Everything New in iOS 18.2 Beta 2

Apple today seeded the second betas of upcoming iOS 18.2 and iPadOS 18.2 updates to developers, and Apple is continuing to refine the Apple Intelligence capabilities. There are also a handful of smaller features that are worth knowing about.

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Find My

Find My has a new option to Share Item Location with an "airline or trusted person" that can help you locate something that you've misplaced. Choosing the Share Item Location option creates a link that lets someone view the location of a lost item when they open the link.

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The link can be opened on a non-Apple device, so an iPhone or Mac is not required to provide someone with your item's location. Links expire after a week or when you're reunited with your lost item.

There's also an option to Show Contact Info, which lets any phone or tablet connect to an item to view a website with more information about it, including the phone number and email address of the owner.

Siri ChatGPT Limit

The ChatGPT section of ‌Apple Intelligence‌ for Siri now shows the ChatGPT limits that are in place for free users, while also offering an option to upgrade to the paid ChatGPT Plus plan. With ChatGPT integration, users have free access to ChatGPT, but only a small number of requests that use the latest ChatGPT-4o engine and a small number of DALL-E 3 images that can be created.

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After that, access reverts to a more basic version of ChatGPT that's less expensive for OpenAI to run. Unfettered access requires ChatGPT Plus, priced at $19.99 per month.

Battery Life and Device Temperature

In the iOS 18.2 beta 2 release notes, Apple says that it has improved battery life and device temperature.

Settings App Icons

In Dark Mode, the icons in the Settings app have a new, darker look that shows color on a black background rather than icons that are a solid color with white accents.

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Camera Control

For iPhone 16 users, there's now an option lock your auto exposure and auto focus settings with a light press. The AE/AF Lock toggle can be turned on by going to Settings > Camera > Camera Control.

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There is also an option to adjust the double click speed of Camera Control. Options include Default, Slow, and Slower. The adjustment options join prior options to tweak the double light press speed and the light press force.

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Adjusting Camera Control can be done by opening Settings and going to Accessibility > Camera Button.

iPhone Mirroring With Hotspot

iOS 18.2 allows you to use ‌iPhone‌ Mirroring while your ‌iPhone‌'s hotspot connection is being shared with your Mac. Having your Mac connected through Personal Hotspot previously did not allow you to use ‌iPhone‌ Mirroring.

Fitness Shortcut Actions

There are new Fitness app Shortcut actions that you can use when creating a Shortcut, including Open Fitness Settings, Open Award, Open Session History, and Open Trophy Case.

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Safari Downloads

The progress of Safari downloads can now be tracked on the ‌iPhone‌'s Lock Screen and Dynamic Island.

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Vehicle Motion Cues

There's an option see Vehicle Motion Cues in the ‌Dynamic Island‌ when the feature is activated. Vehicle Motion Cues are designed to cut down on motion sickness while riding in a vehicle.

Mac Connection

When connecting to a Mac, you can use Face ID to trust a device.

Apple Music

Apple Music now displays the disc number in some albums.

Web Restrictions in Utah

Utah residents under the age of 17 will be opted in to web content restrictions that block adult content in iOS 18.2. This is required by Utah law.

EU Default Browser Changes

In the European Union, iPadOS 18.2 requires selecting a Default Browser when opening Safari. This is a Digital Markets Act requirement, with Apple adding an updated interface that will let users select a default web browser of their choice from a list of options.

Apple has already implemented this change in iOS 18.

More Features

Know of a new feature in iOS 18.2 beta 2 that we left out? Let us know in the comments below.

Related Roundups: iOS 18, iPadOS 18
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Top Rated Comments

Anonymous123 Avatar
21 weeks ago
Pretty crazy how many of these features show up on the iOS Beta subreddit before being added to these articles. Even the screenshots are nearly identical. Would be nice if MacRumors gave credit in those cases.
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
dfwiddoc Avatar
21 weeks ago

These laws are becoming far more common in many states for obvious reasons and eventually lawmakers will probably be more careful to make it a little more full proof so no reason to go half way. Jobs was very supportive of restrictions on content for children so I think this shouldn't be a tough one. These laws pass because they are overwhelmingly popular - who is in favor of children and teens getting exposed to pornography? Apple is better off to make it hard to get around rather than easy.
What are those obvious reasons exactly? Parents can’t invoke their own web restrictions on their kids’ phones? I work as an infectious diseases specialist and HIV clinician/educator and these laws block access to important information and resources that kids often need to pursue pregnancy and STI testing, and that destroys lives. This is why we don’t have laws requiring parental consent for such things—many kids can’t talk to their parents about such matters. And it’s why Utah doesn’t represent the rest of the US where there’s still some semblance of a separation between church and state. The obvious reasons are about why not to have such laws, if folks are informed. No offense.
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iMatt. Avatar
21 weeks ago
Just got a notification about an AirTag moving with me.

It’s my AirTag.
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chucker23n1 Avatar
21 weeks ago

who is in favor of children and teens getting exposed to pornography
Children, obviously not (where’s the evidence that children being exposed to porn is a widespread problem?).

Teenagers, though? Are Utah lawmakers pretending they did not carefully inspect the Sears catalog when they were 14?



Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
jaw04005 Avatar
21 weeks ago

These laws are becoming far more common in many states for obvious reasons and eventually lawmakers will probably be more careful to make it a little more full proof so no reason to go half way. Jobs was very supportive of restrictions on content for children so I think this shouldn't be a tough one. These laws pass because they are overwhelmingly popular - who is in favor of children and teens getting exposed to pornography? Apple is better off to make it hard to get around rather than easy.
While Apple was one of the first computer companies to offer free parental controls, even back in the iTools days.

There's no way hell Steve Jobs would have been supportive of state governments forcing Apple to enable parental controls for the web automatically.

That's the parent's responsibility. Most teenagers are much more tech savvy than their parents anyway. They'll just evade it.
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zorinlynx Avatar
21 weeks ago
The Utah thing is extremely concerning.

While I do believe that underage people shouldn't be watching porn, I don't think it should be Apple's job to enforce this.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)