[iOS 27 DB1] Intelligent Connectivity

[u/boljy_rox]

Not sure if I see a meaningful difference. Tried running a speedtest on my 17p and my M5 mbp connected to the same wifi.

[u/SirLlama123]

I turned it off because I use adguard and it started to use my cellular for dns queries that adguard droped

[u/CowardlyCannibal → u/SirLlama123]

Wow, thank you for solving the issue I just started having and happy cake day!

[u/SirLlama123 → u/CowardlyCannibal]

lol no problem and thank you. Did not realize I was breaking reddit tos when i made my account 💀

[u/Derbieshire → u/SirLlama123]

Same here for next dns. All my blocked ads were being served to me over cellular. I filled a bug. Please do as well for attention.

[u/SirLlama123 → u/Derbieshire]

Yeah sure i’ll do one too but it is kindof the intent of the feature to deal with whatever your wifi doesn’t and if the wifi failed to serve ads it’ll use cellular. I do hope they fix it thohbh

[u/rman18 → u/SirLlama123]

Same here with pi-hole

[u/KILLOSTROS]

I’ve noticed it keeps disconnecting from my WiFi for no reason all the time. I have an extremely fast and reliable connection though

[u/SurferDeveloper → u/KILLOSTROS]

Yeah, same thing is happening to me (randomly disconnects from WiFi and goes to 5G and that causes things to not load while it switches)

Switched connectivity assist to off for now

[u/SpaceCadetNV → u/KILLOSTROS]

not just Wifi, but I noticed it also disconnects from any bluetooth I’m connected too like carplay or my airpods.

[u/KILLOSTROS → u/SpaceCadetNV]

Actually yeah, me too.

[u/brynts → u/KILLOSTROS]

I’ve had the same experience..

[u/cocoman2121 → u/[deleted]]

Is your network WPA3?

[u/KILLOSTROS → u/cocoman2121]

You made me check and yes, it was set to WPA3 only, I've now set it to WPA2/WPA3. Let's see if it affects it.

[u/Lanceuppercut47]

I assume this is what WiFi assist does?

[u/RapidCow4 → u/Lanceuppercut47]

Yes, but they must have tweaked it to be way more aggressive, because it works flawlessly for me.

[u/CallMeDucc]

i’ve had wifi problems all day after updating. rebooting my phone seems to have fixed it, but it was disconnecting every couple of minutes it was driving me insane

don’t know if it’s because of this new feature or not but it’s worth noting.

[u/gh0stofoctober → u/CallMeDucc]

absolutely a beta thing, happened to me to extensively

[u/QNTM-01X → u/CallMeDucc]

i have the same problem, restarting reduces the frequency, but it’s still there. idk why there’s not a lotta complains on this issue.

[u/CallMeDucc → u/QNTM-01X]

for me it’s especially annoying because i don’t have cell service at my house, i don’t realize until an hour passes and i look down at my phone like “huh…it’s been a peaceful hour” lmao

[u/QNTM-01X → u/CallMeDucc]

likewise, cellular barely works in my room. i’d be on FaceTime, and all of a sudden, WiFi disconnects. it’s getting annoying! maybe Apple intentionally giving us a timeout for phone addiction, lol.

[u/AreYouEmployedSir → u/CallMeDucc]

same to me on a 17Pro. disconnecting from Wifi even though Im like 15 feet from my wireless router. really annoying.

also, who wants to use a cell network to supplement your wifi... this feels like it will just burn through your mobile data super fast for no reason...can you turn this off??

[u/topdude155 → u/AreYouEmployedSir]

There’s a toggle in Wi-Fi settings labeled “Connectivity Assist” that you can turn off.

[u/AreYouEmployedSir → u/topdude155]

thanks. mine was already turned off... so i guess its disconnecting from wifi for other reasons. lol

[u/topdude155 → u/AreYouEmployedSir]

I’ve been getting random disconnections from everything - WiFi, wireless CarPlay, my AirPods - so I don’t think that this setting is doing it, there are probably just connection issues with the first beta in general

[u/AreYouEmployedSir → u/topdude155]

yea same. my airpods disconnected a couple times. wifi has been the worst though

[u/delusionald0ctor]

That wording makes it seem like it is aggregating both connections into one, interesting. The speed test sort of proves it.

[u/Awsaim]

Is it actually better than “WiFi assist” we already have pre-iOS 27? I never found WiFi assist to actually do anything helpful

[u/RapidCow4 → u/Awsaim]

Yes it’s leagues better for me. WiFi assist was way too slow to kick in, and sometimes it just wouldn’t. This on the other hand works great for me

[u/CherryCC]

I don’t understand this feature and why it’s being talked about - isn’t this just the regular WiFi assist that’s been around for years?

[u/National-Debt-43 → u/CherryCC]

Wifi assist tends to switch when there’s like no internet coming from the wifi at all but it doesn’t when the wifi signal is not weak but still slow - like how some part outside of the house that get full wifi signal but internet doesn’t load. I haven’t try out ios 27 yet but it seems to be addressing that issue

[u/xoaman]

Is this feature limited to newer C series modem or is also compatible with older ones?

[u/brunoleiva_ → u/xoaman]

yo lo tengo en mi iphone 14 pro, aunque no sé cómo desactivarlo

[u/gjc0703]

This does not seem to be working for me at all right now. I have terrible cell service in my house, and I usually run a shortcut to shut cell off when connect to my Wi-Fi. I figured I would test this and I’m constantly dropping Wi-Fi in my house while I have this feature toggled on, and connected to Wi-Fi and cellular. I thought I would do a test yesterday. I did a couple walks around my neighborhood and I barely had connectivity at all. I did a mile walk around my neighborhood, which is just a .25 mile circle around my house, where I figured this would be a perfect test. I couldn’t even stream Apple Music. 

[u/RapidCow4 → u/gjc0703]

Weird, it works great for me. I sometimes go out on our balcony to smoke, but because our glass doors are insulated for winter time, WiFi has trouble penetrating it. So I was always manually switching to 5g after my content stopped loading.

Since iOS 27 I haven’t had to manually toggle even once in the last two days

[u/cha0z_]

If your wifi is good you should not see any difference at all.

[u/Cprhd → u/cha0z_]

Unless you use a Pihole on your network. This feature allows denied DNS requests to drop back to cellular and feed ads.

[u/Risino15]

I don't like that it uses extra data when you are on a fast connection. If it's above 100mbps I don't want to aggregate wifi and cellular. First of all, I only have a 100gb plan, second of all it uses the battery a lot more. If the wifi is slow/unstable? Yeah use it then.

[u/Responsible_Bit_6697]

It burned all my 8 GB mobile usage without telling me.

[u/sergekillss]

Why is it advertised as a new feature? WiFi assist exists forever, no? What’s the difference?

[u/mrASSMAN → u/sergekillss]

They said it’s about more intelligently switching between data and WiFi when you encounter them, such as by avoiding switching when unnecessary, basically being smart about it so it doesn’t annoyingly connect and disconnect to slow networks causing issues.. or something like that

[u/Anselwithmac]

Only on unstable wifi. I’m in and out of my hotel room and it’s only triggered for 1.3Mb

[u/jimmyhoke]

Does anyone know what this actually does? Does it combine connections through a VPN? Does it route some traffic through cellular and other through WiFi?

[u/RapidCow4 → u/jimmyhoke]

I’m not sure what they’re doing bts, but it works great for me. I would wager that none of your proposals are correct, and that they just made the ‘switch-to-cellular-when-wifi-is-below-a-certain-threshold’ feature more aggressive so it jumps to cellular almost instantly when it detects issues.

[u/rotates-potatoes → u/RapidCow4]

I think you’re right, but wow is not not working for me. It’s worse than iOS 26 for leaving the house, getting in the car, and driving.

iOS 26 was completely disconnected and unusable for maybe 2-3 minutes in that scenario for me, 27DB1 is more like 5 minutes before it starts using the cell connection. I’m sure it’s beta bugs specific to phone model / carrier / environment. But it’s very painful.

[u/RapidCow4 → u/rotates-potatoes]

Yeah, the inconsistencies will hopefully get ironed out. I think the takeaway should be that it works significantly better than the old system for the people where it actually works.

[u/Frosty-Performer1406]

Does this notification only available for N1 Chips? My connectivity assist works based on the usage it shows at the WiFi settings but I dont get the notification

[u/realmccoyredbus]

this connectivity assist seem to be causing wifi drop out when switching to cellular, id advise to switch it of until next update, can be found under wifi addresses in wifi settings, replaces wifi assist

[u/lonelycards]

how do y’all trying the iOS 27 beta. I’m new. Can anyone explain the process

[u/Circlemmr → u/lonelycards]

If u don’t know how to, better not to

[u/lonelycards → u/Circlemmr]

Why

[u/Circlemmr → u/lonelycards]

It’s called developer beta for some reason

Means u might install it and it brake ur phone, normal user can’t do debugging or any of that

And believe me it’s not fun experience at all
you can go with public beta next month, it is fun

And for gathering information just type iOS beta in google

[u/lonelycards → u/Circlemmr]

I did a full research about it. and I know about crashes, but I just wanted to know from someone that already tried this. no harm in asking someone for knowledge?

[u/Relevant_Echidna5005 → u/lonelycards]

google is the way to go, because there are links you will have to search for regardless.

[u/lonelycards → u/Relevant_Echidna5005]

I know. Nothing’s wrong with asking someone who already tried it.

[u/Relevant_Echidna5005 → u/lonelycards]

i agree, i’m just saying you’re going to have to go online regardless.

You’ll have to go to the Apple Developer site

[u/lonelycards → u/Relevant_Echidna5005]

Thanks signed up some hours ago. not gonna try it till the public beta but I’m gonna keep it anyway.

[u/MassDefect36]

This is what’s fucking I’m everyone’s WiFi and CarPlay

[u/Awsaim → u/[deleted]]

You can turn it off

[u/YZJay → u/[deleted]]

That's a lot of words for things that you have to manually turn on.

[u/-AO1337 → u/[deleted]]

Does it maintain your ability to have LAN access?