{"id":934095,"date":"2026-10-19T19:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T19:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/934095\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T19:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T19:42:10","slug":"apple-releases-ios-27-2-release-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/934095\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Releases iOS 27.2 Release Candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple today seeded the release candidate of an upcoming iOS 27.2 update to developers for testing purposes, with the update coming a week after Apple released the fourth iOS 27.2 beta. Apple also seeded the iPadOS 27.2 RC.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1065585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792438930_587_iOS-27.2-Next-to-iPhone.jpg\"   alt=\"iOS 27\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1406\"\/><br \/>Registered developers can download the beta updates by opting in under Settings &gt; General &gt; Software Update and selecting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/ios-27\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iOS 27<\/a> developer beta.<\/p>\n<p>The beta was used to test the new \u200ciOS 27\u200c Health app, but the features have since been removed and will be coming in a later update. It expands <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/guide\/siri\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Siri<\/a> AI to new languages including French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish.<\/p>\n<p>There are now profiles for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/apple-tv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple TV<\/a> app, Call Context supports anniversary alerts, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/guide\/apple-music\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Music<\/a> has a new icon. The update also supports an alternative expanded prompt for App Tracking Transparency in the European Union.<\/p>\n<p>Apple previously said the new \u200cSiri\u200c AI languages in iOS 27.2 would be available in October, so we are expecting iOS 27.2 to see a public launch before the end of the month. With the RC out, the update could come next week. <\/p>\n<p>Popular Stories<a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/09\/23\/ios-27-0-1-is-coming-soon\/\" class=\"related\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iOS 27.0.1 is Coming Soon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After releasing iOS 27 last week, Apple is already testing a follow-up iOS 27.0.1 update for iPhones, according to MacRumors logs.&#13;iOS 27.0.1 will likely be a minor update with bug fixes and\/or security patches.&#13;Shortly after Apple launches new iPhone models, some software bugs are usually discovered as the devices get into the hands of millions of customers around the world. This year, so&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/09\/24\/apple-confirms-iphone-18-pro-fix-coming\/\" class=\"related\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Confirms iPhone 18 Pro Bug Fix Update is Coming Next Week<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apple has confirmed to 9to5Mac&#8217;s Benjamin Mayo that it plans to release a software update early next week with a fix for a Face ID issue affecting some iPhone 18 Pro users.&#13;Yesterday, we reported that Apple is testing iOS 27.0.1, which is likely to be the update with the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/09\/23\/att-on-ios-27-iphone-handoff\/\" class=\"related\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AT&amp;T Responds to iOS 27&#8217;s New iPhone Handoff Feature<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apple added a new iPhone Handoff feature to iOS 27 that allows you to switch between two iPhones while using the same phone number on each device. T-Mobile and Deutsche Telekom are the first carriers to offer iPhone Handoff, and Apple said Verizon and EE will add support later this year, but AT&amp;T is noncommittal about the feature.&#13;A spokesperson for AT&amp;T told CNET that the carrier sees&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple today seeded the release candidate of an upcoming iOS 27.2 update to developers for testing purposes, with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":934096,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[64,63,952,10520,203,105],"class_list":["post-934095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-featured","tag-ios-27","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=934095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/934096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=934095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=934095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=934095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}