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Apple Seeds Third iOS 17.4 Public Beta With EU App Ecosystem Changes

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Apple today seeded the third betas of upcoming iOS 17.4 and iPadOS 17.4 updates to public beta testers, allowing non-developers to test the software ahead of its release. The third public iOS 17.4 and iPadOS 17.4 betas come a week after Apple released the second betas.

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Public beta testers can get the beta 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 Public Beta. Signing up on Apple's beta testing website is required.

The iOS 17.4 and iPadOS 17.4 betas introduce a whole slew of changes for users in the European Union, allowing for alternative app stores and alternative payment methods.

There are new options for choosing a default browser, NFC has been opened up to banks and other financial institutions, and browsers aren't mandated to use WebKit.

Along with these changes, the update also brings new emoji characters, Podcast transcripts, tweaks to Safari, hints of what we can expect from the next-generation CarPlay, and more.

Full details on what's included in iOS 17.4 can be found in our features guide.

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Installed both iOS/IPadOS beta 3 no issues from yesterday.

General​

Known Issues​

  • Default browser choice screen might not show up when intended and apps requiring certain managed entitlements might not install or show an error. (121566625)
    Workaround: Open Settings and navigate to Privacy & Security > Location Services. Toggle location services off for 10 seconds, and then turn it back on.

App Store​

Resolved Issues​

  • Fixed: Certain App Store product sheets will show a “Cannot Connect to iTunes Store” error. (121523272)

BrowserEngineKit​

Resolved Issues​

HomeKit​

Resolved Issues​

  • Fixed: Viewing HomeKit camera live video might not work when away from home. (121166796)

Maps​

Known Issues​

  • MapKit SwiftUI apps might show incorrect map mode for walking and cycling routes. (121085728)

Messages​

Resolved Issues​

  • Fixed: Stickers (Memoji and 3rd party) might appear blank. (120994483)

Object Capture​

New Features​

  • A new manual bounding box flow is now initiated if automatic object detection fails to find an object, particularly in cases where there is no salient ground plane. In this flow, the user is expected to utilize the standard manual bounding box controls to indicate the bounding box of the object to capture by adjusting the provided starting box placed in the world in front of the user. You can determine if this mode has been activated by observing for the new element .objectNotDetected, which will be added to the ObjectCaptureSession’s Feedback set when the manual flow has been activated. You can use this to provide notification and/or instructions to the user about this manual box flow as desired. (113474123)

Resolved Issues​

  • Fixed an issue where an ObjectCaptureView was incorrectly rotating the point cloud view in landscape UI orientations. (114248688) (FB13030239)
  • Fixed: PhotogrammetrySession creation on iOS is now significantly faster. (114458164)
  • Fixed a memory leak when ObjectCaptureSession was used in a SwiftUI Environment or was torn down without waiting for cleanup to finish. (114481678) (FB13057864)

Passkeys​

Resolved Issues​

  • Fixed: Registering passkeys might not work on certain websites. (122217903)

Podcasts​

Resolved Issues​

  • Fixed: Tapping on a podcast show from Recently Searched occasionally returns you to the Recently Searched view instead of the podcast show product page. (120915925)

Setup Assistant​

Resolved Issues​

  • Fixed: Pairing might fail when using Quick Start to set up a new device. (120982013)

Shared iPad​

Resolved Issues​

  • Fixed: Users might be greeted with a “Loading” screen in the Files app immediately after log in on a Shared iPad. (122092017)

StoreKit​

New Features​

  • In StoreKit testing in Xcode, a billing error StoreKit message will be sent when a subscription tries to renew while the Enable Billing Retry on Renewal setting is enabled in the StoreKit configuration file. Use the messages listener API to control when StoreKit messages are displayed in your app. (101869442)
  • productDescriptionHidden(_:) API can be used to configure the visibility of product descriptions in ProductView, StoreView and SubscriptionStoreView instances within a view hierarchy. When building with Xcode 15.3, the view modifier can be used even if your app is running on iOS 17.0, iPadOS 17.0, macOS 14.0, tvOS 17.0, watchOS 10.0, visionOS 1.0, or later.
    When implementing a product view style, it can support this new view modifier by checking the descriptionVisibility property on the configuration value. (110414819) (FB12261973)
  • You can use SubscriptionStoreView to present promotional offers by adding the subscriptionPromotionalOffer(offer:signature:) modifier.
    If you’re already using inAppPurchaseOptions(_:) modifier to support promotional offers for StoreKit views, you should adopt the new API instead when your app is running on iOS 17.4, iPadOS 17.4, macOS 14.4, tvOS 17.4, watchOS 10.4, visionOS 1.1 or later. Do not use both APIs to apply a promotional offer for the same view. (115358806)

Resolved Issues​

  • Fixed: The isEligibleForIntroOffer property and isEligibleForIntroOffer(for:)method now reflect ineligibility in cases where a customer would otherwise be eligible for the offer if they weren’t actively subscribed. This means a customer which is not currently eligible for an introductory offer may become eligible in the future.
    Customers who redeem an introductory offer for a given subscription group will continue to never be eligible for another introductory offer in that subscription group. You can detect this case this by checking if any one transaction with a matching subscriptionGroupID has the type property on offer set to introductory. (103604770) (FB11889732)
  • Fixed an issue causing SKAdNetwork versions 2.2 and 3.0 to not accept impressions or send postbacks. (121223565)
  • Fixed an issue causing some approved Ask to Buy purchases to fail. (121249405)

SwiftUI​

New Features​

  • Table now supports dynamic numbers of columns with the new TableColumnForEach. (79492167) (FB9189673)
  • Popover presentations now automatically dismiss if they go outside the safe area. (100811375)

Resolved Issues​

  • Fixed: Resolved an issue with programmatically present an alert or sheet simultaneously with dismissing another sheet. The new alert or sheet would not show but now it will. If you have code that presents the same sheet programmatically from multiple places in your view hierarchy at the same time, that sheet might no longer appear. Make sure that any sheet modifiers that are in the view hierarchy at the same time use distinct isPresented or item bindings. (117475214)

WebKit​

Resolved Issues​

  • Fixed HTML content not displaying in a Simulator, affecting projects using the web extension project template. (121338366)
 
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The versions release to devs yesterday, PB testers today
  • iOS 17.4 beta 3 (21E5200d) - February 13, 2024
  • iPadOS 17.4 beta 3 (21E5200d) - February 13, 2024
  • macOS 14.4 beta 3 (23E5196e) - February 13, 2024
  • tvOS 17.4 beta 3 (21L5212d) - February 13, 2024
  • visionOS 1.1 beta 2 (21O5188c) - February 13, 2024
  • watchOS 10.4 beta 3 (21T5202e) - February 13, 2024
 
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sirdir said:
And that's how they designed it to fail. Nobody will develop browsers with their own engine just for european iPhones. It's sad that Apple is so afraid of competition that they don't see how they are holding back their own platforms. The iPad could really replace a computer, if they'd just let it.
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I don’t think I would want it to replace my MacBook, but I certainly wish it was more capable.
 
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The dock its not showing in my external monitor and not show the upper menu from the programs (you only see the grey border when it moves the windows), only works ok in the main MacBook Pro display (left/right/down settings), reboot, move the settings a little, but nothing happened...(Caldigit TS4 via DP connection).
 
Realityck said:
Based on that it could indeed be disabled to verify Safari is working correctly less PWA's. Safari testing is not routine, there have been problems they have to tackle first.
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They don't routinely test Safari? That explains a lot. (/s Your comment is a crude theory and the quoted Twitter, pardon me, X post is much more likely.)
 
idmean said:
They don't routinely test Safari? That explains a lot. (/s Your comment is a crude theory and the quoted Twitter, pardon me, X post is much more likely.)
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Implying if Apple deems they don't have enough time to fully debug issues within a beta cycle they will disable some part of a iOS update to a future beta cycle similar to promised features that they feel is not usable yet. ;)

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In an update on the Developer website (via 9to5Mac), Apple explains that users in the EU will not have access to Home Screen web apps due to the support for alternative browser engines and the accompanying security risks and work required to implement a new solution.
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Any one have the mirror display toggle not working? I have both differ USBC attach to external display, the “Mirror Display” is not working.
 
******* said:
I hope there is an option in EU to leave the Iphone as always have been.
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Please not, if you want things tomstay the same these changes will probably not effect you, ar keast short term. Most app will want tomstaunon the store that is installed ny defailt IE apples appstore, you might have to deal with third party payment systems.
 
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This just crashed my iPhone 15 Pro Max :( Been on beta versions perpetually for years and this never happened. Currently attempting data recovery :rolleyes:
 
Am having several crashes that require hard reboot on iOS 17.4 PB2 and PB3, sometime in the FILES app when attempting to move files. Sometimes when attempting to PASTE a 1Password password into apps.
Crashed make the phone unable to close the app I am on, sometimes make the whole phone freeze. Rebooting takes a long time. So far not yet "bricked" though :)
I had issues with finding WiFi networks whereby the SSIDs didn't get detected properly but showed jibberish until I restarted the phone.
If I could, I'd downgrade to 17.3.1 stable.
Because I can't - I can't wait to get the next beta update and hope for improvement. :)

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iPh 14pro
 
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