Apple releases iOS 27.2 with Siri AI memory and Excluded Apps control
Apple released its 27.2 operating system updates, led by iOS 27.2's Siri AI enhancements: Siri can recall past conversations and draw on more data sources, including Messages attachments, Calendar attendees, voicemails, and Safari history and Reading List. A new Excluded Apps setting lets users control which apps Siri, Search, and suggestions can access. Siri AI adds French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish, but remains unavailable in the EU and mainland China. Other changes include Messages suggestions, SynthID watermarking in Photos, and Apple Pencil support on the iPhone Duo.
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Apple released its 27.2 operating system updates, led by iOS 27.2's Siri AI enhancements: Siri can recall past conversations and draw on more data sources, including Messages attachments, Calendar attendees, voicemails, and Safari history and Reading List. A new Excluded Apps setting lets users control which apps Siri, Search, and suggestions can access. Siri AI adds French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish, but remains unavailable in the EU and mainland China. Other changes include Messages suggestions, SynthID watermarking in Photos, and Apple Pencil support on the iPhone Duo.
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- Siri AI can recall past conversations and reference them when answering later requests.
- Siri can draw on more sources, including Messages photo attachments, voicemails, and Calendar event attendees.
- An Excluded Apps option lets users choose which apps Siri, Search, and suggestions can access.
- Siri AI adds five languages but remains unavailable in the EU and mainland China.
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Apple's 27.2 updates, released Oct 26 and quoted in full by Ars Technica, let Siri AI recall past conversations and draw on Messages photos, voicemails and Safari history. An 'Excluded Apps' setting limits which apps Siri can access. Siri AI adds French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish, but is still unavailable in the EU and mainland China. Photos gains SynthID watermark support.
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The update expands how much personal context Siri AI uses, paired with new user controls over app access. Its regional and language limits show how Apple's AI features are rolling out unevenly.
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