Apple’s iOS 27.2 update lets Siri AI recall earlier conversations, so users can ask for a restaurant it recommended last week without finding the old chat. Released October 26, the update also expands the assistant’s beta to French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish and gives it more personal information to draw on.
The change builds on Siri AI’s September launch, which introduced personal-data searches, app actions and saved conversations. Apple’s new release notes describe an assistant that can retrieve something it previously told you. That could save users from repeating context, although the language expansion comes with a qualification: MacStories reports that recall remains English-only.
Access still depends on hardware, region and activation. Apple’s October 26 announcement supersedes the English-only language list in its older eligibility guide, but does not resolve every feature or regional combination.
| Requirement or limit | What is available |
|---|---|
| iPhone | iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max, all iPhone 16 models and later, including iPhone Air and iPhone Duo. |
| Other devices | iPad mini with A17 Pro or iPads with M1 or later; Macs with M1 or later or MacBook Neo with A18 Pro; any Apple Vision Pro. Apple Watch Series 9 or later, Ultra 2 or later and SE 3 require a paired, eligible iPhone with Siri AI enabled. |
| Activation and age | Users must be 13 or older, opt in and may face a waitlist. Device and Siri languages must match a supported language, and the Apple Account must be in an eligible region. |
| Languages | The beta supports English, French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish. Recall is reportedly English-only; Apple supplies no feature-by-language breakdown. |
| Regions | Unavailable on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch in the EU. Apple’s older guide permits EU access on Mac and Vision Pro in English; the new languages there remain unclear. Mainland-China Apple Accounts are ineligible. |
| Usage and payment | Server-dependent features have variable daily limits. Apple says expanded access will eventually carry a fee, without announcing an allowance, price or start date. |
There is limited independent evidence that recall works. Mac to Reality reports two successful English examples in release-candidate software: an iPhone recalled an exchange about word origins, and an Apple Watch remembered a television discussion, including characters and a plot point. Those examples demonstrate the possibility, but provide no failure rate, deletion test or comparison with the final release. MacStories also does not explain how it established the English-only restriction.
Siri’s expanded reach extends beyond its own replies. Apple says it can now consult photos attached to Messages, Calendar event attendees and voicemails, with improved results from Safari history and Reading List. These additions could help it connect information that previously required opening several apps. The release notes establish the advertised capability, not how accurately Siri makes those connections.
What deleting a conversation actually clears
Apple provides ways to review and remove saved chats. Its Siri app guide documents searching conversation history, deleting individual or multiple conversations, and setting automatic deletion after 30 days or one year. But the visible chat list is only one category of Siri records described in Apple’s disclosures.
Saved Siri app conversations sync through iCloud and can be searched or deleted. Apple separately describes on-device interaction history used for personalization, with a Delete Siri & Dictation History control in Settings. Its privacy notice also describes transcripts and request data linked to rotating device-generated identifiers, which Apple may retain for up to two years, with a reviewed subset kept longer. Apple does not explain exactly how these records overlap or whether deleting a visible chat removes everything used for recall.
The distinction matters because a retention period for one record does not establish how long Siri can remember something. Apple’s privacy notice says those identifier-linked records are not tied to an Apple Account or email address. It also says audio is not stored by default unless users opt into improvement; transcripts have separate retention terms. Opting into Improve Siri & Apple Intelligence can add full interactions and audio.
The update’s Excluded Apps setting gives users a central control over which apps Siri, Search and suggestions can access. Apple’s settings guide describes restricting access, but does not establish that excluding an app erases information already drawn from it. Nor do the consulted documents say whether deleting or expiring a chat removes facts available to cross-conversation recall. That is an unanswered question, not evidence that deleted information persists.
There is also a practical limit to how much assistance users can expect. Apple says daily allowances for server-based features can vary with request complexity, demand, system policy and other factors. Its usage terms say a limited feature may become unavailable or lose functionality until reset. Apple gives no fixed request allowance or reset time. Its future fee concerns expanded access; it has not said ordinary access will become paid or what free allowance will remain.
We see a useful advance in being able to recover an earlier answer simply by asking. The control that needs an equally clear explanation is forgetting: when a user deletes a conversation, does Siri lose the ability to draw on it?