A month after presenting the major software innovations at the opening of the WWDC 2022 keynote, Apple is releasing the third beta on iPhone with iOS 16 and on iPad with iPadOS 16. A beta 3 awaited by the developers who installed the first two versions and which suffered from bugs and other autonomy problems, although the second beta corrected the situation.
Updated on 07/11/2022 at 7:15 p.m. : Apple is offering developers the same beta tonight as on July 6, but in a “revisited” version. No changes, but improvements are on the way.
What’s new for Beta 3 iOS 16
To discover the 240 new features of iOS 16 and iPadOS 16, so you have to upgrade to iOS 16 beta. If the first beta made it possible to discover many already essential features such as the customizable lockscreen, Face ID in landscape, the modification and deletion of iMessages, the protection of photos, the easy clipping of an object, Stage Manager and more like the translation of the text via the camera, the following allow to improve the autonomy and the experience by adjusting some details. For example, Beta 2 brought over 20 changes.
Here are the new features we discovered in iOS 16 beta 3:
- AFib history for users who have had atrial fibrillation detected by their Apple Watch
- Isolation mode with extreme security
- Ability to lock screen time font on lock screen
- Apple has disabled the visibility of upcoming events on the calendar widget displayed on the lock screen. You will need to unlock your iPhone for this widget to show more details
- New typos to customize the text on the lockscreen (12 in all)
- New view of the earth on the losckreen which makes it easier to see the widgets
- The Reminder application now has an “include today” function to facilitate the integration of reminders already passed but not validated
- In settings then About > iOS version, if you press the version number, you will have more detail (like a warning that bugs are possible if you are in beta)
- Safari appears to be able to provide virtual cards for online purchases, with Apple generating a temporary card for security
- iPadOS 16 only : Apple has added a new start screen for Stage Manager
How to install iOS 16 and iPadOS 16
As usual, developers can download the new beta firmware by going to their iPhone and iPad at:
- Settings
- General
- Software update
To do this, you must first have installed the provisioning profile on the Dev Center from Apple. Check out our tutorial to install iOS 16 beta.
For you, what is the best new feature of iOS 16?