the fit and finish throughout the operating system is already great to see.

Here are a few neat things that have jumped out at me.

The Liquid Glass opacity slider should have been there from the start

I've always thought th …

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