Apple’s WWDC keynote revealed a lot of new features in iOS 27, macOS Golden Gate, and more—most of which were displayed on a single slide for just a moment. Here are all of those listed features in a more accessible, organized format. There are even more changes coming in iOS 27, but this is everything Apple listed on that big keynote slide.
Apps
Photos and Camera
- Add keywords to photos and videos in Photos
- Star ratings in Photos
- Search returns more pleasing photos of people and pets in Photos
- Search for photos and videos using additional metadata
- Customize slideshows in Photos
- Save any slideshow as a video in Photos
- Filter photos and videos in Shared Albums
- Recent activity in Shared Albums
- React with any emoji in Shared Albums
- Full-resolution photos and videos in iCloud Shared Albums
- Additional participant permissions in Shared Albums
- Captured by Me collection in Photos
- Expire your Shared Albums
- Faster loading of new captures in Photos
- Save a video frame as a photo
- Choose a specific pet in Photo Shuffle
- Option to include photos of yourself in Photo Shuffle
- Participate in iCloud Shared Albums from Android and Windows
- Option to prioritize syncing to iCloud Photos
- Easier to invite others in Shared Albums
- Easier to save photos from Shared Albums
- More accurate photo orientation
- Faster to open full-screen view from Photos widget
- Faster rendering of Collections tab in Photos
- Selection view in Photos
- Identity Documents collection in Photos
- Faster to start uploading to iCloud Photos
- All options displayed in Camera settings
- Camera uses less power in Low Power Mode
- Faster Camera launch in Low Power Mode
- Smoother camera switching when zooming in video
- Easier-to-reach Camera experience
Messages and FaceTime
- Drawing app in Messages
- Improved Messages syncing across devices
- Failed messages automatically retry sending
- Continuous sending of photos, videos, and texts in Messages
- Find offloaded media in Messages
- Thumbnails displayed for offloaded media in Messages
- Search for conversations in Messages by phone number or contact’s nickname
- Consolidated notifications for multiple Tapbacks in Messages
- Faster to add recent camera captures in Messages
- Dual camera in FaceTime
- Improved FaceTime quality on poor connections
Safari
- Faster start page content loading in Safari
- Faster web application performance in Safari
- Smoother animations and graphics in Safari
- Faster handling of JavaScript in Safari
- Smoother start page resizing in Safari
- Enhanced power efficiency for Safari in iOS and macOS
- Web audio no longer interrupts system audio
Mail, Notes, Calendar
- Improved Top Results in Mail
- Faster message loading in Mail
- More reliable search indexing in Mail
- Improved list formatting in Mail
- Improved unread badge accuracy in Mail
- Drawing in Notes in macOS
- Copy and paste as Markdown in Notes
- Section links in Notes
- Divider lines in Notes
- Modify multiple Calendar events
- Smoother Calendar scrolling
- Streamlined Calendar event details
- Stylized notes from third-party Calendar accounts
Shortcuts
- Redesigned Shortcuts editor
- Expanded Get What’s On Screen capabilities in Shortcuts
- Else if support in Shortcuts
- Store data in Shortcuts
- Group conversation support in Shortcuts
- Screenshot and notification automations in Shortcuts
Apple Maps
- More accurate Visited Places in Maps
- Enhanced Flyover in Maps
- Offline Maps update improvements
- Natural language search for routing in Maps
Home
- View streams from compatible cameras simultaneously in the Home app
- Support for 4K camera recordings in the Home app
- More reliable HomeKit camera storage
- Faster HomeKit accessory pairing
- Faster smart home accessory updates
- Improved connectivity for Thread home accessories
Apple Music and Podcasts
- Improved reliability of Apple Music streaming
- New AutoMix transitions
- Refreshed album pages in Apple Music
- Faster Now Playing view loading in Music
- Refreshed artist pages in Apple Music
- Faster Apple Music playback start
- Search within shows in Podcasts
- Updated video podcasts experience in macOS
- Redesigned Podcasts app for tvOS
Apple News, Find My, Freeform
- Improved performance in Apple News
- News+ audio support in iPadOS
- Smoother animations in News and Stocks articles
- Live Activity for Precision Finding with Friends
- More flexible sharing options in Find My
- Find My UI enhancements
- Faster board previews in Freeform
- More reliable right-to-left text editing in Freeform
- Smoother Freeform board performance
- Dark Mode adaptive canvas in Freeform
- Collaborative folders in Freeform
- Drawing in Freeform in macOS
Health, Fitness, and Journal
- Perimenopause and menopause symptom logging in the Health app
- Perimenopause and menopause education in the Health app
- Perimenopause and menopause support in the Health app
- Fitness+ workouts for perimenopause and menopause
- Faster data updates in the Health app
- Synced step count in the Health and Fitness apps
- More accurate route maps in the Fitness app after workouts
- Improved distance accuracy during treadmill workouts
- GymKit on iPhone and AirPods Pro 3
- Support for time zone changes in Sleep
Journal and Weather
- More intuitive journaling streaks
- iCloud sync status for Journal entries
- Increased attachment limits in Journal
- Time stamps for Journal entries
- Updated hourly and 10-day views in Weather
Operating Systems & Platforms
iPadOS 27
- Optional persistent menu bar on iPad
- iPhone app resizing in iPadOS
- App names in iPad status bar
- Faster browsing and transfers in Files in iPadOS
- Faster menu bar access in iPadOS
- Faster window switching in iPadOS
- Faster window closing in iPadOS
- Undo and redo Home Screen edits in iPadOS
- Extra-large widgets in Today view in iPadOS
macOS Golden Gate
- Expanded touch support in Sidecar
- Faster user account creation in macOS
- Edge-to-edge sidebars
- Colorful sidebar icons
- Updated menu bar icons
- Swipe down to refresh in macOS
- More distinct active windows
- Smoother animations in Mission Control and Spaces
- Autosize and reset columns
- More high-resolution and high-refresh-rate display modes for external displays
- More consistent window positioning persistence on external displays
- Consistent corner radii
- HDR for macOS system UI
- Ethernet status in menu bar in macOS
- Control Center access in iPhone Mirroring
- DRM video support in iPhone Mirroring
- Support for Mac mirroring in 5K resolution
watchOS 27
- Dynamic app grid in watchOS
- Tap gesture on Apple Watch
- Consolidated Find My app in watchOS
- Redesigned settings in the Apple Watch app
- New Smart Stack suggestions in watchOS
- Maps Parked Car widget in Smart Stack
- Transit cards and IDs in Smart Stack in watchOS
- Guest key in watchOS
- View card balance in Wallet in watchOS
- More accurate step tracking on Apple Watch
- Faster media playback in watchOS
- Better battery efficiency on Apple Watch
- Improved Wi-Fi connectivity in watchOS
- Faster app extension launch in watchOS
- More efficient water detection on Apple Watch
tvOS 27
- Smart downloads on Apple TV
- AppleCare coverage details in Settings in tvOS
- More responsive Control Center in tvOS
- Larger text sizes in tvOS
- Smoother animations and app launches in tvOS
visionOS 27
- Use your panoramas for Environments in visionOS
- Extra-small widget option in visionOS
- Improved Control Center in visionOS
- Look and tap to view and respond to notifications in visionOS
- Spatial scene support for panoramas in visionOS
- Widget for Mac Virtual Display in visionOS
- New windows with curvature in visionOS
- Multiple tab views in Safari in visionOS
- Faster boot and connect to Wi-Fi in visionOS
CarPlay
- Audio scrubbing in CarPlay Now Playing
- Audio MiniPlayer in CarPlay
- Improved navigation heading and GPS accuracy in CarPlay
- Improved wireless CarPlay reliability
Everything Else: Design, Performance, and more
Liquid Glass, Home Screen, Lock Screen, and more
- Extra-large widgets in iOS
- Real-time updates for widgets when app is open
- Smoother paging between Home Screen pages
- Smoother scrolling in Control Center and Control Gallery
- Smoother scrolling in App Library
- Smoother scrolling in the widget gallery
- Smoother unlocking on iPhone
- Lock Screen consistently stays awake while scrolling notifications
- Faster Lock Screen switching
- Customize Liquid Glass
- Updated Liquid Glass
- Updated app icons
- Live Activities in Dynamic Island in landscape
- Faster app launches
Connectivity
- Faster AirPlay connections to Apple TV and HomePod
- More seamless transitions between Wi-Fi and cellular networks
- Faster network file browsing
- Improved RDMA over Thunderbolt
- More power-efficient Personal Hotspot on N1 devices
- Improved Bluetooth power management
- Faster and more reliable NFC reading
Gaming
- Improved game controller settings
- Improved PlayStation Access controller support
- Improved navigation in Game Overlay
iCloud
- Richer iCloud collaboration link previews
- Access requests for items shared via iCloud
- More easily accessible share link for iCloud collaboration
- Faster access to shared content on iCloud.com
Accessibility
- Easier reading and editing of PDFs using VoiceOver
- Faster Voice Control response in iOS
- Streamlined Assistive Access setup
- Faster entry and exit from Assistive Access and Guided Access modes
- Streamlined setup for Touch Accommodations in iOS and iPadOS
- Pairing and handoff improvements for MFi hearing devices
- Show Borders for macOS accessibility
Miscellaneous
- AirPods Custom EQ
- Proactive car key setup
- Multilingual grammar checking
- Improved battery insights
- Switch between two iPhone devices with the same phone number
- More efficient emergency alert monitoring
- Faster PDF saving
- More document formats in Preview
- Independent alarm volume
- More relevant Spotlight search suggestions
- Faster shortcuts and actions indexing in Spotlight
- Faster Text Recognition in photos and documents
- Content-based recipient suggestions for sharing photos and links
- Holiday-aware alarms in China
- Faster Rapid Return to Service
- Support for media sharing from third-party apps
- Faster loading of emoji and sticker keyboards
- Automatic punctuation when typing on multilingual keyboards
- Optimized CPU scheduler
- Easier card selection and payment management with Apple Pay
- Password help accessible from the Lock Screen
- Easier to access recovery codes for Apple Accounts
- Quick Start with a recovery contact
- Smart language and keyboard configuration suggestions
Language and Region-specific Expansions
- New UI language for English (Canada) and English (Philippines)
- Call Recording transcriptions support for Traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Brazilian Portuguese
- Wallet Order Tracking support in Australia and Canada
- FaceTime Live Captions for Traditional Chinese
- New keyboard layout for Slovenian and Estonian
- Live Voicemail transcription for English (Singapore) and Japanese
- New keyboards for Indigenous languages, including Blackfoot, Comanche, Cree, Kiowa, and Tsuut’ina
- Guides in Maps available in more places
- Visited Places in Maps available in more markets
- Scribble support for Hindi and Marathi with Apple Pencil
- Alternate calendars for India support current time zone while traveling
- Grocery List in Reminders language expansion
- Expanded language support for autocategorization in Reminders
- New keyboards for languages including Afrikaans, Basque, Baybayin, English (Philippines), Galician, Guarani, Luxembourgish, Xhosa, and Zulu
- Natural language time formats for Chinese and Hindi
- Faster multilingual text processing for handwriting in multiple languages
- Châizi typing
- QuickPath and typing suggestions for Vietnamese VNI keyboard
- Punctuation suggestions as you type in Chinese
- Improved conversion from phonetic scripts like Pinyin and Kana when typing in Simplified Chinese and Japanese
- Onscreen context for more relevant typing suggestions for Chinese and Japanese
Which new features in iOS 27, macOS Golden Gate, iPadOS 27, and Apple’s other platforms are you most excited about? Let us know in the comments.
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