#QuickTips
#QuickTip Videos
If your iPhone has dozens of Safari tabs open, iOS 27 can finally tidy them up for you. With Automatically Create Topics, Safari groups related tabs together, so your bike research sits in one place and your trip planning in another. I'll show you how to switch it on, browse each topic, close a whole group in one tap when a project's finished, and turn it off again if you prefer the old way.
Planning a surprise or keeping a trip quiet? iOS 27 brings two new ways to hide your location on iPhone, one in Find My and one in Messages, and neither sends a notification to anyone. I'll show you how to switch off location sharing completely or just until tomorrow, and how to hide it from one person, who'll simply see Location Not Found.
In iOS 27, Siri AI can finally draw on your contacts, calendar, emails and messages to answer questions only it could answer, like what you need to prepare for tomorrow's course. I'll show you how to get a full daily briefing on your iPhone, ask Siri to search your emails and messages, and follow up naturally, plus how Apple keeps it all private with on-device processing and Private Cloud Compute. It's like having a real personal assistant.
Ever paused a video on the perfect moment and wished you had it as a proper photo? In iOS 27 the Photos app can save any frame of a video as a full-quality still, up to 4K, with none of the blur or interface clutter you'd get from a screenshot. I'll show you how to grab that frame on your iPhone, ready for a new wallpaper or a keepsake photo.
Got a paper ticket, membership card or gift card cluttering up your wallet? In iOS 27, Apple Wallet's new Create a Pass feature lets you turn it into a digital pass on your iPhone, either by scanning it with your camera so the barcode, QR code and details are pulled out automatically, or by building one yourself from a template. I'll show you both methods, plus how to customise the icon, colours and every field until it looks right.
Favourites are handy, but a simple favourite only tells you so much. iOS 27 adds a star rating system to the Photos app on iPhone, letting you score any photo from one to five stars for a much better way to organise your library. I'll show you where to find the hidden setting that switches it on, how to rate your photos, and how to filter your library by rating so your best shots are always easy to find.
Image Playground has mostly given me weird, cartoony animal pictures in the past, but iOS 27 finally fixes that with proper photorealistic images. I'll show you how to use one of your own photos as a starting point on your iPhone, like turning my cat Pudding into something far more regal, and how to get realistic results even when you start from nothing. It's a brilliant way to see what Apple Intelligence can really do now.
Liquid Glass has split opinion since it launched: some people love how see-through it is, while others find it harder to read. In iOS 27 there's finally a proper fix, a new Liquid Glass slider in Settings that takes your iPhone from fully transparent to fully tinted, with a live preview as you drag. I'll show you the difference live on my own phone, plus my top tip for getting it right in both light and dark mode.
Your iPhone is clever at searching your photos, but it can't know that a concert at the Royal Albert Hall was actually the BBC Proms. iOS 27 fixes that with keywords in the Photos app, letting you tag any picture with an event name, a project or anything else you'll want to search for later. I'll show you where to add them and how searching that keyword brings the photo straight up anywhere on your iPhone.
Imagine drafting and sending an entire email without typing a single word. That's Write with Siri in iOS 27, which sits right above your iPhone keyboard (or answers to "Hey Siri") and uses onscreen awareness to know exactly what you're writing. I'll show you how I put it to the test live, asking for a full email to a colleague in one natural request, and why I'd still always proofread before tapping send.
Tired of checking the same webpage over and over for concert announcements, news stories or blog updates? Safari's new Notify Me feature in iOS 27 lets your iPhone watch a page for you and send a notification the moment something changes. I'll show you how to describe exactly what you want to be told about, choose how often Safari checks, and edit or turn off an alert whenever you like.
Wondering where the Writing Tools proofreading feature went in iOS 27? It's now part of Siri AI, and it still works anywhere you type on your iPhone or iPad, though it's a little different to get to. I'll show you how to proofread with Siri, either from the floating toolbar or by simply asking thanks to onscreen awareness, and how to review each suggestion and see why it's being made.
Ever wished you'd taken a photo from a slightly different angle? iOS 27's new Reframe tool in the Photos app lets you shift the perspective of a picture you've already taken on your iPhone, higher, lower, rotated or from the side, with AI filling in the new view. I'll show you how to use it, and I'll be honest about where it works brilliantly, like my baby flamingo, and where it gets a bit strange, especially on faces.
The new Siri AI in iOS 27 can book an entire calendar event on your iPhone from you talking to it, including the location and notes, and it'll even ask a follow-up question if you forget the time. In this video I'll show you how I set up a meeting with a colleague in one natural request, then rescheduled it in a completely fresh conversation without repeating a single detail. It's a big step up from the old Siri.
For years your iPhone's alarm has been stuck sharing a volume with your ringtone, but iOS 27 finally lets you separate them. In this quick guide I'll show you the new options in Settings under Sounds & Haptics, where Alarms and Timers, and Alerts and System Sounds, each get their own Match Ringtone Volume toggle. Turn it off for a dedicated slider, so your alarm can be as loud or quiet as you like, whatever your ringtone's set to.
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