iPadOS 27 tested on every iPad – here’s what works

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I’ve been running the latest iPadOS 27 developer beta — here’s everything you need to know the new Siri AI, what iPads it’ll work on, PLUS what’s changed in Photos, Notes, Safari and Shortcuts, the performance gains, the Liquid Glass fix, and what to know if you’re in the EU.

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⌚️TIMESTAMPS

0:00 : iPadOS27 dev beta
0:53 : Siri AI
2:46 : Which iPads get the update?
5:20 : eiP Pencil X
6:41 : Visual Intelligence on iPad
7:21 : Photos, Notes, Calendar & Passwords
9:01 : Shortcuts app & performance upgrades
11:17 : Other small changes
12:35 : Child safety iPad features

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26 Comments

  1. Just a heads up: disabling Apple Intelligence on all many of my devices resulted in much better battery life and thermals. Wonder all of this were just a trojan horse for planned obsolescence. Saw this positive change on my iPhone 16 Pro, MacBook Pro 16-inch M4 Pro, and iPad Pro 13-inch M5. Surprisingly enough, my Apple Watch Series 8 now lasts longer – don't know how it related but somehow, it did.

    Now, use cases depend and vary. But for me, on-device AI didn't help much – provided that I already pay for Adobe for photo retouching (Lightroom) and Generative AI (Photoshop), Claude Pro for Cowork & Code, Google Gemini Pro and ChatGPT Go for general writing tasks; which all made Apple Intelligence redundant anyway 🤷🏽‍♂️

  2. So, still sht iPadOS on an iPad Pro that can totally be MacOs. Why buy so much power and being totally limited by a company that wants you to buy 2 products instead of 1 and claim they are interested about waste, all about that green environment, thats why they no longer include chargers in a box. No thanks.

  3. Your title was misleading… You didn’t cover anything regarding some of the Base Spec iPads, which are IN FACT getting iPadOS 27, and they do not have M1 Chips… Thank you for wasting my time… 🙂

    Anyway, no dedicated clipboard is still a massive L.

  4. So in short nothing new for basic users, apple ai is gemini, so can be basically used on any device, on device ai is useless, gonna be used by people for 2-3 days and then they forget lol. This update is lame lol.

  5. Thanks again for a pleasant viewing experience. Without trying to sound creepy, I find your voice very engaging. You should do guided meditation and sleep stories for one of ‘those apps’. 😂 I’ll be looking out for more focused videos on shortcuts and AI in the autumn. 🍂

  6. Wait what about the base level 10th gen IPad ? Does it get the Siri AI features and the photo editing features ?

  7. The iPad Pro 4th generation cannot be updated to the iPadOS 27 It is a much older device whose maximum software is limited 😢😢

  8. I live in the EU and on my iPhone and iPad I have chatGPT installed and works with SIRI. SIRI can acces ChatGPT and use it and that's enough integration for me.

  9. I think what apple has got soooo right with this update is now using Siri as a central hub to bring all the great capabilities the OS already had, most of the cool features power users were doing manually – I’m a geek for saving time day to day on mundane task = super hyped!

  10. Isn’t it ironic that the new SIRI Logo is a glass marble as recently customers have been losing their marbles over Apples inability to enter the 21 st century!

  11. It's not about new features you'll barely use. It's about reducing annoying friction and hassles that plagued you for years. I am so excited about iPadOS 27 and all the other OS-27 releases. A breath of liberating fresh air.