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Apple Seeds First Betas of iOS 14.3 and iPadOS 14.3 to Public Beta Testers

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Apple today seeded the first betas of upcoming iOS 14.3 and iPadOS 14.3 updates to public beta testers, one day after providing the betas to developers.

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Public beta testers who have signed up for Apple's beta testing program can download the iOS and iPadOS‌ 14.3 updates over the air after installing the proper certificate from the Public Beta website on an iOS device.

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iOS 14.3 introduces the ProRAW feature Apple announced at the iPhone 12 launch to the iPhone 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max. ProRAW lets those who prefer to shoot in RAW take advantage of the Apple image pipeline data like noise reduction and multi-frame exposure adjustments while still using the RAW format.

The ProRAW feature can be enabled in the Camera section of the Settings app for those who have installed the iOS 14.3 beta on a new ‌iPhone 12 Pro‌ or Pro Max. When enabled, there's a RAW toggle in the upper right side of the camera app that can be tapped to turn it off or on. Photos taken with ProRAW are 25MB in size.

Ecosia, the search engine that plants trees when people conduct searches, can now be set as the default search engine on iPhone and iPad as an alternative to Google, DuckDuckGo, Yahoo, and Bing.

iOS 14.3 includes an icon that seemingly unveils the design of the AirPods Studio, along with code supporting third-party item trackers and Bluetooth devices in the Find My app. Apple mentioned this feature in June when iOS 14 was unveiled, and it seems we could soon be seeing third-party devices that are able to be tracked via Find My.

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iOS 14.3 also includes pregnancy data in the Health app, third-party app suggestions at setup in certain countries, support for scanning App Clips QR codes with the camera app, an option to update HomeKit products with the Home app, and more, with full details available in our iOS 14.3 features guide.

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Been running the DP since yesterday and noticed app updates are now happening automatically as they should. Before I still had to open the App Store, click on my profile, refresh, then update manually. Now they’re updating automatically just like the new TestFlight update. Otherwise, running well on an iPhone 11 Pro (not updating to the 12 this year - don‘t need 5G as I’m always on wifi and the camera doesn’t seem as good as the 11 Pro, images seem washed out).
 
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I'm most interested in how ProRaw will work. Has anyone taken a look since install the betas? That is, previously one could get the raw of a photo, but it of course looked horrible, since Apple applies so much magic to their normal photos. And supposedly the idea behind ProRaw is you get raw, but also (at least some) of the magic they normally add, but the benefit of being able to edit with raw. So the question is do the Pro Raw's get all of Apple's edits applied to them as a starting point or only some and if so what?
 
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I'm most interested in how ProRaw will work. Has anyone taken a look since install the betas? That is, previously one could get the raw of a photo, but it of course looked horrible, since Apple applies so much magic to their normal photos. And supposedly the idea behind ProRaw is you get raw, but also (at least some) of the magic they normally add, but the benefit of being able to edit with raw. So the question is do the Pro Raw's get all of Apple's edits applied to them as a starting point or only some and if so what?
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Excellent question. I’m curious myself. Are the images actually “raw” or are they still processed through Apple‘s camera? I’ve always wondered exactly how Apple’s cameras differ from DSLR’s and if you can truly get a RAW image from the lenses used. it’s been years since my photo days.
 
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Hopefully, this includes a fix for the missing text messages:

iPhone 12 not receiving group texts - Apple Community

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iPhone 12 / iOS 14.1 users - Missing Text/SMS Messages?

There is an issue with the new iPhone 12's possibly caused by the iPhone 12, or iOS 14.1, or a combo of both. Not 100% sure yet. I first read about this issue when Paul Thurrot gave his thoughts on his new iPhone 12: https://www.thurrott.com/mobile/ios/243252/apple-iphone-12-a-few-concerns...
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Hmm, assuming 14.3 comes out in December - maybe the AirPods Studio and Airtag will be announced through press release instead of an event just before the Christmas holidays?
 
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Already running on my "about to be retired" iPhone X. No biggie on anything just yet, but I'm totally tempted to checkout ProRAW and how it plays with Photoshop.
 
CJ Dorschel said:
Been running the DP since yesterday and noticed app updates are now happening automatically as they should. Before I still had to open the App Store, click on my profile, refresh, then update manually. Now they’re updating automatically just like the new TestFlight update. Otherwise, running well on an iPhone 11 Pro (not updating to the 12 this year - don‘t need 5G as I’m always on wifi and the camera doesn’t seem as good as the 11 Pro, images seem washed out).
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How long have you been waiting before checking Apps for updates? I normally check a couple of times a day (hey, don't judge!) but a few times I was busy at work, came home, popped it on the charger, fell asleep, and woke up to 5+ Apps updated automatically.
 
Not sure if it’s been mentioned, but mirror front photos has made a return.
 

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These seem like incredibly capable iPhones and impressive, but honestly, my iPhone 8 Plus is COVID-READY, yet these are not.
Apple has really dropped the ball there and I do think that is going to cost them in sales when other phones have various forms of Touch ID, but I can still run IOS 14.3 too. I just don't have those Gucci features, but a far more practical one during this pandemic.
 
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