Since iOS 5 in 2011, the iPhone and iPad have included Notification Center, a central place to find alerts from various apps in chronological order.
Starting with iOS 27, Apple is making a major change to how users open Notification Center on iPhone and iPad. iOS 27 is currently in beta, and the behavior has changed slightly between the first two releases.
Siri AI takes over the swipe gesture for a lot of the iPhone and iPad top edge
Opening Notification Center is unchanged on iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 by default. However, enabling Siri AI changes a key swipe gesture on both iPhone and iPad.
One of the many ways of invoking Siri AI, once enabled, is by swiping down from the center of the top edge of your iPhone or iPad display. This previously opened Notification Center.
