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Apple's Siri AI can now recall past chats, but it is still unavailable in the EU and China

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What happened

Apple released iOS 27.2 and macOS 27.2 Golden Gate on October 26, 2026, adding a memory feature that lets Siri AI recall earlier conversations. The update widens the personal data Siri can draw on to include voicemails, photos attached in Messages, and Calendar event attendees. It also adds five languages: French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish. Apple's own release notes say Siri AI remains unavailable in the European Union and mainland China.

What we know

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  • Per Ars Technica, quoting Apple's release notes, Siri AI can now recall past conversations so users can ask about something it told them earlier, such as restaurants it recommended last week.
  • Per Ars Technica, an "Excluded Apps" setting lets users choose which apps Siri, Search and suggestions can access from one place.
  • Per Ars Technica and The Verge, Siri AI adds French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish. Ars reports Apple's notes list the feature as unavailable in the EU and mainland China.
  • Per The Verge, the update brings Apple Pencil support to the iPhone Duo, Apple's first foldable, and adds dual-camera capture in group FaceTime calls.
  • Per Ars Technica and The Verge, Photos and Image Playground gain support for SynthID watermarking, which helps identify whether an image was generated or modified with AI tools. The Verge notes SynthID is Google's watermark, citing 9to5Mac.
  • Per Ars Technica, Siri AI runs on all iPhone 16 models and later, plus the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max.

What we don't know yet

  • Apple's notes do not say how long Siri's conversation memory is retained, or whether users can delete individual remembered items.
  • Apple has not said why Siri AI is unavailable in the EU and mainland China, or when that might change.
  • Ars Technica says code references in macOS 27.2 betas to gesture recognition may relate to unconfirmed reports of touch support on the next MacBook Pro. Apple has not confirmed any such hardware.

Why it matters

Siri now retains conversation history and reaches into voicemails and message attachments, so the Excluded Apps setting is the main user control over what it can read. Users in the EU and mainland China, two of the largest markets, still cannot use the feature at all.

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  • Claim: iOS 27.2 lets Siri AI recall users' past conversations.
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  • Claim: iOS 27.2 adds an Excluded Apps setting controlling which apps Siri, Search and suggestions can access.
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  • Claim: Siri AI adds French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish support in the 27.2 updates.
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  • Claim: Apple's release notes state Siri AI is not available in the EU or mainland China.
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  • Claim: iOS 27.2 adds SynthID watermarking support in Photos and Image Playground.
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    At least one checkable detail was matched against the full text of the cited source.

  • Claim: iOS 27.2 adds Apple Pencil support to the iPhone Duo.
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    At least one checkable detail was matched against the full text of the cited source.

  • Claim: macOS 27.2 code references to gesture recognition indicate touch support on the next MacBook Pro.
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