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Messages is a messaging product featured in recent reports covering software updates and new features. Coverage details upcoming options to clear badges from muted chats, hide specific suggestions, and use native tapbacks and inline replies for cross-platform chats.
Apple is working on a Messages app tweak to exclude silenced conversations from the home screen badge counter, according to code discovered in the iOS 27.2 release candidate.
iOS 27.2's release candidate adds a color-reactive HomePod light show called Sound Glow, a Lock Controls toggle for the top cap, TV app profiles and Messages suggestions, according to 9to5Mac's hands-on look at the build.
Apple will roll out iOS 27.2 next week, delivering targeted upgrades across Messages, FaceTime, the Home app, Apple Podcasts, Games, and the Apple TV app on iPhone.
Apple's iOS 27 brings native Tapback reactions and inline replies to RCS chats with Android users, tackling long-standing group text headaches while editing restrictions remain.
iOS 27.2 beta 3 reintroduces Suggested Actions in Messages with individual on/off switches for Add to Calendar, Add to Reminders, Add to Notes, Show in Maps, and Flights and Packages — plus a 'Hide Unused Suggestions' toggle that drops inactive options after 30 days.