Wanna boost your messaging game? How about spicing up your Animoji karaoke videos? iOS 11.3 has you covered with four distinctively new Animoji characters in the Messages app.
Video: 4 new Animoji characters in iOS 11.3—lion, dragon, bear & skull
Developers
Apple seeds watchOS 4.2.2 beta 5, macOS 10.13.3 beta 6, and iOS 11.2.5 beta 7
Apple on Friday seeded watchOS 4.2.2 beta 5, macOS 10.13.3 beta 6, and iOS 11.2.5 beta 7 to developers. Registered developers can install the new betas from Apple's Developer Center, or by using each platform's respective over-the-air updating mechanism.
Apple seeds sixth betas of iOS 11.2.5 and tvOS 11.2.5
Apple on Wednesday seeded the sixth betas of iOS 11.2.5 and tvOS 11.2.5 to developers. Registered developers can install the new betas from Apple's Developer Center, or by using each platform's respective over-the-air updating mechanism.
Apple seeds fifth beta of macOS High Sierra 10.13.3
Apple on Tuesday seeded the fifth beta of macOS High Sierra 10.13.3 to developers. The update can be installed by registered developers using the Mac App Store's update mechanism.
Apple seeds fifth beta of tvOS 11.2.5
Apple on Friday seeded the fifth beta of tvOS 11.2.5. The update comes just a few days after beta 4 was released, and it can be downloaded on the Apple TV by registered developers who have installed the appropriate profile via Xcode.
Apple seeds fifth beta of iOS 11.2.5
Apple on Thursday seeded the fifth beta of iOS 11.2.5 to developers. Registered developers can install the new beta from Apple’s Developer Center, or by using the over-the-air update mechanism in iOS.
Apple seeds fourth betas of iOS 11.2.5, watchOS 4.2.2, macOS 10.13.3, and tvOS 11.2.5
Apple on Tuesday seeded the fourth betas of iOS 11.2.5,watchOS 4.2.2, macOS 10.13.3 and tvOS 11.2.5. Registered developers can install the new betas from Apple’s Developer Center, or by using each platform’s respective over-the-air update mechanism.
Apple developer program now available at no cost to eligible organizations
After being announced late last year, Apple is now officially waiving the developer program fees for eligible organizations including government entities and non-profits.
Apple seeds third betas of iOS 11.2.5, watchOS 4.2.2, macOS 10.13.3 and tvOS 11.2.5
Apple on Wednesday released the third betas of iOS 11.2.5,watchOS 4.2.2, macOS 10.13.3 and tvOS 11.2.5. Registered developers can install the new betas from Apple’s Developer Center, or by using each platform’s respective over-the-air update mechanism.
Apple acquires developer tool startup Buddybuild
Apple has acquired Canadian startup Buddybuild, according to a blog post on the company's website. The firm has developed a "continuous integration, continuous deployment, and user feedback platform for development teams," and they will be joining the Xcode team at Apple.
Apple relaxes its controversial guidelines for template-based apps, waives dev fees for governments and nonprofits starting next year
Apple took a stance recently against cookie-cutter style apps by outright banning them from the App Store. These template-based apps were often used as ways to clone low-quality apps (any remember the onslaught of Flappy Bird lookalikes?) Unfortunately, they were also often used by small business, nonprofits, or government organizations who didn't have the resources to develop their own apps from scratch.
Bloomberg: developers will soon be able to write universal apps for iPhone, iPad & Mac
Apple will provide new developer tools that will for the first time let app makers design, engineer and compile a single app binary which will run across iPhone, iPad and Mac devices.