Apple seeded iOS 11.3 beta 2 this morning, and the update brings about a new feature labeled Battery Health. As the name suggests, the feature is designed to provide iOS users with more information about their batteries.
Apple on Tuesday seeded the second betas of iOS 11.3 and tvOS 11.3 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.
Aside from a few major iPhone and iPad enhancements that are in tow for iOS 11.3, like battery health and power management which were previewed recently ahead of release this Spring, the software update brings back version number and size for app updates.
Although iOS 11.2 has addressed a Calculator bug that caused input to be lost if you typed too quickly, iOS 11.3 brings back the button fade animations without reintroducing this issue.
When Apple previewed its major iOS 11.3 release coming this Spring, it acknowledge that a pair of new features related to battery health and power management would be coming “in a later beta release,” and now they've provided a more specific timeframe.
Details continue to trickle out preceding the widespread launch of the HomePod next week. We've now a clear picture on how the HomePod will receive updates.
We reported yesterday that Apple is introducing a new privacy feature.
Aside from previewing the major new features and enhancements coming to your iPhone and iPad this spring via the forthcoming iOS 11.3 software, and releasing a barrage of new OS betas, Apple yesterday also dropped the Xcode 9.3 beta with some interesting new capabilities.
Apple has simplified Face ID checkout for Apple Pay and App Store purchases with iOS 11.3.
Aside from a bunch of known major new features coming to iPhone and iPad via iOS 11.3 this spring, we're constantly discovering interesting tidbits that have gone largely unnoticed.
Apple has made the first beta of the upcoming iOS 11.3 update, seeded yesterday to developers, available for public beta testers. Those in the Beta Software Program can download 11.3 from Apple's website or via iOS' over-the-air update mechanism.
Apple is working on a major overhaul of the iBooks app and the underlying iBooks Store centered around iOS 11's App Store styling and all-new Audiobooks and Reading Now sections, Bloomberg reported today, and now we're learning about other changes coming to the app.