iOS 11 Beta 3 Tidbits: New TV Providers, Fixed iPad App Switcher and More

Apple provided the third beta of iOS 11 to developers this morning, introducing a range of feature refinements, speed improvements, bug fixes, and more. In the video and the post below, we've outlined all of the more significant tweaks and changes.


Though we're on the third beta of iOS 11, there are still many bugs in the software, which is to be expected with a beta. A list of new bugs and known issues can be found in the update's release notes, and developers should read the info carefully. iOS 11 beta 3, like earlier iOS 11 betas, should only be installed on secondary device.

- iPad App Switcher - When closing an app, the swipe to close gesture has been restored. Previously, it was necessary to hold down on an app and tap the "x" to close it when using the iPad's App Switcher interface.

- SOS - When using Apple's emergency alert feature, an SOS that's canceled will no longer send out notifications.

- Files app - OS X Server and Dropbox have been added to the Files app on the iPhone and the iPad as new Locations.

- TV Providers - Comcast, Cox, AT&T U-verse, Verizon Fios, Time Warner Cable, and more are all listed as new providers in the TV Providers section of the Settings app in iOS 11 beta 3, and they appear to allow users to take advantage of Single sign-on.

- Notification Center - There's no need to swipe a second time to see "Earlier Today" notifications in the Notification Center. All notifications are shown on the first downward swipe to get to the Lock Screen/Notification Center. In previous betas, you needed to swipe down to see unread notifications and then swipe up again to see earlier notifications. Beta 3 simplifies the Notification Center.

- iCloud Messages - The syncing feature that uploads your iMessages to iCloud in iOS 11 now lets you know how many messages still need to be uploaded.

- Screen Recording - When you 3D Touch the Screen Recording button in the Control Center, there's a new option to start a broadcast. Right now, the feature works like a standard screen recording and saves a video to the Camera Roll, but it could perhaps integrate with third-party apps in the future for automatic uploads.

- Music - When a song is playing in the Music app, tapping the song name from the Control Center will once again open the Music app.

The third beta of iOS 11 is limited to developers, but we expect Apple to release a second public beta later this week, which should be identical to the third developer beta.

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squirrelist Avatar
99 months ago
Is this new or did I miss it in the past? On T-Mobile I can see my current data, call, text usage, and billing end-date in Settings > Cellular > Usage. Don’t know about other carriers.



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Ferc Kast Avatar
99 months ago
Nice that they brought back the swipe on the iPad app switcher. :)
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ovo6 Avatar
99 months ago
Obviously they changed the Notification Center nobody wanted that loll
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heymonroe Avatar
99 months ago
Is force-touching the only way to clear an individual notification? Because that's super irritating to do.
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jmh600cbr Avatar
99 months ago
and yet you can't swipe on a notification to open to the app? literally the worst thing on the planet
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eicca Avatar
99 months ago
Until the 3D Touch app switcher comes back I'm staying with iOS 10.
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