**New Features and Updates in iOS 12.2**

The latest update to iOS 12.2 has brought a plethora of new features and improvements to Apple's mobile operating system. One of the most notable additions is the integration of HTML5 color pickers into the keyboard. This allows users to easily select colors using the keyboard, making it a convenient feature for web developers and designers.

Another significant update is the addition of motion and orientation data in Settings. Users can now toggle this feature on or off, which will allow websites to access information about how their device is being held or oriented. Additionally, there is a new option in Settings that allows users to view more detailed information about their device, including its model name and number.

**Apple Care and Warranty Information**

For users who are concerned about the warranty and support options for their Apple devices, iOS 12.2 has made some significant changes. Users can now access Apple Care directly from the Settings app, where they can view their coverage details, check their renewal date, and even purchase a new plan or upgrade to Apple Care Plus with theft and loss protection.

**Maps App Updates**

The Maps app in iOS 12.2 has also received some significant updates. One of the most notable changes is the addition of an air quality index toggle switch. Users can now turn this feature on or off, which will display the current air quality conditions in the map view, complete with a green bar that indicates the level of pollution.

**News App Updates**

The News app in iOS 12.2 has also been updated to include a new subscription service called Apple News. This service offers users access to a curated selection of news articles and stories from around the world. The app now features a new logo, which uses the Apple icon alongside the words "news" in all caps.

**Control Center Updates**

In Control Center, iOS 12.2 has added a new screen mirroring toggle switch. Users can now easily enable or disable screen mirroring, making it a convenient feature for streaming content to other devices.

**Additional Features and Devices Support**

Finally, iOS 12.2 has also added support for several new devices, including the AirPods Second Generation and the wireless charging case, AirPower. This means that users with these devices will be able to take full advantage of their features once they have updated to this latest release.

**Conclusion**

With its numerous updates and improvements, iOS 12.2 is shaping up to be a significant update for Apple fans around the world. From new features in the keyboard and Settings app to improved support for various devices and services, there's something for everyone in this latest release. As we await the next major update, iOS 13, which is expected to arrive later this summer, it will be exciting to see what other changes and improvements Apple has in store for its mobile operating system.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enlet's explore 35 new features in iOS 12.2 welcome everyone it is Andrew here from Apple Insider and we have our iPhone 10s Macs upgraded to iOS 12.2 there are a ton of new features in here from new icons new remote widgets new homekit devices and so much more so let's go ahead and dive in and check out 30 fun live new features and changes in the latest update starting off with home kit home kit now supports televisions from the likes of Sony LG Vizio and others they can be added directly to the home app and then controlled like other home kit devices you can ask Siri to turn your TV on and off switch inputs and the rest other changes relating to that include now this says allow speaker and TV access rather than just allow speaker access this was previously used to control airplay two devices like the home pod but now will apply to TVs as well continuing down that stretch we saw a lot of revamp with different controls and layouts and UI elements in control center with the music widget there's new adaptive icon that top right hand corner that changes based on how you're listening to music whether it's to an airplay device to an Apple TV or something else we also have a new icon for the remote this remote used to control the Apple TV's but now it'll control everything including homekit TVs or your Apple TV's there's a whole new interface the skip forward and skipped back ten-second buttons are now there the interface is now completely full screen rather than just a small little pop-up widget your device's can still be chosen from the top menu if you have televisions as well as Apple TVs included in there you also see new UI for the now playing when you're watching something on Apple TV you now have a new icon on the left hand side to match theirs that airplay button to let you know it is on the TV there's volume buttons below that to go up and down all refreshed from what it looked like before there has been rumors for some time that Apple will be launching an Apple pay branded credit card so possibly as a preemptory to that they've refreshed the wallet UI significantly there are many changes in here including how the transactions are laid out and the additional details that are provided card info has been changed as well as the transaction screen they are now new icons new that bubble grid below the Apple pay cash card has new buttons for adding or withdrawing your money standard credit cards have a bit of a makeover as well with new call and website buttons being added and the actual app icon removed from the main page of wallet inside of Safari it will now warn you whenever you visit a not secure web site you see this big alert on the top which means this website could theoretically be dangerous to you and it's not using HTTPS whereas you visit a secure site like Apple insider.com there's that little icon there that lock icon to let you know that it is secure there are also new autocomplete arrows as you're typing something these series suggestions for Google search will appear you can tap on that blue arrow to completely just fill in that search option and take you to those results the keyboard gained a new html5 color picker you can see that here whenever there's an html5 option to choose a color the keyboard has a refreshed UI to choose those colors right there from the keyboard relating to Safari we now have any new options inside of settings if you head to settings head down to Safari there is a new toggle button available that will allow or disallow access to motion and orientation data so roughly which way your device is facing does it face up or face down or is it horizontal those could be used for different things on a website and now you can prevent that data from being cleaned from the browser if you travel to the About section there's new information here at the top including the model name and model number of your device they're all in this new area brain at the top we also have access to Apple care so you can view your Apple care status when it's going to renew or when it's going to expire if you don't already have Apple care you also have an option to pick it up if you tap in Apple care you can see more information about your coverage so eligible for hardware repairs and service and my estimated renewal date if you just picked up a new device you may be eligible to buy Apple Care Plus so you can do so now right from that Settings app go into a bount tap into Apple care and it'll give you an option to choose your plan and your standard Apple Care Plus or Apple Care Plus with theft and loss obviously the difference is if you lose or have your phone stolen it's covered in the latter option though it does run a little bit more expensive once you choose your option you then have an option on how you want to pay you're gonna pay for everything up front or do you want to pay in monthly installments someone to the installment plan for buying an iPhone in general if we backtrack out of the Apple Care in the about menu and we head back to find maps we have a new option there a new toggle switch available for additional information previously you could see the weather inside a maps and you could talk with that on and off now you can also toggle on or off the air quality index it'll appear in the similar location to the weather conditions for wherever you're viewing but if you don't care about the actual air quality you can turn that off and not worry about it it's here in the lower right hand corner it the little green bar that bar can change colors based on that air quality and it gives you the index you know what to expect news is getting a big update here there's only a few things now but Apple is also launching a new news subscription service to go with it has a new icon it's coming to Canada in earnest and there are a few other small changes in the app like the new Apple news logo there and now actually uses the Apple icon and then says news instead of Apple and news in all caps if we travel back once more to control center we have another new icon this time for the screen mirroring you can see it has there's two overlaid screen similar to what we see on the Mac OS side before but now that has a new icon here on the iOS devices messages has four new an emoji characters available so if you love these an emoji characters using that true depth camera system you're gonna like the new true graph the new shark the new L and the new for all four of these are new animals adding to the other huge list of animals that are already in here monkey robot dog poop everything else that's already been added so Apple has quite the extensive lineup don't forget you can tap that little bar and pull everything into full screen so you can see all the characters at once we've new device support added in iOS 12.2 from the new air pods the new air pod second-generation as well as the air power wireless charging mint those two are actually now supported on iOS though not anything hasn't handed in anyone's hands yet but once they do they will be supported as long as you were updated to this latest release so that is it more than 30 new features coming to iPhones and iPad there are some really great things in here and we are excited to see what comes in 12.3 as well as iOS 13 this summer what do you guys think of the new features be sure to let us know down below in the comments or reach out to me on Twitter tell me what you like what you don't like and what you hope to see in the future enjoy that video click like and press on that subscribe button be sure to check out the Apple insider price guide that has bet best deals on Apple devices and is updated daily follow us on social media and we'll see you guys in the next videolet's explore 35 new features in iOS 12.2 welcome everyone it is Andrew here from Apple Insider and we have our iPhone 10s Macs upgraded to iOS 12.2 there are a ton of new features in here from new icons new remote widgets new homekit devices and so much more so let's go ahead and dive in and check out 30 fun live new features and changes in the latest update starting off with home kit home kit now supports televisions from the likes of Sony LG Vizio and others they can be added directly to the home app and then controlled like other home kit devices you can ask Siri to turn your TV on and off switch inputs and the rest other changes relating to that include now this says allow speaker and TV access rather than just allow speaker access this was previously used to control airplay two devices like the home pod but now will apply to TVs as well continuing down that stretch we saw a lot of revamp with different controls and layouts and UI elements in control center with the music widget there's new adaptive icon that top right hand corner that changes based on how you're listening to music whether it's to an airplay device to an Apple TV or something else we also have a new icon for the remote this remote used to control the Apple TV's but now it'll control everything including homekit TVs or your Apple TV's there's a whole new interface the skip forward and skipped back ten-second buttons are now there the interface is now completely full screen rather than just a small little pop-up widget your device's can still be chosen from the top menu if you have televisions as well as Apple TVs included in there you also see new UI for the now playing when you're watching something on Apple TV you now have a new icon on the left hand side to match theirs that airplay button to let you know it is on the TV there's volume buttons below that to go up and down all refreshed from what it looked like before there has been rumors for some time that Apple will be launching an Apple pay branded credit card so possibly as a preemptory to that they've refreshed the wallet UI significantly there are many changes in here including how the transactions are laid out and the additional details that are provided card info has been changed as well as the transaction screen they are now new icons new that bubble grid below the Apple pay cash card has new buttons for adding or withdrawing your money standard credit cards have a bit of a makeover as well with new call and website buttons being added and the actual app icon removed from the main page of wallet inside of Safari it will now warn you whenever you visit a not secure web site you see this big alert on the top which means this website could theoretically be dangerous to you and it's not using HTTPS whereas you visit a secure site like Apple insider.com there's that little icon there that lock icon to let you know that it is secure there are also new autocomplete arrows as you're typing something these series suggestions for Google search will appear you can tap on that blue arrow to completely just fill in that search option and take you to those results the keyboard gained a new html5 color picker you can see that here whenever there's an html5 option to choose a color the keyboard has a refreshed UI to choose those colors right there from the keyboard relating to Safari we now have any new options inside of settings if you head to settings head down to Safari there is a new toggle button available that will allow or disallow access to motion and orientation data so roughly which way your device is facing does it face up or face down or is it horizontal those could be used for different things on a website and now you can prevent that data from being cleaned from the browser if you travel to the About section there's new information here at the top including the model name and model number of your device they're all in this new area brain at the top we also have access to Apple care so you can view your Apple care status when it's going to renew or when it's going to expire if you don't already have Apple care you also have an option to pick it up if you tap in Apple care you can see more information about your coverage so eligible for hardware repairs and service and my estimated renewal date if you just picked up a new device you may be eligible to buy Apple Care Plus so you can do so now right from that Settings app go into a bount tap into Apple care and it'll give you an option to choose your plan and your standard Apple Care Plus or Apple Care Plus with theft and loss obviously the difference is if you lose or have your phone stolen it's covered in the latter option though it does run a little bit more expensive once you choose your option you then have an option on how you want to pay you're gonna pay for everything up front or do you want to pay in monthly installments someone to the installment plan for buying an iPhone in general if we backtrack out of the Apple Care in the about menu and we head back to find maps we have a new option there a new toggle switch available for additional information previously you could see the weather inside a maps and you could talk with that on and off now you can also toggle on or off the air quality index it'll appear in the similar location to the weather conditions for wherever you're viewing but if you don't care about the actual air quality you can turn that off and not worry about it it's here in the lower right hand corner it the little green bar that bar can change colors based on that air quality and it gives you the index you know what to expect news is getting a big update here there's only a few things now but Apple is also launching a new news subscription service to go with it has a new icon it's coming to Canada in earnest and there are a few other small changes in the app like the new Apple news logo there and now actually uses the Apple icon and then says news instead of Apple and news in all caps if we travel back once more to control center we have another new icon this time for the screen mirroring you can see it has there's two overlaid screen similar to what we see on the Mac OS side before but now that has a new icon here on the iOS devices messages has four new an emoji characters available so if you love these an emoji characters using that true depth camera system you're gonna like the new true graph the new shark the new L and the new for all four of these are new animals adding to the other huge list of animals that are already in here monkey robot dog poop everything else that's already been added so Apple has quite the extensive lineup don't forget you can tap that little bar and pull everything into full screen so you can see all the characters at once we've new device support added in iOS 12.2 from the new air pods the new air pod second-generation as well as the air power wireless charging mint those two are actually now supported on iOS though not anything hasn't handed in anyone's hands yet but once they do they will be supported as long as you were updated to this latest release so that is it more than 30 new features coming to iPhones and iPad there are some really great things in here and we are excited to see what comes in 12.3 as well as iOS 13 this summer what do you guys think of the new features be sure to let us know down below in the comments or reach out to me on Twitter tell me what you like what you don't like and what you hope to see in the future enjoy that video click like and press on that subscribe button be sure to check out the Apple insider price guide that has bet best deals on Apple devices and is updated daily follow us on social media and we'll see you guys in the next video\n"