iPadOS 27.2 launches next week, and among its many new features , Apple has also brought over a recent Mac addition: a Siri popup when text is selected.

Siri AI is the tentpole addition to iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and companion releases. And as such, Apple offers lots of ways to access the new, supercharged assistant.

On iPad you can invoke Siri via a “Siri” or “Hey Siri” voice prompt, pull down from the top of the screen, use the new Siri option in the edit menu, open the new Siri app, or my personal favorite: use CMD + Space to open Spotlight and ask Siri a question from there.

But iPadOS 27.2 adds yet another option that’s borrowed directly from the Mac.

In macOS 27 Golden Gate, in many situations when you select some text, a small Siri icon appears in the top-left corner of the selection. When you hover over the icon with your cursor, it expands to offer an ‘Ask Siri’ text box.

This wasn’t available in iPadOS 27.…