What’s one iOS 27 feature that actually changed how you use your iPhone?

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Now that iOS 27 has been out for a couple of weeks, I’m curious which features have actually changed how people use their iPhone day to day.

For me, the biggest difference has been that Apple Intelligence finally feels more useful at the system level.
Before this, I almost never used Siri proactively. Even with Apple Intelligence in iOS 26, my most reliable use case was still basically saying “set a timer” while cooking when my hands were busy.

With iOS 27, I’ve started using it for things I would previously have opened another app for.

One example is using the camera directly to ask what something is. Being able to trigger it from the camera hardware and ask immediately feels much more natural than opening ChatGPT, attaching a photo, and then typing “what is this?”

I’ve also found the visual information inside Photos surprisingly useful, especially for things like identifying food and checking nutrition-related information without having to manually search for it.

And Siri itself has started becoming useful for information already on the phone and inside apps. I’m now asking questions I would previously have opened an app and searched manually for.

None of these things are individually revolutionary, but together they’re probably the first Apple Intelligence features that have actually changed some of my habits.
What has actually stuck for you?

Posted Sep 30, 2026, 3:37 AM UTC · locked

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