Overview
- Apple opened iOS 26.2 for testing this week, seeding the developer beta on November 4 and a public beta days later.
- New user tools include an Urgent option in Reminders that triggers due-time alarms, offline Apple Music lyrics, and a Lock Screen Liquid Glass transparency slider.
- Apple Podcasts adds auto-generated chapters powered by AI and a Podcast Mentions feature that links referenced shows from the player and transcript.
- Region-specific shifts include enabling AirPods Live Translation for EU users and removing automatic iPhone–Apple Watch Wi‑Fi network syncing in the EU to meet DMA requirements.
- Developers get a Declared Age Range API to prepare for Texas’s App Store Accountability Act, alongside stricter Apple Watch Sleep Score thresholds and a new Enhanced Safety Alerts settings hub to validate.