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Apple Seeds Fourth iOS 8.3 Beta to Developers, Second Beta to Public Beta Testers
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From our iOS 8 roundup that covers all of the 8.3 changes:
Messages - There's an option in the Messages portion of the Settings app to enable "Conversation List Filtering." With this turned on, messages received from people who are not in your contact list will be filtered into a separate list.
I know for OSX there was a limit of 1million. Not sure if there is a limit on iOS (of course I speak of the public beta program).
I'm very confused - are they labeling the "consumer" beta as "beta 2" and the developer beta as "beta 4", even though they are the same build number? My iPhone, which is on the "consumer" beta is asking to update to "beta 2" (it was on beta 3), and my iPad, on the developer beta, is asking to update to "beta 4".
The next update needs to include eye-color modifiers. I am insulted that they don't include all the eye colors.
My carrier version was updated from 18.3 on T-Mobile to 19. That's the only difference I notice so far.
Found something new. Emoji now default to the last skin tone you chose on the keyboard instead of defaulting to yellow.
Just looked at the release notes...very few issues. Seems like this is shaping up to be a new release.
I've been signed up since the first day it became available for OS X and I have yet to receive an invite or a seed for the iOS public beta program. VERY annoying
Same issue here. I'd love to give 8.3 a try, but just haven't had the option
Ipad 3 Benchmark:
Ios 8.2-252 Single
ios 8.3-257 single
and today
ios 8.2 beta 2(public)-260 single
its getting better!
Ios 8.2-252 Single
ios 8.3-257 single
and today
ios 8.2 beta 2(public)-260 single
its getting better!
You have to be invited to each particular seed test... being in the 10.10.3 seed test does not automatically mean you'll be in the 8.3 seed.
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That's been my experience... I try to be thorough about reporting even seemingly insignificant issues on the seed tests but I've had very few problems so far.
I tried going to the Apple site to sign up for the iOS public beta the day it was announced, but I've only been able to see OS X related information on the site.
Cool - I came to ask this question. I thought I was a few updates behind or something.
Aaaaaand landscape bug on iPhone 6+ still not fixed. Shocking
That blows. They seem to have fixed the "pulling up the camera swipe" gesture again. It was fixed, then the last beta messed it up, now it seems to be working correctly again. (*The bug was that the camera couldn't be pulled up without pretty much a full-screen swipe of the camera icon.)
Just ignore that public beta and directly install beta 3/4, you can bypass the dev account.
Sorry to read. I have been happy with the beta as it has been stable. Hopefully things work out for you.
I can't download it yet, but I have a question. When you click "post reply" in this forum and try to add a URL or image URL, does Safari still crash?
Release notes:
CarPlay
Fixed in Beta 4
Outgoing Call Audio and FaceTime Audio may be choppy.
HomeKit
Known Issue
HomeKit may not be able to target specific Accessories in rooms using Siri. Instead, commands may affect all HomeKit-connected devices as a group.
Maps
Note
Maps navigation includes a Hebrew voice for devices that use Hebrew as the main language.
Siri
Known Issue
Arabic and Hebrew keyboard voice dictation may not be functional.
Spotlight
Fixed in Beta 4
3rd Party keyboards may not be available for selection in Spotlight Search.
CarPlay
Fixed in Beta 4
Outgoing Call Audio and FaceTime Audio may be choppy.
HomeKit
Known Issue
HomeKit may not be able to target specific Accessories in rooms using Siri. Instead, commands may affect all HomeKit-connected devices as a group.
Maps
Note
Maps navigation includes a Hebrew voice for devices that use Hebrew as the main language.
Siri
Known Issue
Arabic and Hebrew keyboard voice dictation may not be functional.
Spotlight
Fixed in Beta 4
3rd Party keyboards may not be available for selection in Spotlight Search.
I was referring to the AppleSeed testing program which is different from the public beta and invitation-only.
I'm wondering if they put a cap on the users. It would make sense. If someone leaves or doesn't accept their invitation, there's room for a new person.
