Apple's iOS 27 beta 2 is out, and it's a denser drop than the first.
The headline additions include a Wallet "Insights" tab for spending tracking and account balances, remote Apple TV software updates via the Home app, and RCS threading support for Android conversations. Siri gets a more visible "Write with Siri" button in Notes, Mail, and Messages — previously buried behind a text-selection menu. A code-level find suggests Apple will push notifications when iCloud Backup fails, which would close a long-standing gap where users had no idea their backups were silently broken.
The item that deserves more attention is Visual Intelligence's new opt-in: a "Highlight to Image Search" toggle, off by default, that — when enabled — automatically sends images to third parties to find visually similar results. Apple surfacing this as an explicit off-by-default setting signals awareness of the privacy exposure, but it also confirms the behavior exists and will ship. That's worth knowing before September.
On the quieter end, AirPort Utility is being deprecated — new downloads blocked on iOS 27, with no functionality guarantee for those who already have it. Apple killed the AirPort hardware line in 2018; the software has been on life support since. Its removal is overdue, but it's one more nudge for anyone still running an old AirPort base station to move on.