Everything New Coming To Your iPhone

Ahead of the December release of iOS 26.2, Apple continues to test this upcoming operating system update. With beta 3, the company added even more features, including more references to the under-development PIN to AirDrop functionality.

In the Settings app, the AirDrop menu now features a “Manage Known AirDrop Contacts” section, which lets you automatically appear for 30 days to people with whom you have shared a one-time code. That said, the current beta doesn’t let users generate this one-time code, but it’s interesting to see Apple being explicit about this upcoming feature.

Besides that, Apple’s developer notes show that Hypertension Notifications will be available to read with a new API. With that, third-party apps can request authorization to read those notifications from the Apple Watch, so they could integrate that in their apps to make it more useful to other users. Here’s what else is new in the iOS 26.2 beta 3.

Following Japanese regulators demanding that Apple provide third-party apps with access to core system functions, the company is now working to let users in the region tweak the Side Button for a different personal assistant. According to a blog post, developers can adopt the App Intents framework and App Shortcuts to let people instantly access their preferred voice assistant instead of Siri. This feature will be available starting with iOS 26.2. Apple says this is limited to Japanese users, as it doesn’t plan to expand it to other regions.

Besides that, Apple continues to tweak the iOS 26.2 experience with a new Liquid Glass setting, which says that when using the Tinted option, users can’t enable the Reduce Transparency and Increase Contrast Accessibility settings. The company is also adding a few new splash screens within the Games app and Reminders. Additionally, Apple is bringing back drag and drop apps from the Dock, Spotlight, or App Library into Slide Over to the iPad with iPadOS 26.2 beta 2, which was removed when Apple released iPadOS 26.