AppleInsider Staff
Before the public release of iOS 8.2, Apple on Monday already provided its development community with a beta build of iOS 8.3, along with a new version of its Swift programming language with "noteworthy" changes.
The pre-release version of iOS 8.3 is identified as build 12F5027d. Apple has warned developers that devices updated to the iOS 8.3 beta cannot be restored to earlier versions of iOS.
Exactly what changes are included in iOS 8.3 are unknown. But the fact that it's a point-one release would suggest that Apple has added new features, or plans to before the software becomes public.
In addition, developers were also supplied with Xcode 6.3 beta with Swift 1.2 on Monday. Apple's release notes state that the Swift update contains a number of "noteworthy" changes.
Accordingly, Xcode 6.3 beta includes a new "Swift Migrator" tool that allows developers to move from Swift 1.1 to Swift 1.2.
The release comes one week after Apple provided a fifth beta of iOS 8.2. The iOS 8.2 beta allows developers to begin building applications for the forthcoming Apple Watch.
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26 Comments
iOS upgrades are one-way, with a bridge returning you to past versions being burned behind it.
Apple is not slowing down. Go and go fast.
Hmm...I wonder what 8.3 contains. Doesn't Apple usually say what the release contains even if it's something generic like bug fixes?
I wonder why they're not allowing anyone to downgrade back? So what happens if you try to Restore? Technically iOS 8.1.3 is still signed, so I dont know how they would be stopping you from downgrading. That's really weird. It must be some notable changes here too if they're not letting anyone downgrade.
Interesting after the big debate over Swift on the weekend to see that Swift 1.3 has a few updates. :)