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iOS 9.2 Public

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The public iOS 9.2 release expanded media and reading workflows, added Mail Drop and camera-adapter support, repaired app, backup, and keyboard behavior, improved accessibility, and delivered security fixes.

Date
Dec 8, 2015
Availability
available
Revision
No

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  1. About the Security Content of iOS 9.2

    Apple Support · 2026-07-30 · AppSandbox — CVE-2015-7001

  2. About iOS 9 Updates

    Apple Support · 2026-07-30 · iOS 9.2 — Accessibility improvements and Siri

  3. About iOS 9 Updates

    Apple Support · 2026-07-30 · iOS 9.2 — Apple Music improvements

  4. About iOS 9 Updates

    Apple Support · 2026-07-30 · iOS 9.2 — keyboard fixes

  5. About iOS 9 Updates

    Apple Support · 2026-07-30 · iOS 9.2 — Mail Drop and iBooks

  6. About iOS 9 Updates

    Apple Support · 2026-07-30 · iOS 9.2 — News Top Stories

  7. About iOS 9 Updates

    Apple Support · 2026-07-30 · iOS 9.2 — stability, Health, Wallet, alarms, Find My iPhone, and backups

  8. About iOS 9 Updates

    Apple Support · 2026-07-30 · iOS 9.2 — USB Camera Adapter

  9. About the Security Content of iOS 9.2

    Apple Support · 2026-07-30 · iOS 9.2 security content

  10. About iOS 9 Updates

    Apple Support · 2026-07-30 · iOS 9.2

Release changes

Changed in this release

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

security · fixed

Revoked Contacts access enforcement

documentedconfirmed

Apple addressed CVE-2015-7001 by hardening the sandbox’s handling of hard links so revoked Contacts permission remained effective.

  1. [1] About the Security Content of iOS 9.2 · AppSandbox — CVE-2015-7001

compatibility · introduced

iPhone USB Camera Adapter support

documentedconfirmed

The release extended USB Camera Adapter photo and video importing to iPhone.

  1. [1] About iOS 9 Updates · iOS 9.2 — USB Camera Adapter

enhancement · changed

Apple Music library workflow improvements

documentedconfirmed

The Music app streamlined playlist and offline-library management and displayed works, composers, and performers while browsing classical music.

  1. [1] About iOS 9 Updates · iOS 9.2 — Apple Music improvements

bugFix · fixed

App, data, backup, and alert reliability

documentedconfirmed

Apple addressed Safari and Podcasts stability, missing Health data, absent Wallet updates, silent alarms after updating, Find My iPhone login failures, and incomplete manual iCloud Backups.

  1. [1] About iOS 9 Updates · iOS 9.2 — stability, Health, Wallet, alarms, Find My iPhone, and backups

feature · introduced

News Top Stories

documentedconfirmed

The News app gained a Top Stories area highlighting major stories for readers in the three documented launch countries.

  1. [1] About iOS 9 Updates · iOS 9.2 — News Top Stories

enhancement · changed

Accessibility improvements and Arabic Siri

documentedconfirmed

The release expanded VoiceOver gestures and screen wake behavior, repaired accessibility workflows, improved Switch Control with 3D Touch, and added Siri support for two Arabic locales.

  1. [1] About iOS 9 Updates · iOS 9.2 — Accessibility improvements and Siri

bugFix · fixed

Keyboard input reliability

documentedconfirmed

The keyboard update reduced accidental iPad text selection, improved Quick Reply responsiveness and Chinese 10-key punctuation, and prevented unintended Cyrillic caps lock in URL and email fields.

  1. [1] About iOS 9 Updates · iOS 9.2 — keyboard fixes

feature · introduced

Mail Drop and iBooks expansion

documentedconfirmed

iOS 9.2 brought Mail Drop to the Mail app and let iBooks users preview book locations with 3D Touch or continue an audiobook while browsing elsewhere in the app.

  1. [1] About iOS 9 Updates · iOS 9.2 — Mail Drop and iBooks