Warning: These Continuity Features Are Broken on Latest iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3 Betas

[MacRumors]

Users of Apple's latest iPhone and iPad Pro models who have been beta testing iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3 may want to hold off on updating to the third betas released earlier this week, as several Continuity-related features are currently broken on these devices.

Apple has updated its developer release notes for the third betas of iOS and iPadOS 26.3 to outline the devices and features that are affected:

The following Continuity features do not work on iPhone 17, Phone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max, iPhone Air and iPad Pro (M5) with iOS / iPadOS 26.3 Beta 3:

• iPhone Mirroring
• AirPlay mirroring to Apple TV 4K
• Using Continuity Camera wirelessly with Mac or Apple TV 4K
• Sidecar from Mac to iPad Pro (M5)

Apple has not provided any details on why these features are not working on the latest betas, but the issue will presumably be fixed in the next round of betas.

We're expecting a public release of iOS 26.3 and related updates fairly soon, as the x.3 updates typically drop in late January each year. With just a few days left in the month, it appears the release schedule may slip into early February for this cycle, but we should be seeing release candidate versions seeded to developers and beta testers relatively soon ahead of the public releases.

Article Link: Warning: These Continuity Features Are Broken on Latest iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3 Betas

 

[slomtbr]

14 Pro iOS 26.3b3
M1 MacBook Air MacOS 26.3b3
iPhone Mirroring is working (I don't use the others)

 

[zahuh]

Thank you for posting this!! Please please please keep us updated with another post if the next beta fixes it.

 

[c84216]

I sit here waiting for the deluge of smooth brains running beta software on their mission critical devices saying omg Apple software quality bad when it comes to things breaking on a blinking beta.

 

[winterwolf]

I'm not convinced about the quality, stability, and performance. I prefer the current visuals too. I'll probably wait for 16.4 before upgrading from 15.7

 

[Genelec8341]

I don't understand these recurring reports of broken functions on the latest devices.

 

[BigBlur]

14 Pro iOS 26.3b3
M1 MacBook Air MacOS 26.3b3
iPhone Mirroring is working (I don't use the others)

Of course it's working. Only the 17 series, Air, and M5 iPP are affected, as the article outlines.

 

[DutchApplePie]

Is reading and responding to text messages from your iPhone on your iPad/Mac one of the Continuity features? Because that's been kind of broken for me since updating to iOS/iPadOS/MacOS 26.

 

[Amigastu]

Of course it's working. Only the 17 series, Air, and M5 iPP are affected, as the article outlines.

Mirroring working here between MacBook Pro M4 and iPhone 17 Pro, both running latest 26.3 betas.

 

[mxrider88]

Continuity has been broken since the original release. As soon as you have two users logged in on the Mac it all stops working.

 

[lazyrighteye]

Ooh, thanks for he heads up MR. This was on my To Do list this eve.

So... 26.4? 🤪

 

[dguisinger]

I despise iPhone mirroring... I actually unregistered my phone from it today. I can't even count the number of times I accidently opened iPhone mirroring when trying to dismiss a notification popup from my mac....

 

[jicon]

There's been a few betas lately completely breaking Home functionality (Completely unresponsive Home configured on another profile) as well on iOS/iPadOS/WatchOS (Fixed on the second betas of .2 and .3), so not shocked by this one.

 

[HouseLannister]

Have you submitted feedback?

 

[rgwebb]

Hell, they've mostly been broken ever since I installed the 26 OSes. It worked for a brief period after not working in 26.0 OSes but went back into the dumps recently.

 

[Paddle1]

My notification forwarding stopped working on 26.2 so apparently it's not just betas.

Honestly a bit disappointing being broken with macOS already while my previous iPhone just worked and was able to forward notifications to Windows 11 flawlessly after deciding to mess around with it once and never really touching it again.

 

[Digital Dude]

An iOS update broke something? I’m shocked. 🙄

 

[rgwebb]

My notification forwarding stopped working on 26.2 so apparently it's not just betas.

In 26.0, everything but the iPhone screen share thing worked. In 26.1, everything continuity wise worked. In 26.2, screen share stopped working and phone calls too but I still get notifications even though the phone remote in times out whenever I click in them.

This OS has been trash for macOS. They need to stop doing yearly releases since they clearly just crap this out hell or high water.

 

[CarAnalogy]

I'm not convinced about the quality, stability, and performance. I prefer the current visuals too. I'll probably wait for 16.4 before upgrading from 15.7

Hey buddy you can't just run whatever OS version you want just because it works for you and the new one doesn't have anything you want. What do you think this is, Linux?

 

[OnePieceIsReal]

Face ID also really funky lately on 17 pro max

 

[Escape Velocity]

Continuity camera is working fine for me (using phone as webcam on a Zoom call right now). iPhone 17 Pro Max on newest beta, laptop not yet updated. Currently connected by cable rather than wireless.

 

[klowy79]

Here’s your new beta. Enjoy the new bugs. At some point you have to decide, is this worth it?

 

[xpxp2002]

I despise iPhone mirroring... I actually unregistered my phone from it today. I can't even count the number of times I accidently opened iPhone mirroring when trying to dismiss a notification popup from my mac....

I turned off notification mirroring because it added a lot of latency to notification delivery.

Kept iPhone mirroring on though.

 

[01cowherd]

I don't understand these recurring reports of broken functions on the latest devices.

Wild guess: They tried turning on the new “Memory Integrity Enforcement” for these features and exposed a bunch of underlying issues.

 

[svish]

Good to know. Hopefully these issues are fixed in the final release.