Apple Seeds Third Beta of tvOS 18.3 to Developers

Apple today provided developers with the third beta of an upcoming tvOS 18.3 update for testing purposes. The third beta comes a week after the second beta.

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The beta is available to registered developers, and can be downloaded from the Settings app on the Apple TV. Apple has also seeded new HomePod 18.3 beta software.

There were no notable new features found in the update, but code suggests that Apple will add support for robot vacuums to HomeKit, which means it will be a supported category in the Home app in tvOS 18.

Apple also plans to add a new notice about digital movie and TV show sales in the update.

We are expecting tvOS 18.3 to be released sometime in late January alongside iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3, macOS Sequoia 15.3, watchOS 11.3, and visionOS 2.3.

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Top Rated Comments

MNGR Avatar
11 months ago

I just want my album of 1600 photos to shuffle more than 20 of them at a time......
Me too. Reported to Apple a year ago.
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maxxodd Avatar
11 months ago
Maybe not a notable new features, but one thing that I'm grateful that they've apparently fixed is their broken HomeKit API with smart home integrations. It looks like 18.3 fixes the Siri search functionality that was still not fixed in 18.2
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gaximus Avatar
11 months ago
Things I want:
1. Netflix to integrate, so my shows show on the main screen.
2. Snoopy screen saver.

Only one of those Apple can fix.
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N0ughtsAndCr0sses Avatar
11 months ago
Im a bit concerned since hardly anyone talks about another hardware update on this product. I really want one, guess I’ll have to wait until autumn. ?
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tywebb13 Avatar
11 months ago
build number is 22K5553a

audioOS 18.3 beta 3 also released with same build number
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WilliApple Avatar
11 months ago
Apple really be trolling us with tvOS again...
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