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Apple Seeds Fourth Betas of iOS 17.2 and iPadOS 17.2 to Developers [Update: Public Beta Available]

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Apple today released the fourth betas of upcoming iOS 17.2 and iPadOS 17.2 updates to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming two weeks after Apple released the the third betas of iOS 17.2 and iPadOS 17.2.

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Registered developers are able to opt into the betas by opening up the Settings app, going to the Software Update section, tapping on the "Beta Updates" option, and toggling on the ‌iOS 17 or iPadOS 17‌ Developer Beta. An Apple ID associated with a developer account is required to download and install the beta.

The biggest new feature in iOS 17.2 is the Journal app, which can be used to record daily activities and thoughts. You can write about your day to day life, but Apple also provides topic suggestions based on the music you listen to, the places you visit, and the people you see. Journal entries support pictures, voice recordings, and location information, with the app organized by entry date.

In Apple Music, there's a Favorites playlist that houses everything you've favorited, plus Apple added support for collaborative playlists. You can now share a playlist with multiple people, and each participant can add songs.

Stickers can now be used to reply to iMessages when you long press on a chat bubble in the Messages app, and there's also now support for the extra-secure iMessage Contact Key Verification option. If you have an iPhone 15 Pro, the Action Button supports Translate in iOS 17.2, and there are new Weather and Clock widgets.

More on what's new in iOS 17.2 can be found in our iOS 17.2 beta features list.

Article Link: Apple Seeds Fourth Betas of iOS 17.2 and iPadOS 17.2 to Developers [Update: Public Beta Available]
 
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I'm new to the betas. I only downloaded it due to bluetooth issues on my 15PM. How would I hop off the beta train once 17.2 is officially rolled out to the public?
 
Odd… had beta options but no update. Turned off phone and upon power on, the beta options are gone 🤷🏻‍♂️
 
Updating now!

Been enjoying capturing spatial videos, then export to watch on my old Sony 3D TV.
Wish there's an option to always turn on "Spatial video" mode 🤞🏼
 
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Tofupunch said:
I'm new to the betas. I only downloaded it due to bluetooth issues on my 15PM. How would I hop off the beta train once 17.2 is officially rolled out to the public?
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When the official release is available, switch off the beta updates under Software Update, basically the opposite of what you did to turn them on.
 
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muasachi said:
Updating now!

Been enjoying capturing spatial videos, then export to watch on my old Sony 3D TV.
Wish there's an option to always turn on "Spatial video" mode 🤞🏼
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Are you satisfied with the result? I sent some of my spatial videos to my brother who has a meta quest and he was not that impressed…
 
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Released today to devs
  • iOS 17.2 beta 4 (21C5054b) - November 28, 2023
  • iPadOS 17.2 beta 4 (21C5054b) - November 28, 2023
  • macOS 14.2 beta 4 (23C5055b) - November 28, 2023
  • watchOS 10.2 beta 4 (21S5358a) - November 28, 2023
  • tvOS 17.2 beta 4 (21K5356c) - November 28, 2023
 
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Are you satisfied with the result? I sent some of my spatial videos to my brother who has a meta quest and he was not that impressed…
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It’s much better than I thought.
I think watching my cats on my 55” Sony 3D TV is much better than those 2D-to-3D-Converted blu-rays that I own.

From the first time I see it, I immediately decided to always shoot in spatial from now on.

Ps. My sweet spot for capturing is 50-70 cm. distance from the object though
 

AirDrop​

Resolved Issues​

  • Fixed: Sending an AirDrop or using NameDrop to an 17.0 or 17.1 device might fail sporadically. (117925962)

Apple Music​

Resolved Issues​

  • Fixed: The Favorite Songs playlist might take a while to appear on some iOS/iPadOS, watchOS, and tvOS devices. (117219873)

AVKit​

Resolved Issues​

  • Fixed: AVCaptureEventInteraction does not currently respond to the Action button. (112861854)

Camera​

New Features​

  • Capture spatial video with remarkable depth on iPhone 15 Pro to view in 3D in the Photos app on Apple Vision Pro. Turn on spatial video capture in Settings > Camera > Formats, then capture spatial videos in Video mode in the Camera app. (102470597)
  • Added support for depth with select AVCaptureDeviceFormats on AVCaptureDeviceTypeBuiltInTripleCamera. Depth is now available on a wider range of videoZoomFactors on iPhone 15 Pro’s AVCaptureDeviceTypeBuiltInTripleCamera and iPhone 15’s AVCaptureDeviceTypeBuiltInDualWideCamera with select AVCaptureDeviceFormats. Select AVCaptureDeviceFormats now offer the ability to zoom when depth is enabled without a disruptive reconfiguration. (110654309)

iMessage Contact Key Verification​

New Features​

  • With iMessage Contact Key Verification, users can choose to further verify that they are messaging only with the people they intend. iMessage Contact Key Verification uses Key Transparency to enable automatic verification that the iMessage key distribution service returns device keys that have been logged to a verifiable and auditable map. When a user enables the feature, they will be notified about any validation errors directly in the Messages conversation transcript and Apple ID Settings.
    For even higher security, iMessage Contact Key Verification users can compare a contact verification code in person, on FaceTime, or through another secure call. They can also choose to create or edit a contact and save a public key to turn on iMessage Contact Key Verification with that person.
    All devices signed into your iCloud account must be on the minimum supported version of iOS 17.2 Beta, macOS 14.2 Beta, or watchOS 10.2 Beta. If you wish to keep using other devices on older versions of the OS, you will need to sign out of iMessage on these devices in order to enable contact key verification. (111356044)

Resolved Issues​

  • Fixed: When verifying another user, Contact Verification Code will not show unless both users are on SEED_BUILD_NUMBER or higher. (114462363)
  • Fixed: After verifying a contact, the verificaton checkmark might not show up in Messages app. (116142336)
  • Fixed: Users might see an error to Turned Off transcript every few hours. (116405131)
  • Fixed: Users might see that they’re are not eligible to enable Contact Key Verification on some of their upgraded devices. (117044482)

Known Issues​

  • The Learn More links do not link to Knowledge Base articles during Beta. (101563811)

Journal​

New Features​

  • Journal is a new app that helps iPhone users reflect and practice gratitude through journaling. (117631805)

Resolved Issues​

  • Fixed: Setting a schedule for notifications will cause Journaling Suggestions notifications to not trigger. However, user will continue to receive Journal App notifications with the set schedule beginning 3 days after onboarding to Journaling Suggestions. (116999378)
  • Fixed: Users might see duplicate journaling suggestions. (117099386)
  • Fixed: Journaling Suggestions might not get populated. (117170356)

Journaling Suggestions API​

New Features​

  • Journaling Suggestions provides a visual picker interface for iPhone apps. The picker displays personal Moments that occur in someone’s life, such as their workouts and exercise, places they visit, a trip they take, a person they connect with, their photo memory highlights, Photos in their library, a song or podcast they listen to. Only suggestions explicitly added by the user will be shared with an app. If your app donates activities or interactions to SiriKit or CallKit or if someone authorizes your app to save data to HealthKit, some data might show up as part of Journaling Suggestions. (117044228)

Known Issues​

  • Landscape mode is not supported for Journaling Suggestions API. (117154771)
    Workaround: Please use Portrait mode only.

Messages​

Resolved Issues​

  • Fixed: Unlocalized string shown for member count in the full screen Map View of Group Messages might appear (e.g. DETAIL_NUMBER_OF_PEOPLE_LABEL). (117287022)

Music app​

Resolved Issues​

  • Fixed: Apple Music recently searched content might not appear in the recently searched section of the Search tab in the Music app, on devices that had iOS 17.2 Beta 1, Beta 2 or Beta 3 installed. Library recently searched items are unaffected. (117109015)

Personal Hotspot​

Resolved Issues​

  • Fixed: Some third-party devices might be unable to connect to iPhone Personal Hotspot. (113517807)

StoreKit​

New Features​

  • New pricing properties price, currency, and currencyCode are now available on Transaction. If an offer was applied to the transaction, a new property offer is available to see information about it (id, type, payment mode), as well as convenience properties offerID, offerType, and offerPaymentMode. (106650768)

Resolved Issues​

  • Fixed: The StoreKit 2 Transaction properties price, currency, and Offer.paymentMode now have Optional types. (116592563)
  • Fixed: The StoreKit 2 Transaction properties price, currency, and Offer.paymentMode now have Optional types. (116809380)
  • Fixed an issue causing productViewControllerDidFinish(_:) method in SKStoreProductViewControllerDelegate to be called before the page is dismissed. (117113118) (FB13284259)
  • Fixed an issue causing the refund request “Done” button to not dismiss the sheet when using StoreKit Testing in Xcode. (117482750)
  • Fixed an issue where StoreKit 2 deviceVerification was incorrect, which caused transaction verification to fail. (117689523) (FB13315344)

StoreKit Testing in Xcode​

New Features​

  • New testing functionality to send Purchase Intents to apps using StoreKit Testing in Xcode from the Transaction Manager. (101034395)

Swift Charts​

Resolved Issues​

  • Fixed an issue where a scrollable chart did not respect the initial non-zero binding value passed to chartScrollPosition. (114889276)

SwiftUI​

New Features​

  • Use _logChanges() to log causes of SwiftUI view updates.
    Call the new debugging method _logChanges() in the body of a SwiftUI view to log information about why the system is updating the view. For example:
    struct MyView: View {
    var body: some View {
    #if DEBUG
    let _ = Self._logChanges()
    #endif
    // … rest of view body …
    }
    }

    As well as the physical property names, “@self” marks that the view value itself has changed, and “@identity” marks that the identity of the view has changed (that is, that the persistent data associated with the view has been recycled for a new instance of the same type).
    The new _logChanges() method is like the existing _printChanges() one, except that the new method uses the system console, which is useful in some debugging workflows.
    Calls to _logChanges() log at the info level to the “com.apple.SwiftUI” subsystem with the category “Changed Body Properties”. (113352555)

Resolved Issues​

  • Fixed: Resolved a possible Swift access conflict crash that could occur with toolbar items. (113992797)
  • Fixed: To prevent unintentional implicit dependency cycles, ImageRenderer no longer sends Observable updates when the image it produces changes. This change does not affect the behavior when a dependency is explicitly declared by observing the ImageRenderer’s publisher. (116836341)

WidgetKit​

Resolved Issues​

  • Fixed: In widgets Text(_:style:) does not animate its content by default. (107582710)
 
Powerbooky said:
Still missing, the dislike or ban-list in Apple Music; to get rid of certain genres or "artists".
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I thought there was a '👎🏽' button when you tap the 3 dots. Not sure if it does anything though. But, yes, a 'never recommend, EVER' button would be nice.
 
Tofupunch said:
I thought there was a '👎🏽' button when you tap the 3 dots. Not sure if it does anything though. But, yes, a 'never recommend, EVER' button would be nice.
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I did and still do that so many times. I seems that the big music labels still can push anything that of what they think is great for the regional market, despite how many times you clicked on dislike. Or Apple uses some kind of geo crowd sourcing again. The same kind of crowd sourcing that Apple used on the AutoCorrect function while typing. With a couple of schools nearby AutoCorrect created more spelling errors instead of correcting them.
 
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