Apple issues fourth developer betas of iOS 10.2, macOS Sierra 10.12.2, watchOS 3.1.1
Apple on Monday provided registered developers with new pre-release builds of three to test on three its four major platforms: iOS, macOS, and watchOS.
Developers can now download all three betas from Apple's developer portal, or via Software Update on registered devices. The build numbers are identified as:
For many, the most obvious changes in iOS 10.2 may be its emoji, as the update includes redrawn images and 72 new characters, conforming with Unicode 9.0. The new iOS and tvOS versions also include a new dedicated "TV" app.
iPhone 7 owners will also gain new wallpapers with the forthcoming iOS 10.2 release, while the native Videos app gains widget support. Apple is also adding a new "Celebration" effect in messages.
iOS 10.2 and tvOS 10.1 will also add single sign-on support for streaming TV, allowing users subscribed to cable or online-only services to access channels across multiple apps without constantly re-authenticating.
Developers can now download all three betas from Apple's developer portal, or via Software Update on registered devices. The build numbers are identified as:
- macOS Sierra 10.12.2 beta 4 (16C53a)
- iOS 10.2 beta 4 (14C82)
- watchOS 3.1.1 beta 4 (14S879)
For many, the most obvious changes in iOS 10.2 may be its emoji, as the update includes redrawn images and 72 new characters, conforming with Unicode 9.0. The new iOS and tvOS versions also include a new dedicated "TV" app.
iPhone 7 owners will also gain new wallpapers with the forthcoming iOS 10.2 release, while the native Videos app gains widget support. Apple is also adding a new "Celebration" effect in messages.
iOS 10.2 and tvOS 10.1 will also add single sign-on support for streaming TV, allowing users subscribed to cable or online-only services to access channels across multiple apps without constantly re-authenticating.
Comments
Apple! please, please, please spend the next 6 months just making it more stable!!! I don't care about new features right now! just fix the ones you already have!!!
Big deal.
I wonder if Apple is creating a new language with all these emoji's and stickers. Because they seem to be hard up on these now.
Just what we need...... More emoji's
Please give us an example of features that don’t work so we can tell you they do indeed work for the vast majority of users and it’s just your misconfigured, hosed installation and nothing else. Oh, and by the way, every version of every operating system Apple has ever released has been a complete disaster for somebody. So...
May want to get that looked at -- no such issue here.
Examples: Email freezing on displaying PDFs, iMessages loosing images and whole conversations. Battery indicator issues, Bluetooth failures locking out head phone that are physically plugged in, Wifi loosing its configuration... That's just off the top of my head!
Thanks!