# iOS & iPadOS 15.2 Release Notes Update your apps to use new features, and test your apps against API changes. ## Overview The iOS & iPadOS 15.2 SDK provides support to develop apps for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch devices running iOS & iPadOS 15.2. The SDK comes bundled with Xcode 13.2, available from the Mac App Store. For information on the compatibility requirements for Xcode 13.2, see . ### App Privacy Report #### New Features - iOS & iPadOS 15 introduced the Record App Activity feature in the privacy settings, allowing people to save a summary of sensor, data, and internet access by apps on their device. In iOS & iPadOS 15.2, this activity is presented in Settings in a new UI called App Privacy Report. This is a great opportunity to review your app’s sensor, data, and internet usage. To view your activity in the report, go to Settings > Privacy > App Privacy Report > Turn On App Privacy Report. Activity will show once you use your app. (78696668) ### App Store #### New Features - StoreKit APIs that present a refund request sheet can be tested with StoreKit Testing in Xcode. Use or when working with UIKit or the `refundRequestSheet(for:isPresented:onDismiss:)` view modifier when working with SwiftUI. (70794860) - StoreKit APIs that present a sheet in your app to manage subscriptions can be tested with StoreKit Testing in Xcode. Use when working with UIKit or the `manageSubscriptionsSheet(isPresented:)` view modifier when working with SwiftUI. (79975963) - New values are available to use in automated tests with the StoreKit Test framework. (82680742) #### Resolved Issues - Subscriptions no longer continue to auto-renew after calling in automated tests using StoreKit Test. (82800700) - Pay-as-you-go offers are no longer displayed incorrectly in payment sheets when testing subscriptions with StoreKit Testing in Xcode. (74165210) ### Apple ID #### New Features - Legacy Contacts has been added to iOS & iPadOS 15.2, allowing users to designate people as legacy contacts for their accounts, as part of the Digital Legacy program. (84536375) ### iCloud Mail #### New Features - iCloud+ subscribers can now access and use Hide My Email directly from the Mail app. (84956894) ### Core Media #### Known Issues - Streaming in the Music app could result in higher CPU usage, causing faster battery drain in some scenarios. (84861891, 85326575) ### Location Emergency #### New Features - Auto Call can now be set up to use one of two methods for initiating an emergency call: holding the side button together with a volume button, or rapidly pressing the side button multiple times. Both methods now show a longer, 8-second countdown before placing an emergency call. (84620050) ### Reminders #### New Features - Tags can now be bulk renamed and deleted. (82177979) ### SwiftUI #### Resolved Issues - Using and now present. (83731075) - Pushing a that has a background applied while inside of a style when inside a is now correctly tracked by the and . (83686857) - correctly respects safe area insets. (83312573) - Views are no longer hidden when using the iPad pointer to present a context menu. (83953549) #### Known Issues - A won’t attempt to localize the raw string `TextField("Placeholder", text: $text)` when building against iOS 15 and running on older releases. **Workaround:** Wrap the string in a . (82076857) --- Copyright © 2026 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. | [Terms of Use](https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/terms/site.html) | [Privacy Policy](https://www.apple.com/privacy/privacy-policy)