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Apple Seeds Third Beta of iOS 10.2 to Developers [Update: Public Beta Available]

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Apple today seeded the third beta of an upcoming iOS 10.2 update to developers, one week after seeding the second beta of iOS 10.2 and three weeks after releasing iOS 10.1, the first major update to iOS 10.

Registered developers can download iOS 10.2 beta 3 from the Apple Developer Center or over-the-air with the proper configuration profile installed.

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iOS 10.2 doesn't have a single main feature like Portrait mode in iOS 10.1, but it does offer several smaller feature tweaks.

New emoji are included the update, such as clown face, drooling face, selfie, face palm, fox face, owl, shark, butterfly, avocado, pancakes, croissant, and more. There are more than a hundred new emoji, including several profession emoji available in both male and female genders, such as firefighter, mechanic, lawyer, doctor, scientist, and more. Apple has also redesigned many existing emoji, adding more detail and making them look much more realistic.

Along with new emoji, iOS 10.2 includes new wallpaper, new Music sorting options and buttons for Repeat and Shuffle, a new "Celebrate" Screen Effect," an option for preserving camera settings, a Videos widget, Single-Sign On support for watching live TV via apps, and the "TV" app that was first introduced at Apple's October 27 event.

iOS 10.2 beta 3 removes the Videos app in the United States, officially replacing it with the TV app, and it eliminates the SOS feature that was introduced in the second iOS 10.2 beta. Beta 3 also includes a new "Send With Love" Screen Effect in Messages and new TV app settings.

The TV app serves as an Apple-designed TV guide that's designed to simplify the television watching experience and discover new TV shows and movies to watch. The TV app will eventually be available on both iOS devices and the Apple TV.

Apple has called iOS 10 its "biggest release ever" for iOS users, with a revamped lock screen, a Siri SDK for developers, an overhauled Messages app, a dedicated "Home" app for HomeKit users, new facial and object recognition capabilities in Photos, and redesigned Maps and Apple Music apps.

Update: iOS 10.2 beta 3 is also available for public beta testers.

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GIZBUG
127 months ago
Installed! Battery life is like a beautiful autumn evening! Safari is...not so snappy though. :(
Wow, out 20 minutes and you know how well battery life is already?!
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SixSlinger
127 months ago
Longshot here: Dark-mode anyone?
Negative, Ghostrider. The pattern is full
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Xenomorph
127 months ago
Apple has called iOS 10 its "biggest release ever" for iOS users
Why is this added to every iOS update?

Yes, iOS 10 is the biggest release ever.

Before that, iOS 9 was the biggest release ever.

Before that, iOS 8 was the biggest release ever.

Before that, iOS 7 was the biggest release ever.

Before that, iOS 6 was the biggest release ever.

(etc., etc., etc.)

Next year? iOS 11 will be Apple's biggest release ever!!!

Apple does the same thing with the iPhone. New iPhone comes out = "This is our best iPhone ever!"

Next iPhone comes out, "the best iPhone ever!"

Next iPhone comes out, "the best iPhone ever!"

It's redundant. They aren't going to release an iPhone that is crappy and an iOS release that includes nothing new.
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TurboPGT!
127 months ago
I still feel this should be a 10.1.1 nothing major going on here
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No.

TV App = major.
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liquidsuns
127 months ago
The TV app is looking better and better.
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nwcs
127 months ago
It's really like Apple is shoving out all the stuff people have put on outside of iTunes. Each generation of Apple TV since the first makes user video content a second class citizen. Now it sounds like it'll be bottom of the barrel class in the update. Gee, glad I spent all that time ripping my legal DVDs via Handbrake to work in that ecosystem. Never thought I'd see the day where a Blu-Ray disc and player would be more cross-platform than anything these ecosystem makers are doing nowadays.
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