iOS 27 adds these new features for Find My, including “Hide Location”

The upcoming iOS 27 update revealed by Apple last week includes new features and improvements for Apple’s Find My app on iPhone.

iOS 27 is currently available in developer beta, with a public beta to follow in July. The update is expected to be released to all users in September.

Below, we’ve outlined three additions to Apple’s Find My app in iOS 27.

Hide location

A new “Hide Location” option in Find My lets you discreetly pause your location sharing with specific people until the end of the day – the other person won’t receive any notifications or alerts that you’re temporarily hiding your location. Apple says it added this feature for situations like surprise birthday parties.

Custom durations for location sharing

Find My now lets you share your location with others for a personalized duration of between 15 minutes and 30 days. You can set a specific number of days, hours, and minutes, or you can set an expiration date and time for your location sharing.

On iOS 26, there are only three preset time limits: indefinitely, until the end of the day, and one hour.

Landscape mode

iOS 27 enables landscape mode in more of Apple’s built-in iPhone apps, including Find My.

Landscape mode was already available on iOS 26 or earlier in Apple Maps, Calendar, Files, Notes, Mail, and some other Apple apps, but iOS 27 expands support to many more apps. This change could lay the groundwork for the “iPhone Ultra” as landscape-friendly apps would be well suited to the rumored foldable device.

To use landscape mode in a supported app, simply turn your iPhone sideways. Portrait orientation lock should be turned off in Control Center.