Apple Seeds Release Candidate Versions of iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3

[MacRumors]

Apple today seeded the release candidate versions of upcoming iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3 updates to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming a week after Apple released the third betas.

iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3 can be downloaded from the Settings app on a compatible device by going to General > Software Update.

With the update, Apple made several changes to Apple Intelligence Notification Summaries, such as removing news-related summaries temporarily.

Additional Apple Intelligence Siri updates are coming later in iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4 updates that will follow iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3. We're expecting to see the new software launch toward the end of January.

Article Link: Apple Seeds Release Candidate Versions of iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3

 

[Radeon85]

That was a short beta.

 

[KurtWilde]

Give me that 18.4 beta baby!

 

[mikeboss]

delete

 

[frumpywumpy]

That was a short beta.

Interesting historical data https://www.thinkybits.com/blog/iOS-versions/

 

[nortonandreev]

This bug pisses me off… it’s been around since November.

 

[Realityck]

To devs/PB testers
iOS 18.3 RC (22D60) - January 21,2025
iPadOS 18.3 RC (22D60) - January 21, 2025
iPadOS 17.7.4 RC (21H414) - January 21, 2025
macOS 15.3 RC (24D60) - January 21, 2025
tvOS 18.3 RC (22K557) - January 21, 2025
visionOS 2.3 RC (22N896) - January 21, 2025
watchOS 11.3 RC (22S553) - January 21, 2025

 

[Shorty89]

This bug pisses me off… it’s been around since November.

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Haven’t had that issue on iPad Pro m4 and 16 pro max.

 

[ps3zocker]

That's going to be a beefy, long 18.4 beta phase if that's suppose to launch in April.

 

[Realityck]

Haven’t had that issue on iPad Pro m4 and 16 pro max.

Sounds like Apple logon needs to be logged out and back in. Like your partial authenticatiing. Still a odd bug.

 

[nortonandreev]

Sounds like Apple logon needs to be logged out and back in. Like your partial authenticatiing. Still an odd bug.

Turning on and off the airplane mode this time resolved it. It didn’t work the previous times I encounter this issue in the past (and had to either update via WiFi or connect to another phone via hotspot).

 

[Dephibio]

Here’s the changelog.

 

[zorinlynx]

This update turned on Apple Intelligence for me even though I don't want to use that; I had to turn it back off. Just a heads up for anyone wanting to avoid AI.

 

[afd]

No sign of the AirPods hearing aid thing coming to uk? Thought after reading the article below it would appear in an update.

AirPods will work as hearing aids in Britain after software update — The Telegraph

Changes to regulations mean that tests offered by tech companies through such devices will be sufficient to use their related software

apple.news

 

[Kar98]

This bug pisses me off… it’s been around since November.

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What bug?

 

[SebCohen]

This bug pisses me off… it’s been around since November.

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3G, those were the days!

 

[mxrider88]

That was a short beta.

It’s a beta since October 5th 2011 🤷‍♂️

 

[MasterBlaster35]

Testing... 🕒

 

[hobsgrg]

No sign of the AirPods hearing aid thing coming to uk? Thought after reading the article below it would appear in an update.

AirPods will work as hearing aids in Britain after software update — The Telegraph

Changes to regulations mean that tests offered by tech companies through such devices will be sufficient to use their related software

apple.news

I’m in the UK and the feature is enabled for me

 

[Cristim74]

Any AI for EU in this release?

 

[krull1015]

Great … now we can move on to 18.4; iOS 19 will be here soon but not soon enough.

 

[afd]

I’m in the UK and the feature is enabled for me

Really? Is that the 18.3 beta?

 

[jordanlucero]

New Print Center live activity! Haven’t printed in a bit, but I don’t remember this on 18.2 or earlier.

 

[Baritone_Guy]

Public available as well.

 

[Realityck]

Great … now we can move on to 18.4; iOS 19 will be here soon but not soon enough.

Then you’ll be waiting for conversational Siri with 19.4, the wait never ends. But 18.4 does bring personal context Siri, where it remembers past Siri queries.