Apple Ships iOS 10.2

Apple Ships iOS 10.2

Apple delivered iOS 10.2 to compatible devices today, adding a TV app, new emoji, and numerous new features to the core apps.

The release of iOS 10.2 comes about three months after the initial iOS 10 release, which included a number of important improvements over previous iOS versions. A first interim update, iOS 10.1, which added Portrait mode to the Camera app on iPhone 7 Plus and various other improvements, shipped in October.

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You’ll see a full list of the changes when you update in Settings, General, Software Update. But here’s a rundown of some of the bigger ones.

SOS. I didn’t test this, but if you press the power button five times in a row, your iPhone will call emergency services.

TV app. Announced at its October event, the new TV app provides a front-end to content you’ll actually access from other apps, such as Apple’s Videos app and the iTunes service behind it. The TV app works a bit like the OneGuide on Xbox One in the sense that it blurs the line between separate app experiences and provides a sort of live view of “what’s on,” which in this case really just means “what you might want to watch now.”

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Camera and Photos improvements. Given how (relatively) lackluster the camera experience has been on my iPhone 7 Plus, I’m curious to see if any of this improves matters. But nothing Apple notes looks like it applies: There are improvements to Live Photos, Memories, Camera zoom, and RAW support. (The Memories one is classic: Apparently, it was creating memories of screenshots.)

Messaging and emoji improvements. Messages new love and celebration full-screen effects. And there are over 100 new emoji, including new faces, food, animals, sports, and professions. I’ll be sure not to ever see any of that.

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And more. There are various small improvements to Music, Mail, and News, none of which I’d ever use, and to iOS’s accessibility features.

iOS 10.2 is available for free.

 

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  • 8940

    12 December, 2016 - 3:15 pm

    <p>Why do you get an iPhone if you don’t use Music, TV, Mail, News, Photos, etc<br /><br />If you only use the startup drivers and notification center and install all Google or MS apps you are better off with a Pixel.</p>

  • 2015

    12 December, 2016 - 4:30 pm

    <p>TV App? Yet another icon to drag into my iCrap folder ;)</p>

    • 953

      12 December, 2016 - 7:37 pm

      <blockquote><em><a href="#30054">In reply to </a><a href="../../../users/Ryster">Ryster</a><a href="#30054">:</a></em></blockquote>
      <p>So you use an iPhone?</p>

    • 1581

      Premium Member
      13 December, 2016 - 5:20 am

      <blockquote><em><a href="#30054">In reply to </a><a href="../../../users/Ryster">Ryster</a><a href="#30054">:</a></em></blockquote>
      <p>Mine is called iDontCare :)</p>

    • 442

      13 December, 2016 - 1:15 pm

      <blockquote><em><a href="#30054">In reply to </a><a href="../../../users/Ryster">Ryster</a><a href="#30054">:</a></em></blockquote>
      <p>This is one of those Apple Apps you can delete…</p>

    • 5234

      13 December, 2016 - 2:21 pm

      <blockquote><em><a href="#30054">In reply to </a><a href="../../../users/Ryster">Ryster</a><a href="#30054">:</a></em></blockquote>
      <p>I don’t have that on my Nexus.</p>

    • 5059

      13 December, 2016 - 2:28 pm

      <blockquote><em><a href="#30054">In reply to </a><a href="../../../users/Ryster">Ryster</a><a href="#30054">:</a></em></blockquote>
      <p>You can just delete it?</p>

  • 8179

    12 December, 2016 - 6:23 pm

    <p>Why is it that nowadays – one of the main ‘selling features’ of phone OS updates is Emoji. I remember the good old days when OS upgrades were about technical improvements. Seriously, it’s like these days if a company isn’t including new Emoji in their updates then they are going to fall behind the competition…</p>

  • 5240

    12 December, 2016 - 8:19 pm

    <p>For Apple TV, this update is completely insane: Apple has&nbsp;changed the behavior of the Home button so that rather than taking you to the home screen where all your apps are, it takes you to the new TV app. I understand that they want to promote this new app, but that is going&nbsp;way to far. At least&nbsp;that behavior can be changed back from the Settings app.</p>

  • 421

    Premium Member
    13 December, 2016 - 7:55 am

    <p>As a CarPlay user I’m happy to see that they finally got Night Mode working in Maps. It’s been blingingly bright since the iOS 10 upgrade.&nbsp;(Now all they have to do is let us use Waze or Google maps.)</p>

  • 5234

    13 December, 2016 - 2:22 pm

    <p>Where have I seen that stylized N before??</p>

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