iOS 27.2 arrived last week with a variety of new features and changes for iPhone. Here are two new iOS 27.2 features I’ve been loving lately.
I’ve used Apple Podcasts for the last few years after previously sticking with third-party apps. The native Podcasts app won me over with excellent features like transcripts and automatic chapters.
My main hesitation in recommending the Podcasts app, however, has been its confusing Up Next queue. Thankfully, iOS 27.2 delivers a long-awaited fix.
In iOS 27.2, the Home tab in Apple Podcasts splits Up Next into two separate sections: New Episodes and Continue Playing.
These new sections offer, in my view, a much better system than what was there before. I no longer lose track of episodes I’ve previously started, since they’re not getting replaced by new episodes in my queue. Instead, there’s a clear divide between what’s new and what’s in-progress.
Shared Albums have long been one of my favorite features in Apple Photos. I don’t post on social media often, but I do love sharing photos and videos with close family and friends via the Photos app.
iOS 27 brought big upgrades to Shared Albums, the first notable changes in years. And to my surprise, Apple has already introduced even more improvements with iOS 27.2. Per Apple:
Shared Albums in Photos adds the ability to edit captions and comments, to avoid adding duplicate photos, and can display a reminder before albums expire so participants can save important photos and videos
Support for editing captions and comments is long overdue, but a welcome addition. I also love the prompt that helps prevent duplicate photos, because I always find myself needing to double-check if I’ve shared certain photos already—now I don’t have to anymore.
There are a ton of other great additions in iOS 27.2, which you can read about below:
What are your favorite iOS 27.2 features so far? Let us know in the comments.
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Ryan got his start in journalism as an Editor at MacStories, where he worked for four years covering Apple news, writing app reviews, and more. For two years he co-hosted the Adapt podcast on Relay FM, which focused entirely on the iPad. As a result, it should come as no surprise that his favorite Apple device is the iPad Pro.
