In iOS 27, landscape mode expands to a growing set of Apple’s built-in apps — including Music, Podcasts, Fitness, Health, Reminders, Home, Shortcuts, Find My, Weather, Voice Memos, and others — while Messages adds a collapsible left sidebar and Dynamic Island Live Activities gain landscape support, signaling groundwork for a potential foldable iPhone future.

Find My now offers enhanced location sharing with customizable durations or exact expiration dates and times, plus a pause feature that hides your location from selected people until the end of the day, giving users finer control.

FaceTime on the iPhone 17 lineup introduces Dual Capture, enabling simultaneous recording from both front and rear cameras during calls.

iOS 27 is currently in developer beta with a public beta expected in July and a planned September release, and the piece highlights five features users might have missed.

Messages gains a new Drawing tool in the app drawer, expanding beyond the old basic option to include the full Markup toolset.

Apple Cash Bill Splitting debuts in the U.S. with iOS 27, allowing bill splitting through Wallet and Messages or via Siri in the Camera app, featuring automatic itemized calculations for tax and tip.