What to Expect From Apple This December: iOS 26.3 Beta, Replay 2025, and More

The calendar has turned to December, and the quieter year-end vacation play is present upon us. Nevertheless, we tin inactive expect a fewer things from Apple this month.


Apple antecedently announced that iOS 26.2 volition beryllium released to the wide nationalist successful December, and we tin expect corresponding updates to beryllium released arsenic well, including iPadOS 26.2, macOS 26.2, watchOS 26.2, tvOS 26.2, and visionOS 26.2.

iOS 26.2 brings offline lyrics to Apple Music, allowing you to presumption a song's lyrics adjacent erstwhile you are not connected to a Wi-Fi oregon cellular network. The update besides lets you customize the Liquid Glass plan of the Lock Screen's clock, set alarms for reminders, use AirPods Live Translation if you unrecorded successful the EU, and more.

iPadOS 26.2 allows you to drag and driblet apps from the App Library, Dock, and Spotlight into Slide Over and tiled views, restoring immoderate multitasking functionality that had been removed successful the iPadOS 18 to iPadOS 26 transition.

macOS 26.2 adds an "Edge Light" feature to amended lighting during video calls connected a Mac. While you are connected a video call, a achromatic borderline appears astir the edges of the screen, mimicking the look of a carnal ringing light.


watchOS 26.2 and iOS 26.2 person revised Sleep Score ranges:

• Very Low: 0-40 (previously 0-29)


• Low: 41-60 (previously 30-49)


• OK: 61-80 (previously 50-69)


• High: 81-95 (previously 70-89)


• Very High: 96-100 (previously 90-100)

Starting with tvOS 26.2, further profiles created connected the Apple TV no longer necessitate their ain abstracted Apple Account.

If the illustration is for a kid, the Apple TV app volition lone show contented with up to a PG standing by default. This fundamentally means that the Apple TV app present has a dedicated kids mode, which is simply a long-awaited diagnostic for parents.

The beta bid ne'er stops, of course. Apple volition apt effect the archetypal betas of iOS 26.3, iPadOS 26.3, macOS 26.3, watchOS 26.3, tvOS 26.3, and visionOS 26.3 aboriginal successful December. However, fixed that Apple's bundle engineers instrumentality clip disconnected for the vacation season, bash not expect the 2nd betas of each update to get until January.

The full-year Apple Music Replay playlist for 2025 should beryllium released this December, on with your personalized listening stats and trends for the year. iPhone users moving iOS 26 oregon aboriginal tin entree the Replay acquisition natively successful the Apple Music app, but it besides remains disposable connected the web astatine replay.music.apple.com.

Monthly playlists are already available for Apple Music Replay successful 2025.

Apple volition merchandise further year-end charts and awards this month, across the App Store, Apple Podcasts, and its different services.

Apple's deed movie "F1" volition beryllium disposable to ticker connected the Apple TV streaming work starting Friday, December 12, pursuing its theatrical merchandise earlier this year. The movie is already disposable to purchase oregon rent done the Apple TV app. In the film, Brad Pitt returns to Formula 1 racing aft a 30-year absence, for 1 past changeable astatine glory.


Apple Arcade is getting 5 much games connected Thursday, December 4, including endless runner Subway Surfers, the world's astir downloaded mobile game.

While erstwhile rumors indicated that Apple planned to merchandise new versions of the HomePod mini, Apple TV, and AirTag this year, the likelihood of that happening inactive look rather debased by now. Apple has amazed america with a fewer December merchandise announcements implicit the years, including AirPods Max successful 2020, but support your expectations precise low.

Of course, these are lone the things that we cognize to expect, and Apple could person immoderate different announcements successful store this December.
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