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Apple Seeds Fourth iOS 8.3 Beta to Developers, Second Beta to Public Beta Testers
Apple today seeded the fourth beta of iOS 8.3 to developers, nearly two weeks after seeding the third iOS 8.3 beta and more than a month and a half after releasing the first iOS 8.3 beta. Today's beta is also available for public beta testers.
The beta, build 12F61, is available as an over-the-air download and through the iOS Developer Center. Apple has also released Xcode 6.3 beta 4.
Previous iOS 8.3 betas have included features like a new emoji picker and all new diversified emoji and skin tone modifiers, new country flag emoji and updated emoji icons to represent the iPhone, iMac, and Apple Watch.
Along with those emoji changes, iOS 8.3 brings wireless CarPlay connectivity, support for Google 2-step verification, Apple Pay for the China UnionPay network, several new Siri languages, filters for Messages, a UI change for the space bar in Safari, and more. We've been tracking all the iOS 8.3 changes in our iOS 8 Features Roundup.
What's new in iOS 8.3 beta 4:
iCloud Photo Library - iCloud Photo Library's beta label has been removed again. It has been removed and re-added in past iOS 8.3 betas, so it is not clear whether the service will be out of beta when iOS 8.3 launches.
Messages filtering - An earlier beta introduced filtering in Messages, allowing users to separate messages received from friends and those received from strangers into two categories. In beta 4, the category for iMessages sent from those who are not in a user's contact list has been renamed to "Unknown Sender."
The beta, build 12F61, is available as an over-the-air download and through the iOS Developer Center. Apple has also released Xcode 6.3 beta 4.
Previous iOS 8.3 betas have included features like a new emoji picker and all new diversified emoji and skin tone modifiers, new country flag emoji and updated emoji icons to represent the iPhone, iMac, and Apple Watch.
Along with those emoji changes, iOS 8.3 brings wireless CarPlay connectivity, support for Google 2-step verification, Apple Pay for the China UnionPay network, several new Siri languages, filters for Messages, a UI change for the space bar in Safari, and more. We've been tracking all the iOS 8.3 changes in our iOS 8 Features Roundup.
What's new in iOS 8.3 beta 4:
iCloud Photo Library - iCloud Photo Library's beta label has been removed again. It has been removed and re-added in past iOS 8.3 betas, so it is not clear whether the service will be out of beta when iOS 8.3 launches.
Messages filtering - An earlier beta introduced filtering in Messages, allowing users to separate messages received from friends and those received from strangers into two categories. In beta 4, the category for iMessages sent from those who are not in a user's contact list has been renamed to "Unknown Sender."
Tag: iOS 8.3
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51 months ago
GOD i can't WAIT until the day comes where "emoji skin tone modifiers" isn't a selling point of iOS, what are we doing america?!
ummm..it's not. Just part of the changes that are coming with 8.3.
51 months ago
GOD i can't WAIT until the day comes where "emoji skin tone modifiers" isn't a selling point of iOS, what are we doing america?!
51 months ago
GOD i can't WAIT until the day comes where "emoji skin tone modifiers" isn't a selling point of iOS, what are we doing america?!
The next update needs to include eye-color modifiers. I am insulted that they don't include all the eye colors.
51 months ago
Public beta... Signed up when the last one came out already but still unable to get in even now.
51 months ago
Never ever.
Same time as when you can remove:
Compass
Stocks
Newstand
Voice Memo
Podcasts
etc...
51 months ago
How do you sign up for the public beta? Everytime I go to the beta page, all I see are the yosemite betas.
51 months ago
When are they going to seed the version of iOS that allows me to remove the Apple Watch app ?
Just buy the watch and put the app to work. :D
51 months ago
When are they going to seed the version of iOS that allows me to remove the Apple Watch app ?
Never ever.
51 months ago
Am I the only one that doesn't have the option to download this from appleseed. I login and only OS X is available. frustrating....
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