{"id":801901,"date":"2026-10-14T03:14:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T03:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/801901\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T03:14:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T03:14:13","slug":"ios-27-2-beta-4-removes-new-health-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/801901\/","title":{"rendered":"iOS 27.2 Beta 4 Removes New Health App"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The iOS 27.2 beta Apple released today removes the updated Health app that Apple was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/09\/16\/ios-27-2-beta-health-app\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">testing in earlier betas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1063937\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/apple-ios-27-health-app-watch.jpg\"   alt=\"apple ios 27 health app watch\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"\/><br \/>The removal of the Health app is not a surprise because Apple previously said the redesign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/apple-watch-series-12\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wouldn&#8217;t be introduced until late 2026<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>After upgrading to the fourth beta, the Health app has a popup that says the new app features will come in a future update. Data collected during the beta remains available in the Settings app. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"apple health app later\" width=\"2290\" height=\"1288\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1070692 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/apple-health-app-later.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2290\/1288\"\/><br \/>Apple is planning to release iOS 27.2 later in October, and the removal of the Health app suggests a launch is getting closer. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/homepod-mini\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HomePod mini 2<\/a> that launches on October 30 uses <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/homepod\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HomePod<\/a> software 27.2, so the updates will need to come out before that date.<\/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":"The iOS 27.2 beta Apple released today removes the updated Health app that Apple was testing in earlier&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":801902,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[7084,2306,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-801901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-ios-27","tag-mobile","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=801901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/801902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=801901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=801901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=801901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}