iOS 27 Beta 2 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

[Ethan.Albano]

Oh cool, icon redraw is back too.

What device are you on? My 15PM is rock solid right now on this beta, feels as good as beta 1 did after install. Not experiencing any of the issues you’ve mentioned in this thread.

 

[Ethan.Albano]

Has anyone been able to test if in Beta 2, a restart or force restart on iPhone 15 Pro/Max gets the iPhone stuck at a black screen and requires DFU mode and restore?

Oof… not sure I wanna take the bullet on that one.

Anyone else want to try bricking their phone for science?

 

[closet geek]

None of my automations are running. I also don't get the usual warning about how many I have enabled upon boot. I've tried restarting and also disabling all automations and re-enabling.

 

[eveluvsrainbows]

End-to-End Encryption for RCS messages is back in this beta, for anyone who was missing it.

 

[H3LL5P4WN]

It is always recommended to allow the system update to take its time before judging the battery life.

I will return to this post on Wednesday-Thursday of this week.

This isn’t my first rodeo. I’m well aware of post-upgrade slowness due to behind the scenes optimization.

This is a complete anomaly. It’s also why I specifically called out there not being a watchOS update; when downloading and then pushing b1 to the watch, performance was bad. But not this bad.

 

[H3LL5P4WN]

What device are you on? My 15PM is rock solid right now on this beta, feels as good as beta 1 did after install. Not experiencing any of the issues you’ve mentioned in this thread.

17PM as my signature states.

 

[funkdoc23]

1. Automix still doesn't work with HighRes Audio
2. AirPods Max 2 Beta now appears on Beta 2

 

[Silberbogen]

Did it not work at all for you in B1? Works for me in B1...

It had lot's of trouble with Comics. You could end up unable to read a specifice comic. The pictore was shown for one frame and vanished at once. Happened to the same comics on 4 different devices. That bug has been fixed.

 

[CrisiomiroX]

Performance is hilariously bad. 5-6 seconds with a pause in the middle to switch homescreens.

1/2 second to swipe away from an app.

Lag when first loading a webpage in Safari.

5 seconds for the page to reload so I could edit this.

And there’s no watchOS update.

Can’t comment on the WatchOS update, but not experiencing any of the other issues.

 

[Ethan.Albano]

17PM as my signature states.

Can’t see your signature on my iPhone or Mac… sorry.

 

[Hamsterhjulet]

Weather app still takes ages to load on initial launch.

 

[eveluvsrainbows]

17PM as my signature states.

I have the same phone as you and the performance for me is better than Beta 1. It's also smoother for me and I have had no such icon redraws and I just updated, and I haven't restarted it.

 

[AppleFanboy1984]

"Clear all notifications" needs a few taps before working. Been there since Beta 1.

 

[StumpyBloke]

17PM as my signature states.

Not many devices or apps show signatures, including TapaTalk.

 

[CrisiomiroX]

This worked fine for me this morning on B1. I have iCloud and a Gmail in mine. Will likely be a while before I get a chance to test again.

Was that button there in B1?

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How do you get this to appear? Not showing up for me (on DB2, with new Siri).

 

[H3LL5P4WN]

My cameras aren’t showing up in Home anymore either (during the install of b1, they all shut off, but were listed in Home as disabled).

Now they’re gone completely.

 

[s2mike]

Is it still really hard to get the Now Playing platter back after swiping it away?

 

[H3LL5P4WN]

Can’t comment on the WatchOS update, but not experiencing any of the other issues.

I was using it as a point of reference and also stating that we don’t have an update.

 

[funkdoc23]

Is it still really hard to get the Now Playing platter back after swiping it away?

It comes back the next time you open up Music / Media

 

[newtestleper]

Done installing, let's see

Skipped the "downloading now" and went straight to "installed". A person of culture, I see.

 

[Hamsterhjulet]

Notification badge for “Setup talk to Siri” is finally gone. Mine is not indexing anymore either!

 

[HouseLannister]

So far:

• Apple Intelligence got even bigger (mine went from 22.36 GB to 31.55 GB)
• Siri app has the ability to select multiple conversations to delete
• Encrypted RCS beta is back
• Safari renders bottom page navigation elements better - they now stay glued to the bottom of the screen instead of floating up when scrolling back up.
• Siri pace/expressivity still not enabled in beta 2 (says Coming Soon now)
• Writing Tools are back

iOS 27 beta 2 includes Write with Siri, the new version of Apple Intelligence writing tools - 9to5Mac

iOS 27 beta 2 includes our first look at the new Write with Siri features, which replace the standalone Writings...

9to5mac.com

 

[CrisiomiroX]

Was this here before?

 

[rumorm1ll]

That’s my building spotlight index for Siri finally gone from the Settings now after a week lol.

 

[StumpyBloke]

Was this here before?

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Yes