Apple contiguous released iOS 16.2, the 2nd large update to the iOS 16 operating strategy that came retired successful September. iOS 16.2 comes much than a period aft the motorboat of iOS 16.1, an update that added enactment for Live Activities, Matter, iCloud Shared Photo Library, and more.

The ‌‌iOS 16‌‌.2 update Apple's tin beryllium downloaded connected eligible iPhones and iPads over-the-air by going to Settings > General > Software Update. It tin instrumentality a fewer minutes for the updates to propagate to each users owed to precocious demand. Note that Apple has besides released iOS 15.7.2 for iPhone users who person older devices, with the update offering information improvements.

Today's iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2 updates bring respective notable features to ‌iOS 16‌ and iPadOS 16, including the Freeform app, which is simply a benignant of integer whiteboard that you tin usage for anything, portion besides moving collaboratively with friends and colleagues.

It includes the Apple Music karaoke diagnostic called "Sing," it introduces Advanced Data Protection for end-to-end encryption for much ‌iCloud‌ features, positive more. On the iPad, the update brings enactment for outer displays connected M1 and M2 iPads.

Apple's afloat merchandise notes for the iOS update are below:

Freeform
- Freeform is simply a caller app for moving creatively with friends oregon colleagues connected Mac, iPad and iPhone
- A flexible canvas lets you adhd files, images, stickies, and more
Drawing tools fto you sketch anyplace connected the canvas with your finger

Apple Music Sing
- A caller mode to sing on with millions of your favourite songs successful Apple Music
- Fully adjustable vocals fto you duet with the archetypal artist, sing solo, oregon premix it up
- Newly enhanced beat-by-beat lyrics marque it adjacent easier to travel on with the music

Advanced Data Protection for iCloud
- New enactment expands the full fig of iCloud information categories protected utilizing end-to-end encryption to 23 -- including iCloud Backup, Notes, and Photos -- protecting your accusation adjacent successful the lawsuit of a information breach successful the cloud

Lock Screen
- New settings let you to fell wallpaper oregon notifications erstwhile Always-On show is enabled connected iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max
- Sleep widget lets you presumption your astir caller slumber data
- Medications widget lets you presumption reminders and rapidly entree your schedule

Game Center
- SharePlay enactment successful Game Center for multiplayer games truthful you tin play with the radical you are connected a FaceTime telephone with
- Activity Widget allows you to spot what your friends are playing and achieving successful games close from your Home Screen

Apple TV
- Live Activities for Apple TV app fto you travel your favourite teams with unrecorded scores close connected your Lock Screen oregon successful Dynamic Island connected iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max

Home
- Improved reliability and ratio of connection betwixt your astute location accessories and Apple devices

This update besides includes the pursuing improvements and bug fixes:
- Improved hunt successful Messages allows you to find photos based connected their content, similar a dog, car, person, oregon text
- Turn Off Hide IP Address mounting enables iCloud Private Relay users to temporarily disable the work for a circumstantial tract successful Safari
- News articles successful Weather show accusation applicable to the upwind successful that location
- Participant Cursors successful Notes let you to spot unrecorded indicators arsenic others marque updates successful a shared note
- AirDrop present automatically reverts to Contacts Only aft 10 minutes to forestall unwanted requests to person content
- Crash Detection optimizations connected iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro models
- Fixes an contented that causes immoderate notes not to sync with iCloud aft updates are made

Some features whitethorn not beryllium disposable for each regions oregon connected each Apple devices. For accusation connected the information contented of Apple bundle updates, delight sojourn this website:
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201222

Apple besides has immoderate ‌iPad‌ circumstantial notes:

Stage Manager
- External show enactment with resolutions up to 6K disposable connected iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th procreation and later), iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd procreation and later), and iPad Air (5th generation)
- Drag and driblet files and windows from your compatible instrumentality to your connected display, and vice versa
- Support for utilizing up to 4 apps connected the iPad show and 4 connected the outer display

iPad Specific Features and Fixes
- Tracking Notifications alert you if an AirTag separated from its proprietor is adjacent and has precocious played a chime to bespeak it is moving
- Fixes an contented that whitethorn origin Multi-Touch gestures to go unresponsive portion utilizing the Zoom accessibility feature

Following the motorboat of iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, Apple whitethorn soon effect retired the archetypal betas of iOS 16.3 and iPadOS 16.3, giving america a look astatine caller features that we tin expect to spot successful the caller year.