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Apple’s iOS Update Offers New iPhone Features for Kids, Music and Digital Afterlife

Editorial Board Published December 13, 2021
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Apple released its latest software update, iOS 15.2, on Monday, bringing with it a new Apple Music plan, more safety and privacy tools and other enhancements.

The latest version of iOS 15 lets you set up Legacy Contacts who can access your iCloud account in the event of your demise. It offers a less expensive Apple Music plan that’s voice-only, controlled by Siri. The software includes the launch of the anti-sexting tool that will warn minors in the U.S. before they send or open messages that contain nude photos. There’s also a new App Privacy Report that explains how apps access your phone’s sensitive data.

Google’s Android is the most-used smartphone software around the globe, but iOS remains more popular in the U.S. Along with updated capabilities, the latest software versions typically contain bug fixes and other tweaks that improve the iPhone user experience.

Sometimes it pays to wait a few days to upgrade, though. Installation can take longer than expected, especially at launch when many people try to download it at once. And if there are any glitches in the software itself, those usually come to light within a few days of the iOS release.

When you’re ready to get iOS 15.2 on your iPhone, go to Settings > General > Software Update. From there, choose Download and Install, then follow the prompts.

iPad and Mac users get similar updates. (Mac users are also now able to access the SharePlay feature for watching videos, listening to music or working out with friends together over FaceTime.) You can download MacOS Monterey 12.1 by going to System Preferences > Software Update > Update Now. For iPads, you can follow the same process as on the iPhone to get iPadOS 15.2.

Here are the notable additions in the software updates:

A new voice-only $4.99 subscription tier for Apple Music lets users control playback through Siri, via devices such as HomePod Mini and AirPods.

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Apple Music voice plan

Apple’s new $4.99 subscription tier for Apple Music lets users control playback through Siri.  The monthly plan doesn’t include access to touch-screen controls, lyrics, music videos or offline playback—but it gives you access to the full library through Siri-enabled gadgets including iPhones, iPads and the HomePod Mini.

You can subscribe to the Apple Music Voice Plan by saying, “Hey Siri, start my Apple Music Voice trial.”

Legacy Contacts

A big issue today is figuring out what happens to your digital life when you die. Family members will want to access your photos and other files, and this enables them.

Apple will allow you to identify five people you’d like to have access to your iCloud data, including your Photos, Notes and Messages. Let those people know they’re your legacy contacts, and Apple will give them a digital key that only works once you have passed.

Apple‘s new Messages feature warns children if they were to get a text message containing a nude photo, blurs it out and prompts them to message an adult.

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Safety and privacy tools

A new tool for Apple’s Messages app will warn kids under 18 before they send or open messages containing nude photos. Parents activate it in the Family Sharing settings. Once enabled, flagged photos will appear blurred and present warnings before allowing users to proceed.

Apple won’t notify parents when this happens, however, as our colleague Julie Jargon noted in early December. Check out her column for more information on how the tool works.

Apple also updated the ways to get help in an emergency. You can now press the side button multiple times, or hold the side button and the volume button together to trigger an emergency call.

iPhone users who download iOS 15.2 will also gain access to an App Privacy Report detailing how often apps access their sensitive data like photos, contacts and location. The opt-in report also lists where that information is being shared. The report builds on Apple’s App Tracking Transparency feature, which it rolled out in April.

Apple’s polishing cloth turned heads online when the tech giant began selling it for $19. But it’s far from the only Apple add-on selling at that price. WSJ’s Dalvin Brown explains why. Illustration: Rafael Garcia

Write to Dalvin Brown at [email protected]

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Appeared in the December 14, 2021, print edition as ‘Apple iOS Update Offers Features for Kids, Music.’

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A new voice-only $4.99 subscription tier for Apple Music lets users control playback through Siri, via devices such as HomePod Mini and AirPods.Apple Music voice planLegacy ContactsApple‘s new Messages feature warns children if they were to get a text message containing a nude photo, blurs it out and prompts them to message an adult.Safety and privacy tools
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