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iOS 10.2 Features and Updates: What’s New

12/13/2016

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For a point-one update, iOS 10.2 is jam packed with some interesting, some amusing and some very useful features.Check out everything that’s new in the iOS 10.2 update below.

1. Over 70 New Emojis

iOS 10.2 Features and Updates: What’s New

3. SOS Feature for iPhone

For the iPhone, you need to click the power button 5 times to engage the feature. The service is currently under testing and is only available in India.

4. New Now Playing Splash Screen

5. Redesigned Shuffle and Repeat Buttons

6. TV App Replaces Video App

7. You Can Get Video App Back from the App Store

8. New TV and Videos Widget

9. Enable Single Sign-On

10. Notification Center Remembers Where You Left Off

11. Hiding Contact Photo in Messages Actually Works

12. Quick Response Doesn’t Lose Text When Switching To App

In iOS 10.2, if you’re tying a response to a message in quick response, and you choose to open the app, the text you’ve already written will no longer be lost.

13. New Full Screen Effects: Celebration and Love

14. Disable Press and Hold Home Button To Speak

You’ll find a new option in for “Home button” settings in “Accessibility“. From the “Press and Hold Home Button to Speak” section you can switch from Siri to plain old Voice Control or just turn the feature off altogether.

15. New Siri Splash Screen

If you turn off Siri, the next time you press and hold the Home button, you’ll get a new splash screen giving you information about Siri and giving you options to turn it back on again.

16. Sort Playlist

17. Star Ratings in Music App Are Back

iOS 10 replaced star ratings with the Heart button. But now, thanks to the revolt by Star rating fans, they’re back. You’ll find them in the options menu, when you tap the three dotted menu or when you 3D Touch a song item.

18. Preserve Camera Settings

You’ll now be able to download iOS 10.2 in 3uTools.

Source: iPhonehacks