Everything new in iOS 27 Beta 3

Apple continues to refine iOS 27 ahead of its planned September launch, and the third beta includes several new features. Siri is more customizable, there’s a fun new wallpaper action, and useful improvements to photos and shortcuts.

Siri voice

Beta 3 adds support for ‌Siri‌ voice customization on compatible devices. The customization option existed in previous beta versions, but it was not active. It’s now usable, and you can customize the pace and expressiveness of ‌Siri‌, with two basic voice options available now.

‌Siri‌ voice personalization requires an iPhone 17 Pro or iPhone Air because it uses on-device processing.

Live reconnaissance

In Accessibility, Apple has added a new Live Recognition section. Live Recognition uses device intelligence to detect and describe things around you with the camera app. The feature is able to answer questions about what it sees, with the ability to set a default question. There is also support for custom activities.

Reminders

The Reminders app has an updated icon with Liquid Glass to-do list bullets.

Pictures

In the ‌Photos‌ section of the Settings app, there is a new Show Rating Controls toggle. It displays star ratings on photos and videos, as well as a rating badge on thumbnails.

Control center

In Control Center, you can see your cellular connection details even when you’re connected to Wi-Fi. It shows signal strength and whether you’re connected to LTE or 5G.

Shortcuts

You can now choose to open the Describe Shortcut interface or the Manual Shortcut Editor when creating a new shortcut.

Wallpaper

When you swipe to the notification center, a cutout of your wallpaper subject now appears first on the Home screen or app you’re using.

AirPods

The AirPods adaptive setting has a slider that lets you select more transparency or more noise cancellation.

Home application

Apple has clarified that the Apple Intelligence features in the Home app will require a 2GB iCloud+ plan.

Cards

Apple added a tooltip to make it clearer that route preferences have not been removed and can be accessed by tapping below the options interface when getting directions.

Lock screen

Control Center buttons on the lock screen now have black icons instead of white icons with wallpaper.

5G in India

5G+ is now available in India on supported operators.