Apple Seeds Third Beta of iOS 8.3 to Developers

Apple Seeds Third Beta of iOS 8.3 to Developers

Apple seeded the third beta of iOS 8.3 to developers on Thursday, as well as new seeds of Xcode 6.3 beta 3 with Swift 1.2, and firmware for the third-generation Apple TV.

Apple Seeds Third Beta of iOS 8.3 to Developers

iOS 8.3, beta three, build 12F5047f, is available via download from the iOS Developer Center.  The new beta is also available as over the air download to devices running iOS 8.3 beta 2. Previous betas of iOS 8.3 were not available OTA, due to the fact iOS 8.2 was still in testing.

iOS 8.3 brings a new emoji picker, along with more diverse emoji, and skin tone modifiers. Also new is wireless CarPlay connectivity, support for Google’s two-step verification, and several new languages for Siri.

Apple also seeded Xcode 6.3 beta 3 with Swift 1.2 alongside today’s iOS 8.3 beta seed, as well as a new beta seed of firmware for the third-generation Apple TV.