iOS 13.2 is out now with tons of new emoji and Deep Fusion for iPhone 11

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Apple released iOS 13.2 to the public this morning after beta testing the software update with developers for a month.

iOS 13.2 and iPadOS 13.2 bring a bunch of new features and bug fixes to the iPhone and iPad, including more than 50 new emoji characters and support for the new AirPods Pro that were just revealed this morning.

Along with iOS 13.2, Apple also released tvOS 13.2 for the fourth and fifth-generation Apple TVs. iOS 13.2 can be installed as an over-the-air update. To download it to your device, go to the Software Update section in the Settings app.

What’s inside iOS 13.2?

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The new emoji in iOS 13.2.
Photo: Emojipedia

Apple’s big iOS 13.2 update unlocks the Deep Fusion camera feature on the iPhone 11 and 11 Pro. Deep Fusion uses the A13 processor’s neural engine to perform pixel-by-pixel processing of an image to enhance detail, enrich colors and remove noise.

iOS 13.2 adds 57 new emoji characters. Some of the new emoji include a sloth, flamingo, orangutan, skunk, waffle, falafel, butter garlic, guide dog, an ear with a hearing aid, wheelchairs, a prosthetic arm, a prosthetic leg and many more. The update also unlocks new gender and skin tone combinations for old characters. For example, you can now completely customize the holding-hands emoji

Some of the minor additions in iOS 13.2 include new privacy settings for Apple’s Research app. Tweaks were also made to the volume bar in Control Center to shows when you’re connected to AirPods. It also brings back the Announce Messages with ‌Siri‌ feature that was pulled from iOS 13.

 

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