iPadOS 27, expected at WWDC26 next week, ships four AI features aimed directly at productivity: Safari tab organization powered by Apple Intelligence, a rebuilt Spotlight Search, natural language shortcut creation, and a systemwide grammar checker.
The Spotlight overhaul is the detail worth reading for. If Apple delivers a true natural language query layer across the whole OS, it changes how users navigate iPadOS in a way that no previous update has. The shortcut creation feature is similarly structural: removing the need to manually build automations lowers the barrier for non-technical users considerably.
This video from 9to5Mac's Fernando breaks down each rumored feature before the announcement, so you can benchmark the claims against what Apple actually ships. If the AI tab grouping in Safari works as described, it will be the first time that feature has felt native rather than bolted on.
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