- macOS Tahoe 26.2 is rolling out to Macs and MacBooks now
- It has a new Edge Light feature to illuminate your video calls
- Other minor improvements and bug fixes are also included
In addition to iOS 26.2, Apple has also released corresponding software updates for its other devices, and these updates include macOS Tahoe 26.2 – with a useful new Edge Light feature to illuminate your face during video calls on Apple Silicon Macs.
As MacRumors reports, the addition of Edge Light is the biggest change with this release. It will use your Mac screen “to illuminate your face as a virtual ring light when you’re on a low-light video call”. With newer Macs, introduced in 2024 and later, you can also have the light turn on automatically in low-light conditions.
The feature offers adjustable light width and temperature settings so you can adjust the lighting to your preference, and when you use a mouse or trackpad, the light will instantly dim so you can see what you’re doing on the screen.
We wrote about this feature when the developer beta for macOS Tahoe 26.2 was released, and it sounds like it could be especially handy when you’re in a rush to get set up for a call and don’t have as much time as you might think to fix the lighting.
Minor updates and an AirDrop tweak
Other new features in macOS Tahoe 26.2 include auto-generated chapters in podcasts, embedded links to said podcasts, improved filters in the game library, in-game challenge updates, and support for connected controllers.
There are also a lot of bug fixes and minor tweaks, as usual for a macOS update like this. For example, navigation has been improved in the Apple News app, while tables in the Freeform app are now more flexible in terms of what they can hold. A playlist of favorite songs has also been added to Top Picks in Apple Music.
Apple also says that with this update, “AirDrop codes offer an extra layer of verification when using AirDrop with unknown contacts by specifying a code on the recipient’s device that the sender must enter to complete the transfer”.
We’ll have to wait and see if it breaks the AirDrop support that Google recently added to its Pixel 10 phones – but it wouldn’t be a huge surprise. The MacOS Tahoe 26.2 update is rolling out globally now.
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