iOS 27: My favorite new iPhone features (other than AI)
Apple has released iOS 27, which introduces a variety of non-AI features alongside its new Siri and Apple Intelligence capabilities. The update enhances the user experience with improvements to the Music, Photos, and Clock apps, as well as new Home Screen and Lock Screen customization options. Additionally, iOS 27 includes quality-of-life upgrades such as landscape support for more apps and a streamlined Apple Pay checkout process.
- ▪iOS 27 allows users to set independent volume levels for alarms in the Clock app, separating them from the ringtone volume.
- ▪The Photos app now supports full-resolution sharing in iCloud Shared Albums and enables users to save specific video frames as photos.
- ▪Apple has added an extra-large widget size for the Home Screen and allows users to move the clock to the top widget row on the Lock Screen.
- ▪The update introduces landscape support for apps like Music, Reminders, and Weather, along with a new built-in paste shortcut above the keyboard.
- ▪CarPlay now features an audio scrubber that allows users to skip to different parts of songs or podcasts directly on the car's display.
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