Apple is reportedly planning an alternative App Tracking Transparency (ATT) permission prompt for the European Union in iOS 27.2 and iPadOS 27.2. The change would affect how the system request appears, while the reported conditions that determine when an app must ask for permission to track users would remain the same.
What changes with iOS 27.2 and iPadOS 27.2
Developers in the European Union would reportedly be able to use an alternative version of the ATT system prompt beginning with iOS 27.2 and iPadOS 27.2.
ATT is Apple’s privacy framework for requesting permission to track a user across apps and websites owned by other companies. In practical terms, the reported update changes the system dialog that can appear when an app requests that permission. It does not introduce a different reported threshold for deciding when the request is required.
The first iOS 27.2 beta was reported on September 17, 2026. The beta was also reported to include an annual tracking request.
The tracking-permission rules would stay the same
Apple says the conditions for when developers must seek tracking permission would remain unchanged. An app that falls under those conditions would still need to use Apple’s ATT permission flow; iOS 27.2 would change the available prompt format in the affected European market rather than remove the request.
| Part of App Tracking Transparency | Reported iOS 27.2 and iPadOS 27.2 change |
| When permission is required | The reported conditions would remain unchanged. |
| System prompt in the EU | Developers would reportedly have an alternative version available. |
| Apps distributed in five countries | Only the alternative version would reportedly be available because of legal requirements. |
That distinction matters: a different-looking prompt does not by itself mean that apps can track users without consent. The reported update concerns how the permission request is presented.
Five countries would use only the alternative prompt
For apps distributed in Germany, France, Italy, Poland, and Romania, Apple reportedly says that legal requirements would make the alternative version the only available system prompt.
Elsewhere in the European Union, developers would reportedly have the option to use the alternative prompt. The five-country rule therefore adds a specific requirement for app distribution in those markets, while the broader EU change would give developers a choice.
