iOS 11.3 Beta 1
Release Date — January 24, 2018
Build Number — 15E5167f
Darwin Kernel Version — 17.5.0: Sat Jan 13 00:03:04 PST 2018; root:xnu-4570.50.243~9\/RELEASE_ARM64_T8011
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New Features & Changes
Release Date — January 24, 2018
Build Number — 15E5167f
Darwin Kernel Version — 17.5.0: Sat Jan 13 00:03:04 PST 2018; root:xnu-4570.50.243~9\/RELEASE_ARM64_T8011
Report all bugs using MobileRadar or the Feedback app.
New Features & Changes
- Maps now shows “Closing Soon” in yellow text and “Closed” in red text for POI
- iMessage in iCloud (automatically enabled for users who have two-factor authentication and iCloud Backup enabled)
- Improved security with USB accessories (requires authentication once per week)
- In App Store "Updates" tab, apps will include version number and installation size.
- iBooks renamed to Books (however some locations still show “iBooks.”, such as in the "Books" section in Settings)
- New Privacy icon display during Setup Assistant after update and appears when app or feature is asking for personal information
- New Animoji for users on iPhone X
- Apps that were downloaded from multiple App Store’s can now be updated without changing the Store
- Improved "For You" section in the News app which offers a list of top videos of the day
- iPhone X Face ID Side button - shows a little animation that instructs user to double press side button to confirm installation from App Store and Apple Pay payment
- Added "Use Passcode for Purchases" for Accessibility iPhone X Side button
- Game Center - manage GC's friends and remove individual
- Added support for Advanced Mobile Location (AML) for precise user's location via GPS or WiFi when making emergency calls. Available in the United Kingdom, Estonia, Lithuania, Austria, Iceland, and New Zealand except United States
- If WiFi Calling is On, it will only activate if cellular signal is low
- AirPlay 2
- Safari 11.1
- ARKit 1.5
- App Store reviews can now be sorted by most critical, most favorable, most recent and most helpful
- Apple Music Radio Stations now have a Previous control in place of the former Star (play more/less like this) button
- When playing a song on Apple Music, tap on title will give options such as "Go to Artist", "Go to Album" & "Go to Playlist".
- Folders in Safari Bookmarks Favorites view now show favicons instead of standard folder icon.
- WebApps saved to the home screen and webpages in Safari can now use the camera to capture images
- JavaScript for Safari is automatically disabled by default due to Foundation known issue with PAC or WPAD evaluation
- Siri control of AirPlay 2 isn’t enabled in iOS 11.3 beta 1
- Some Messages threads may take longer to load than expected
- Health Record accounts and data are not synced to Health in iCloud. This results in data from the device not syncing to other devices
- Maps may crash when tapping the "Destinations" UI while connected to CarPlay
- Skype may crash on launch or after sign-in
- Remote App and the Control Center Remote for ATV not working with ATV running 11.3b1 for navigation. Works on initial reboot of ATV but stops after starting Netflix app.
- The attention aware for calls is not working
- WiFi connectivity issue when connecting to existing network on older devices.
- UK banking app for Nationwide crashes/quits when trying to open it. Won't open thereafter.
- "Save to Files" share extension sometimes won't work (blank popup)
- Sites visited using Safari's Private mode can be found in Settings --> Safari (Since iOS 11.0) - Unable to Reproduce
- Smart Punctuation isn’t available in Messages
- Keyboard keys become blue when text is pasted in the text field of WhatsApp, especially for URLs (Since iOS 11.0)
- Widgets jump up then goes back to normal position after device restart (Since iOS 11.0)
- Unlocking the device causes keyboard to disappear for a moment if keyboard is left open before locking the device (Since iOS 11.0)
- Widgets and search bar overlap during call (Since iOS 11.0)
- Emoji keyboard has duplicate emojis in Frequently Used tab after resetting the keyboard settings (Since iOS 11.0)
- Clash Royale on iPhone X still lags when you set the brightness to 0. If you increase it, OR start recording, it will be buttery smooth.
- Books app crashes constantly. After crashing requires device reboot to work again
- Fixed the performance issue where transition animation stutters a lot while entering into the city list in Weather app when device is in Low Power Mode (it was there since iOS 11.0)
- Scrolling through the apps list in the Cellular menu in Settings is now a lot smoother and it no longer stutters (it was there since iOS 10.0)
- Live Glitter Wallpapers on the iPhone X are a lot smoother and no longer stutter.
- "Month 13 is out of bounds" error is now fixed
- Throttling on older device has been disabled but no switch to toggle it on/off exists yet.
- Fixed the frame drops in the animation when entering and leaving app switcher/control center on iPad Pro and iPad mini 4 (since iOS 11.0)
- Background tasks now correctly authenticate in an app that uses Kerberos for single sign on
- Weather Widget now update faster and correctly compared to the app
- Qualcomm iPhone 7 Plus: 3.62.01
- Qualcomm iPhone 7: 3.62.01
- Intel iPhone 7 Plus: 2.03.05
- Intel iPhone 7: 2.03.05
- Intel iPhone 8: 1.04.08
- Qualcomm iPhone 8 Plus: 1.85.00
- Intel iPhone 8 Plus: 1.04.08
- Qualcomm iPhone X: 1.85.00
- Intel iPhone X: 1.04.08
- iPhone SE: 6.30.4
- iPhone 6 Plus: 6.53.00
- iPhone 6: 6.53.00
- iPhone 6S/6S Plus: 4.53.03
- iPhone 5S: 8.52.00
United States
- Verizon - 31.5.2
- Verizon iPads - 30.5
- T-Mobile - 31.5.4
- T-Mobile iPads - 31.5
- AT&T - 31.5.3
- MetroPCS -
- U.S. Cellular - 30.5.1
- Sprint - 31.5.1
- O2-UK - 31.5
- BT-UK - 31.5
- Three - 31.5
- EE - 31.5.2
- Vodafone UK - 31.5
- Videotron -
- Rogers - 31.5
- Fido - 31.5
- Bell -
- Telus - 31.1
- Freedom Mobile -
- Orange France - 31.5.1
- Orange Morocco - 31.5
- O2-DE -
- Vodafone.de - 31.0
- Telekom.de - 31.0
- KPN -
- Singapore Singtel -
- Philippines Globe - 31.0
- Thailand AIS -
- Comviq -
- Tre - 31.0
- Meteor
- Optus - 30.5.1
- Telstra - 31.0
- Turkcell (Lifecell) - 31.5
- Vodafone TR - 31.5
- Turk Telekom - 31.5
- T-Mobile -
- Orange - 31.5
- Play - 31.0
- Airtel - 31.0
- Jio - 31.0 (previously 30.5.2)
- Mexico - Telcel - 31.5
- TIGO GT - 31.5
- Docomo - 31.0
- AlwaysOnline -
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