iOS 27 was met with a resounding “it’s okay” in last week’s poll. Okay, the sentiment among iPhone users actually leans towards positive, but most voters couldn’t work up enough enthusiasm for it to pick the “love it” option.

To be fair, this release was focused on sanding off the rough edges of the major Liquid Glass redesign and on finally delivering on promises about AI features that Apple made a long while ago. Remember all the Apple Intelligence demos during the iPhone 16 launch? Yeah, Siri AI is launching later this year, likely alongside the iPhone 18 Pro models.

Even if you are a fan of AI, there is a waiting list for those who want to try out the new and improved Siri – even if you are already running iOS 27 beta – so the headlining feature of this release isn’t ready for prime time. This leaves only a “maintenance” release, which is hard to get excited about.

Still, the “love it” votes outnumber the “hate it” votes 2-to-1, so some people dig the new version. Even if it’s something small like being able to set the volume of alarms and ringtones separately or opening the Control Center from an external display.