iOS 16.2 for iPhone Expected to Launch in December With These 8 New Features - MacRumors

Apple plans to merchandise iOS 16.2 successful December, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman and a study astir the update enabling 5G enactment successful India. The update remains successful beta investigating for now, with galore caller features and changes already uncovered.

iOS 16.2 introduces a fig of caller features, including Apple's caller whiteboard app Freeform, 2 caller Lock Screen widgets for Sleep and Medications, the quality to fell the wallpaper and notifications connected the iPhone 14 Pro's always-on display, Live Activities enhancements, a rearchitected Home app, and more.

Freeform App

iOS 16.2 includes Apple's caller integer whiteboard app Freeform connected the iPhone. The app provides an infinite canvas for you to gully connected and insert sticky notes, substance boxes, shapes, photos, videos, links, PDFs, and more. The app is besides disposable connected the iPad and the Mac, and you tin collaborate with others successful existent clip via FaceTime and iMessage.

Freeform is much utile connected the iPad fixed the instrumentality supports the Apple Pencil, but you tin inactive usage a capacitive stylus connected the iPhone.

Two New Lock Screen Widgets

There are 2 caller Lock Screen widgets for Sleep and Medications connected iOS 16.2. With the Sleep widget, you tin presumption your astir caller slumber league and slumber stages, portion the Medications widget tin fto you rapidly entree your medicine schedule.

New Always-On Display Options

Starting with iOS 16.2, you tin hide the wallpaper and notifications successful always-on show mode connected the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max. This results successful the Lock Screen having a coagulated black, minimal quality successful always-on mode, akin to Android.

The caller "Show Wallpaper" and "Show Notifications" toggles are located successful the Settings app nether Display & Brightness → Always On Display.

Live Activities: Sports Scores via Apple TV App

iOS 16.2 adds Live Activities enactment for sports scores via the Apple TV app. The diagnostic allows iPhone users to presumption unrecorded scores of MLB, NBA, and Premier League games astatine a glimpse connected the Lock Screen, and successful the Dynamic Island connected iPhone 14 Pro models.

During a Premier League match, for example, the Dynamic Island shows a live-updating scoreboard with the fig of goals scored by each club. When agelong pressed, the Dynamic Island expands to amusement the clip elapsed and play-by-play action. When an iPhone 14 Pro is locked, and connected each different iPhone models, the people is shown successful a Lock Screen banner.

To trial the diagnostic with an iPhone connected the iOS 16.2 beta, unfastened the TV app and pat connected the "Follow" fastener for a supported game. Apple says the diagnostic is disposable for NBA and Premier League games for users successful the U.S. and Canada, and for MLB games for users successful the U.S., Canada, Australia, U.K., Brazil, Mexico, Japan, and South Korea.

Live Activities: More Frequent Updates

Live Activities volition update much often connected iOS 16.2 erstwhile a caller "More Frequent Updates" option is enabled, allowing users to presumption much up-to-date information, but Apple warns this mounting tin drain your iPhone's artillery faster.

It's unclear what the refresh interval is for Live Activities currently, but the caller enactment volition beryllium adjacent faster, which would beryllium utile for tracking the accomplishment of an Uber conveyance oregon a Starbucks transportation bid erstwhile those apps enactment the feature.

New Home App Architecture

After updating to iOS 16.2 and opening the Home app, an update to the app is disposable with new underlying architecture. Apple says the caller architecture improves the app's performance, efficiency, and reliability for controlling astute location accessories. This comes aft the Home app gained enactment for Matter accessories successful iOS 16.1.

Unintentional Emergency SOS Call Reporting

If you accidentally trigger an Emergency SOS telephone call, iOS 16.2 lets you report the incidental to Apple and stock iPhone diagnostics.

5G successful India

iOS 16.2 volition alteration support for 5G networks successful India connected the iPhone 12 and newer, starting with carriers Airtel and Reliance Jio.