Apple Hits the Right Notes With Its New AI Tools. Here are 4 Features I’m Excited to Try

Apple was expected to work hard on AI and Siri Worldwide Developers Conference 2026, and it happened. The new Apple Intelligence and Siri AI features are promising. I had low hopes of finding a real use for AI in my everyday life, though. Event after event, I’ve sat through keywords throwing AI features I’ll never use.

Sure, I can use AI tools to do it produce a video with information even my phone can’t I booked an Uber by voice command, but I don’t have much use AI slop videos and booking a cab takes forever. I was bracing myself for another bombshell, but Apple got an AI pitch right at WWDC 26, showing ways to use its AI features that I can relate to.

For example, I’ve been looking for easy ways to add Shortcuts to my iPhone and I wish I could change the frame of my photo while editing it. Apple isn’t telling me to use my phone in new ways, but it’s aiming to simplify the things I already do.

I have installed it iOS 27 Developer Beta in mine iPhone Air and I’m already excited for the future. While I’m still on the Siri AI waiting list, there are four features I can’t wait to try out in a stable build later this year.

Spatial Reframing gets AI for good productivity

Apple has dropped a new feature in the Photos app called Reframe, which uses the Landscape Photos technology to determine depth in a flat image. It allows you to adjust the image layout in the post layout. Once you’re satisfied with a new angle in the shot, the Photos app uses AI to fill in any areas around the edge.

As a beginner photographer, I only realize later when reviewing a photo that I could not have framed it better. There are times when I don’t see clutter in the background and need to remove it with the Cleanup tool or Object Eraser. However, it doesn’t always look natural, so the ability to adjust the angle in the composition is a very good idea.

Instead of creating a shortcut for someone and placing them in a different position, you can adjust the angle of how you put the shot. This way, the separation between the subject and the background does not look strange. As CNET Senior Writer Jeff Carlson pointed out in his the storyyou can also apply such changes by using image editing software such as Adobe Lightroom, which allows you to adjust the plane of the entire image, but at the cost of distorting the image. In contrast, Apple’s take maintains the image resolution after making changes.

Creating Shortcuts in natural language

The Apple Shortcuts app is a smart automation tool, allowing you to create custom commands and actions across hundreds of apps. However, it can be boring, especially if you are not used to it. The first time I tried to create automation with shortcuts, I struggled for a few minutes and then gave up on the idea altogether. When I came back to try again, it took me about 15 minutes to find the items.

With Apple Intelligence in iOS 27, the Cupertino company makes it easy to create new automations in the Shortcut app. All you need to do is define your shortcut idea and the system will do it for you.

For example, in the Apple demo, the user described his main goal (he wants to let his colleagues know what time they will be home each day after work). And the system created a Shortcut using GPS to see when they leave work, calculate their ETA to get home using Maps and send text messages to colleagues.

How can I use it, you ask? I want to build a Shortcut for my mom to automatically turn on the smart speaker and play her morning playlist when she turns on the kitchen smart plug between 8 and 10 am And another one when she can’t find her phone (which happens a few times every day; lovely) to play loud music on her phone whenever she gets a “#lost” text from me. Or create a Shortcut for my home office, so when I leave the house it turns off the lights, charging points and wireless chargers.

Smart browser

Safari is getting a big upgrade on all Apple devices. Although some of these may be very useful in MacOS 27I’m looking forward to two features in particular: Notify me and one-tap update for broken passwords.

The latter will allow the password app to update your broken passwords. I expect this to be helpful because I have so many broken password notifications currently sitting in my password app that I don’t have the time or energy to review. I don’t want to go to those websites one by one and update my information. I can do it on a whim if it involves my finances but I always procrastinate (and forget) to change my password on other less important sites. One-tap access to review all broken passwords without leaving the Passwords app would be a nice addition.

Second, Not Me me monitors pages for changes. I am a person who likes good deals, be it on airplanes or watches that I like. In fact, I have Google Alerts turned on for the routes I want to take. Apple’s new Notify Me feature is convenient and can help me find better deals without cluttering up my emails. I can also see myself opening it to monitor my stock portfolio.

Siri mode in the camera app

Apple has added a dedicated Siri mode with Visual Intelligence within the Camera app, and I think this will end up being my most used feature of iOS 27. It will allow you to search, ask questions, and take action based on your surroundings without needing to go to a separate app. I can see myself using it when I travel.

When I travel, I rely on Google Lens to translate foreign language menus, Gemini to tell me the price of a possible purchase in my country and Splitwise to split the bill when you’re in a group. The new Siri mode would help me stop jumping from one app to another and let me do all of this within the camera app.

I’m also excited to try out the new Siri AI, especially because it lives in Dynamic Island and can understand the content on the screen to give me context awareness. I hope my waiting list ends soon! Until then, I’ll continue to edit more images and find small changes that improve the overall user experience.