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Find My in iOS 27 can pause location sharing with just one person
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Find My in iOS 27 can pause location sharing with just one person

Mike Peterson · September 17, 2026

Find My in iOS 27 has a middle setting between sharing your location with a friend and cutting them off. Open the person’s card in the People list, tap the More button, then tap Hide Location, and sharing with that one person pauses while everyone else keeps seeing you. iOS 27 and iPadOS 27. Image:…

iOS 27.2 Changes Apple Music’s Library Buttons and Color Accents
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iOS 27.2 Changes Apple Music’s Library Buttons and Color Accents

Shane Watson · September 17, 2026

iOS 27.2 beta 1 changes Apple Music Library controls, replacing red Play, Shuffle, and section icons with a darker neutral appearance in beta.

iOS 27.2 Makes Alarm AM and PM Labels Smaller in the Clock App
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iOS 27.2 Makes Alarm AM and PM Labels Smaller in the Clock App

Shane Watson · September 17, 2026

iOS 27.2 beta 1 makes the AM and PM labels smaller in the Clock app, putting more visual emphasis on each alarm’s time in this developer beta.

iPhone 18 Pro Adaptive Power does nothing for the first 7 days
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iPhone 18 Pro Adaptive Power does nothing for the first 7 days

Mike Peterson · September 17, 2026

Adaptive Power is the iPhone battery setting people go looking for first, and on a phone you have just taken out of the box it will not do anything at all. Apple’s wording is flat: “Adaptive Power needs at least 7 days to learn your charging habits, so it won’t engage before then.” The A20…

iOS 27.2 Beta Brings Apple TV App Profiles, Similar to Netflix
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iOS 27.2 Beta Brings Apple TV App Profiles, Similar to Netflix

Shane Watson · September 17, 2026

iOS 27.2 beta 1 brings Apple TV app profiles to iPhone and iPad, separating watch history, recommendations, and child content ratings in beta.

iOS 27.2 Beta Adds Apple’s Redesigned Health App: What’s New and Who Can Try It
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iOS 27.2 Beta Adds Apple’s Redesigned Health App: What’s New and Who Can Try It

Shane Watson · September 17, 2026

iOS 27.2 beta 1 introduces Apple’s redesigned Health app, including Insights, Longevity, Health Age, and camera-based movement evaluations in beta.

iOS 27.2 Beta Adds Siri AI Support for Five New Languages
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iOS 27.2 Beta Adds Siri AI Support for Five New Languages

Shane Watson · September 17, 2026

iOS 27.2 beta 1 adds Siri AI support for French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish on eligible Apple Intelligence devices in developer beta.

Siri AI launched in English only, with five more languages due in October
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Siri AI launched in English only, with five more languages due in October

Mike Peterson · September 17, 2026

Siri AI arrived on September 14 in beta, and it speaks one language. Apple’s own announcement says support for French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish is coming next month, which puts the next five somewhere in October. No date, and no version number. The Apple logo. Image: Apple If your iPhone is set to any…

iOS 27.2 Changes the Tracking Permission Prompt in Five EU Countries
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iOS 27.2 Changes the Tracking Permission Prompt in Five EU Countries

Shane Watson · September 17, 2026

iOS 27.2 beta 1 changes the App Tracking Transparency prompt and annual re-prompting for users in five European Union countries in iOS 27.2.

Apple TV’s default profile can’t be edited, only removed and replaced
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Apple TV's default profile can't be edited, only removed and replaced

Mike Peterson · September 17, 2026

If your photos show up on the Apple TV and your partner’s never do, the reason is the default profile, and you cannot edit it. Apple’s documented way to change which account holds it is to remove that profile from the Apple TV 4K and add a different one. Slow Horses on Apple TV, the…

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