iOS 27's first leaked renders: a rebuilt Siri chatbot, days before WWDC

Mark Gurman just published the first look at iOS 27. The Bloomberg reporter shared renders on May 28 showing a Siri that finally works like a real chatbot, and Apple plans to announce the lot at WWDC on June 8.

This is the closest thing to a preview anyone has before the keynote. Gurman’s report, dated 11 days out, is built from re-created screenshots rather than Apple’s own assets, so treat every pixel as an approximation. But the substance lines up with months of his earlier reporting on Apple’s stalled Siri overhaul, and it’s the first time the redesign has been visualized as a whole rather than feature by feature. Apple hasn’t confirmed any of it.

What we know

The headline is Siri. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, iOS 27 turns the assistant into a standalone chatbot app with back-and-forth conversations, a dark interface by default, and on-screen awareness of what you’re doing. The renders he shared cover more than Siri, though. Here’s what the reporting lays out:

• A new Siri app with an “Ask Siri” text field at the bottom, a microphone icon to switch to voice, and a paperclip to attach images and files, per MacRumors’ write-up of the leaked renders.
• A “Search or Ask” interface you reach by swiping down from the top center, with results shown as rich text cards from the Dynamic Island, according to 9to5Mac.
• A customizable Camera app with a dedicated Siri mode sitting alongside Photo, Video, Portrait, and Panorama, plus an “Add Widgets” panel for controls like focal depth and exposure, Gurman reported.
• New Photos editing tools called Reframe and Extend that change a shot’s perspective or fill in parts that weren’t in the original frame, MacRumors noted.
• A retrained image pipeline behind Genmoji and Image Playground, which 9to5Mac describes as a “big boost” in visual quality this year, in its coverage of the same leak.

Gurman framed the drop plainly in his own post. “BREAKING: A first look with renders at Apple’s upcoming iOS 27, completely revamped Siri, major new AI features, enhanced photo editing, a customizable Camera app aimed at pros and more,” he wrote on Threads. There’s a lot riding on it. The redesigned Siri is reportedly limited to the iPhone 15 Pro and newer.

What we don’t know

Plenty. The renders are recreations, so the final visual design could shift before June 8. Open questions:

• Whether the chatbot Siri ships in the iOS 27 launch this fall or slips into a later point release, the way the delayed Siri features did last cycle.
• How much of the assistant runs on-device versus in the cloud, and which model powers it. Gurman’s earlier reporting pointed to Apple opening Siri to rival AI models, but the renders don’t settle that.
• What the AirPods settings overhaul actually looks like. The reporting says controls get reorganized inside Settings rather than a new app, but no render surfaced.
• Pricing or hardware gating beyond the iPhone 15 Pro cutoff, and whether older devices get a stripped-down version.

Source attribution

The renders and the bulk of the detail come from Mark Gurman, Bloomberg’s managing editor for consumer tech, who described the images as re-created screenshots based on information from people with knowledge of Apple’s plans. MacRumors and 9to5Mac both broke down the renders in detail the same day. Apple has confirmed the WWDC keynote for June 8 and nothing else here. None of these features are official until Tim Cook says so on stage.

What this means for you

If you’ve held off upgrading because Apple Intelligence felt half-baked, iOS 27 is the release to watch. The pitch is a Siri you can actually talk to, not a glorified timer that hands you web links. That’s the thing Apple promised in 2024 and didn’t ship. Two cautions before you get excited. First, these are leaked recreations, so the polish you see may not survive to the gold master. Second, the good stuff appears to need an iPhone 15 Pro or newer, which leaves a lot of recent buyers out. Watch the June 8 keynote for the part Gurman can’t render: how fast Siri responds and whether it’s accurate. A pretty chatbot that’s wrong is worse than the assistant you already ignore. My read? Wait for the hands-on reviews before you judge it.