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iOS 27.0.1 released: Apple fixes annoying iPhone 18 Pro restart and freezing issues
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The first update to iOS 27 squashes a bug in which the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max would freeze or restart when you try to use Face ID.
Apple has released its first update to iOS 27 to fix an intermittent but annoying problem that could cause the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max to freeze or restart without warning. Released Monday, iOS 27.0.1 promises to resolve this freeze and restart issue, which typically occurs when Face ID fails to authenticate.
As an iPhone 18 Pro owner, I’ve run into this hiccup a couple of times already. One time, my iPhone froze for several seconds but eventually recovered. Another time, though, the device completely restarted. Both times, I was trying to authenticate an app sign-in via Face ID. I’ve since installed the update, hoping that it will put the kibosh on this problem.
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To update your iPhone, head to Settings, select General, and then tap Software Update. When iOS 27.0.1 pops up, tap the button to update now. Restart your phone after the update has been applied, and you should be good to go.
Beyond the Face ID glitch, the new update also resolves a specific glitch in which a color artifact would appear on photos taken at 2x under certain lighting conditions at f/1.48. In its release notes, Apple said that this one occurred on a small number of 18 Pro and Pro Max phones.
There’s another specified bug fix, but this one applies to more than just the two new 18 Pro models. Here, Apple said that opening the Notification Center and Control Center simultaneously may cause the screen to become unresponsive. This means that iOS 27.0.1 is available for all iPhones running iOS 27.
Further, the iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro have also received their first updates. With the new version 27.0.1 for iPadOS, MacOS, and VisionOS, Apple simply said that the updates provide bug fixes but didn’t specify what they fixed.
On its latest security release page, Apple didn’t reveal any security patches installed via the latest updates, so this seems to be a regular bug-fixing update. The company simply confirmed that the update is aimed at the iPhone 11 and later, the iPad Pro 12.9-inch 4th generation and later, the iPad Pro 11-inch 2nd generation and later, the iPad Air 4th generation and later, the iPad 9th generation and later, and the iPad mini 6th generation and later.