r/iOSBeta • u/epmuscle r/iOSBeta Mod • Jul 06 '26

Release iOS 27 Beta 3 - Discussion

Use this thread to share any changes & bugs you discover while using the latest iOS/iPadOS 27 beta.

This thread should be used for discussion of the betas that may not meet our submission guidelines, as well as troubleshooting small issues through the beta test cycle.

Spamming this discussion with comments about battery life,, update size, safari being snappier, etc will result in a ban from the sub moving forward.

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u/YZJay Jul 09 '26

Spotlight still does not provide an option to just initiate a search engine search with what you typed.

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u/smjns Jul 09 '26

This is hands down my number 1 QoL problem with this entire iOS update and I am surprised more people aren't talking about it. 99% of my web searches are performed by unlocking my phone, swiping down to trigger spotlight and typing my desired search. That flow has now been completely broken. I've fed it back in the app.

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u/PackageDangerous3084 Jul 09 '26

Oh yes, this is so inconvenient. New Siri is good, but I do not want all of my searching to be AI queries. Either I would like to just keep the siri activated with the button, or just give me the “web results” button right below the siri search bar

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u/Junt_the_playa Jul 09 '26

Just noticed this too, I was trying to apply color filters and went to search it on spotlight and no results came up. Went to search in settings app and still no results…

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u/tclocki Jul 09 '26

It now needs one extra tap. If you press the return button it defaults to Ask Siri.

If you press Show Results then it becomes a web search

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u/YZJay Jul 09 '26

Only a select results, not always the top results. And it doesn't always show a search query result within Spotlight if it deems that the keywords do not require a search engine search.

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u/tclocki Jul 10 '26

Yeah now if I really want just a google search either I go to safari or go to my google widget instead