After releasing iOS & iPadOS 16.3 to the general public last week, almost anyone could have predicted that Apple would soon stop signing the older iOS & iPadOS 16.2, and it now seems that time has come.
The option to upgrade the iPhone's Home app in iOS 16.2 will return soon. Issues and problems that users reported have prompted Apple to abruptly pull the upgrade.
The new iPhone features in iOS 16.2 include iCloud backup encryption, the Freeform app, Apple Music Sing, always-on display tweaks and so on.
iOS 16 brings more than a dozen new scripting actions for Apple's Shortcuts app for Apple Books, getting and switching your lock screen wallpapers and more.
Apple has a good reason to stop you from enabling enhanced iCloud encryption, called Advanced Data Protection, on a new device right away.
Apple has tweaked AirDrop's “Everyone” option in iOS 16.2 to automatically turn off after 10 minutes for all users globally after debuting it in China with iOS 16.1.1.
The FBI has vehemently opposed Advanced Data Protection, a new feature in iOS 16.2 that encrypts your iPhone backups in iCloud with end-to-end encryption.
With the iOS 16.2 update, Apple has added the Sleep and Medications widgets in several variants for the lock screen of your iPhone.
iOS 16.2 resolves a longstanding bug causing choppy or stuttering system animations on iPhone Pros when exiting apps, scrolling and more.
iOS 16.2 brings new toggles to disable your lock screen wallpaper and or/notifications when the iPhone's always-on display feature is active.
Custom Accessibility Mode makes the iPhone more approachable for inexperienced users by letting you replace the home screen with huge icons, turn on simple controls in apps, disable hardware features such as the volume buttons and more.
iOS 16.2's Stocks app lets you sort your watchlists with new options such as ticker symbol, price or percentage change, market cap and others.