iOS 26.2 is now in place with Liquid Glass, AirDrop, and Apple Music updates 

Today, iPhone 11 and later models have been officially released with iOS 16.2, which offers new Lock Screen customisation options to adjust the level of transparency and the opportunity to use AurDrop on people not present in your contact list by sharing a one-time code with them instead. New releases are also being issued to macOS, iPadOS, visionOS and watchOS.

On newer iPhones, the Reminders app has an urgent reminder, which will remind a task due time with an alarm, and Apple Music has the ability to support an offline lyric alongside downloaded songs, and a new favourites songs playlist is present under the top Picks.

Live translation on AirPods is also eventually making its way to the market in the EU, following a hold-up in the EU over regulation issues earlier this year. Enhanced Safety Alerts in the US are supported as well, which, according to Apple, can inform you on the impending danger (flood, natural disasters, etc) and provide detailed information about it, including a map of the area impacted, and links to further safety-related information.

 iOS 26.2, which was announced in the update on the Apple Podcasts app last month, also introduces the functionality of automatically creating chapters in podcasts in English (when the producer does not include chapters separately). Times links have also been added to Apple Podcasts, and they are shown at a certain point in time during podcasts, like when a host refers to a different podcast.

VisionOS 26.2 has fewer additions to the Vision Pro, including support of Travel Mode on cars and buses now as well, support of hand-drawn content with devices such as the Logitech Music on compatible apps, and support of tables in Freeform to manage virtual reality spreadsheets.

In case you have an Apple TV 4K or Apple TV HD TV, the new version of the tvOS, 26.2, is now in force, and you can create profiles without an Apple account, and there is an age-restricted mode, which will not exceed the ratings limits assigned to the account.

Apple also introduced iPad 26.2, which reintroduces the drag-and-drop multi-tasking functionality that iPadOS 26 has previously eliminated when Apple changed the windowing system of the iPad.

With it restored to its previous status, it is now possible to drag and drop apps in your multi-tasking environment once again using the old drag-and-drop gestures. In addition to it, iPadOS 26 2 shares most of the same changes as iOS 26 2, such as the new features of Apple Podcasts, the urgent reminders, and extra opinions of the custom lockscreen of Liquid Glass.