Also in iOS 26.2, the Reminders supports alarms; Apple News gains a Following tab at the bottom nav bar along with other navigation changes; Apple Music adds offline lyrics; and the Podcasts app adds AI-generated chapters for podcast episodes, a Podcast Mention feature for linking to other shows, and other changes.

OS 26.2 is the next major iPhone update, with lots of new features including these four changes I’ve been using almost every day.

Apple today seeded the second release candidate version of iOS 26.2 to developers and public beta testers, with the software coming one week after Apple seeded the first RC. The release candidate represents the final version iOS 26.

When Apple launches iOS 26.2 in December, CarPlay will get two useful new features that iPhone owners are going to want to check out.

OS 26 gives Apple Maps a feature centered on your typical routes and patterns that might save you from unexpected traffic delays.

Apple launched iOS 26 for all iPhone from the iPhone 11 onward, but until recently it continued providing updated variants of 2024’s iOS 18 for users hesitant to upgrade.A few recent reports suggested that this dual-update approach