{"id":800214,"date":"2026-07-14T00:39:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T00:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/800214\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T00:39:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T00:39:11","slug":"ios-27-and-ipados-27-now-available-to-public-beta-testers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/800214\/","title":{"rendered":"iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 Now Available to Public Beta Testers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple today released the first public betas of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/ios-27\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iOS 27<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/ipados-27\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPadOS 27<\/a>, allowing anyone with a compatible device to download and test the new software.<\/p>\n<p>You can get started by signing up on <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.apple.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple&#8217;s beta website<\/a> and then opting in to the public beta by going to Settings &gt; General &gt; Software Update and choosing the \u200ciOS 27\u200c or \u200ciPadOS 27\u200c Public Beta option. Today&#8217;s public beta is identical to the third developer beta, and there&#8217;s also a newly revised \u200ciPadOS 27\u200c third beta available for developers. <\/p>\n<p>\u200ciOS 27\u200c introduces <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/guide\/siri\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Siri<\/a> AI, a more capable version of \u200cSiri\u200c that can search the web, access your personal information, see what&#8217;s on your screen, and take actions in and across apps. \u200cSiri\u200c in \u200ciOS 27\u200c is more similar to Claude or ChatGPT than the prior version of \u200cSiri\u200c, with a dedicated \u200cSiri\u200c app for back-and-forth conversations. You can use \u200cSiri\u200c AI if you have a device that supports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/guide\/apple-intelligence\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Intelligence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Apple updated the Liquid Glass design that debuted last year, adding a slider to adjust the transparency level and refining its look. There are new AI features in many of Apple&#8217;s apps. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/guide\/visual-intelligence\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Visual Intelligence<\/a> moved to the Camera app and supports new features like getting the nutritional information for a meal or splitting a bill, and \u200cSiri\u200c is able to generate text for you or help you refine your writing with Write with \u200cSiri\u200c.<\/p>\n<p>There are new AI photo editing tools in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/guide\/photos\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Photos<\/a> app, Safari can organize your tabs automatically, and you can create Shortcuts and Safari extensions using natural language commands. AirPods have custom EQ, the Home app supports 4K video cameras, and there are new child safety controls for parents.<\/p>\n<p>Apple made dozens of improvements to device performance, and everything feels faster, even on older iPhones. Apps launch quicker, AirDrop transfers are faster, the keyboard loads quicker, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Additional information on the new features in \u200ciOS 27\u200c can be found in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/ios-27\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dedicated iOS 27 roundup<\/a>, with info on \u200ciPadOS 27\u200c available in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/ipados-27\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">separate iPadOS 27 roundup<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple today released the first public betas of iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, allowing anyone with a compatible&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":778277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,60,10524,61],"class_list":["post-800214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-featured","tag-ios-27","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=800214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/778277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}