Apple announces iOS 27 with Liquid Glass refinements, Siri upgrades, and iPhone 11 support
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Jay Peters
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Summary
Apple announced iOS 27 at WWDC 2026, focusing on performance improvements, design refinements to the Liquid Glass interface (including a new opacity slider to address legibility issues), trust and safety upgrades like a redesigned Screen Time, and major enhancements to Siri and Apple Intelligence. The update will support devices as old as the iPhone 11.
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· 3 pulledApple announced its next major iOS update, iOS 27, at WWDC 2026 on Monday.
Apple is highlighting performance and design improvements, trust and safety upgrades like a Screen Time redesign, and major upgrades to Siri and Apple Intelligence.
A big change is an opacity slider for Liquid Glass.
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