{"id":783318,"date":"2026-07-25T07:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T07:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/783318\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T07:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T07:18:09","slug":"ios-27-all-the-new-icloud-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/783318\/","title":{"rendered":"iOS 27: All the New iCloud Features"},"content":{"rendered":"

iOS 27<\/a> includes new iCloud<\/a> capabilities across several apps like Apple Home, Siri<\/a>, Photos<\/a>, and more. There are some direct \u200ciCloud\u200c improvements like upgrades to photo uploads and sharing, along with some indirect new features.<\/p>\n

\"iOS<\/p>\n

HomeKit Secure Video Cameras (iCloud+)<\/p>\n

If you have HomeKit Secure Video<\/a> cameras, the Home app in \u200ciOS 27\u200c has a couple of useful new Apple Intelligence<\/a> features.<\/p>\n

You can get text-based summaries of what’s going on, sent as notifications. So when you get a notification for movement, it will say something like “Someone was seen,” or “Animal seen.”<\/p>\n

The text descriptions are also shown in the video playback timeline, and you can search for specific events. Events that take place across two cameras, such as the same person walking from room to room, are paired together to give an overview of action across the home.<\/p>\n

\u200cApple Intelligence\u200c features in the Home app require a 2TB or higher iCloud+ plan<\/a>, which is priced starting at $9.99 in the United States. The 2TB plan is also the plan required for an unlimited number of \u200cHomeKit Secure Video\u200c cameras.<\/p>\n

\u200cHomeKit Secure Video\u200c cameras have always required an \u200ciCloud\u200c+ plan to store the camera footage in \u200ciCloud\u200c. A single camera can be added with the 50GB plan, and five cameras can be added with the 200GB plan.<\/p>\n

To use the \u200cApple Intelligence\u200c Home app features, you need a home hub like a HomePod<\/a>, HomePod mini<\/a>, or Apple TV<\/a> 4K, as well as a device that supports \u200cApple Intelligence\u200c (iPhone 15 Pro or newer).<\/p>\n

\u200cHomeKit Secure Video\u200c cameras can also record up to 4K footage in \u200ciOS 27\u200c, but that feature does not use \u200cApple Intelligence\u200c.<\/p>\n

Apple Intelligence Limit Increase (iCloud+)<\/p>\n

Apple said at WWDC that some \u200cApple Intelligence\u200c features like image generation with Image Playground<\/a> will have limits on daily use.<\/p>\n

Those limits can be increased with most \u200ciCloud\u200c+ plans. Apple has not given a list of features that will have limits beyond \u200cImage Playground\u200c, nor has it said what the limits will be without an \u200ciCloud\u200c+ plan and with the tiered options.<\/p>\n

Siri<\/p>\n

\u200cSiri\u200c conversations in the \u200cSiri\u200c app sync across devices using \u200ciCloud\u200c. The \u200cSiri\u200c app lets you revisit previous conversations, start new conversations, pin important chats, and continue chats across iOS, macOS, and iPadOS.<\/p>\n

Photos<\/p>\n

There are several new \u200ciCloud\u200c features in the \u200cPhotos\u200c app.<\/p>\n

Prioritize Syncing – There’s a toggle to force all of your photos to upload to \u200ciCloud\u200c regardless of battery status. It turns on for 24 hours and then turns off.
\nShared Albums – Android and Windows users can upload photos to Shared Albums. Shared Albums also keep full-resolution photos and videos to support the cross-platform sharing feature.
\nUpload Speed – iPhones will now start uploading to iCloud Photos<\/a> more quickly to make images available across devices faster.<\/p>\n

Collaboration<\/p>\n

Link Previews – \u200ciCloud\u200c collaboration links now show richer previews so you can more clearly see what you’ve been sent.
\nAccess Requests – Users can send access requests for items shared via \u200ciCloud\u200c.
\nSpeed – Apple says users will get faster access to shared content on iCloud.com.
\nLinks – Creating links to \u200ciCloud\u200c content is easier with a more accessible share link.<\/p>\n

Journal<\/p>\n

You can now see the \u200ciCloud\u200c sync status for each journal entry.<\/p>\n

Passwords<\/p>\n

The Passwords app can use \u200cApple Intelligence\u200c to automatically fix weak passwords in \u200ciOS 27\u200c. It uses \u200ciCloud\u200c Keychain and Safari to operate.<\/p>\n

An Apple Intelligence-compatible iPhone is required to use the feature.<\/p>\n

Read More<\/p>\n

More information on the features in \u200ciOS 27\u200c can be found in our roundup<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Launch Date<\/p>\n

\u200ciOS 27\u200c is available to developers and public beta testers. It will launch in September alongside new iPhone models.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"iOS 27 includes new iCloud capabilities across several apps like Apple Home, Siri, Photos, and more. There are…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":783319,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[831,21430,74],"class_list":["post-783318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-featured","tag-ios-27","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=783318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/783319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=783318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=783318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=783318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}