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iOS 15.2

Full article
Public release
Recorded milestones
7
Beta cycle
47d
Average interval
8d
Public release
Dec 13, 2021

Release notes

Overview

Editorial synthesis with inline references and a source ledger when citations are available.

Release overview

iOS 15.2 was publicly released on December 13, 2021. iOS 15.2 expanded privacy, family safety, account legacy, music, mail, and device-location capabilities.[1][2]

App Privacy Report and Communication Safety were the most visible policy-oriented additions, accompanied by Digital Legacy, the Apple Music Voice Plan, and refinements to Mail and Find My.[1][2]

Source ledger

References

Sources are linked to the claims they support. Publication and access dates are shown when available.

  1. About the security content of iOS 15.2 and iPadOS 15.2

    Apple Support · Apple · 2023-10-31T00:00:00.000Z · iOS 15.2 and iPadOS 15.2 — Released December 13, 2021

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  2. About iOS 15 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-05-28T00:00:00.000Z · iOS 15.2

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Documented & observed

Changes in this version

Source-linked features, fixes, known issues, removals, and community-observed behavior recorded across this version’s appearances and verified builds.

Release changes

Changed in this release

Features, fixes, removals, and regressions first observed in this release record.

enhancement · changed

Mail privacy, Find My, and camera controls

documentedconfirmed

The release expanded privacy and device-location workflows and added a macro photography setting on supported hardware.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About iOS 15 Updates · iOS 15.2 — Mail, Find My, and Camera

feature · introduced

App Privacy Report

documentedconfirmed

The update added a Settings report covering recent permission use and contacted domains.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About iOS 15 Updates · iOS 15.2 — Privacy

feature · introduced

Apple Music Voice Plan support

documentedconfirmed

Apple Music gained support for the Voice Plan and related Siri discovery features.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About iOS 15 Updates · iOS 15.2 — Apple Music Voice Plan

feature · introduced

Digital Legacy

documentedconfirmed

The release added Legacy Contacts to Apple ID settings.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About iOS 15 Updates · iOS 15.2 — Apple ID

feature · introduced

Communication Safety in Messages

documentedconfirmed

The family-safety feature added on-device warnings and resources for child accounts.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About iOS 15 Updates · iOS 15.2 — Messages

Milestones

Release history

Every recorded channel appearance in chronological order. Open an appearance for any available build, scope, notes, and sources.

  2. +13 days
  3. +7 days
  4. +16 days
  5. +5 days
  6. +3 days

    Release candidate

    RC 2

    Timeline onlyLegacy record

    Build 19C57; iPhone 13 family only

    Availability
    available
    Sources
    Awaiting claim-level sources
    Open this appearance
  7. +3 days

    Public release

    Public

    Full articleEditorially verified

    iOS 15.2 reached the public release channel on December 13, 2021. iOS 15.2 expanded privacy, family safety, account legacy, music, mail, and device-location capabilities. This article records the public appearance only and does not attribute cumulative notes to an earlier beta.

    Availability
    available
    Sources
    8 linked
    Open this appearance

Historical context

Cycle comparison

Pace, intervals, and duration compared with earlier releases on the same platform.

Historical avg for .2 releases

46 days, 5.7 milestones

Based on 13 previous iOS .2 releases

Cycle vs. platform average

47d (avg: 58d)

11 days shorter than the iOS average

Duration ranking

#47 of 92

Middle of the pack iOS beta cycles

Longest gap in this cycle

16 days

Between Beta 3 and Beta 4

Previous .2 releases (iOS)

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iOS 16.2202249d610d
iOS 14.2202049d610d
iOS 13.2201926d57d

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Official release notes