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Apple releases iOS 27.2 with Siri AI memory and five more languages

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Apple releases iOS 27.2 with Siri AI memory and five more languages

Apple has rolled out the 27.2 updates for its operating systems, including iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS and visionOS. According to Ars Technica, iOS 27.2 is heavily focused on Siri AI.

The headline addition is a memory feature for Siri, so it can "recall your past conversations" and reference them when chatting with the user. Siri can also draw on more data sources when it answers, including voicemails, Messages attachments and more. As a counterweight, there is now an "Excluded Apps" option that lets users "choose which apps Siri, Search, and suggestions can access."

Siri AI is also available in five more languages beyond English, as previously announced: French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish. It remains unavailable in Europe (and mainland China).

Other iOS 27.2 additions include context-aware suggestions in Messages (for example, turning a message that invites you to something into a calendar entry), SynthID watermarking support in Photos, and support for user profiles in the Apple TV app. The update also brings the new Apple Music branding and the previously promised Apple Pencil support on the iPhone Duo foldable.

macOS Golden Gate 27.2 offers some of the same: contextual memory for Siri, the same additional Siri AI languages, and miscellaneous unspecified bug fixes. The Apple Watch gets mostly the same Siri-related updates. visionOS 27.2 includes the new languages and the updated Music icon.

The article adds that beta releases of macOS 27.2 contained references to new gesture recognition capabilities in apps such as Photos, Notes and Safari. These may be related to unconfirmed reports of touch support on the next MacBook Pro refresh, which may be revealed at a scheduled public briefing this Wednesday. The Siri AI section of Apple's iOS 27.2 notes lists the supported devices: all iPhone 16 models and later, iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max.

Key facts

  • iOS 27.2 adds a Siri memory feature so Siri can "recall your past conversations", and widens Siri's data sources to include voicemails and Messages attachments.
  • A new "Excluded Apps" option lets users choose which apps Siri, Search and suggestions can access.
  • Siri AI gains five languages beyond English: French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish. It remains unavailable in Europe and mainland China.
  • Other changes: context-aware suggestions in Messages, SynthID watermarking support in Photos, user profiles in the Apple TV app, new Apple Music branding, and Apple Pencil support on the iPhone Duo foldable.
  • macOS Golden Gate 27.2 gets Siri contextual memory, the new languages and unspecified bug fixes; visionOS 27.2 gets the new languages and updated Music icon.

Why it matters

The update is incremental, but it pushes Siri AI toward remembering earlier conversations and reading more of what is on the device, such as voicemails and Messages attachments. It also extends Siri AI beyond English to five more languages. Ars Technica describes iOS 27.2 as heavily focused on Siri AI, so the release is mostly a Siri story rather than a general feature drop.

Who it affects

Users of iPhone, Mac, Apple Watch and visionOS devices receive 27.2 updates, with the Siri changes spread across them in varying degrees. For Siri AI on iPhone, Apple's notes list all iPhone 16 models and later, iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max. Speakers of French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish gain Siri AI in their language, but people in Europe and mainland China still do not have Siri AI. Owners of the iPhone Duo foldable get the promised Apple Pencil support.

How to use it

Install the 27.2 update for your device. On iPhone, the new Excluded Apps option is the control to look for if you want to limit which apps Siri, Search and suggestions can access. Siri AI is listed for all iPhone 16 models and later, iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max. The article gives no pricing information.

How solid is it

The article is a news report on a shipped release and quotes phrases that appear to come from Apple's update notes, which it says are reproduced below the report. Feature descriptions are therefore as reliable as Apple's own wording. The MacBook Pro touch-support link is explicitly unconfirmed, and the article says only that a public briefing is scheduled for this Wednesday.

Risks and caveats

The article does not explain how the Siri memory feature works, how long memories are kept, or how privacy is handled, so those questions remain open. Giving Siri access to voicemails and Messages attachments is why the Excluded Apps control matters. The macOS bug fixes are described only as miscellaneous and unspecified. The gesture recognition references in the macOS beta are tied to touch support only through unconfirmed reports, and Apple has not confirmed any such hardware.

“recall your past conversations”

— Ars Technica, describing Siri's new memory feature