Apple Leaves 5 Rumored iOS 27 Features Out of Beta as Fall Launch Nears

Q: Could the hidden landscape tweaks in iOS 27 be the ultimate proof that the foldable iPhone Ultra is finally arriving?

Not by itself, but it is some of the strongest public evidence yet that Apple is preparing iOS for a foldable iPhone. The landscape changes in iOS 27 matter because they are unusually broad. Apple has added landscape-friendly layouts to many built-in apps, including Health, Reminders, Home, Shortcuts, Weather and others, with several now using sidebar-style interfaces that make more sense on a wider display. That aligns closely with reports that Apple is designing iOS 27 with a book-style foldable “iPhone Ultra” in mind. What makes the case stronger is that the landscape tweaks do not stand alone. Developers and reporters have also pointed to iOS 27 framework strings such as “foldState” and “angleDegrees,” references to multiple built-in displays, and even code suggesting support for multiple batteries inside one iPhone. Apple has also pushed developers at WWDC to design apps for “a dynamic range of sizes and aspect ratios,” and added new tools for resizable iOS app testing. Those are practical requirements for foldable hardware. Still, this is not definitive proof of a launch. Apple often builds software support for products that ship later than expected or never ship at all. The hidden tweaks show preparation, not confirmation. The safest reading is that iOS 27 is laying the software groundwork for a foldable iPhone expected by many reports in 2026, but only an Apple hardware announcement will settle it.

3 articles · Updated · 9to5Mac · Jul 30

Five features reported for iOS 27 are still missing from the current beta, even though Apple plans to release the software broadly this fall.
Siri is expected to gain support for multiple third-party chatbots beyond ChatGPT, with Claude and Gemini tested and a source-switching interface already visible in iOS 27.
Health upgrades tied to Apple’s scaled-back “Mulberry” effort — including better blood-sugar tracking and camera-based workout monitoring — are now expected in a later iOS 27 update rather than the initial release.
Other absent additions include third-party AI for image and text generation, a customizable Camera app control layout, and side-by-side multitasking aimed at the rumored foldable iPhone Ultra.
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman had accurately previewed much of iOS 27 before WWDC, suggesting the missing features could still arrive in iOS 27.0, iOS 27.1 or alongside new hardware.