Third developer betas for iOS 27.2, macOS 27.2 land for testing
The third round of developer betas for iOS 27.2, iPadOS 27.2, tvOS 27.2, visionOS 27.2, watchOS 27.2, and macOS 27.2 has arrived for testing.
The third developer beta round of Apple’s first post-milestone updates has rolled around. Developers now have fresh builds of iOS 27.2, iPadOS 27.2, macOS 27.2 Golden Gate, watchOS 27.2, visionOS 27.,2 and tvOS 27.2 to try out.
Normally, you would expect that the first updates will be for the 27.1 versions, as a point-1 release usually follows the milestone ones. However, since the iOS 27.1 build is made with iPhone Duo elements in mind, that version is being skipped for the non-foldable iPhone models.
The third 27.2 builds are:
- iOS 27.2 beta 3 is 24B5099f, replacing 24B5089g
- iPadOS 27.2 beta 3 is 24B5099f, replacing 24B5089g
- macOS 27.2 beta 3 is 26B5101f, replacing 26B5091g
- tvOS 27.2 beta 3 is 24K5103f, replacing 24K5093g
- watchOS 27.2 beta 3 is 24S5101f, replacing 24S5091f
- visionOS 27.2 beta 3 is 24N5103f, replacing 24N5093f
- HomePod Software 27.2 beta 3 is 24K5103f, replacing 24K5093g
The third round follows after the second, which appeared on September 21. The first round landed on September 16.
The first round introduced a few changes to iOS 27.2, including a redesigned Health app, which works alongside the Apple Watch Ultra 4 and Apple Watch Series 12.
FaceTime gained dual capture support, Siri AI added localization for multiple languages, and Apple TV profiles from tvOS 26.2 came over to the iPhone.
The second build had indications of a new AutoLock security feature, which locks down an iPhone if it is detected to have been snatched or otherwise stolen from the owner. The feature isn’t accessible to testers, but it was spotted as running in the background in a non-functional manner.
At your own risk
AppleInsider regularly warns readers that people trying out beta software should do so on secondary, spare hardware instead of their mission-critical or daily driver devices. This is for a good reason.
There’s a higher chance of buggy, broken, and potentially harmful elements being distributed in early betas. Even though the first releases are out, it doesn’t lessen the risk of issues in betas for later-released updates.
Members of the public should seek out the public betas instead of the developer versions. They are much safer alternatives if you want to try out prerelease software.
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