Apple Releases Second iOS 10.2 Beta for Public Beta Testers

[MacRumors]

Apple today seeded the second beta of an upcoming iOS 10.2 update to public beta testers for testing purposes, just one over one week after releasing the first iOS 10.2 public beta, and one day after providing the second iOS 10.2 beta to developers.

Beta testers who have signed up for Apple's beta testing program will receive the iOS 10.2 beta update over-the-air after installing the proper certificate on their iOS device.

Those who want to be a part of Apple's beta testing program can sign up to participate through the beta testing website, which gives users access to both iOS and macOS Sierra betas. Betas are not stable and include many bugs, so they should be installed on a secondary device.

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iOS 10.2, as a major 10.x update, includes several new features to enhance the iOS 10 operating system. New emoji are included, introducing Unicode 9 characters like clown face, drooling face, selfie, face palm, fox face, owl, shark, butterfly, avocado, pancakes, croissant, and more, plus many profession emoji available in both male and female genders.

Apple has also updated the artwork on most existing emoji, adding detail to make them look less cartoonish and more realistic.

In addition to new emoji, the iOS 10.2 update includes new wallpaper, new Music sorting options, a new "Celebrate" Screen Effect," an option for preserving camera settings, a Videos widget, Single Sign-On support, an SOS feature for quickly calling emergency services, a new TV app to help users discover television content to watch, and more.

Article Link: Apple Releases Second iOS 10.2 Beta for Public Beta Testers

 

[sbailey4]

Sweet! Glad to see its public now.

 

[nfl46]

Thanks! I am installing it now!

 

[XTheLancerX]

Installed, animation weirdness on iPhone 7 still not fixed

 

[devincentis]

Lately I can't seem to find the release notes any where. Anyone have them?

 

[simba4]

Is it the same as developer beta?

 

[robjulo]

Yes! More emojis!!

 

[zekkragnos]

Does anyone have the wallpaper they use on the video?

 

[wozmatic]

Is there a night mode yet?

 

[simba4]

Nope!

 

[RandyK92010]

Build 14C5069c.... dont see the TV app Anyone .. Anyone. Bueller

 

[gomichaelgo]

Build 14C5069c.... dont see the TV app Anyone .. Anyone. Bueller

I didn't think I had it either, but it was in my "Extra" folder for some reason.

 

[littyboy]

Does it fix the major issue where power/home button stops working but touch screen still works for iphone 7? Can't believe this hasn't been fixed in 10.1.X

 

[C DM]

Does it fix the major issue where power/home button stops working but touch screen still works for iphone 7? Can't believe this hasn't been fixed in 10.1.X

Is this a widespread issue or something that others are experiencing? Can't say I've seen it brought up really.

 

[RandyK92010]

I didn't think I had it either, but it was in my "Extra" folder for some reason.

I searched for TV.. I get IMDB, Hulu and SmartCast hmmmm

 

[HopefulHumanist]

I searched for TV.. I get IMDB, Hulu and SmartCast hmmmm

It appears wherever your Videos app used to. I don't know what happens if you deleted the Videos app though.

 

[ShellBell]

I searched for TV.. I get IMDB, Hulu and SmartCast hmmmm

Same for me (minus the Hulu)

 

[BigJohno]

oh good. More emojis.... Innovation where it counts.

 

[SockRolid]

Build 14C5069c.... dont see the TV app Anyone .. Anyone. Bueller

A little birdie told me ...

You need to set TV Provider in the "Settings" app.
It's in the social media section of the settings table for some reason.
If TV Provider isn't set, the TV app isn't visible.

Which provides yet another reason to hate DirecTV.
It doesn't appear on that list of TV providers.
So if your provider is DirecTV, you're SOL.

 

[Sebski]

Have they managed to add an option in Music app to play all songs from a single artist not in shuffle mode?

 

[DrumApple]

They focus on making emoji's prettier when their Mail app completely blows and is unusable. This is a device for children.

 

[C DM]

oh good. More emojis.... Innovation where it counts.

And let's ignore everything else as usual and weirdly focus on one of the smaller things that was updated. Quite the logic there.
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They focus on making emoji's prettier when their Mail app completely blows and is unusable. This is a device for children.

Is that why plenty of people use it just fine?

 

[BSben]

Build 14C5069c.... dont see the TV app Anyone .. Anyone. Bueller

Do you live in the USA? It is a USA only feature.

 

[robjulo]

Talk to the author. The author of the article dedicated two paragraphs to Emojis, writing more about Emojis than anything else.

And let's ignore everything else as usual and weirdly focus on one of the smaller things that was updated. Quite the logic there.
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Is that why plenty of people use it just fine?

 

[Zance]

They focus on making emoji's prettier when their Mail app completely blows and is unusable. This is a device for children.

You must not be aware that they are not the ones that create the emoji's? They don't develop Unicode. And I use the mail app on a daily basis. Works great!