Apple has announced the global release date of the new operating system iOS 27 for iPhone users in its ‘Surprise and Shine’ event. The company said that the public update of iOS 27 will be available from September 14. Apple introduced this new iOS version for the first time at WWDC 2026 about three months ago.
The iOS 27 update will be released as an over-the-air update for all compatible iPhone models. Users will be able to download and install new software by going to Settings > General > Software Update in their iPhone.
These big features will be available in iOS 27
Apple has made many major changes in iOS 27, from design to AI features. In this, the Liquid Glass design has been further improved. Apart from this, a new iPhone Handoff feature has been provided, through which users will be able to use the same number on different iPhones.
The biggest highlight of this update is the changes related to Apple Intelligence and Siri. The new Siri will be able to understand the user in a more natural way and maintain the context of the conversation. For this, along with Apple’s own foundation model, Google’s Gemini AI models have also been used.
Users will also be able to open Siri as a separate app and view old chats.
Parental controls have also been improved in iOS 27 to manage children’s digital usage. It includes features like Time Allowances, Schedules and Ask to Browser for new websites.
Apart from this, the Phone app has got a new design and it will also show important information related to the Mail app. Now you will get suggestions in messages and mails. In Safari, tabs can be grouped according to topics and the user can also get notifications when new information comes on the website.
These iPhone models will get iOS 27
The iOS 27 update will be available for iPhone 11 and later models along with iPhone SE (second generation and later models). These include iPhone 11 series, iPhone 12 series, iPhone 13 series, iPhone 14 series, iPhone 15 series, iPhone 16 series and iPhone 17 series.
Apart from this, iPhone 16e, iPhone 17e and iPhone Air are also compatible devices of iOS 27. This means that the new update will be available for old iPhone users also.
