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iOS 27.2 released: Siri AI adds five languages, still not in the EU

Apple's first major iOS 27 update brings Siri AI to French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish; here is who gets it and what to check.

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  1. Key points
  2. What happened
  3. Background
  4. How it works
  5. What it means
  6. What to do
  7. What we don't know yet
  8. What to watch next
  9. Sources

Apple released iOS 27.2 and iPadOS 27.2 on 26 October 2026, the first major update to iOS 27, and with it extended its new Siri AI assistant to French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish. Siri AI is still labelled a beta, it is not available in the EU, and it needs a recent iPhone, so whether you see the new features depends on your device, your language and where you live.

Key points

  • iOS 27.2 and iPadOS 27.2 were released on 26 October 2026 and install over the air from Settings > General > Software Update (MacRumors).
  • Siri AI now supports French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish; Apple says Chinese (traditional), Norwegian, Turkish and Vietnamese are coming by the end of the year.
  • Siri AI is in beta in iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS and visionOS 27.2, is unavailable in the EU on iOS, iPadOS and watchOS, and is not offered to users under 13 (Apple).
  • MacRumors lists Siri AI as available on iPhone 16 models and later, plus iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max.
  • Apple's server-side AI features carry daily usage limits, and Apple says expanded access will be available for a fee in the future.

What happened

Apple's newsroom post says Siri AI is "an entirely new version of Siri" that is "profoundly more capable, conversational, and personal." With the 27.2 releases it is available in French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish, alongside English. Apple adds that Chinese (traditional), Norwegian, Turkish and Vietnamese will follow by the end of the year. It requires an Apple Intelligence-enabled device whose language is set to a supported one.

The features Apple describes are: finding information across messages, email and photos using personal context; more app actions across the system, such as drafting an email from scratch or editing and sharing photos; awareness of what is on screen, so it can answer questions about or act on that content; and broader world knowledge for up-to-date answers. Apple says it works "without compromising users' privacy."

MacRumors, which walked through the release on the day, lists further changes in 27.2: Siri can recall past conversations, so you can ask about an earlier recommendation, and it can draw on more sources, including photos attached in Messages, Calendar event attendees, voicemails and Safari history and Reading List. An "Excluded Apps" setting controls which apps Siri, Search and suggestions can reach, and you can now copy only part of a Siri response. Other items it lists include Messages suggestions for actions such as adding a Calendar invite for a dinner, Shared Albums improvements in Photos, SynthID watermark support for identifying generative content in Photos and Image Playground, an Apple TV app update with Simple Profiles for household members, a new Apple Music icon, and FaceTime support for adding a third-party sign language interpreter or live captioner. In the EU, an alternative expanded App Tracking Transparency prompt is introduced.

On the iPhone Duo, MacRumors notes Apple Pencil support and Edge Light for video calls; both are specific to that device.

Background

English is already on Apple's list for Siri AI, so the language rollout is the headline of this update. Apple's own support page for Siri AI, dated 9 September 2026, says Apple Intelligence features "may not be available in all languages or in all countries," that limits may apply and vary by feature, and that Apple may change or suspend access to any part of them without notice. It gives no numeric limits.

The EU restriction is stated plainly in Apple's post: Siri AI is currently unavailable in the EU on iOS, iPadOS and watchOS, and Apple says it is "working constructively with the EU." Apple does not say why or give a date. MacRumors adds that it is not available in mainland China either; Apple's post does not say this, so we attribute it to MacRumors.

How it works

Apple says server-side features are subject to daily usage limits. It names Siri AI, intelligent photo editing tools, Image Playground and AFM 3 Cloud models in Shortcuts. The limits may vary by feature, request complexity, system demand and system policies, and Apple says expanded access will be available for a fee in future. What that fee will be, or what the free allowance is, has not been published in the pages we read.

Two design points follow from Apple's description. First, personal context is what separates this from a chatbot: it searches your own messages, mail and photos, which is why the Excluded Apps control matters. Second, because some of the processing is server-side and metered, the experience can differ by day, by feature and by system demand.

What it means

For users. If your language was on the new list, check Settings for Siri AI once you have updated; if you are in the EU, expect to wait. If you use iOS in a language not yet supported, Apple's list for the end of the year is the one to watch.

For developers. Apple mentions AFM 3 Cloud models in Shortcuts among the metered features, which means Shortcuts that rely on them can hit a daily limit. If you build on these features, design for the case where the limit is reached: Apple says the feature "may become unavailable or limited until the limit resets" while others keep working.

For companies with privacy rules. The Excluded Apps setting is the place to start for managed devices: it determines which apps Siri, Search and suggestions can access. We have not tested how it interacts with managed-device policies.

What to do

  1. Install the update: Settings > General > Software Update on iPhone or iPad. Any iPhone that runs iOS 27 and any iPad that runs iPadOS 27 is eligible, according to MacRumors.
  2. Check your device against MacRumors' list for Siri AI: iPhone 16 models and later, and iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max. Apple's own post says only that an Apple Intelligence-enabled device is needed.
  3. Set your device and Siri language to one of the supported languages if you want the new languages; Apple's list for Apple Intelligence is Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Vietnamese, though Siri AI itself supports fewer.
  4. Open the Excluded Apps setting and decide which apps Siri should not read.
  5. Security: MacRumors says Apple released iOS 26.7.2 with security updates at the same time, for devices not on iOS 27. We have not read Apple's security notes for iOS 27.2, so check Apple's security releases page for the fixes it lists.

What we don't know yet

  • The security content of iOS 27.2. MacRumors does not detail it and we did not open Apple's security page.
  • The official download size and build number: neither Apple's post nor MacRumors states them. Readers report very different sizes depending on the device, which we cannot verify.
  • Why the EU is excluded, and when that changes.
  • What the daily limits are, and what the paid tier will cost.
  • Whether the device list, which differs between Apple's wording and MacRumors', has further conditions.

What to watch next

Apple's promised four additional languages by the end of 2026, any word on the EU, the price and limits of the paid tier, and Apple's security notes for 27.2. We will add a dated update when any of these is confirmed.

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