Apple releases iOS 27.2 and macOS 27.2 with Siri AI memory
Apple's 27.2 updates give Siri AI memory of past chats, more data sources, five new languages and an Excluded Apps setting to limit what Siri can access.
Apple has rolled out the 27.2 updates for iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS and visionOS, with the biggest changes aimed at Siri AI. The headline addition is memory: Siri can now recall past conversations, so users can ask about something it said earlier, such as restaurants it recommended last week.
Siri AI also draws on more sources for its answers. These include photos attached in Messages, Calendar event attendees, voicemails, and improved results from Safari history and Reading List. For users wary of that reach, a new Excluded Apps setting lets them choose, in one place, which apps Siri, Search and suggestions can access.
Languages and availability
Siri AI now supports French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish in addition to English. It remains unavailable in the EU and mainland China. On iPhone, the feature is listed for all iPhone 16 models and later, plus the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max.
Other changes
iOS 27.2 adds context-aware Suggestions in Messages, such as turning a dinner invitation into a Calendar entry, and granular text selection for copying part of a Siri response. Photos gains SynthID watermarking support to help identify images generated or modified with generative tools, along with improvements to Shared Albums. The Apple TV app adds Simple Profiles for households, Podcasts splits its Home tab into New Episodes and Continue Playing, and FaceTime can add a third-party sign language interpreter or live captioner. 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 carries over Siri's contextual memory, the new languages and bug fixes. The Apple Watch update is largely the same on the Siri side, and visionOS 27.2 adds the languages and updated Music icon.
Beta builds of macOS 27.2 also contained references to new gesture recognition in apps such as Photos, Notes and Safari. That may relate to unconfirmed reports of touch support on the next MacBook Pro refresh, which could be revealed at a scheduled public briefing this Wednesday.
