The Stocks app in iOS 16.2 lets you sort watchlists with new options like ticker symbol, price or percentage change, market capitalization, and more.
- What is happening? The Stocks app in iOS 16.2 introduces new options for sorting watchlists by price or percentage change, ticker symbol, market capitalization, and more.
- Why care? The current Stocks app only supports manual sorting, so keeping track of your favorite stocks in iOS 16.2 is easier than ever.
- What to do? Update your iPhone to iOS 16.2 when it becomes available
Stocks app in iOS 16.2 introduces the ability to sort the watchlist
These new sorting features were spotted by Chance Miller at 9to5Mac.
Simply tap the three-dot menu in the top right corner of the Stocks app to select new sorting and display options. To sort the watchlist, select Sort Watchlist By from the menu, and then choose your preferred sorting criteria:
- Management
- Price change
- Percent Change
- Market capitalization
- Symbol
- Name
This option was nowhere to be found in iOS 16.1 and earlier, meaning you could only sort your watchlist manually. In addition, you can now specify what appears on each of your watchlists by selecting one of the following three options:
- Price change
- Percent Change
- Market capitalization
“This change gives you more granularity with the ability to sort each list by any data point you choose, rather than choosing just one option that applies to all of your different lists,” notes Miller.
For example, you can set up your FAANG watchlist to display price changes and sort by market cap. According to the post, the Stocks widget for the home screen in iOS 16.2 also supports the new sorting options set in the app.
To create a watchlist, select My Symbols in the search box at the top of the Stocks app, then select New Watchlist. Now name your watchlist, add a few stocks to it, and you’re done. Read: How to Track Stocks on Apple Watch
Are there other new features in iOS 16.2?
Yes, iOS 16.2 is expected to bring other benefits. Some of the new features found in the iOS 16.2 beta include Apple News integration with the Weather app, a new architecture for the Home app, 5G in India, and something called Custom Accessibility Mode, which Apple says makes it easier to use iPhone and iPad.
The iOS 16.2 public beta can be installed via beta.apple.com.
A developer account is not required to test pre-release Apple software, you can sign up with an existing Apple ID even if you’re not a registered developer.
When will iOS 16.2 be released?
Apple is currently testing iOS 16.2, iPadOS 16.2, tvOS 16.2, tvOS 16.2, and macOS Ventura 13.0.1 with its developers. These software updates need to go through a few more weeks of testing before they’re ready for prime time use. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman learned that Apple plans to release iOS 16.2 around mid-December.
This will be the last iOS 16 feature update for this year.
iOS 16.3 is expected around late February or early March 2023. It will introduce additional new iPhone features, such as support for new Mac hardware, as well as a new Freeform collaboration and brainstorming app.