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Early impressions of iOS 27 beta: Liquid Glass and widget upgrades shine

By

Jay Peters

3h ago· 7 min readenReview

Summary

The article discusses the author's early impressions of the iOS 27 developer beta on their iPhone 16 Pro. While they are still waiting for access to the new Siri AI features, they explore non-AI improvements and find several things to appreciate. Highlights include Liquid Glass redesign improvements and a new extra large widget option. The author notes that while this update isn't as major as previous years, the overall fit and finish of the operating system is impressive.

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I've been poking around a bunch of features that aren't about AI and found a lot that I'm happy with
This doesn't seem to be as big of an update as in previous years, but the fit and finish throughout the operating system is already great to see.
I've always thought the Liquid Glass redesign
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I’ve already been testing the first iOS 27 developer beta, and there are some features that I’m a big fan of, like Liquid Glass improvements and a new extra large option for widgets.

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