Siri is getting more attention in iOS 27 than it has in a long time, and this time it’s not because Apple gave it a new interface.
The bigger story is what Siri can actually do. It can understand what’s on your screen, work with your camera, remember details from previous requests, and take action inside more apps than before.
Some of these features feel genuinely useful. Others solve small frustrations that add up over the course of a day. Here are the 7 iOS 27 Siri upgrades that stand out the most.
Your Camera Just Became Siri’s Eyes
Visual Intelligence is the standout addition. Aim your camera at almost anything, and Siri can extract text from documents, identify objects, translate signs, or pull up product information on the spot.
Find a receipt you need to file? Siri can save it as a PDF before you put it back in your wallet. This works in real time, without opening a separate app, without copying and pasting anything.
Siri Finally Knows What’s On Your Screen
This one is hard to overstate. Siri can now read whatever is currently displayed on your screen and act on it.
Looking at a map and wondering how long it takes to get there? Ask Siri without switching apps. Reading an article about a restaurant? Siri can book a table without you having to copy the address anywhere.
The constant friction of moving information from one app to another, that familiar copy, switch, paste routine, disappears in a lot of common situations.
It won’t cover every scenario immediately, but the everyday use cases are genuinely useful from day one.
It Remembers What You Were Doing
Siri now pulls from your photos, emails, messages, and calendar to give answers that actually fit your life.
Ask it to find the photos from your trip last month, and it knows which ones to find. Ask about an email you flagged but never replied to and it surfaces the right thread.
This is the shift from a search tool to something closer to an assistant that pays attention. Previous versions of Siri required you to already know where things were. This version helps you find things you half-remember.
You Can Have an Actual Back-and-Forth
Multi-step conversations now work the way you’d expect. Ask Siri to find concert tickets for next weekend, then ask about nearby parking, then ask if there are restaurants near the venue.
Each question builds on the last, without the need to repeat yourself or start over.
This sounds small. In practice, it removes the single most frustrating thing about using voice assistants, the moment where it forgets everything you just said.
Third-Party Apps Can Now Take Orders From Siri
Developers can now build deep Siri support into their apps. That means you can ask Siri to do things inside apps you already use, not just Apple’s own.
Draft a message in a third-party email client. Trigger a workflow in a productivity app. Schedule something without opening the app at all.
The range of what’s possible will expand as more developers add support, but the foundation is now in place.
Writing Help That Goes Beyond Autocorrect
Siri can now draft, rewrite, and proofread text almost anywhere you’re typing. Composing an email that sounds too blunt? Ask Siri to soften it.
Working on something that needs a different tone? It adjusts. This extends into third-party apps, so it’s available well beyond Apple Mail or Notes.
If you write a lot on your phone, this replaces a trip to a separate writing app.
A Dedicated Siri App That Keeps Everything Together
iOS 27 adds a standalone Siri app. All your past conversations live there. Tasks sync across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac through iCloud.
If you asked Siri to research something on your phone at lunch, you can pick it back up on your Mac an hour later.
It turns Siri from a momentary tool into something with continuity. That’s a fundamentally different kind of usefulness.
