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iOS 27.2 lets Siri AI recall past chats, adds an Excluded Apps setting

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What happened

Apple released iOS 27.2 on Oct. 26, 2026. Siri AI can now recall earlier conversations and draw on voicemails, photos attached in Messages, Calendar attendees and Safari history. The update adds a single "Excluded Apps" setting to limit which apps Siri, Search and suggestions can reach, and it extends Siri AI from English to five more languages. Siri AI is still unavailable in the EU and mainland China, according to Apple's release notes as reproduced by Ars Technica.

What we know

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  • Siri AI can recall past conversations, so a user can ask about something it said earlier, such as restaurants it recommended last week, per Apple's release notes as published by Ars Technica.
  • Siri's data sources now include photos attached in Messages, Calendar event attendees, voicemails, and improved Safari history and Reading List results, per Apple's notes cited by Ars Technica.
  • An "Excluded Apps" setting controls which apps Siri, Search and suggestions can access from one place, per Ars Technica.
  • Siri AI adds French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish, and Apple says it is not available in the EU or mainland China, per Ars Technica and The Verge.
  • The update adds support for SynthID watermarking in Photos and Image Playground to help identify generated or modified images, per Ars Technica. The Verge, citing 9to5Mac, describes it as Google's SynthID AI watermark.
  • On the iPhone Duo, iOS 27.2 adds Apple Pencil support and an "Edge Light" feature for video calls, per The Verge. Group FaceTime calls gain dual-camera capture, also per The Verge.
  • Apple shipped matching 27.2 releases for macOS Golden Gate, watchOS, tvOS, visionOS and HomePod, per The Verge and Ars Technica.

What we don't know yet

  • Apple's notes do not say where Siri's conversation memory is stored or how long it is kept, and whether users can view or delete it.
  • It is unclear whether Excluded Apps applies to the new memory feature or only to the app data sources Siri reads.
  • Apple has not said why Siri AI is unavailable in the EU or mainland China, or when that might change.
  • Ars Technica notes that macOS 27.2 betas contained references to new gesture recognition in Photos, Notes and Safari. That may relate to unconfirmed reports of touch support on the next MacBook Pro. Apple has not confirmed this.

Why it matters

Siri AI now keeps conversation history and reads voicemails and Messages attachments, so iPhone users in supported markets have one new setting, Excluded Apps, to limit its reach. Users in the EU and mainland China still cannot use the feature.

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  • Claim: iOS 27.2 adds SynthID watermarking support in Photos and Image Playground.
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