Apple seeds macOS 14.2 beta 4 to developers with Music and Messages changes

With macOS 14.2 beta 4 now available to developers, Apple follows the testing cycle of this upcoming operating system. This new testing version comes after the new M3 Macs have been released.

Although macOS Sonoma still lacks a few features, version 14.2 is finally adding a few of them, such as:

Sticker reactions: React to a message with any Live Sticker, Memoji, or Animoji through the Sticker drawer or directly through the Tapback menu.

Collaborate on playlists: Invite friends to join your playlist, and everyone can add, reorder, and remove songs. In Now Playing, you can use emojis to react to the song choices on Apple Music. That said, it doesn’t seem you can invite a friend to join a playlist on macOS 14.2 beta just yet.

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Edit playlists: There’s a new edit button for playlists where you can add custom covers (an iOS 17.1 feature) and a description with macOS 14.2 beta.

iMessage Contact Key Verification: Contact key verification allows you to manually verify who you are messaging with by comparing contact verification codes in person or over the phone. Conversations with people who have contact key verification turned on also receive automatic advanced protections to help prevent even very sophisticated attackers from impersonating anyone in a conversation.

That said, macOS 14.2 beta still lacks some delayed Sonoma features, such as:

With the macOS 14.2 beta cycle almost ending, we’ll let you know if Apple might add anything new in upcoming builds. Alongside macOS 14.2 beta 4, Apple is also seeding the fourth testing version of iOS 17.2, iPadOS 17.2, watchOS 10.2, and tvOS 17.2.