What's new in Speech in iOS 27?
Asked on 2026-06-25
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In iOS 27, the big Speech-related update is more advanced dictation and voice capabilities as part of Apple Intelligence.
From the WWDC 2026 keynote, Apple said:
- System-wide dictation gets a major accuracy boost
- better spelling
- better punctuation
- better capitalization
- This is built directly into the keyboard, so it works across the system
- Apple also mentioned customizable Siri voices, with more control over expressivity and pace
If you meant the developer speech-to-text framework, the relevant new capability is still Speech Analyzer and the SpeechTranscriber model introduced in the newer WWDC sessions, which provide faster, more flexible, on-device speech recognition for long-form and conversational audio.
If you want, I can also summarize the Speech-related announcements specifically from the iOS 27 keynote or the developer API sessions separately.
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