Learn how to check the indexing progress of your iPhone or iPad, including the exact percentage completed, using the Apple Console app on Mac.
Once you update your iPhone or iPad to iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, you’ll see an “Indexing in Progress” banner at the top of the Settings app.
Back in the day, iPhone and iPad indexed data in the background, and you didn’t know it was doing that.
But iOS 27 has completely changed how it indexes your content so Siri and Apple Intelligence can do things with your files that weren’t possible before (like asking Siri to precisely find old texts with specific content — e.g., go through my messages with my wife and tell me which water bottle she asked me to buy).
This new indexing process goes super deep and can take days or even a few weeks. I assume this is why, and to tell people about the new indexing and smart AI features that come with it, Apple may have decided to show a banner in the Settings app.
Unfortunately, this banner doesn’t show a progress/completion bar (which is similar to how Apple doesn’t reveal how much of your voice cloning is complete when you use the Personal Voice accessibility feature).
Still, if you have a Mac, there is a way to see exactly how far your iPhone or iPad is in indexing your user content (thanks to 9to5Mac for this tip).
See the current iPhone indexing status in iOS 27
1) Connect your iPhone or iPad to your Mac using a USB cable.
2) Open the built-in Apple Console app on your Mac by searching for it in macOS Spotlight or going to Finder > Applications > Utilities folder.
3) Click the Action menu for the Console app and then click Include Debug Messages so it’s activated (you’ll see a checkmark).
4) Select your iPhone or iPad in the Console app sidebar.
5) Type spotlight indexing progress in the search bar at the top right corner of the Console app and press the return / enter key.
6) Click Start Streaming if you see it on the screen. Or, click the start triangle button at the top as shown in the screenshot below. Or, click Action > Start Streaming from the top menu bar.
7) Important: Open the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad and wait.
8) You should now see the indexing progress with a percentage next to ‘PipelineCompleteness’ in the Console app. Since my iPhone’s indexing is complete, it shows 100%.
Many people had their indexing get stuck at 95%, but leaving your device charging overnight for a few days should complete it.
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