iOS 16.3 Coming Next Week: Here's What's New

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

Apple, you've changed. 😢

Is Apple not planning on having live events anymore? Maybe Apple is planning on announcing new software and hardware via AR/VR in the future.

 

[fwmireault]

I hope we will see the rollout of advanced data protection outside of the US

 

[CarAnalogy]

Possibly the first time I’ve seen an OS version listed as a software requirement for a wallpaper.

I suppose it’s the same thing as saying that it comes with that version but it’s a weird way to phrase it.

 

[samwa3]

Advanced Data Protection for non-US users coming when?

Edit: Coming soon

 

[CarAnalogy]

MR users: Apple, please release an update to fix these bugs.
Also MR users: i’m not updating for just bug fixes! Thats boring and lame.

16.1.2 was the buggiest one of all for me and actually caused two abrupt reboots of my phone.

Apple actually has me scared to update now. I want a bug fix release and 16.3 is probably safe but I might still give it at least a day this time.

 

[Cristim74]

RC today?

 

[Cromulent]

Someone ping me with news of Apple Classical.

 

[Nozuka]

Hopefully this improves HomeKit. It’s been buggier since the 16.2 architecture update.

Mine actually finally seems to work flawless for the first time. I almost gave up on it before.

 

[CarAnalogy]

Is Apple not planning on having live events anymore? Maybe Apple is planning on announcing new software and hardware via AR/VR in the future.

Both. They had a press event at least for the M2 MacBook Air.

Probably just as well, most people can’t / won’t be invited and fly to california so bring on as much over the internet as they can give us.

 

[EugW]

Is Apple not planning on having live events anymore?

Well, there's not much point in live events for iOS 16.3 or simple Mac refreshes with no form factor changes.

 

[mjschabow]

For those running the beta, are you still having issues where your phone just completely freezes up? Because that's my current life.

 

[Cruncher]

I hope it will fix the issue that my sleep focus gets deactivated randomly. This is very annoying.
Other than that I can`t really complain about 16.2. The Battery Life got better on my iPhone 14 Pro Max but still can`t reach the iPhone 13 Pro Max level.

 

[nottorp]

So when will it be safe to update from 15 to 16? 16.5? Shall we have a betting pool?

 

[MrRom92]

How have they not fixed the HomeKit architecture yet. Oof

 

[centauratlas]

Hopefully this improves HomeKit. It’s been buggier since the 16.2 architecture update.

This X 1000. The "new and improved" HomeKit stuff was anything but. I haven't seen (since I didn't look for) the betas or the beta notes though, so who knows.

 

[Darth Tulhu]

Still hoping for a Music App landscape feature...

 

[bluecoast]

I hope we will see the rollout of advanced data protection outside of the US

Yes please, although I suspect it will happen around any March event that Apple chooses to do - i.e. when they usually also launch a substantial feature update of iOS.

 

[Derfymer]

My battery is crap on my 14 pro max compared to the 13 pro max do something about that.

 

[Fraserpatty]

Recently my “hey Siri, speak screen stopped working, and rebooting isn’t fixing it. Hope it gets fixed with 16.3.  support couldn’t help me fix it either.

 

[t0rqx]

Tweaked wording: adding words like rollercoasters?

 

[brandoman]

How about getting rid of the bugs? Better battery life? That would be great.

 

[DoogH]

Hopefully this improves HomeKit. It’s been buggier since the 16.2 architecture update.

It does not.

 

[citysnaps]

Does this include the enabling of the Temperature and Humidity sensors in the Homepod mini?

Maybe.

But most importantly security updates and bug fixes.

 

[citysnaps]

How about getting rid of the bugs? Better battery life? That would be great.

Bug fixes are included in all iOS and MacOS updates.

 

[Vespi]

Right now it feels like Apple release software with bugs to make people update to latest software for bug fixes which then introduces more bugs to make you update again when they release new software