Apple launches iOS 27.2 with Siri AI upgrades and new features across apps

Apple has released iOS 27.2, the first major update to the iOS 27 series, extending the new software to the iPhone Duo and other recent iPhone models. The update introduces several enhancements, most notably to Siri AI, which can now recall prior conversations and draw information from photos attached to Messages, calendar attendees, voicemails, Safari history and Reading List. Users can also select which apps Siri, Search and suggestions may access through a redesigned Excluded Apps feature, and copy specific parts of Siri responses. Siri AI requires an iPhone 15 Pro or later and is now available in French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish, though it remains unavailable in the EU and mainland China.

In Messages, context-aware suggestions reappear, offering tappable shortcuts that can add calendar events, reminders, notes, maps directions or track packages directly from a conversation. Apple Music receives a new monochrome icon and updated navigation-bar highlights, aligning with the service’s recent rebranding. The Photos app adds editing options for Shared Album captions, a duplicate-photo avoidance tool, and reminders before album expiration.

Additional updates include SynthID watermarks for certain image edits, a reorganised Podcasts Home tab separating new episodes from ongoing playback, and expanded friend-suggestion details in the Games app. Apple TV now allows profile creation on iPhone and iPad, with child profiles defaulting to a PG rating but offering customizable age-based controls. The Phone app’s Call Context can display saved anniversary dates, while group FaceTime calls gain Dual Capture, enabling simultaneous front- and rear-camera streaming on compatible devices such as iPhone 17 series, iPhone Air, iPhone 18 Pro models and iPhone Duo. Users may also add third-party sign-language interpreters or live captioners to calls.

Shortcuts sees new automations, including triggers for opening or closing the iPhone Duo, updated Workout automation for the Fitness app, and expanded app-closure details. iPhone Duo gains Apple Pencil USB-C support and an Edge Light for video calls. Multiview in the Apple TV app now works on iPhone, allowing up to four live sports streams at once for MLS, Formula 1 (U.S.) and MLB Friday Night Baseball. Minor UI tweaks appear in the Clock app, and the EU’s App Tracking Transparency prompts have been updated with an expanded option for users in several European countries. Security updates address more than 160 vulnerabilities, none of which were reported as actively exploited.