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Beyond the flashy new upgrades, iOS 27 has several lesser-known changes that also work on older iPhones.
At WWDC 26, Apple spent the majority of its time talking about Siri AI and other Apple Intelligence upgrades. Unsurprisingly, they're the highlight of iOS 27. After all, they aim to enhance your user experience. However, certain features got a brief mention or no mention at all, and they are interesting perks, especially for older generations of iPhones.
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I installed the iOS 27 Developer Beta soon after WWDC, and these are some of the relatively small features that are big improvements, depending on the way you use your iPhone.
There are times when I take a screenshot of a specific frame from a video to share on social media or make a funny sticker out of it. But with iOS 27, I can simply extract that frame out of the video with a few taps. I no longer need to take a screenshot, resize it to dismiss the black borders on the top and bottom, and then save it to have a usable frame.
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On iOS 27, you can play a video, tap on the three-dot menu in the top-right corner, and select Save Video Frame as Photo. It'll then extract the frame and save it as a photo in your gallery.