iOS 27.2 lets Shortcuts react when an iPhone Duo is opened or closed, and it widens the AI-powered Use Model action to five more languages.
Apple's iOS 27.2 update adds a handful of improvements to the Shortcuts app. The biggest is that you can now set up automations that run based on whether your iPhone Duo is opened or closed. Shortcuts is the app that lets you chain small tasks together so your phone does them for you.
The update arrived this week, just days after iOS 27.1 launched the iPhone Duo. Alongside the Shortcuts changes, iOS 27.2 brings new features for Siri AI, FaceTime and Messages. The report from 9to5Mac says the open-or-closed automation has proven popular. It comes from Apple's own release notes for the Shortcuts app.
The update also widens a Shortcuts action called Use Model. It now supports these languages:
Before this, the feature worked only in English.
Anyone with an iPhone Duo who likes to automate small tasks now has a new trigger to build around. Shortcuts users who prefer one of the five newly supported languages get access to Use Model for the first time.
The article does not list every change in the Shortcuts release notes, and it does not say what specific automations people are building with the new trigger. It also does not explain in detail what Use Model does. Pricing and device availability are not covered either. Anyone curious can check Apple's release notes inside the update.
If you use Shortcuts, iOS 27.2 lets you build automations around opening and closing an iPhone Duo, and Use Model now works in five more languages.
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