Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

Apple Seeds Second Public Betas of iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3, and macOS Sequoia 15.3

MacRumors

MacRumors

macrumors bot
Original poster
Apr 12, 2001
68,947
39,946


Apple today seeded the second public betas of upcoming iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3, and macOS Sequoia 15.3 updates, allowing the public to test the software ahead of when it launches later this month. The public betas come three weeks after the first public betas. Apple has also seeded new public betas of tvOS 18.3 and watchOS 11.3.

Generic-iOS-18.3-Feature-Real-Mock.jpg

Public beta testers can download the updates from the Settings app on each device after opting into the beta through Apple's public beta testing website.

While there are no new Apple Intelligence features for the iPhone or iPad, macOS Sequoia 15.3 brings Genmoji to the Mac for the first time, so Mac users are now able to create custom emoji characters that can be used in place of standard emoji.

In iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3, and macOS Sequoia 15.3, code suggests that the Home app is set to gain support for robot vacuums, which means Matter and HomeKit vacuums will be able to integrate with Apple's smart home platform in the future.

We are expecting iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3, and macOS Sequoia 15.3 to be released to the public toward the end of January.

Article Link: Apple Seeds Second Public Betas of iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3, and macOS Sequoia 15.3
 
Article Link
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/01/08/apple-seeds-ios-18-3-public-beta-2/
  • Like
Reactions: RandomDSdevel
godorowski said:
I just wait for day they remove all AI related garbage from os because it's pointless like Chess.app
Click to expand...
I will never understand that.

1) Apple Intelligence is Opt-In and lots of sub-features are also Opt-In (like the Siri-ChatGPT interface)
2) If you opted-in, you can delete apps such as Genmoji if you want
3) Apple Intelligence is still in Beta
4) The AI represents a new era of humanity - of COURSE companies in and out of the Stock Market won't miss that boat and will invest fully into it

If you don't want to install a Beta : I'm 100% with you, if you're not a dev, you don't need it.
But if you don't even want to install the Final release, maybe install it, and just don't Opt-In ? They're going to fix a whole array of bugs, patch security holes, and improve apps such as Safari (WebKit).
 
  • Like
Reactions: sydneysider88, robfoll, jdavid_rp and 3 others
godorowski said:
I just wait for day they remove all AI related garbage from os because it's pointless like Chess.app
Click to expand...
I wish we could remove macOS apps like Tips, Grapher, Chess. Although I also wish Apple would port Chess to iOS/iPadOS. It'd be nice to have a basic free chess without ads... Can't believe how much a 1400 year old game continues to be commercialized.
 
  • Like
  • Sad
Reactions: bondr006 and TJFDenver
Unfortunately, this beta doesn't "fix" the Kuxiu iPad stands no longer wirelessly charging the iPad. I wonder if this is a bug or if Apple is intentionally removing the ability since Kuxiu reverse-engineered the feature and didn't do it via the official certification. I didn't buy the stand for this, but it was nice to have…
 
Did they bring Apple Intelligence Memories to Mac? I've got to go to Apple for a speaker problem so unfortunately I can't install the beta on my Mac 😔
 
Joe Mac User said:
Unfortunately, this beta doesn't "fix" the Kuxiu iPad stands no longer wirelessly charging the iPad. I wonder if this is a bug or if Apple is intentionally removing the ability since Kuxiu reverse-engineered the feature and didn't do it via the official certification. I didn't buy the stand for this, but it was nice to have…
Click to expand...
This absolutely sucks. I hope they will fix it or Kuxiu should give us a refund.
 
For iPhone 15 Pro users, did they bring back the default wallpapers that went missing in 18.2?
 
  • Haha
Reactions: TJFDenver
AI?

All I want is a iOS Pro for pro devices. Pro camera, pro Files, pro Calendar, pro interface (granular control).
 
  • Like
Reactions: 9081094
godorowski said:
I just wait for day they remove all AI related garbage from os because it's pointless like Chess.app
Click to expand...
What a ridiculous comment. Let's go back to horse and cart, too. If you don't like it stop downloading betas or turn AI off. Don't whine on here, it's pointless!
 
  • Disagree
Reactions: Stiksi
I’m on iOS 18.2. And hope they did some fixes. Clearly not. Search showing incorrect item but shows everything else

Video camera screen overlap- with action icon with Dynamic Island. And WiFi icon half blacked out when active.

Slow Face ID

Siri awful

battery drain

Mail freezing when getting new

Hdr recording used when it’s switched off in photos.

I have constantly restarts apps. Cause of freezing.

Searching in settings is just as bad. Comes in with every thing else.

This is a buggy mess and should have never released. Apple watch sleep app cause it now doesn’t work stages .

Autodictate does not work any now,never understands other versions of text I wrote indictment sleeping. So unfair how poor it is. Even shortcuts in keyboards don’t work.



This is so frustrating. Too many mistakes to fix. Fixed do words with no relation it tried to change. I didn’t even ask for it. Had to read through to correct them.
 
Last edited:
godorowski said:
I just wait for day they remove all AI related garbage from os because it's pointless like Chess.app
Click to expand...

Playground and Genmoji are absolutely useless. There is ZERO reason for me to use them again after seeing what it's all about.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back