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The next iPhone software update will be iOS 27.3. That’s unless there’s another minor point release like iOS 27.2.1 which landed on Monday, Nov. 9 — full details of what’s in iOS 27.2.1 here and whether you should upgrade to it here. The 27.3 update is expected to have plenty of new features. Here’s what’s in it and when it will arrive.
Apple iOS 27.3: A New Health App
Unlike smaller updates which focus on bug fixes and security issues, the beta releases of iOS 27.3 show a lot of new features are coming.
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These include a redesigned Health app which now includes a prominent Longevity tab and a new Insights tab for what Apple calls holistic summaries. A pie chart shows how well you’re doing (or not) in different categories such as movement, hearing and metabolic health. These new areas are accompanied by a series of videos and articles.
Apple iOS 27.3 Siri AI Updates
Siri AI is also a part of this update with voice-powered actions in lots of Apple’s own apps such as the Calendar, Maps, Messages, Notes, Reminders and more. These capabilities make it easier to save articles to a reading list, clear your Safari browsing history, unsubscribe from mailing lists in Mail and so on. You can even ask Siri what it can do in these apps. Some of these features were previously announced but didn’t arrive in the earlier versions of iOS 27.
There are also more languages coming to Siri AI, including traditional Chinese, Vietnamese, Turkish and Norwegian.
Apple iOS 27.3 Siri Recap
And then there’s Siri Recap, which works using a compatible iPhone and Apple Watch Series 12 or Apple Watch Ultra 4. It means that the Watch can listen to your conversations — something some people were concerned about. It doesn’t save the audio but instead takes notes on-device to create “high-level Apple Intelligence–generated summaries that you can use later to jog your memory,” as Apple described it.
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It means that it can help with moments you might otherwise have forgotten.
Apple iOS 27.3: Other Updates
There are updates coming to StandBy to bring some of the features on the iPhone Duo to other phones, including multiple clock configurations with complications. Fitness+ will introduce a whole new workout option called Gym Strength and Control Center introduces a more advanced VPN toggle so you can switch between VPNs instead of just turning the last-used one on or off. And there’s going to be a new option in Reachability to move content from left to right on wide screens.
Apple iOS 27.3 Release Date
Apple has been pretty consistent with when this update arrives in recent years. Strictly speaking, we’d normally be waiting for the .2 release right now but Apple made the .1 update an iPhone Duo exclusive, knocking all the other numbers on by one.
The release is routinely in the second week of December, though it can fall on any day between Monday and Friday if recent years’ schedules are followed.
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My guess is it will land on Monday, Dec. 7 or Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2027.
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This article was originally published on Forbes.com