If you're akin most people, you power motionless be getting used to iOS 27 on your iPhone. Perhaps you haven't equal installed it yet, or perchance you're confused concerning why iOS 27.0.1 exists. (The abbreviated answer: The iPhone 18 Pro is a bit glitchy.) But there's a new iPhone update on the horizon that adds equal additional new features and changes to the mix: iOS 27.2. While this update isn't nearly as big of an overhaul as iOS 27 itself, it's motionless impactful, particularly for Health app users. Here's what's new.
The update is currently in testing, so if you desire to try it out early, you can enroll your iPhone in Apple's beta and inspect these features out today. Just cognize that all betas arrive alongside several flat of risk, so if you decide to go downward this path, create a appropriate backup of all crucial data before installing the beta.
iOS 27.2's new Health app
With iOS 27.2, Apple is totally overhauling the Health app. This is perchance the biggest alter coming alongside Apple's update, and fitness users volition apt greeted many of these new features. With the new Health app, you'll be capable to see your Fitness rings inside the Health app, fairly than the Fitness app; there's a new "Longevity" tab that gives you insights into key aspects of your long-term health, including mental wellbeing, nutrition, regular movement, bosom health, metabolic health, sleep, and hearing health. There are additionally new assessments you can obtain to analyze your current general health and anywhere you can improve, including a new "Health Age" feature. You can equal authorize your iPhone's camera to observe you exercise in command to charge your fitness in categories akin flexibility, balance, VO2max, and strength.
This is by far the Health app's biggest revamp in years, and I'm looking onward to exploring the new features whenever the update drops. For additional on what's new alongside the Health app in iOS 27.2, check out Lifehacker elder health publishing company Beth Skwarecki's guide here. (Beth is particularly eager the new stage figure that appears at the top of the two the Health and Fitness apps.)
iOS 27.2 expands "Call Context"
Call Context is an outstanding use of Apple Intelligence. When you're on a phone call, Apple Intelligence checks if the phone figure you're calling is connected to a endeavor that you have applicable data for elsewhere on your device. If so, it fetches that data for you and displays it on the call screen. For example, if you're talking alongside your airline's client assistance line, Call Context can proactively display your escape figure according to the itinerary it finds in your email.
With iOS 27.2, Call Context now includes commemoration alerts. If you're on a phone call alongside person you have a saved commemoration for, that vigilant volition appear on-screen. That way, you can get a small reminder if you call a companion on their birthday, but you happened to ignore the occasion. (Thank you, technology, for preservation several of us from our thoughtlessness, equal if you are enabling bad habits.)
FaceTime is getting ASL support
As part of a former notice of accessibility features, Apple revealed it was adding a new API to FaceTime that supports adding a individual translator to video calls. This characteristic did not create it to iOS 27, but it appears to be rolling out in Apple's next update, making video calls additional accessible going forward.
Apple TV profiles are coming to iPhone and iPad
If you have an Apple TV, you apt cognize you can set up profiles, so idiosyncratic users can personalize the cognition whenever observing shows and movies. As MacRumors highlights, these profiles are now coming to the Apple TV app in iOS and iPadOS 27.2. That way, multiple users can personalize the Apple TV cognition on a sole device: If your family shares an iPad, for example, all person can toggle to their Apple TV overview whenever it's their rotate to watch. Now, if we could lone get system-level profiles too, Apple.
Siri AI is coming in additional languages
At launch, Siri AI is lone accessible in English. But alongside iOS 27.2, Apple is expanding that list. Once you update to the latest version, you'll be capable to use Siri AI in French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish.
iOS 27.2 introduces small UI changes
Apple isn't thrilled alongside how several of its apps appearance in iOS 27, apparently. MacRumors additionally spotted that in the Music app, Apple removed several of the red accents and turned certain buttons from red to black—including the Play and Shuffle buttons, and the icons in the Library sections. In the Clock app, "AM" and "PM" are now smaller than the period whenever environment alarms. In Podcasts, "Up Next" is now "New Episodes," perchance adding a contact additional clarity. Finally, Apple changed "App Access" in Siri to "Excluded Apps," and now allows you to exclude multiple apps from Siri at once.
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