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Updated · WCAX · Aug 4Apple Beta Tests iOS 27 Messages Revamp Ahead of Next Month Release
3 articles · Updated · WCAX · Aug 4Summary
- Certain users are now testing Apple’s redesigned Messages app, one of the headline changes in iOS 27 before the software’s release next month.
- New tools add one-tap suggestions for photos, emails, notes and calendar updates based on a conversation, aiming to turn messages into quick actions.
- The update also improves mixed iPhone and non-iPhone text chains and adds a sending progress bar plus digital drawing features.
- Apple said its new Siri AI can draft messages in a user’s voice, extending the Messages overhaul into generative AI features.
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Is Apple secretly transforming its simple chat app into an all-seeing productivity machine? Will Apple's new AI actually sound like you, or just a robotic clone reading your private texts? Can iOS 27 finally fix the notorious green bubble divide, or is the cross-platform texting war far from over?