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iPadOS 15.2 Public

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About this appearance

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

Date
Dec 13, 2021
Availability
available
Revision
No

Release notes

What changed

Original editorial synthesis. Linked references appear with the claims they support and in the source ledger.

Public release

Apple’s dated release record places iPadOS 15.2 on December 13, 2021. This article records that public appearance only and does not assign the cumulative version notes to any preceding beta.[1][2]

What changed

App Privacy Report, Communication Safety, and Digital Legacy arrived alongside the Apple Music Voice Plan and several iPad-specific workflow refinements.[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 iPadOS 15 Updates

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

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  3. 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 — security content

  4. About iPadOS 15 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-05-28T00:00:00.000Z · iPadOS 15.2 — Apple ID

  5. About iPadOS 15 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-05-28T00:00:00.000Z · iPadOS 15.2 — Apple Music Voice Plan

  6. About iPadOS 15 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-05-28T00:00:00.000Z · iPadOS 15.2 — Messages

  7. About iPadOS 15 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-05-28T00:00:00.000Z · iPadOS 15.2 — Privacy

  8. About iPadOS 15 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-05-28T00:00:00.000Z · iPadOS 15.2 — Quick Note, Mail, Notes, and Reminders

Release changes

Changed in this release

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

feature · introduced

App Privacy Report

documentedconfirmed

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

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

feature · introduced

Apple Music Voice Plan support

documentedconfirmed

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

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

enhancement · changed

Quick Note, Mail, and tag refinements

documentedconfirmed

The update expanded note capture, private email aliases, and bulk tag organization.

  1. [1] About iPadOS 15 Updates · iPadOS 15.2 — Quick Note, Mail, Notes, and Reminders

feature · introduced

Digital Legacy

documentedconfirmed

The release added Legacy Contacts to Apple ID settings.

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

feature · introduced

Communication Safety in Messages

documentedconfirmed

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

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