- The third iOS 26.2 beta is out now
- It features a new manner to make use of AirDrop with individuals who aren’t in your contacts
- It additionally hints on the capability to vary the default voice assistant, although thus far solely in Japan
Apple has now rolled out the third iOS 26.2 beta, and whereas a lot of the modifications and additions listed below are minor, there’s one fairly substantial new characteristic.
Now – as noticed by MacRumors – you’ll have the ability to use AirDrop to share recordsdata with somebody with out having so as to add them as a contact first, or enabling AirDrop for everybody close by. As an alternative, you may generate a code which – as soon as shared with somebody – permits the 2 of you to change recordsdata over AirDrop for 30 days. So this works even you probably have your AirDrop set to contacts solely.
If you wish to take away their AirDrop privileges earlier than 30 days are up – or just see a listing of these you’ve shared such a code with – you are able to do so from Settings > Normal > AirDrop > Handle Identified AirDrop Contacts.
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The opposite modifications on this iOS 26.2 beta are comparatively minor, however price figuring out about. For instance, third-party medical apps will now have the ability to entry hypertension notifications from the Apple Watch, and Apple has additional tweaked the design of the Degree within the Measure app, having given it a Liquid Glass overhaul within the earlier beta.
A lot of the different additions merely present you details about modifications that had been added in earlier betas. For instance, there’s now textual content within the Reminders app making it clearer which you could add an alarm to a reminder in case you set it as pressing – with the power so as to add alarms having been added in a earlier iOS 26.2 beta.
Equally, there’s now a warning added to the Liquid Glass settings display screen, alerting you which you could’t use the beforehand added ‘Tinted’ possibility together with the ‘Cut back Transparency’ and ‘Enhance Distinction’ accessibility settings.
A Japan-only Siri substitute
There’s one closing factor although that may very well be a giant deal besides that it’s at present restricted to Japan, as there are indicators on this beta that customers in Japan will quickly have the ability to select a special default voice assistant that you just’d have the ability to launch by lengthy urgent the aspect button.
It’s unclear why this is able to be Japan-only, but when Apple ever expands that to the remainder of the world then it may very well be an enormous improve for anybody who’s not eager on Siri.
In any case, as with earlier iOS 26.2 betas we wouldn’t essentially suggest downloading this, particularly because the completed model will in all probability be out very quickly. However in case you merely can’t wait, right here’s learn how to obtain iOS betas.
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