Here Are All the New Emojis and Wallpapers in IOS 14.2

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iOS 14.2 is here, and while it’s not an insanely giant update for your device, there are still a few cool features worth knowing about.

First, the big one – well, I suspect you’ll be using it more often than any other: new emojis. Over 100 of them will appear on your keyboard after updating to iOS 14.2. Here’s a quick overview of what you’ll find:

Here’s a cockroach. This is just for you New Yorkers. If you want to see the full list, you’ll have to click that link – thank goodness Emojipedia lists them all graphically, so you don’t need to view them on Android 11 or iOS 14.2. Any browser will do.

Pretty new wallpaper

iOS 14.2 also comes with eight brand new wallpapers just in case you want to fool your iPhone a little more than before. If you are not using iOS 14.2 or even an iPhone, you can download them for your device here . Otherwise, this is how they look (in both day and night versions):

Lock screen and Control Center music settings

Elsewhere in iOS 14.2, you’ll experience some small UI changes to the music controls you see on the lock screen when using the Music app, including a new timestamp that appears when you scroll through a track.

There is also a new interface for controlling what plays on AirPlay-compatible devices on your home network. …

Your Control Center has a brand new music interface that puts album art in the spotlight. And if you click on the Now Playing box in the Control Center when nothing is really playing, you should get recommendations for the music you might want to play.

Shazam song recognition features finally arrive on iOS

The biggest addition to iOS 14.2 is Shazam. Acquired by Apple in 2018, Shazam’s magic of “identifying the songs that sound around you in real life” finally found its way into iOS 14.2, and is now available via the handy Music Recognition toggle in your Control Center. Spoiler alert: It looks like the blue Shazam logo and you need to enable it first via the Control Center option in the settings app.

And that’s pretty much it, unless you’re planning on buying Apple’s trendy new HomePod mini tomorrow; iOS 14.2 also opens up a new intercom mode that people around your home can use to talk to each other’s Apple devices. You can now also connect your HomePod to your Apple TV to stream audio from the latter through the former.

Full iOS 14.2 Release Notes

As I said, iOS 14.2 isn’t a giant update, but there’s a bit of fun in its potentially 1GB (or more) download. Here are Apple’s iOS 14.2 release notes if you want to see everything that’s changed:

iOS 14.2 includes the following improvements for your iPhone:

  • Over 100 new emojis, including animals, food, faces, household items, musical instruments, gender sensitive emoji and more.
  • Eight new wallpapers in light and dark modes.
  • The magnifier can detect nearby people and report their distance using the LiDAR sensor included in the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max.
  • IPhone 12 Leather Case with MagSafe Support
  • Optimized Battery Charging for AirPods to slow the rate of battery aging by shortening the time your AirPods spend fully charged.
  • Headphone sound level notifications to alert you when sound levels may affect your hearing
  • New AirPlay controls for streaming entertainment throughout your home
  • Supports intercom with HomePod and HomePod mini using iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, AirPods and CarPlay
  • HomePod connectivity to Apple TV 4K for stereo, surround, and Dolby Atmos audio.
  • Ability to provide exposure notification statistics without your identification to participating public health authorities

This release also fixes the following issues:

  • Apps on the home screen dock may not work
  • Camera viewfinder may appear black on startup
  • The keyboard on the lock screen may skip touches when trying to enter a password
  • Default reminders may be a thing of the past
  • Photos widget may not display content
  • The weather widget can display high temperature in Celsius if set to Fahrenheit.
  • The description of the precipitation graph for the next hour in the Weather section may incorrectly indicate when the precipitation stops.
  • Voice memo recording interrupted by incoming calls
  • Screen may be black while playing Netflix videos
  • Apple Cash may not send or receive money when asked through Siri
  • Apple Watch app may close unexpectedly when opened
  • Some users are unable to sync GPS workout routes or health data between Apple Watch and iPhone.
  • Audio is incorrectly marked as “Not playing” in the CarPlay dashboard.
  • Wireless charging of devices may be prohibited
  • Exposure notifications are disabled when restoring iPhone from iCloud backup or transferring data to new iPhone using iPhone migration.

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