If you want to try out the new OS 27 updates and provide feedback, check out our article on how to become a beta tester. It’s easy.
Updated August 10, 2026: The fifth beta of iOS 27 is now available to developers, and should be released to public beta testers in the next day or two.
What’s new in iOS 27
The big iOS 27 release this year is focused on three main areas:
- Trust and Safety – New parental controls to keep kids safe and control screen time.
- Performance and refinement – Speeding everything up, improving efficiency, tweaking interfaces, and addressing dozens of small user requests.
- Apple Intelligence and Siri – Entirely new Apple Intelligence models improve AI throughout the system, and a brand-new Siri is vastly more capable than ever before.
For a more complete breakdown of all the new features and changes, check out our iOS 27 guide.
Beta 5 brings the following changes, in addition to bug fixes and performance improvements:
- Updated icons for several apps including Safari, Siri, Remote, and Freeform.
- Siri’s enhanced voice now supports British English.
- An adjustment in Search Settings for how many app suggests and such should be on Home Screen search suggestions.
iOS 27: How to install the developer beta
You’ll need to be registered as an Apple Developer, but a free developer account will do. You can get one via Xcode or the Apple Developer app in iOS. Here’s how to do it via the Apple Developer app:
