In summary:
- Macworld reports on leaked iOS 27 features that expand Apple Intelligence with natural language shortcuts, AI writing tools, and custom wallpaper generation.
- These AI enhancements matter for users seeking improved productivity through grammar checking, text suggestions, and simplified shortcut creation using voice commands.
- Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reveals the Image Playground app will generate personalized wallpapers while writing tools will compete with services like Grammarly.
Apple’s expanded use of AI in iOS and iPadOS 27 will include writing tools that can check your grammar, custom shortcut creation using natural language, and AI-generated wallpapers, according to a report from Mark Gurman at Bloomberg.
The tools are part of an expanded use of AI throughout iOS, iPadOS, and macOS, including an all-new conversational Siri powered by an entirely new language model.
Apple wants to make Writing Tools, now two years old, more discoverable. There may be a “Write with Siri” button at the top of the keyboard, and a “Help Me Write” option if you invoke Siri while the cursor is in a text field. Among the new features will be a grammar checker, similar in function to Grammarly, that will display original and suggested text in a translucent menu that slides up from the bottom of the screen.
For some time now, Apple has been working on AI-powered Shortcut creation, and it is apparently ready to be included in the OS. Instead of creating scripts in the Shortcuts app to make your own shortcut, you’ll be able to use natural language to describe what you want your shortcut to do.
Finally, the report says we can expect a new option in the wallpaper picker that allows users to generate one using the Image Playground app, which is also expected to get a major overhaul with improved image generation capabilities. Google has promoted a similar feature in its Pixel phones since 2023.
For more on what we expect Apple to announce at WWDC, check out our iOS 27 guide.
Author: Jason Cross, Senior Editor, Macworld
Jason has written about technology for more than 25 years - first in the gaming press, then focusing on enthusiast PCs and general technology. He enjoys learning how complicated technology works and explaining it in a way anyone can understand.