iOS 16.2 Is Out Now. Here's How to Download the Latest iPhone Update - CNET

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This communicative is portion of Focal Point iPhone 2022, CNET's postulation of news, tips and proposal astir Apple's astir fashionable product.

Apple has conscionable released iOS 16.2. The latest bundle update for the iPhone brings respective caller features to iOS 16, including Apple Music Sing, which allows you to set the measurement for vocals truthful you tin sing on to your favourite songs, and Apple Advanced Protection, a privateness diagnostic that adds end-to-end encryption to respective components of iCloud, including substance connection backups, photos, notes and more.

iOS 16.2 besides adds Apple's whiteboard app Freeform, 2 caller fastener surface widgets (including 1 for your medications), improvements to the always-on display, caller AirDrop settings and sports scores for Live Activities via Apple TV.

Read connected for a step-by-step usher to the process of putting iOS 16.2 connected your compatible iPhone. You tin besides cheque retired immoderate of the champion existing features connected iOS 16 and a fewer hidden features we were amazed to find. And if you precocious got a caller iPhone, present are the champion iPhone 14 cases truthful far.

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Before you start, is your iPhone adjacent compatible?

Unfortunately, not each iPhone volition person the iOS 16.2 update. You request astatine slightest an iPhone 8, which was released backmost successful 2017, to tally iOS 16. That besides includes the iPhone X, iPhone 11, iPhone SE (second procreation and up) and the new iPhone 14.

Next, backmost up your iPhone

Getting your hands connected caller bundle tin beryllium exciting, but determination are precautions you should instrumentality earlier updating. You whitethorn not beryllium blessed with immoderate of the features that iOS 16.2 has to connection (although you tin hole immoderate of the astir annoying ones), truthful you request to beryllium capable to downgrade backmost to an earlier mentation of iOS 16 for immoderate crushed -- and that requires you to backmost up your iPhone earlier you update.

By default, your iPhone should backmost itself up each clip it's connected to powerfulness and Wi-Fi during your regular slumber hours. However, if this backup diagnostic is disabled, you tin spell to Settings > Your Name > iCloud > iCloud Backup and past deed Back Up Now to backmost up your device.

Additionally, you tin backmost up your iPhone via Finder connected your Mac. Simply link your instrumentality to your computer, unfastened Finder, take your instrumentality and past make a backup. Apple besides recommends archiving your backup, truthful that it's not overwritten by different backups.

Also, marque definite to bash these 3 things

You privation the download and installation process to spell arsenic smoothly arsenic possible, and the champion mode to bash that is to bash the following:

Make definite your iPhone is connected to power. You won't beryllium capable to download iOS 16.2 if you're nether 50% battery, truthful it's champion to conscionable plug successful your telephone portion you update. And adjacent erstwhile you're plugged in, the artillery needs to beryllium implicit 20%.
Connect to Wi-Fi. You besides won't beryllium capable to download iOS 16.2 with cellular data, truthful link to a unchangeable Wi-Fi network.
Clear up capable retention space. If you're moving retired of storage, you'll request to wide immoderate up earlier you tin download and instal iOS 16.2. Go to Settings > General > iPhone Storage to delete ample files and apps.

Here's a usher connected however to get much iPhone storage.

How to download and instal iOS 16.2

Now erstwhile you person each that set, unfastened your iPhone and spell to Settings > General > Software Update, wait a fewer seconds (or minutes) for the update to look and then hit Download and Install for iOS 16.2.

You should past spot a loading bar, on with a unsmooth estimation of however agelong the download process volition take. Once the download is complete, reboot your instrumentality and hold for iOS 16.2 to install. When your iPhone boots up, travel immoderate prompts and you should past spot iOS 16.2 downloaded connected your device.

For much connected the caller OS, here's a look astatine all the champion caller features that are disposable connected iOS 16, arsenic good arsenic immoderate of the cool hidden features you mightiness not cognize about.

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