Subj : The iOS 26.2 beta is out now and these 9 new features are coming To : All From : TechnologyDaily Date : Wed Nov 05 2025 12:15:08 The iOS 26.2 beta is out now and these 9 new features are coming to your iPhone Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2025 11:58:56 +0000 Description: The first iOS 26.2 beta is here, and it includes numerous new and improved features that should be coming to your iPhone soon. FULL STORY ====================================================================== Youve probably only just downloaded iOS 26.1 and if you havent then the feature-packed update should be waiting for you now, but already a beta for iOS 26.2 has landed, revealing numerous new features you can look forward to soon. We wouldnt necessarily recommend downloading the beta, since it will be unfinished and likely buggy though if you want to, heres how to download iOS betas . However, it gives us a good idea of what you can expect on your iPhone when the finished version of iOS 26.2 launches. So below, weve detailed nine new features that should be coming to your iPhone soon. 1. A Liquid Glass lock screen slider (Image credit: Apple / MacRumors) With iOS 26.2, the lock screen is getting even more customizable, because as shared by MacRumors there's now a slider that lets you tweak the appearance of the clock. Much like now, you can choose whether you want the clock to appear solid or like glass, but with iOS 26.2, if you choose the latter youll then also get a slider allowing you to adjust just how transparent it appears. 2. Reminder alarms (Image credit: Apple / MacRumors) If you find yourself ignoring reminders then iOS 26.2 has a feature you might like, as if you toggle the Urgent option when setting a reminder, youll also now be able to set an alarm to accompany it. Then, when it comes time to remind you of that thing, rather than a short alert your alarm will sound, with options to snooze it with a tap or slide to stop it. If you snooze it, then the lock screen will display a countdown, alongside options to complete or reschedule the reminder. Alternatively, you can toggle a setting in the Reminders app to replace the snooze button with a button you can press to mark the reminder as completed. 3. Enhanced Safety Alerts (Image credit: Apple / 9to5Mac) If you head to Notifications > Settings in iOS 26.2 then as spotted by 9to5Mac youll now find a new option called Enhanced Safety Alerts. Tap on that, and youll be taken to a screen where you can enable or disable earthquake alerts and imminent threat alerts. Wed suggest leaving these on, but theres also a toggle for Improve Alert Delivery which you might want to enable, as this will share your approximate location with Apple to improve the timeliness and reliability of Enhanced Safety Alerts. 4. Improvements to the Podcasts app (Image credit: Apple / MacRumors) Apples Podcasts app is getting a few new features with iOS 26.2, the biggest of which is automatically created chapters, so if a podcast creator doesnt split an episode into chapters, the app will do so automatically, making it easier for listeners to navigate them though creators will be able to disable this feature if for some reason they dont want their podcasts to have chapters. Another new feature is that if other podcasts are mentioned in an episode, youll be able to view and follow those podcasts from the transcript and the player. Finally, youll also now be able to quickly access the links shared in a podcast on the episode page, which should make it easier to access sites mentioned in an episode. 5. Flash for Alerts (Image credit: Apple / MacRumors) This is a niche feature but is bound to be very useful for some if you head to Settings > Accessibility in iOS 26.2 youll find a new Flash for Alerts section, which gives you the option to have the screen flash when you get an alert. Previously, the only accessibility option along these lines was to have the camera LED on the back of the phone flash, but now you can choose to have the screen flash instead or as well. 6. More accurate Sleep Scores (Image credit: Apple / MacRumors) This is as much an Apple Watch feature as an iPhone one, but were including it here since you can view your Sleep Score in the Health app, and with iOS 26.2, these scores should better reflect how you actually feel. Thats being achieved by adjusting the score ranges for Very Low, Low, OK, High, and Very High. For example, a score of 0-40 is now considered Very Low, where before it was 0-29, and you now need a score of 96 or higher to achieve a Very High rating, where before you needed a score of 90 or above. Similar changes have been made to the ratings in between too. And less significantly, Very High itself is new wording, replacing the Excellent that the top scores were previously listed as. 7. A new Passwords feature (Image credit: Apple / MacRumors) Head to the settings section of the Passwords app in iOS 26.2 and youll now see an option to Show Excluded Websites. Tap that and youll see a list of websites that youve excluded from the app in other words those where passwords wont be saved when signing in. From here, you can choose to remove any or all of these exclusions, giving you an easy way to change your mind. 8. Tables in the Freeform app (Image credit: Apple / MacRumors) With iOS 26.2, the Freeform app has gained support for tables, which you can easily resize by dragging the corners, or add rows and columns to with the accompanying + buttons. This will probably be a niche feature, but for those who actually use Freeform or would if it supported tables this could be a big deal. 9. Shortcuts in Apple News (Image credit: Apple / 9to5Mac) Finally, if you use Apple News, youll find that with iOS 26.2 there are now shortcuts along the top of the app for things like sports, politics, business, puzzles, and food. From early impressions of the beta it seems these shortcuts might be based on your activity in the app so in other words the specific shortcuts you see might vary depending on which sections you most commonly visit. Follow TechRadar on Google News and add us as a preferred source to get our expert news, reviews, and opinion in your feeds. Make sure to click the Follow button! 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