AppleInsider Staff
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:
- macOS Sierra 10.12.2 beta 4 (16C53a)
- iOS 10.2 beta 4 (14C82)
- watchOS 3.1.1 beta 4 (14S879)
The updates for macOS and iOS arrive two weeks after developers were provided with the third beta. Notably, a new build of tvOS was not supplied this time.
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.
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15 Comments
IS THE BLUETOOTH ISSUES FIXED FOR IPHONE 7 USERS???????
iOS 10.x has been a disaster so far! I've never had to reboot/force-close so much in all my iOS versions put together!
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!!!
Yawn..
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