iOS/iPadOS 27 Beta 8 Megathread

By AppleVis, 31 August, 2026

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Please use this megathread for any and all discussion related to iOS/iPadOS 27 Developer Beta 8 and the corresponding public beta (when available).

This thread will be open until the Release Candidate/Golden Master of the software becomes available.

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Downloading now

This update is coming in at about 939.5 MB on my iPhone 15. Will report back with my findings.

No issues with installation Siri still is wonky to me sometimes

The installation went well on my iPhone 16 Pro Max in about 20 minutes when I activated Siri I still had the same issues as I had before always having to use the wake word to get a response unless itself was asking me for a response then it would allow me to do so this is still wonky and still annoying. I am a big fan of the new series, but if typing is easier, I’ll go back to it because it used to be what I did all along anyway it’s not a disappointment, but it’s not as good as I expected it to be hopefully by release candidate things will be better.

Initiating Siri

I’m thinking that perhaps since I only have a 16 Pro Max and the new advanced chips aren’t available till the 17 phone series in the pros and Pro maxes I believe this is why Siri may not be working intuitively on a continuous conversation basis I have found that with this release, however you can use the S word or the side button to initiate Siri and neither case seems to perform much better than before. I’m still a typist by Hart and have only used Siri since testing out the developer beta to see how it performs I think that for the most part, I will continue to be a typist. It’s just quicker for me and more efficient.

Clearing notifications in notification centre.

Hi it is still impossible to clear all notifications in the notification centre when swiping up to clear all notifications and then double tapping on it. It doesn't work. Wondering if this is a bug or a change.

Siri

I used to have that problem, but after exploring the Siri settings under accessibility, I found something that seemed to fix it. Look for Require “Siri” for Interruptions Switch button and turn it off. You should be able to have an intuitive conversation with Siri. It's working for me, anyway.

public beta

Still waiting for the public beta to be released. It still says iOS is up to date even after restarting my phone.

The public beta will be out later.

So far, I've seen it come out later in the evening. I heard it would be out 24 to 48 hours later, but I haven't had to wait that long for it.

clear notifications is a bug

Its a bug. I've filed on it.

Siri voice

I installed it and immediately went to check if they fixed the speech rate issue of the Siri voice. For testing purposes I used American Siri voice 4. It was working for a second, but then it started to read messages very slowly, and then just went downhill from there within about 30 seconds. I had to crank it back up to 100.