Apple's iOS 27.2 update, which reached iPhones last week, includes three changes aimed at letting people tailor how their phone behaves, according to a hands-on rundown from 9to5Mac.
Keep apps out of Siri and Search
The first is a new "Excluded Apps" section in Settings under Siri. Apps added to the list are removed from Siri, Search and suggestions. According to the text shown in Settings, as quoted by 9to5Mac, apps on the list "will be excluded from Siri, Search, and suggestions." 9to5Mac's example is an app whose name resembles something else: excluding it should stop Siri from confusing the two.
Smarter suggestions in Messages
The second change is a Messages feature called Suggestions. When Messages detects relevant content in a conversation, a prompt appears beneath the message. The example given is an "Add to Reminders" button under a request from a friend. Five default categories are available: Add to Calendar, Add to Reminders, Add to Notes, Show in Maps, and Flights and Packages. Each can be switched off under Settings > Apps > Messages > Suggested Actions. 9to5Mac's report describes the controls only as a way to disable categories, so it is not clear that users can add their own.
Apple TV profiles reach the iPhone
The third addition brings Apple TV user profiles to the iPhone. Profiles were previously limited to tvOS. A profile personalizes recommendations in the Apple TV app, keeps a separate Continue Watching queue for each person, and lets a household set content restrictions on a child's profile. 9to5Mac's author notes that most other streaming services already offer profiles across all of their apps.
What it means
None of the three is a headline feature on its own, but together they point to Apple giving users more say over what surfaces in Siri, Search, Messages and the TV app. iOS 27.2 is already available as a free update; its successor, iOS 27.3, is currently in beta.
Apple has not published separate documentation for these three items beyond the in-app wording described above, and the details here come from 9to5Mac's hands-on look at the release.
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