Within days of iOS 27’s public release, Apple seeded the first iOS 27.2 beta to developers. The company is skipping beta testing iOS 27.1, an unusual move but one with a good ‘Duo’ reason behind it.
As for iOS 27.2, it packs several notable changes and improvements. Below is a rundown of them.
iOS 27.2 and iPadOS 27.2 beta 1: What’s new and changed
Redesigned Health app
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The main highlight of iOS 27.2 is the revamped Health app. Apple showed off the app while unveiling the Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 at its Surprise and Shine event.
It takes the collected data and provides more insight into the user’s health, including a Readiness score. The new Health app has three tabs: Insights, Longevity and Browse. You can find almost all the data you need in the first two tabs.
There is also a new onboarding animation for Health Assessment and Health Age.
The new Health app is currently only available in English for US users.
Expanded Siri AI language support
iOS 27.2 beta 1 adds support for more Siri AI languages: French, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish and Korean.
Anniversary alert in the Phone app
If you save someone’s anniversary in the Contacts app, the Phone app will display an alert when you call that person on that date. This feature should presumably also work with birthdays.
Overwrite storage
A new security feature in iOS 27.2 beta 1 will allow you to overwrite the phone’s storage with blank data. The option will supposedly appear when you erase or reset your iPhone.
While the feature is not yet live, it should be available in a future beta build.
Apple TV profiles on iPhone
iOS 27.2 beta 1 brings Apple TV profiles to the Apple TV app on iPhone. You can view and create new profiles, including child accounts, right from your phone.
App ID migration
Apple may allow developers to migrate existing users to a new app ID. This can be useful if a developer decides to rebuild their app or change their app ID bundle for some reason.
With iOS 27.1 launching alongside iPhone Duo later in October, iOS 27.2 will only arrive in November. That means we should expect to see more improvements and changes in the next few beta builds.
