I’m confused - does this mean HomePod stereo and multiroom is still missing in beta 3?
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Apple Seeds Third Beta of iOS 11.4 to Developers [Public Beta Available]
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Apple today seeded the third beta of an upcoming iOS 11.4 update to developers, two weeks after seeding the second beta and over a month after releasing iOS 11.3, a major update that introduced several new features.
Registered developers can download the new iOS 11.4 beta from Apple's Developer Center or over-the-air once the proper configuration profile has been installed from the Developer Center.
The iOS 11.4 update introduces a new ClassKit framework for educational institutions, which supports new features announced at Apple's March 27 event.
For standard users, the iOS 11.4 update adds features that were originally present in the iOS 11.3 beta but removed ahead of release. It includes support for Messages on iCloud, designed to store your iMessages in iCloud rather than on each individual device, allowing for improved syncing capabilities. Currently, incoming iMessages are sent to all devices where you're signed in to your Apple ID, but there is no true cross-device syncing.
Messages on iCloud will allow you to download all of your iMessages on new devices, and a message deleted on one device will remove it on all devices. Older messages and attachments are also stored in iCloud rather than on-device, saving valuable storage space.
The update also offers AirPlay 2 features, with the Apple TV once again available in the Home app. With AirPlay 2, the same audio content can be played in multiple rooms on devices that support AirPlay 2, such as HomePod. Speaking of HomePod, there were initially signs of support for stereo sound, a long-promised feature, but stereo sound never worked in the beta and the mention was removed in beta 2.
For the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, there is a new (PRODUCT)RED wallpaper available, which is not available on iPhone X.
iOS 11.3, the previous update to iOS 11, introduced a new Battery Health feature for monitoring the status of your iPhone's battery, Business Chat for iMessage, which lets you communicate with companies directly in the Messages app, ARKit 1.5 with augmented reality improvements, new Animoji on iPhone X, Health Records from participating medical providers, and more.
Article Link: Apple Seeds Third Beta of iOS 11.4 to Developers
not seeing the update here?
Normally, up to beta 2 dev get first dibs while public the following day, beta 3+ public gets it same day but we'll find out 1pm PST
Airplay supports stereo if you send it through a receiver or Airport Express. If you have INDIVIDUAL Airplay speakers, I don't think there was ever intention to send individual stereo channels to each of them... that's only a feature for the HomePod.
I know. What I was asking was whether the controls to make a stereo pair were back in this beta after being deleted in beta 2.
Yes you would. In beta 1, you could go into the Home app, tap on the HomePod, and you'd see the option to make a stereo pair if you owned more than one.
That doesn’t mean that it actually worked, just that they made preparations for it on the UI end. Did anyone actually try it?
I didn’t say it worked. It didn’t.
What I’m trying to get at is: it was there in beta 1. Then it was removed in beta 2. Is it back in beta 3? If it is, it might suggest the functionality might again be released when 11.4 is finally ready in June.
Can anyone actually answer my question, rather than answer questions they thought they read?
What I’m trying to get at is: it was there in beta 1. Then it was removed in beta 2. Is it back in beta 3? If it is, it might suggest the functionality might again be released when 11.4 is finally ready in June.
Can anyone actually answer my question, rather than answer questions they thought they read?
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I don’t know, nor having two HomePods (or one).
Patience, cowboy. Few people can actually vouch for the setup.
I think that's the one that's at https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...d-hands-on-video.2114541/page-3#post-25973644
Please include a link which cites an Airport Express supports Airplay 2. We both know it doesn't/won't support Airplay 2.
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Again, how is Google able to do this through a $35 device but Apple somehow can't?
Things usually die down around this time of the year with expectations/excitement being reserved for the net upcoming major version essentially.
I seriously hate when people answer questions on MacRumors in an obtuse way to only answer 10% of your question to make themselves feel like they're intelligent when 90% of the question remains unanswered.
Friggin brainlets.
The wallpapers are no big deal to me as I can always grab them off Google and such. But it kinda confuses me that the iPhone X, the more expensive phone, isn't given the RED wallpaper. I mean it is the higher tier phone(the X) after all. And the wallpaper itself isn't RED focused at all. Similar to the 7 wallpapers.