iOS 16.2 Beta 4 Is Now Available – What’s New?

In September, Apple finally released iOS 16, following months of beta testing. Enhancements to Messages and Mail, along with new and improved Live Activities, can all be found in this fantastic update for the iPhone. On October 24, Apple seeded iOS 16.1, which included iCloud Shared Photo Library and other previously absent capabilities. Since iOS 16.1 has been released, Apple has begun developing iOS 16.X. Developers from all over the world can now download iOS 16.2 beta 4. Users who have signed up for the beta profile and enabled it will have immediate access to this build for download and installation. You can get a rundown of all the changes made for iOS 16.2 beta 4 below.

If you go to Settings > About and look at the version number, you will see that there is a change log for iOS 16.2 beta 4. Previous versions just showed the build number and a short outline.

In addition, with iOS 16.2 beta 4, notifications in Notification Center may be seen in chronological order with a single swipe up.

Users of iOS 15 were accustomed to being able to quickly glance at the Notification Center and view both new and old notifications without doing anything out of the ordinary. However, with the release of iOS 16 this year, customers not only had to get used to the flattened stack view for the Lock Screen, but also for the Notification Center.

Previous updates

For Apple Music playlists featuring huge, dynamic artwork, the third beta version of iOS 16.2 adds new Play and Shuffle controls. The new buttons are see-through and change hue depending on the image they’re paired with. A black background with white writing had been used for these buttons previously.

There is now support for the Live Activity API in iOS 16.1. To keep users up-to-date with relevant information, apps can now send out persistent notifications. The second beta of iOS 16.2 adds the choice to receive updates more frequently. This would allow for more frequent updates to Live Activity content within an app. As could be anticipated, enabling this switch might hasten the rate at which your battery dies.