The Milwaukee Brewers moved one step closer to their first ever World Series title on Monday night, taking a 3-0 series lead with a dominant 10-1 win.
That’s the short version of the story. The long version? The Tampa Bay Rays will be kicking themselves over a disastrous top of the fifth inning, and historians will one day use a clip of that inning, and the entire 2026 Brewers’ postseason run for that matter, as proof of how powerful luck is in Major League Baseball.
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Game three meant the series shifted to Tampa Bay, and Tropicana Field was packed to the rafters with Rays fans and a sizable contingent of Brewers supporters. But as has typically been the case this postseason, only those in Milwaukee blue and gold had much to cheer about.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS’ DOMINANT BULLPEN AND CLUTCH OFFENSE PUT THE TAMPA BAY RAYS ON THE BRINK
At least defensively, the Rays put up a fight. In the top of the second, outfielder Chandler Simpson made a tremendous running catch in the left field corner, crashing into the fence to rob Sal Frelick of a hit. Then catcher Nick Fortes caught Garrett Mitchell trying to steal second base to end the inning. It was all downhill from there.
In the third inning, the Milwaukee superteam machine kicked into high gear. Jackson Chourio started things off with a ground ball single. Jake Bauers followed with a walk. That’s when the Brewers’ incredible penchant for outperforming on batting average on balls in play reared its gigantic head yet again.
Christian Yelich popped up a 71 mph blooper that fell in for an RBI single. William Contreras followed with another 79 mph blooper that fell in to drive in the second run of the game.
Still, a 2-0 game in the third inning wouldn’t normally mean that much, but the Brewers had Robert Gasser on the mound. Who’s Robert Gasser you might be wondering? Well, essentially the epitome of a league average pitcher, someone who had a 4.27 “expected” ERA in the regular season, then turned into a Cy Young candidate in the playoffs. Because baseball.
Gasser entered his game three start with just one run allowed in the playoffs, but the Rays couldn’t muster even that on Monday night. Rarely getting swings and misses, Gasser relied on his best friend in October: the opposing team having exceptionally poor luck on batted balls put in play. Prior to Monday, opposing hitters had just a .185 BABIP against him. Then he went six shutout innings with just three strikeouts and only one hit allowed. How? Because the Rays had an .071 BABIP. Gasser will likely end his postseason with just seven hits on 55 balls put in play, an incredible .127 batting average allowed, when league average is around .300.
Gasser’s start was the first time a lefty had gone six shutout innings while facing the minimum number of hitters in the World Series since Sandy Koufax.
Next time you want your favorite team to acquire the big name starting pitcher in free agency or at the trade deadline, just remember that one of the most effective starters on the team that won the World Series was Robert Gasser. That he did something that hadn’t been done in the World Series by a lefty since one of the greatest pitchers in the history of the sport. In large part because of BABIP. There’s no luck in baseball, because everything must have an explanation, no matter how absurd.
Gasser didn’t need much support, obviously, but the Brewers unstoppable offense provided it anyway. In the fifth inning, Milwaukee put together one of the most absurd innings you’ll ever see, and a near-perfect reminder of the immense amount of variance and randomness inherent in baseball.
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It started innocently enough, with Chourio once again singling with one out. Jake Bauers flew out for the second out, then Christian Yelich walked to put runners at first and second. Then, the play that will haunt Rays fans forever.
William Contreras grounded one in the hole between second and third, and third baseman Junior Caminero went to second base for the force out, unable to see that he had plenty of time to get Contreras at first. But Yelich beat the throw out, loading the bases for Brice Turang. Then, the floodgates opened.
Turang hit a grounder to short that Taylor Walls couldn’t make the play on, scoring two. Then Garrett Mitchell slapped another single through the infield, directly where the shortstop typically plays. 5-0 Milwaukee. Cooper Pratt followed with a grounder that somehow clipped the foul line for a double, making it 7-0. Sal Frelick hit a soft line drive that fell in to left field to make it 8-0. David Hamilton, having an incredible postseason after a career of being a very bad hitter, drove in the ninth run of the game with a single. Finally, Jackson Chourio added his fourth hit of the game and second of the inning to make it 10-0. Why not?
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That fifth inning was the first eight-run inning in World Series history. The Brewers went 9-18 with runners in scoring position, had a .471 BABIP and 16 hits against a typically strong Rays pitching staff. Tampa’s BABIP? .130. That’s only half of it. Per the league’s Statcast page, Milwaukee’s expected batting average in the game was .254. Their actual batting average was .390. Tampa’s expected batting average was .236, and their actual was .107. And that’s been Milwaukee’s luck all postseason.
The Rays added a meaningless garbage time run in the bottom of the ninth, but Milwaukee takes a commanding 3-0 series lead, and is well on their way to the organization’s first ever championship. Potentially as soon as Tuesday night’s game four.
Should the Brewers close it out with a fully rested bullpen, they’d become the first team in the history of the sport to sweep both the NLCS and World Series. They’re 10-1 in the playoffs thus far, with a chance to go 11-1 and win ten of nine straight to win a title. Baseball-ruining superteam indeed.
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Not all of these results are down to luck, of course, and it’s hardly a criticism of the Brewers’ team or players to say they’ve had fortune on their side in the playoffs. Every team that wins the playoff tournament in Major League Baseball has luck go their way. The Dodgers in 2024 and 2025 had plenty of breaks, as did the Rangers in 2023 and Astros in 2022. And the Braves in 2021 and so on.
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It will take an unprecedented comeback to stop the Milwaukee Brewers from winning their first World Series title. After Monday, It’s hard to be confident the Tampa Bay Rays are up for the job.
The Brewers defeated the Rays in a 10-1 demolition in Game 3 of the 2026 World Series to take a 3-0 lead. No team has ever come back from a 3-0 deficit in the Fall Classic, and it’s only happened once at all in a seven-game series (the Boston Red Sox in the 2004 ALCS).
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Game 4 is scheduled for Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET at Tropicana Field, with Milwaukee one win from exiting MLB’s group of title-less teams.
Thanks to a strong performance from starting pitcher Robert Gasser and the bullpen, the Brewers already had enough runs to win the game by the third inning. It was in the fifth, however, that the game — and quite likely the series — was decided.
The Brewers will never forget that fifth inning
The inning was theoretically over. With two outs and runners on first and second, William Contreras grounded into a force-out at second base. However, the Brewers challenged the out call at second, and a quick replay review showed Christian Yelich was clearly safe.
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As obvious as overturning the call was, it wound up being one of the most consequential challenges since MLB introduced the system.
That loaded the bases and knocked out Tampa Bay starting pitcher — and old friend of the Brewers — Freddy Peralta after 4 2/3 innings. Cam Booser, the top left-hander in the Rays bullpen, entered to face Brice Turang and keep the game within reach.
He did not keep the game within reach.
Instead, the most patient offense in baseball ambushed him on the first pitch in three straight at-bats and got an RBI hit with every single swing. Then they added three more consecutive hits, one against Booser and another two more off Cole Sulser. All with two outs.
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In the span of 12 pitches from Booser, the night saw a two-run game turn into an eight-run game. And then it got even worse after he left.
The full sequence in what will go down as the most famous inning in Brewers history:
David Hamilton lineout
Jackson Chourio single
Jake Bauers flyout
Christian Yelich walk
William Contreras single*
Brice Turang RBI single
Garrett Mitchell RBI single
Cooper Pratt RBI double
Sal Frelick RBI double
David Hamilton RBI single
Jackson Chourio RBI double
Jake Bauers flyout
* call overturned on replay
Or, in video form:
The Brewers are playing in the World Series despite ranking 29th in MLB in home runs during the regular season, and they showed why that didn’t matter in Game 3. They might not hit the long ball as much as MLB’s other top teams, but they refuse to go away.
They are the first team to string together seven straight hits in a postseason game. Jake Bauers posted the second out of the inning, then finally flew out for the third. By the end of the inning, every player in the Milwaukee lineup save for Bauers had a run and RBI in the game.
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In total, the Brewers out-hit the Rays 16-3 across the game. That first Tampa Bay hit was a leadoff single by Yandy Díaz in the first inning; the second and third came in the ninth. Everything between that: absolute dominance.
Everything is coming up Milwaukee
It’s almost a footnote that Gasser posted a start of six shutout innings with one hit allowed. In another game, we’re talking at length about him becoming the first pitcher to face the minimum in six or more innings since Don Larsen in his 1956 perfect game.
The Brewers didn’t even need to dig into the bullpen that has become their calling card. Instead, top arms Trevor Megill, Aaron Ashby and Abner Uribe all got a night off and will be rested when Milwaukee goes for the clinch in Game 4.
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An added treat was the appearance of Brandon Woodruff to pitch the ninth, making his return after what was thought to be a season-ending shoulder injury in July. He allowed the Rays’ only run on an RBI double by Díaz.
Milwaukee is now 10-1 this postseason, and what stands out is that no starting pitcher on either side has pitched into the seventh inning. Only two pitchers — Gasser on Monday and Blake Snell of the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 3 of the NLCS — have recorded an out in the sixth inning.
That reflects two things. One is the Brewers bullpen has been that good, with a 1.34 ERA in 53 2/3 innings across the postseason. The other is this Brewers lineup, which walks more than any other team in baseball, aggressively runs the bases and strings together clutch hits, has absolutely tortured some of the best pitchers in baseball.
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Robbie Ray, Michael King, Tarik Skubal, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Drew Rasmussen, Peralta. None lasted more than five innings. None pitched in a win.
This Brewers team has been a machine this postseason, and Monday was their masterpiece. They have now won 113 games between the regular season and postseason, and need just one more to reduce the number of title-less MLB teams to four.
Tampa Bay will, in all likelihood, remain one of those teams, along with the San Diego Padres, Colorado Rockies and Seattle Mariners, despite this being its third trip to the World Series.
Follow along with Yahoo Sports as the Rays face the Brewers in the World Series.

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Cowboys win!
Cowboys leave Philly with a 38-21 win. The Cowboys are now 3-4, while the Eagles drop to 2-5. Great night for Prescott and Williams. Williams ran for a career-high 155 yards.
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Cowboys put this one away
Javonte Williams scores to give the Cowboys a 38-21 lead with 2:21 left. That score was set up by Overshown’s pick.
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Cowboys make it a two score game
Well, we’ll see if the Eagles can prove me wrong. They’ll have to score twice and force a Cowboys punt in the game’s final nine minutes. They’re off to a good start; McKee completes two quick passes and the Eagles are already past midfield.
Well, scratch that. DeMarvion Overshown just made an incredible interception, the game’s first turnover. Cowboys are now in complete command with 7:47 left, up 31-21 and with possession.
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Eagles forced to punt
A holding call and a sack ended the drive before it could get started. The Eagles’ defense is now going to have to hold the Cowboys, something they’ve only done twice so far. Cowboys currently holding a 28-21 lead.
There’s a lot of time left (14:17), but given how this game has gone, it feels like the Cowboys can put this one away if they are able to make it a two-score game. If that happens, I don’t see the Eagles scoring twice and forcing a quick Cowboys punt in about a half quarter of work.
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CeeDeeX2!
Lamb scores on a beautiful over the shoulder catch that gives the Cowboys a 28-21 late in the third quarter. Dallas gets the 2-point conversion on a designed run by Prescott. Cowboys have now scored on five of their first six possessions.
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Eagles re-gain the lead!
Really impressive drive for the Eagles to start the half that ends with a TD pass from McKee to Makai Lemon! TD capped off an epic 17-play, 84-yard drive that took a whopping 9:16 off the clock.
McKee was 7 of 9 for 60 yards. That’s Lemon’s first career TD.
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First half stats
Score: Cowboys 20, Eagles 14
First downs: Cowboys 15, Eagles 13
Third down: Cowboys 4-7, Eagles 1-4
Total yards: Cowboys 275-154
Red zone: Cowboys 1-2, Eagles 2-2
TOP: Cowboys 17:14
Prescott: 12-21, 174 yards, 2 TD, 0 INT, 0 sacks
McKee: 7-13, 68 yards, 0 TD, 0 INT, 0 sacks
Lamb: 4 catches on 9 targets, 58 yards, TD
Pickens: 3 catches on 5 targets, 51 yards, TD
Flournoy: 3 catches on 3 targets, 54 yards
Barkley: 6 carries for 50 yards, TD
Pierce: 36 yards and a TD on 7 carries
Eagles: 86 yards and 2 TDs on 13 carries
Cowboys: 101 yards on 18 carries
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Both teams record their first punts
After five straight scoring drives, both teams traded punts late in the first half. The Eagles, down 17-14, will get a chance to end the first half with a score. They’ll take over at their own 39 with 1:39 left until halftime. They have just one timeout.
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Pickens!
Pickens makes one of his patented, incredible catches that gives the Cowboys a 17-14 lead with 5:37 left until the half! Unreal game so far. We’ve already had five scoring games and neither team has punted.
Prescott already has two touchdowns on 8 of 13 passing. Williams has more rushing yards tonight (63) than he did in either of Dallas’ last two games.
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TD Eagles!
The shootout continues. Dameon Pierce scores from close range to give the Eagles a 14-10 lead. The score caps off a 13-play, 76-yard drive that took over seven minutes off the clock.
What’s crazy is that both teams have largely avoided third down so far. Dallas is 2-3 on third down, and the Eagles are 1-2.
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Cowboys have 10-7 lead after 1
Dallas is leading, but the Eagles will start the second quarter in scoring range. Tanner McKee is playing well so far. He’s 5 of 7 for 66 yards.
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Cowboys respond!
We’ve got a shootout on our hands. Prescott hits Lamb from nine yards out to cap off a nine-play, 82-yard drive. The running game is really making a difference. Dallas is already up to 61 yards on nine carries.
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Barkley’s back!
He’s clearly not 100%, but Barkley was still a difference-maker on the Eagles’ first drive. His 29-yard run sets up his eight-yard touchdown as the Eagles take a 7-3 lead with 10:25 left in the first.
Barkley had 49 yards on just three touches on the four-play, 75-yard drive. The drive’s other play was a 21-yard catch by rookie Makai Lemon.
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Cowboys draw first blood
Dallas starts the game with a modest seven-play, 28-yard drive that ends with a 55-yard FG by Brandon Aubrey. Prescott was just 1 of 3 for 5 yards on the drive, but Javonte Williams had some success with 23 yards on three carries. Williams has struggled in recent weeks, which has been one of the reasons why the Cowboys’ offense has regressed.
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Saquon Barkley, Jordan Mailata one of few offensive contributors remaining from 2024 Super Bowl team
Saquon Barkley is averaging 5.1 yards per carry on 36 carries this season while all other Eagles running backs have combined to average 2.8 yards per carry on 71 carries this season. A big factor in that is the Philadelphia offensive line isn’t as capable of carrying the run game on its own anymore. Left tackle Jordan Mailata is the only starting offensive lineman remaining from the 2024 Super Bowl championship team. Philadelphia is 2-2 and averaging 109 rushing yards per game along with 4.2 yards per carry when Barkley has played this season. When he hasn’t been able to play, the Eagles are 0-2 while averaging 28.5 rushing yards per game and 1.8 yards per carry.
Saquon Barkley vs. rest of Eagles RBs, 2026 seasonBarkleyRest of Eagles RBs
Carries per game
9.0
6.5
Rush YPG
45.5
17.9
Yards per carry
5.1
2.8
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The Eagles will start Tanner McKee for the foreseeable future with Jalen Hurts sidelined with blood clots
Hurts reportedly played through a blood clot in Week 5 vs. the Jacksonville Jaguars in London after staying up for 36 hours. Now, it’s backup Tanner McKee’s time. He is one of just two Eagles quarterbacks with 200-plus passing yards in each of his first three career starts along with Bobby Hoying in 1997.
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Eagles offense also struggling
Philadelphia has averaged fewer than 4.0 yards per play in three consecutive games within a season for the first time since 1999. The Eagles have been outgained by an average of 108.3 total yards per game, the worst margin in the NFL this season. That is in part because the offense has produced under 250 total yards in four consecutive games also for the first time since 1999.
Eagles offense through six games
Worst since
PPG
17.7
2012
Total YPG
255.5
2003
Rush YPG
82.2
2005
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CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens off to strong starts despite Dallas’ struggles
Dallas Cowboys wide receivers CeeDee Lamb (96.2 receiving yards per game, the fourth most in the NFL) and George Pickens (71.3 receiving yards per game, 17th in the NFL) both rank inside the top 20 in the entire league in receiving yards per game. They are the first teammate duo to each average 70-plus receiving yards per game on a team with a losing record through six games since 2021. The last receiving duo to do so was the Seattle Seahawks duo of DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett five years ago.
Lamb is the first Cowboys player with 550-plus receiving yards (577) and 4-plus receiving touchdowns (4) since Hall of Famer Michael Irvin did so in 1995, Dallas’ last Super Bowl title season.
550-plus receiving yards, 4-plus receiving touchdowns through six games of a season, Cowboys historySeason
CeeDee Lamb
2026
Michael Irvin
1995
Michael Irvin
1992
Frank Clarke
1962
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Dak Prescott looks to bounce back vs. Eagles, continue success in Philadelphia
After throwing four touchdowns and no interceptions against the Washington Commanders in Week 2, Prescott has four touchdowns to four interceptions since Week 4. However, he has a matchup where he was thrived individually of late, at the Philadelphia Eagles, tonight. He has 10 passing touchdowns and no interceptions in seven road starts against the Eagles, which is the most road starts without an interception by a quarterback against a single opponent since 1950. Despite Prescott’s individual road success in Philadelphia, his Cowboys are just 3-4 in his seven road starts at the Eagles.
Most road starts without an interception by a QB vs. a single opponent, Since 1950Consecutive INT-less road startsOpp
Dak Prescott
7
PHI
Kirk Cousins
6
DET
Jalen Hurts
5
WAS
Alex Smith
5
OAK
Bubby Brister
5
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Jones throws down epic quote
“The last time we played a team who started a backup quarterback, we got our ass kicked. Seriously.”
Jones, during an interview to ESPN, alluding to the team’s Week 6 loss to the previously winless Buccaneers. Dallas lost to Tampa and undrafted rookie QB Jalon Daniels.
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Streaks for both the Cowboys and the Eagles on the line Monday night
Philadelphia has won four consecutive home games against the Cowboys, which is tied for the second-longest such streak in Eagles history. Their last home loss against Dallas came in 2021. Dallas has won six consecutive Monday night road games, which is tied for the third-longest streak in the NFL since the 1970 AFL/NFL merger.
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Why Dallas’ offense is struggling
The Cowboys are coming off a 23-13 loss at the Green Bay Packers in Week 6, a game in which they trailed 17-0 at halftime. Dallas failed to score on four drives that ended on the Packers’ side of the field. They ended with one punt, two interceptions and a turnover on downs. CBS Sports’ Garrett Podell did a deep dive on what changed schematically with the Cowboys’ offense from 2025 to 2026 after that game to diagnose the issues with coach Brian Schottenheimer’s attack.
Why Cowboys’ star-studded offense has suddenly gone silent under Brian Schottenheimer
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Cowboys offense in a rut since Week 5
Since Dallas faced the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on “Thursday Night Football” in Week 5 and the Green Bay Packers on “Sunday Night Football” in Week 6, their offense has been in a rut. The Cowboys are averaging just 14.5 points per game the last two weeks. They have scored under 20 points in consecutive Dak Prescott starts for the first time since 2019, the last year Jason Garrett was the team’s head coach.
Cowboys offense this seasonWeeks 1-4Weeks 5-6
PPG
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Rush YPG
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49.0
Third down pct
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Eagles inactives
Saquon Barkley is playing for the first time in three weeks. He was questionable for tonight’s game with a hamstring injury that he sustained back in Week 4.

The Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles will close out the Week 7 game slate on “Monday Night Football” in an NFC East showdown at Lincoln Financial Field, with kickoff set for 8:15 p.m. ET.
Both franchises enter the week at 2-4 after disappointing starts to the year, but the division remains wide open as the New York Giants lead with a 3-2-1 record.
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The Cowboys are coming off a disappointing Sunday night loss to the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field. After struggling on defense for most of the season, Dallas couldn’t get their offense going, stuck at just seven points before scoring a touchdown in garbage time with just 0:44 on the clock.
The Eagles, meanwhile, had their season turned upside down last week after quarterback Jalen Hurts was placed on injured reserve as he undergoes treatment for deep vein thrombosis and blood clots in his lungs. Now, it’s up to quarterback Tanner McKee to save the season. He threw for 215 yards and one touchdown in his third career start last week.
Follow along with Yahoo Sports for live updates, highlights and more as the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles close out Week 7 on “Monday Night Football,” airing on ABC and ESPN.

Apple released iOS 27.2, uniting the iPhone Duo and other iPhone models on the same version of iOS. iOS 27.2 is the first major iOS 27 update, and it adds several useful new features.
Siri AI Improvements
Siri AI can recall past conversations you had with it, so you can ask ‌Siri‌ about something it told you before, like a restaurant it previously recommended. It’s also able to draw on more sources:
Photos attached to Messages
Calendar event attendees
Voicemails
Apple says you’ll also get better results from Safari history and Reading List.
There’s a redesigned Excluded Apps feature that lets you quickly select which apps ‌Siri‌, Search, and suggestions can access. The prior App Access feature required excluding apps individually.
There’s also granular text selection, so you can select and copy just the part of a ‌Siri‌ response you need.
‌Siri‌ AI requires an iPhone 15 Pro or later.
Siri AI Languages
‌Siri‌ AI is now available in more languages, including French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish. ‌Siri‌ AI is still not available in the EU or mainland China.
Messages
Suggestions in Messages have been added in iOS 27.2. The feature was available during the ‌iOS 27‌ beta testing period, but was removed before launch.
Messages suggestions show tappable shortcuts in a conversation based on context, so you can do things like track a package with a tap, or add a dinner invite to the Calendar app.
You can choose the suggestions you want, with options to add Calendar, Reminders, Notes, Maps, and Flights and Packages.
Apple Music
iOS 27.2 introduces a new Apple Music icon that goes with Apple’s recent ‌Apple Music‌ rebranding. The icon is black and white, replacing the red icon. Apple also changed the color of the highlights in the navigation bar and other areas of the ‌Apple Music‌ app to remove the red color.
Photos
Shared Albums in the ‌Photos‌ app now have an edit option for captions and comments. Apple also added a feature for avoiding duplicate photos, and there’s now a reminder before albums expire so users can save important photos and videos.
SynthID
iOS 27.2 includes SynthID labeling for Image Playground images and some ‌Photos‌ app edits. Watermarks are added when using Extend and Reframe in ‌Photos‌, and for large edits with the Clean Up tool. You can check images for SynthID using Google’s SynthID Detector website.
Podcasts
The Home tab in the Podcasts app has separate sections for New Episodes and Continue Playing. The new sections replace Up Next.
Games
The Friends tab in the Games app now includes context on friend suggestions and shows recent games played on friends’ player pages.
Apple TV
Apple TV app users can now create profiles in the account settings section on the iPhone and iPad. Profiles only require a name, profile rating, and information about whether the user is a child.
Creating a profile for a child limits content to a PG rating by default, but there is a customize option for finer control. Users can select age ratings for TV shows and movies that are appropriate for the child based on their age.
Phone
The Call Context feature in the Phone app reminds you of a contact’s anniversary when you call them, as long as you’ve saved the date in the Contacts app.
FaceTime
FaceTime Dual Capture is now available in group ‌FaceTime‌ calls. Dual Capture is a feature that lets you stream ‌FaceTime‌ video content from the front and rear cameras at the same time. On a compatible device running ‌iOS 27‌, flipping the camera while on a ‌FaceTime‌ call automatically turns on Dual Capture.
Dual Capture is available on the iPhone 17, ‌iPhone 17‌ Pro, ‌iPhone 17‌ Pro Max, iPhone Air, iPhone 18 Pro, ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ Max, and ‌iPhone Duo‌.
Apple also added an option to add a third-party sign language interpreter or live captioner to a call.
Shortcuts
‌iOS 27‌ includes new automations, actions, and improvements for the Shortcuts app. There’s a new “when my iPhone is opened or closed” automation for the ‌iPhone Duo‌.
An updated Workout automation adds support for the Fitness app, and the App automation can provide the name of the app that was closed.
Window layout can be configured with the “Show Actions” and Show Describe a Shortcut” menu items, and Shortcut names and icons can be edited from the library.
iPhone Duo Updates
iOS 27.2 adds Apple Pencil USB-C support to the ‌iPhone Duo‌. It also includes Edge Light to illuminate your face during video calls.
Multiview
iOS 27.2 expands Multiview in the ‌Apple TV‌ app to the iPhone, so users can watch up to four live sports streams simultaneously.
Multiview works for sports events included in an ‌Apple TV‌ subscription: Major League Soccer (MLS), Formula 1 (F1) in the U.S., and Friday Night Baseball doubleheaders during the Major League Baseball season.
Clock App
There are smaller a.m. and p.m. labels in the alarm list in the Clock app.
EU – App Tracking Transparency
App Tracking Transparency supports an alternative expanded prompt for EU users along with re-prompting on an annual basis. The alternative prompt is required for users in France, Germany, Italy, Poland, and Romania.
Health App
Apple tested its redesigned Health app in the iOS 27.2 beta, but it won’t be coming out until later this year and is not included in iOS 27.2.
Security Fixes
iOS 27.2 addresses more than 160 security vulnerabilities. None of the vulnerabilities were actively exploited, but it’s always a good idea to update when this many fixes are included.
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