Playground App not installed with update.

Like many of you, I installed the 18.2 iOS beta update for my new iPhone 16 Pro Max when it first came out. The Playground app was NOT installed with the update. I do have CleanUP in iPhoto, and I do have the new icon on the right of the Description field when i goto the emojis keyboard. When I click that icon, i get the option to request Early Access. Like many here, when I click that icon, I get the screen showing Early Access Requested.

My concern is that the app Playground was not installed as part of my update. Has this happened to anyone else? Any thoughts other than reinstalling 18.2 ??

I combined a few screenshots to help elaborate.

Playground App not installed with update.
 
 
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