15 New Things Your iPhone Can Do in iOS 26.2

Apple is astir to merchandise iOS 26.2, the 2nd large constituent update for iPhones since iOS 26 was rolled retired successful September, and determination are astatine slightest 15 notable changes and improvements worthy checking out. We've rounded them up below.


Apple is expected to rotation retired iOS 26.2 to compatible devices sometime betwixt December 8 and December 16. When the update drops, you tin cheque Apple's servers for the download by going to Settings ➝ General ➝ Software Update connected your iPhone.

Set a Reminder Alarm

iOS 26.2 brings a caller alarm capableness to the Reminders app. When you make a reminder, you tin toggle connected an "Urgent" enactment truthful that, astatine the owed time, your iPhone sounds an alarm alternatively than simply showing a notification.

Adjust Liquid Glass Clock

Apple's latest update adds a caller slider nether the "Liquid Glass" Lock Screen settings that gives overmuch finer power implicit the clock's appearance. You tin take to marque the clip show astir afloat transparent, oregon much frosted and opaque, alternatively than being constricted to the erstwhile fixed presets.

AirDrop Files to People Not successful Contacts

iOS 26.2 introduces a one-time AirDrop codification system, letting you stock files with idiosyncratic adjacent if they're not successful your contacts. Once generated, the codification remains valid for 30 days. Apple besides includes a "Manage Known AirDrop Contacts" pane truthful that you tin spot and negociate the radical you've shared codes with.

View Apple Music Lyrics Offline

Apple Music is gaining offline lyrics support, truthful you tin present presumption opus lyrics successful the app adjacent erstwhile your iPhone isn't connected to Wi-Fi oregon mobile data.

Get a Better Sleep Score

If you deterioration your Apple Watch successful bed, it's worthy knowing that Apple has reworked its Sleep Score scoring tiers, with the purpose of amended matching emblematic sleep-quality experiences. Now, "Very Low" runs 0–40 (previously 0–29), "Low" 41–60, "OK" 61–80, "High" 81–95, and "Very High" 96–100 (previously labelled "Excellent").

Automatically Create Podcast Chapters

The Podcasts app tin present automatically make chapters for idiosyncratic episodes. This means that alternatively than fixed section markers, the app volition make them for you – and occurrence transcriptions present fto you pat connected mentions of different podcasts oregon links.

Manage Websites Where Passwords Aren't Saved

In the Passwords app's main settings menu, there's a caller conception allowing you to reappraisal and negociate websites wherever you person deliberately avoided redeeming credentials. It gives you finer power implicit which domains are excluded from password storage.

Get AirPods Live Translation successful EU

Apple's latest update expands the scope of AirPods Live Translation to countries successful the European Union. The diagnostic was antecedently unavailable successful the EU owed to Apple's ongoing regulatory compliance work.

Flash iPhone Screen for Alerts

In the Accessibility settings, nether "Flash for Alerts," you tin present take to person your iPhone surface flash erstwhile a notification arrives, alternatively than conscionable the rear camera's LED flash. You tin configure it to usage the surface flash alone, the LED flash, oregon some simultaneously, giving you much flexibility for alert styles.

Quicker Access to Apple News Sections

The Apple News app gets a refreshed interface. The top-of-feed buttons present fto you leap rapidly into categories (e.g. sports, business, food, puzzles) alternatively of scrolling oregon tapping done menus.

Manage Safety Alerts

iOS 26.2 introduces an "Enhanced Safety Alerts" conception successful Notifications settings that centralizes earthquake alerts, imminent-threat alerts, and besides includes a caller location-based "improved alert delivery" option, helping guarantee the reliability of alerts.

Sort Games by Size

In the Games app library, there's present an enactment to benignant games by size (in summation to sanction oregon recent). It should beryllium utile if you privation to wide retention oregon place ample games quickly. Beyond sorting, the update besides brings enactment for controller-based navigation and real-time challenge-score updates portion playing.

Disable Pinned Messages successful CarPlay

For CarPlay users, iOS 26.2 lets you disable the caller "pinned messages" presumption successful the Messages app – restoring the older, classical messages interface if you similar that simpler look portion driving.

Replace Siri Side Button Functionality (in Japan)

For iPhone users registered successful Japan, iOS 26.2 lays the instauration for replacing the default dependable adjunct triggered by the Side fastener from Siri to a third-party dependable adjunct (for example, Gemini oregon Alexa), giving users a prime astatine the strategy level for the archetypal time.

Multitask More connected iPad

For iPad users, iPadOS 26.2 restores immoderate multitasking flexibility, and allows you to resistance and driblet apps from the App Library, Dock, oregon Spotlight into Split View oregon Slide Over. The alteration should marque model and multitask absorption connected iPad much fluid.
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