If you person an iPhone 11 aliases newer (including the second-gen iPhone SE), you tin look guardant to installing iOS 27 successful the fall. Apple's adjacent large update is dense connected the AI and stableness upgrades, and will apt driblet sometime successful September. However, iOS 27 has besides been disposable successful beta each summer. I've been moving the update connected my superior iPhone for astir 3 months now, and during that time, I've discovered a bunch of hacks I deliberation each iOS 27 personification should know. Whether you're installing the update coming aliases adjacent month, you should decidedly effort retired these useful hacks for your iPhone.
Use this caller characteristic to customize Liquid Glass
Apple introduced Liquid Glass pinch iOS 26, and didn't clasp backmost pinch its creation choices. While immoderate liked the changes, others person criticized Liquid Glass for focusing much connected style complete substance. In response, cApple introduced caller ways to set and customize the design's transparency effects. That only continues pinch iOS 27. There's now a caller slider that lets you trim aliases almost destruct the Liquid Glass effect. You tin find it nether Settings > Appearance > Liquid Glass successful iOS 27. Move the slider towards the correct to amended readability.
Remove the audio connection fastener to forestall accidental sound notes
I've mislaid count of the number of times I've accidentally sent incomprehensible sound notes to group connected iMessage. In my case, the culprit was the audio connection fastener to the correct of the matter container successful the Messages app. Luckily, successful iOS 27, you tin either alteration that fastener to dictation, or region it altogether. To alteration it up, caput complete to Settings > Apps > Messages, and prime Show successful Text Field. You tin prime 1 of these 3 choices: Record Audio, Start Dictation, and None. The past 1 (None) removes the audio connection fastener from the matter box. Note that you tin still entree the "Audio" action from the (+) menu, while dictation will look successful your keyboard.
Use this mounting to soundlessness alerts while keeping alarms loud
With iOS 27, Apple is making it imaginable to set different measurement levels for ringtones, alerts, and alarms. If you want to soundlessness app notifications and texts, but still perceive your ringtones and alarms, this one's for you. To group it up, spell to Settings > Sounds & Haptics, and move disconnected Match Ringtone Volume nether "Alarms and Timers." You tin now usage the slider to group a different measurement level for those 2 features. Similarly, you tin move disconnected Match Ringtone Volume nether "Alerts and System Sounds," and move the slider according to your needs.
Use this caller characteristic to group timers straight from the fastener screen
iOS 27 introduces a convenient caller slider that lets you group timers from the Dynamic Island connected your iPhone. To usage it straight from the Lock Screen, however, you'll person to region 1 of the 2 controls already present. Pick up your iPhone, and let Face ID to unlock the instrumentality without leaving the Lock Screen. Now, pat and clasp the screen, past pat Customize adjacent the guidelines of the display. Tap the "-" fastener adjacent to the 2 controls adjacent the bottom-right and bottom-left corners of the display. By default, these 2 controls are for the flashlight and camera, respectively. After deleting 1 control, property the + fastener that appears successful its place, and prime Timer from the database of controls. Tap the Done fastener successful the top-right corner. Now, erstwhile you pat this button, you'll spot a slider look from the Dynamic Island up top. Move the slider to group a timer, and pat Start Timer to get it going.
Use Dual Capture to commencement livestreams from FaceTime
With iOS 27, you tin fundamentally commencement a livestream from FaceTime for the group you're calling. A caller characteristic called "Dual Capture" allows you to grounds and watercourse video from some the beforehand camera and the rear camera simultaneously. This intends that you tin show your look and the things astir you during a FaceTime call, truthful you don't person to prime 1 aliases the different astatine immoderate fixed moment.
To usage this feature, commencement a FaceTime video telephone pinch different person, and pat the "Flip" fastener that appears successful your selfie video frame. This will commencement a Dual Capture session. You tin extremity streaming some cameras by tapping the Flip fastener successful the bottom-left area of the screen, which returns you to a regular selfie video. In addition, you tin move disconnected the beforehand camera provender successful a FaceTime call. When successful Dual Capture mode, pat the fastener that appears successful the top-left area of your beforehand camera feed, the icon pinch a crossed-out person. This turns disconnected the beforehand camera stream, and lets you show conscionable the provender disconnected the rear camera. Note that Dual Capture is constricted to iPhone Air, iPhone 17 series, and newer devices.
Use GymKit to link your iPhone straight to treadmills and different cardio machines
If you aliases your gym has GymKit-compatible equipment, you tin link your Apple Watch to the machines to way your workouts. I usage this characteristic each the time, but, of course, if I hide to deterioration my Apple Watch, aliases if it runs retired of charge, past my workouts don't get logged. Apple is fixing this problem by bringing GymKit compatibility to iPhones. With iOS 27, you'll beryllium capable to link your iPhone straight to compatible treadmills, elliptical machines, indoor bikes, and different cardio equipment. Whether you don't person an Apple Watch, aliases don't person entree to it, you tin proceed search your workouts pinch greater levels of accuracy.
Setup is easy: As explained by 9to5Mac, you tin pat your iPhone against a GymKit-enabled machine, for illustration a treadmill, past travel the on-screen instructions to group up and way a workout, specified arsenic "Indoor Run" aliases "Indoor Walk." All information is removed from the instrumentality astatine the extremity of the session, and stored straight connected your iPhone. Note that this characteristic won't needfully way your bosom rate. However, if you person a brace of AirPods Pro 3, you tin usage the built-in bosom complaint sensor to way your workout.
Use dictation preview to trim transcription errors
If you're tired of typos erstwhile you're dictating thing to your iPhone, usage iOS 27's "Advanced Dictation Preview." The caller characteristic uses Siri AI to upgrade dictation's accuracy, and polishes matter automatically—similar to Google's Rambler feature. Apple says Siri AI's dictation is now tin of "automatically handling capitalization, punctuation, and formatting" arsenic speak, though you request to alteration it manually. Advanced Dictation Preview is only disposable to iPhones that support Siri AI's astir powerful features, including the iPhone 17 Pro bid and iPhone Air. You tin alteration it by going to Settings > General > Keyboard > Advanced Dictation Preview.
Use the hidden betterment mode to diagnose and hole iPhone package issues
iOS 27 has a hidden macOS-like betterment mode, which allows you to diagnose and hole package problems without utilizing a computer. Once you're moving iOS 27 connected your iPhone, you tin entree it pinch the pursuing cardinal presses:
Hit Volume Up and merchandise it.
Press Volume Down and merchandise it.
Hold the Side Button (power button) till you spot "Loading betterment options…" connected the screen.
Note that betterment mode should beryllium a past edifice to hole your iPhone, and you should not effort it without knowing the risks. More than 1 action successful betterment mode straight formats your iPhone and erases each your data, truthful proceed pinch utmost caution.
Use a full-screen widget to spot your full almanac astatine a glance
iOS 27 introduces extra-large widgets, which return up almost each of the disposable surface abstraction connected your device. This allows you to position each of your almanac events successful a azygous widget. (Finally.) To effort this successful iOS 27, clasp an quiet portion of the Home Screen connected your iPhone, and pat the paintbrush icon successful the top-right corner. Search for "Calendar," and swipe correct till you spot the biggest widgets. At the clip of writing, Calendar offers 2 of these extra-large widgets: "Up Next," and "List." Hit Add Widget to driblet it to your Home Screen. You tin besides effort different extra-large widgets specified arsenic Smart Stack, Music, and different apps that support this iOS 27 feature.
Use this characteristic to temporarily hide your location from others successful Find My
Find My allows you to stock your location pinch your loved ones, but it tin sometimes consciousness a spot invasive. To temporarily extremity sharing your location, you could move disconnected your phone's GPS, but that affects each different apps which trust connected location sharing features. iOS 27 has a much elegant solution, which allows you to temporarily extremity sharing your location pinch others. To usage it, unfastened Find My, spell to the People tab, and pat the 3 dots adjacent to a contact's name. Under "My Location," prime Hide Location, which will move disconnected location sharing for a day.
Pranay Parab is an independent tech journalist based successful Mumbai, India. He covers tech for Lifehacker, and specializes successful tutorials and in-depth features.
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