Today during its WWDC keynote, Apple unveiled iPadOS 27, the next major software update for iPad. Here are the new features coming in iPadOS 27.

iPadOS 27 includes Liquid Glass refinements, performance improvements, Siri, and more

Last year, Apple shipped the iPad’s biggest productivity update ever in iPadOS 26. Its followup this year adds to those, but focuses on overall performance improvements too.

Here’s what’s new in iPadOS 27:

The Menu Bar can now be optionally kept always on screen

iPhone apps can be resized in iPadOS

Liquid Glass has been refined and is more customizable than ever

Performance improvements make iPadOS 27 perform much quicker

Screen Time has been revamped for managing your child’s device use

Brand new Siri with dedicated Siri app

Overhauled search experience with upgraded intelligence

Active app name now displays in status bar

Photos improvements like slideshow customization, Shared Albums across Android and Windows, upgraded Clean Up, more

Safari can organize tabs into topics

and more per Apple’s website

iPadOS 27 will be available in developer beta later today, with the first public beta coming in July. Apple will ship the new software to all iPad users this fall.

What are your favorite new features in iPadOS 27? Let us know in the comments.

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