iOS 27.2 beta 2 includes new details of an iPhone anti-snatching feature, plus a first look at more changes coming to…
- The second iOS 27.2 developer beta has landed, and code points to several upcoming features
- These include an anti-snatching tool, so the phone locks itself if it detects a sharp grab or when disconnected from your Apple Watch
- There are changes hinted at for Shortcuts, Apple Music, and CarPlay Ultra too
The second iOS 27.2 developer beta has now landed, and while on the face of it this doesn’t look much different to the first beta, behind the scenes there’s quite a lot of new stuff to find.
Digging into the code, 9to5Mac has found more details of an anti-snatching feature that we’ve previously reported on. This as-yet-unannounced feature is apparently called ‘AutoLock’ internally at Apple, and is designed to lock your phone if a thief grabs it.
It sounds similar then to Android’s Theft Detection Lock, and the code in this beta suggests that it would...
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