First iOS 15.2 and iPadOS 15.2 Betas Available to Public Beta Testers

Apple today seeded the first public betas of upcoming iOS 15.2 and iPadOS 15.2 updates, one day after providing the betas to developers.

After installing the required certificate from the Public Beta website, public beta testers who have joined up for Apple’s beta testing programme can receive the iOS and iPadOS 15.1 upgrades over the air.

App Privacy Report is a new feature in iOS and iPadOS 15.2 that allows users to view how often applications have accessed sensitive information including as location, images, camera, microphone, and contacts during the previous seven days.

It’s also set up to indicate which programmes have contacted other sites and when they did so, so you can keep track of what’s going on behind the scenes.

To get the App Privacy Report, open the Settings app, go to the Privacy section, and pick App Privacy Report. You may turn it on from there. After you’ve been using applications for a while, data will start to appear in this location.

The Emergency SOS Auto Call function has been updated in today’s update. You may now commence by pressing the side button repeatedly or holding down the side button and the volume button at the same time. Before a call is placed, there is an eight-second countdown, increased from the previous three-second countdown.

The Notification Summary feature has been changed in the beta, giving summaries a more card-style appearance, and there’s code for the Communication Safety feature that Apple revealed earlier this year.

App Privacy Report

New Features in iOS & iPadOS 15.2 beta

• iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 introduced the Record App Activity feature in the privacy settings, allowing people to save a summary of sensor, data, and internet access by apps on their device.In iOS 15.2 beta and iPadOS 15.2 Beta, this activity is presented in Settings in a new UI called App Privacy Report. This is a great opportunity to review your app’s sensor, data, and internet usage. To view your activity in the report, go to Settings > Privacy > App Privacy Report > Turn On App Privacy Report. Activity will show once you use your app. (78696668)

App Store

New Features in iOS & iPadOS 15.2 beta

• StoreKit APIs that present a sheet in your app to manage subscriptions can be tested with StoreKit Testing in Xcode. Use showManageSubscriptions(in:) when working with UIKit or the manageSubscriptionsSheet(isPresented:) view modifier when working with SwiftUI. (79975963)
• StoreKit APIs that present a refund request sheet can be tested with StoreKit Testing in Xcode. Use beginRefundRequest(in:) or beginRefundRequest(for:in:) when working with UIKit or the refundRequestSheet(for:isPresented:onDismiss:) view modifier when working with SwiftUI. (70794860)
• New SKTestSession.TimeRate values are available to use in automated tests with the StoreKit Test framework. (82680742)

Resolved in iOS & iPadOS 15.2 beta

• Fixed an issue where subscriptions continue to auto-renew after calling expireSubscription(productIdentifier:) in automated tests using StoreKit Test. (82800700)
• Fixed an issue where pay-as-you-go offers may be displayed incorrectly in payment sheets when testing subscriptions with StoreKit Testing in Xcode. (74165210)

Location Emergency

New Features in iOS & iPadOS 15.2 beta

• Auto Call can now be set up to use one of two methods for initiating an emergency call: holding the side button together with a volume button, or rapidly pressing the side button multiple times. Both methods now show a longer, 8-second countdown before placing an emergency call. (84620050)

SwiftUI

Resolved in iOS & iPadOS 15.2 beta

• Fixed an issue where using alert(_:isPresented:actions:message:) and confirmationDialog(_:isPresented:titleVisibility:actions:) didn’t present. (83731075)
• Pushing a ScrollView that has a background applied while inside of a stack style NavigationView when inside a TabView is now correctly tracked by the navigationBar and tabBar. (83686857)

• List correctly respects safe area insets. (83312573)
• Fixed an issue where views could be hidden when using the iPad pointer to present a context menu. (83953549)

Known Issues

• Document-based apps include a Save As menu item above Duplicate. (83741212)