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iOS 27.2 Beta 2 Code Points to Unannounced iPhone Anti-Snatching 'AutoLock' Feature

Code inside Apple's second iOS 27.2 developer beta points to an unannounced iPhone anti-snatching tool called AutoLock, plus early hints of changes to Apple Music, Shortcuts and CarPlay Ultra, according to 9to5Mac.

AI News Feed · 2026-09-22 21:39

The anti-theft tool is referred to internally at Apple as "AutoLock," 9to5Mac reported, and is designed to lock a phone when a thief grabs it. The approach resembles Android's Theft Detection Lock. Apple has not announced the feature.

According to the code, the system would draw on several signals to judge whether an iPhone has been stolen: a sharp acceleration, which could occur when a phone is first snatched; loss of connectivity to a paired Apple Watch; a paired Apple Watch becoming unreachable; a prolonged loss of network activity; or the device remaining unlocked for a certain period of time. Any one of these could cause the iPhone to lock itself.

The same code contains references to safeguards intended to prevent false positives, including successful biometric authentication and certain harmless app activities that might otherwise be read as signs of theft.

Other unreleased changes appear in the beta as well. X user @itspdfu, cited by 9to5Mac, spotted code for a new album release countdown in Apple Music and for support of third-party app actions in Shortcuts' new "Describe a Shortcut" tool. That tool would let users include third-party apps in shortcuts built with natural language, rather than working through the older shortcut builder.

Separately, X user @aaronp613 found evidence that CarPlay Ultra will soon offer a "Drive Mode Theme," allowing drivers to change elements such as gauge style and color. CarPlay Ultra is currently available only on Aston Martin vehicles, which limits how many users would see the change at first.

Apple has not confirmed any of the features, and their presence in beta code does not establish that they will ship or indicate when that might happen.