I'm not bitter. Don't let anyone tell you that I'm bitter because I need to keep iOS 26 on my phone and can't download the iOS 27 developer beta yet. Luckily—for some of us—a few of my colleagues have gotten their hot little hands on the developer beta and the brand-new Siri AI. I asked them for their opinions on the best new features of the improved virtual assistant. Feature Writer Olena Kagui has this to say: "It has been useful for personal requests. For example, I wanted to figure out when I visited a certain spot, and I asked Siri. Its response was accurate! Usually, I have to go through Facebook posts or locations of photos to see when I traveled." And Managing Editor Amy Spitzfaden-Both praises Siri's ability to prevent overdue fees at her library: "I have approximately ten thousand overdue library books in my house, all mixed in with the others, so they can be hard to track down. I asked Siri which library items are overdue, and it came up with a complete list pulled from many different emails, so now I can collect them all to return and make sure I'm not missing any."
I can't wait to try these features out! What about you? What are you most looking forward to? Let us know at editors@iphonelife.com.
I'm not bitter. Don't let anyone tell you that I'm bitter because I need to keep iOS 26 on my phone and can't download the iOS 27 developer beta yet. Luckily—for some of us—a few of my colleagues have gotten their hot little hands on the developer beta and the brand-new Siri AI. I asked them for their opinions on the best new features of the improved virtual assistant. Feature Writer Olena Kagui has this to say: "It has been useful for personal requests. For example, I wanted to figure out when I visited a certain spot, and I asked Siri. Its response was accurate! Usually, I have to go through Facebook posts or locations of photos to see when I traveled." And Managing Editor Amy Spitzfaden-Both praises Siri's ability to prevent overdue fees at her library: "I have approximately ten thousand overdue library books in my house, all mixed in with the others, so they can be hard to track down. I asked Siri which library items are overdue, and it came up with a complete list pulled from many different emails, so now I can collect them all to return and make sure I'm not missing any."
I can't wait to try these features out! What about you? What are you most looking forward to? Let us know at editors@iphonelife.com.
