The headline performance numbers, if you ask me, are significant. With iOS 27, Apple claims 30% faster app launches, 80% faster AirDrop transfers something that I’m personally quite excited about, and enhanced responsiveness for older iPhones. Clearly, the ‘Snow Leopard’ style upgrade is fixing all the underlying plumbing, but there’s more to it than just refinement. The Liquid Glass design language introduced with iOS 26 gets a transparency slider , so that you can dial...