Apple Seeds Fourth iOS 9.3 Beta to Public Beta Testers

[alecgold]

What's been removed? I haven't noticed any missing functionality in my iOS devices.

My Pencil navigation
But other than that I wouldn't know either.

 

[StyxMaker]

My Pencil navigation
But other than that I wouldn't know either.

I hope they give your Pencil navigation back. I played with on in an Apple Store and was fascinated by its operation but, not being an artist, I could never justify buying one.

 

[Tycho24]

All I really want is quick access to power saver. Really, how often do people change their wallpaper that they need quick access to it???

3D press the settings icon

 

[C DM]

Apparently they removed some basic functions from the  Pencil which stinks.

I'm not sure if calling functions that weren't advertised or listed as actual functions/features basic would really be fitting.

 

[azing]

Just a heads up if you're an Apple Watch owner, I (and many others on the developer forums) are experiencing a few issues with notifications - things not showing on the watch, both the watch and phone buzzing, etc.

Even being on the wOS beta doesn't help. You may want to hold off until beta 5/GM if it's working OK for you now.

Thanks for the heads up! Was mid-download and spotted this so I stopped it. I'll hold off for now.

 

[kozz]

anyone else have any experience with watch notifications not working...want to try it but do not want to loose them..

 

[mmomega]

I do know that this new beta is sucking down my battery like if there was an invisible electricity sucking vampire with his teeth in my phone.

 

[Panerai]

Is there a control center option for low power mode yet?

Yes, when you press and hold the settings icon you will see the battery press on that and it will take straight in to the battery option and in there you can select the power mode.

 

[C DM]

Yes, when you press and hold the settings icon you will see the battery press on that and it will take straight in to the battery option and in there you can select the power mode.

So not a control center option, but a newer 3D Touch option for the Settings app.

 

[kozz]

I do know that this new beta is sucking down my battery like if there was an invisible electricity sucking vampire with his teeth in my phone.

I have that problem now with b3

 

[devondundee]

anyone else have any experience with watch notifications not working...want to try it but do not want to loose them..

I'm having the Apple Watch notifications issue as well. Has anyone found a workaround? This is quite frustrating.

 

[Freakonomics101]

I'm going to be the first to bring this up. Lol. I know it's so overly talked about but I'm hoping, eventually, my iPhone 6 Plus gets 9.2 battery life back. I could go 11 hours of usage until I have to charge. Now I can barely get to 8 and it's kind of annoying.

Note: I'm not doing anything different on my phone. Same apps, same thing, same way.

 

[kozz]

I'm having the Apple Watch notifications issue as well.

well that sucks, I bit the bullet and am downloading now.. hoping that battery life is better ever since b3 mine has tanked and I even did a DFU to 9.2 then reinstalled the beta and same.

Thinking about it more, I may just take a gamble because I only have one app that's non apple now that I use notifications for.

 

[iGeek2014]

I might be wrong, but have the feeling I never had that option on my 6s plus (public beta)

It was present in PB 1 and 2 but removed from PB 3 for whatever reason.

Infinitely better on my 6s Plus but there are still some (to be expected) bugs on my Air 2.

Edit: anyone else seeing unexpected behaviour with iPad Air 2 and plugged into the mains? My device is set to auto lock after 2 minutes but doesn't in Public Beta 4.

 

[sbailey4]

Apparently they removed some basic functions from the  Pencil which stinks.

Jony would tell you that " Apple pencil is a drawing and writing instrument not a stylus. The curvature of the point is aesthetically designed just for intricate drawing and detailed work"
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I hope they give your Pencil navigation back. I played with on in an Apple Store and was fascinated by its operation but, not being an artist, I could never justify buying one.

They probably will release "Apple Stylus" for another $99 on March 15 that is used for stylus operations verses drawing. Cant innovate my A**!

 

[BSben]

Thanks for the heads up! Was mid-download and spotted this so I stopped it. I'll hold off for now.

Maybe you shouldn't be beta testing. If you want a perfect OS, be patient and wait like a good child for Santa. If you want to give your input to Apple and want things to be working at some point, then be a beta tester.

 

[richwoodrocket]

Anyone notice their wifi calls dropping?

Only thing I've noticed is the lack of wifi calling.

 

[thatanonymoususer]

Maybe this is just placebo, but Apple Music is sounding better to me on this beta. It sounded like it was perpetually on the lower quality cell service bitrate on beta 3.
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Only thing I've noticed is the lack of wifi calling.

I tried Verizon Wifi calling for the first time today, and it worked like a charm for me. I do have an AirPort Extreme for a router though, so it might behave slightly differently for me. It does drop the call though if I go out of range of the hotspot

 

[Juggernaut99]

anyone else have any experience with watch notifications not working...want to try it but do not want to loose them..

Yep, watch issues here, also. I should have read the comments first.

At first, no notifications to the watch at all. After some reboots, I get notifications on both the watch and phone. (There are times when I would like this setup, but not all the time.)

 

[JesperA]

Real Racing 3 crashes on launch with this beta on iPhone 6. Anyone found more apps that crashes?

 

[willmtaylor]

I'm running on Beta 3. I'll defiantly wait for beta 5 before beta 3 expires. Apple's been way to preoccupied with this FBI backdoor that they're not paying attention to the small details of iOS 9.3 beta.

Do you think Apple is still like 3 guys in a garage?

I seriously doubt that the folks dealing with the FBI and the folks dealing with iOS betas/features even see each other on a weekly basis.

 

[cambookpro]

I'm having the Apple Watch notifications issue as well. Has anyone found a workaround? This is quite frustrating.

Yep, watch issues here, also. I should have read the comments first.

At first, no notifications to the watch at all. After some reboots, I get notifications on both the watch and phone. (There are times when I would like this setup, but not all the time.)

Apparently someone on Twitter said installing watchOS 2.2 beta then unpairing and repairing the watch fixes the issue. If one of you wants to try and report back...

 

[kozz]

took the gamble and installed and have lost notifications for what appears to be 3rd party apps only at this time, hope it is fixed soon.
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Apparently someone on Twitter said installing watchOS 2.2 beta then unpairing and repairing the watch fixes the issue. If one of you wants to try and report back...

I would but I am only a public beta tester, so no access to the watch beta even though I have a public profile for the watch added...maybe they will be bringing public testing for the watch soon...

 

[Mrjoedot]

I do not see update.anyonr got same issue?

 

[cambookpro]

took the gamble and installed and have lost notifications for what appears to be 3rd party apps only at this time, hope it is fixed soon.
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I would but I am only a public beta tester, so no access to the watch beta even though I have a public profile for the watch added...maybe they will be bringing public testing for the watch soon...

I think that's unlikely as if anything goes wrong, there's literally no way to restore the software on the Watch. I'm reading the developer documentation and it even warns that if anything goes wrong installing the beta, it will have to be sent to an Apple repair centre.