Apple released the first beta version of iOS 26.2 today to developers, and it includes some key design changes for the News app. Here’s what’s new.
Apple News originally launched as an app intended exclusively for news.
But over the years, and especially recently, the News app has expanded to include features like daily puzzles, food recipes and cooking features, dedicated sports and politics sections, and more.
Today, iOS 26.2 beta 1 helps make all of those recent additions more accessible than ever.
The new and improved News design adds four new quick links to the top of the Today screen:
Sports
Puzzles
Politics
Food
Each of these take you directly to their corresponding sections, in most cases saving a tap in the process.
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