{"id":629583,"date":"2026-10-13T19:12:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T19:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/629583\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T19:12:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T19:12:16","slug":"apple-releases-fourth-ios-27-2-beta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/629583\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Releases Fourth iOS 27.2 Beta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple today seeded the fourth beta of an upcoming iOS 27.2 update to developers for testing purposes, with the update coming a week after Apple released the third iOS 27.2 beta. Apple also seeded a new iPadOS 27.2 beta.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1065585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791918736_910_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>iOS 27.2 includes Apple&#8217;s redesigned Health app with new Insight and Longevity tabs. It also brings <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/guide\/siri\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Siri<\/a> AI in new languages. There are several other new features, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/guide\/ios-27-2-beta-features\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">details available 4re5 our features guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Apple releasing an iOS 27.2 beta ahead of a iOS 27.1 beta was surprise because the company plans to ship the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/09\/09\/iphone-duo-ios-27-1\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPhone Duo with iOS 27.1<\/a>, but it likely wants to keep some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/iphone-duo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPhone Duo<\/a> features hidden for longer. <\/p>\n<p>The \u200ciPhone Duo\u200c will launch on October 23. Apple previously said the new \u200cSiri\u200c AI languages in iOS 27.2 would be available in October, so it&#8217;s likely iOS 27.2 will come shortly after the \u200ciPhone Duo\u200c&#8217;s release date. iOS 27.2 is also required for the new HomeView.<\/p>\n<p>Popular Stories<a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/09\/14\/ios-27-features-available-tomorrow\/\" class=\"related\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iOS 27 Available Now With These 8 New Features<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Update \u2014 10 a.m. Pacific Time: Apple has released iOS 27.&#13;&#13;During its iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Duo event last week, Apple announced that iOS 27 will be released widely on Monday, September 14.&#13;iOS 27 should be available around 10 a.m. Pacific Time \/ 1 p.m. Eastern Time today via the Settings app, under General \u2192 Software Update.&#13;Below, we have highlighted eight new features and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/09\/14\/ios-27-1-new-features-release-date\/\" class=\"related\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iOS 27.1: New Features to Expect and Release Date<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apple&#8217;s press release for the iPhone Duo last week said the device will ship with iOS 27.1, which essentially confirms the software update&#8217;s release timing.&#13;iPhone Duo launches on Friday, October 23, so we can expect iOS 27.1 to be released by that date at the latest \u2014\u00a0likely several days earlier.&#13;Following three months of beta testing, iOS 27 will be released to the public today, and the &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/09\/15\/ios-27-siri-ai-has-waitlist-how-to-join\/\" class=\"related\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reminder: iOS 27&#8217;s All-New Siri AI Has a Waitlist, Here&#8217;s How to Sign Up<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apple this week released iOS 27 following around three months of beta testing. If you just installed the software update on your iPhone, you might be wondering where the new-and-improved Siri AI and dedicated Siri app are. In case you missed it, you must join Apple&#8217;s waitlist in order to gain access to these new features.&#13;Keep in mind that while iOS 27 is compatible with the iPhone 11 and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple today seeded the fourth beta of an upcoming iOS 27.2 update to developers for testing purposes, with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":629584,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[373,100159,342,111,139,69,145],"class_list":["post-629583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-featured","tag-ios-27","tag-mobile","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}