- iOS 26.2 includes a new feature that notifies you of notifications
- Once this option is enabled, your phone screen will flash at full brightness when a notification arrives
- This is one of many new features introduced in iOS 26.2
Between sounds and vibrations, your iPhone’s notifications may already seem noticeable enough most of the time, but iOS 26.2 introduces yet another way to alert you to a new message or pop-up.
Among many other updates and improvements, iOS 26.2 added the ability to flash the screen when a notification arrives. To enable this, go to Settings > Accessibility > Audio & Visual, then enable the “Flash for Alerts” toggle (see image below, shared by 9to5Mac).
With the feature enabled, you can choose whether the screen should flash for alerts, the LED camera should flash on the back, or both elements should flash.
Visual alerts when sounds aren’t enough
The ability to turn on the LED flash isn’t really new; it’s just the screen option that is. Now, with this feature enabled, your iPhone screen will be momentarily set to full brightness when a notification arrives.
This being in the accessibility section tells you that it is primarily aimed at people who might have issues with other forms of notifications – for example, those who are hard of hearing. But it could also be beneficial for other people, especially if you’re often in noisy environments where you’re unlikely to hear a notification and you’re not wearing an Apple Watch, which would vibrate on your wrist.
This new feature is joined by many others, with iOS 26.2 also allowing you to add alarms to reminders, use boards in the Freeform app, share via AirDrop in a new way, and much more. So, whether you care about this screen flash feature or not, iOS 26.2 is worth downloading.
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