hi everyone Aaron here for Zollotech and today Apple released iOS 16 beta 3. this is currently
available to developers and we'll talk more about when to expect the public beta a little bit later
now this came in at 1.53 gigabytes on my iPhone 13 Pro Max and was about one and a half gigabytes on
all the devices you see here along with this apple also released iPad OS 16 beta 3 watch
OS 9 beta 3 TV OS 16 beta 3 Mac OS 13 Ventura beta 3 and homepod Os 16 beta 3. all of those
are available to developers now now let's go ahead and take a look at the build number and talk about
what's new so we'll go to settings then we'll go down to General then about and as you can see the
build number is 20a 5312g so we'll have quite a few more builds before the final release and as
you can see the about page has changed so this is a new about page and it says the update includes
improvements and Bug fixes for your iPhone maybe in the future we'll have more information laid
out here below with details and more hopefully we'll see that a little bit later here there's
also a new modem update in this version it brings us up to version 2.07.00 from the previous beta
so that's something that's a little bit new and should help with cellular connectivity overall
now as far as new features and changes let's talk about that and within software update is the First
new feature if you go to automatic updates you'll see here we have a new option for install security
responses and system files prior to this it just said system and data files and it also explains it
here as well saying rapid security responses and system files for iPhone and supported accessories
will be installed automatically you may need to restart your iPhone to complete
installation some system files may continue to be installed automatically even if security response
and system files is turned off this is something for the future where we can have system updates
with just security updates pushed to our devices automatically instead of major updates every time
they need to update the security Now the next major changes are on the lock screen so if we
go to the lock screen you can see here the first thing is the font at the top it's now thin if you
want to set it that way so if we press and hold go to customize tap on the font we now have the
option for thin fonts where before we only had bold options now we can make it thin like it was
prior to this update so with iOS 15 betas also when you're done customizing if you tap on done
it will pop up a new screen where it says set as wallpaper pair or customize home screen this
looks a little bit different where it takes away the icons and makes this much easier to customize
but if we tap on customize home screen there's a new animation where it slides away and then
we see the background of the home screen with just icons where the actual apps would be and
widgets but there's nothing there of course we have legibility blur we can turn on and off and
change the colors and more so that's a little bit different than if we hit done tap on it it brings
us back on the lock screen you can see I have the calendar widget and the event is blurred
out for today for protection this is something new and if I unlock it shows up immediately so
again if I locked the screen it's blurred out unlock it and it shows up that's something new
and also something else that's new is it will show the charging status of the device so if I charge
my Apple watch it will show that it's charging here and I can show you that with the iPhone 8
plus if I plug it in and go to the home screen you'll see here it's not charging we'll plug it
into charge it takes a moment it's showing that it's charging and also the widget reflects that
it's charging as well just a small change but something they've updated within settings if we
scroll down to wallpaper under wallpaper you can see it has a slight redesign it reflects what I
showed you on the lock screen with the icons missing for the different apps and it's sort
of just showing the home screen and then also we have a new animation at the bottom saying change
your wallpaper from the home screen so that's a little bit new there's also some new wallpaper
they've added on some devices so if we go to add new wallpaper under add new wallpaper you'll see
collections so we have a new wallpaper there but it actually doesn't appear in under collections we
can just go through and you'll see there's nothing new here really however under the wallpaper one of
the things that's new that some people are seeing is the original fish wallpaper so that's something
the clownfish wallpaper some people are seeing that I'm not seeing it but others have seen it
whether that be on Twitter or elsewhere so apparently it's showing for some and it's
definitely within the code within settings under privacy and security if we scroll to the bottom
there's a new feature that Apple announced today called lockdown mode if we tap on this you'll see
it shows lockdown mode and says lockdown mode is an extreme optional protection that should
only be used if you believe you may be personally targeted by a highly sophisticated Cyber attack
most people are never targeted by attacks of this nature when iPhone is in lockdown mode it will not
function as it typically does apps websites and features will be strictly limited for security and
some experiences will be completely unavailable and apple goes into more detail as to what it
actually limits under learn more and if we turn it on it gives more information such as messages
where most messages attachments are blocked and some features are unavailable and it shows all
the details there you can turn it on and then you'll actually have to turn it on and restart
and it will go into lockdown mode so this is an extreme measure if you're believed to be
targeted by a Cyber attack or something else and you want to make sure your phone has the highest
level of protection but again it causes a lot of features not to work so it's not something you
should use regularly but it's great to have there now a feature that was announced with
iOS 16 is shared iCloud photo libraries this is something that can be shared across families and
is finally active within photos in beta 3. if we go into our settings scroll down to photos you'll
see we now have shared Library we can set this up and it says iCloud shared photo library create a
shared library to combine photos and videos with the people closest to you you can only have one
shared library and whoever creates it will provide iCloud storage for all items so make sure whoever
you're sharing with make sure it's from the person that has the most amount of storage so they this
is great hopefully they bump those storage tiers up from above two terabytes and more as quite a
few shared libraries will make a huge amount of photos so you may need more storage than that
hopefully we'll see that a little bit later but we can set this up and share it with different family
members I'll definitely be turning this on once iOS 16 is out to everyone within reminder settings
there's an update also if we scroll down you can now include due today so this is a new feature
that's in beta 3 that wasn't in beta 2 you could show as overdue before but now you can include due
today as well on the badge just turn that on or off and then make that available so that's
something new within the wallet in Apple pay settings there's a new option for use Apple pay
when available it says your saved cards and Safari autofill will be verified with payment networks
for compatibility with Apple pay so that's something that I have new in my options with
wallet and Apple pay if you go into your health data within your health if you go under heart
and scroll down there's now afib history this is something that's available Apple talk talked
about again with the original iOS 16 keynote and it's available and there's also some new graphics
here and information about heart where it says learn about atrial fibrillation burden and then
also learn about atrial fibrillation these are all new if you want to learn more about that
what afib is and not everyone has it but if you want to learn more about it it can keep track of
your history if you have that as well and again more information as you go into afib history now
Health within settings has a new icon for some I'm not seeing this you can see the current icon
I have is the typical Health settings icon but thanks to Matt for sending this in you'll see
under his icons under settings for Health Data it looks a little bit different I wasn't able
to replicate this whether you're sharing data or not sharing it if you were able to find out
how to turn that on I'd love to hear from you in the comments below also when you're using airpods
on your iPhone some are saying that when you activate Siri using the airpods the side of the
airpods it will actually have a new sound there I wasn't able to capture that but if you have that
new sound let me know in the comments Below on iPad OS 16 beta 3 there's some updates as well
the first time you turn on stage manager on a compatible iPad you'll be presented with a new
splash screen that shows what stage manager is now also with Stage manager settings there's so change
as well under your settings under home screen and multitasking under stage manager it looks a little
bit different in that we have a button here at the top that says iPad if I plug in an external
display it should show some different options for the arrangement so we'll give this just a
moment now once we have the iPad plugged in we'll place it onto a magic keyboard that will allow us
to use stage manager and you'll see we have a new splash screen as well saying stage manager with an
external display it's explaining that or you can use screen mirroring hit continue go to settings
and under settings again if we go to home screen and multitasking go to Stage manager you'll see
we now have options for external display so under external display we can change how it's arranged
whether we have the doc recent apps or not so it's a small change but again more customization that
we didn't have with beta 2 that's great to see on beta 3. now also if you hold the globe key on the
bottom left of the keyboard you'll also have some shortcuts for stage manager here I tried to show
this in a previous video I was holding command and instead you need to hold the globe key there's
additional changes when you go to multitask on iPad when you tap on the multitasking docs on
the iPad it better explains what they are now it actually says Zoom add another window minimize or
close and if you have an external display there's another option as well I think this is much better
for those that don't know what those symbols represent so this is great to see those with
a little explanation under the wallpaper settings under beta 3 under Stills under the original iPad
Os or iOS 16 beta wallpaper this has actually been updated so that it looks proper with the
landscape mode so before it didn't show properly now it fills properly and it's actually been added
in the code in beta 3. so it's great to see them fix that hopefully we'll see that with
all the wallpaper now additionally there's code changes all throughout the OS whether that be
to wording specifically on different apps maybe the app store or music when they want to specify
something a little bit differently sometimes they change some of the wording they've also made some
pixel by pixel adjustments to different icons as Apple always is trying to perfect that but
nothing huge and of course there will be much more that we'll find in this beta as far as known and
resolved issues while the music app seems to be an issue for some with the widget on the lock screen
personally I haven't experienced this as you can see it's working here the touch interactions
work where I can scrub through a song and it seems to be working fine but for some people
it's still not showing up just like they had that issue on beta 2. so if you're having that
issue make sure to report it in the feedback app additionally everything seems to be working quite
well with beta 3 in the little time that I've used it so there are definitely issues Apple
actually resolved one issue within their notes but there are still 52 categories of known issues so
within the notes you can see those here as we scroll through there's 52 known categories but
also many more issues specifically as you see here with carplay wireless carplay can fail to connect
so there's lots of small things such as the clock deleting clock inadvertently deletes sleep alarms
you can fix that by re-enabling the Sleep alarm and health so tons of different issues still it's
an early beta but there will be issues and that's what the feedback app is here for so if it's not
in the known issues be sure to report it there and that leads me to should you install iOS 16 beta 3
and I would say wait for the public beta as we're probably only a couple days away so right now this
is a developer beta once the public beta comes out Apple says it's ready for Prime Time use you can
use it but always make sure you have a backup if you're planning to do that I would expect
the public beta as soon as maybe tomorrow or maybe Thursday or even Friday but I would expect it this
week or early next week at the latest typically Apple pushes that out around the same time as beta
3 and then they'll be in sync they'll be the same build number the same beta and everything else
as far as iOS 15.6 release candidate I would expect that probably next week with a final
release either later next week or the following week also Apple announced that the MacBook Air
would be on sale starting Friday where you can pre-order it and it will be available on the 15th
of July so those will be available to pre-order at 8 A.M eastern time this coming Friday now as
far as overall battery life it will take a few days to know that battery life on early betas
typically aren't great and if we go to battery life my health is at 100 still and battery life
with the beta has been not great about three to four hours of screen on time depending on how
I'm using it maybe five to six if I'm lucky but typically I can get through the day with about 20
to 30 percent left however on the beta I do expect it to get better and as far as performance and it
getting too hot or anything like that performance has been pretty good I noticed once beta 3 was on
the iPhone 8 plus it seemed to be much smoother things loaded faster it seemed to perform better
but again this takes a few days to know if it's the way it's going to behave regularly or if
it's going to slow down a little and that's something that seems to be pretty good the
phone has not overheated at all since starting this video however after installing the beta it
was quite warm until it finished processing in the background so it still still seems to get a
little warm nothing like the first couple of betas though as far as benchmarks I did run them on the
13 Pro Max so we could take a look and you'll see it scored 1729 for single core 4474 for multi-core
compared to the previous beta you'll see here July 1st July 6th you'll see the different dates here
where we I've run it multiple times basically it's a little bit faster for single core and a little
lower for multi-core this is not really meant to be taken as regular usage usually within a hundred
or two it's fine typically it does not represent how the phone performs all the time but it gives
you a general idea of what it's like so iOS 16 beta 3 seems to have quite a few nice changes
in it probably it's much more stable we'll know that after a few days and of course if I find
more features I'll be sure to follow up with a different video explaining the different features
and changes and we'll have the regular follow-up on the weekend where we go over how it is with
battery life performance and whether or not you should try out the public beta as well hopefully
you'll be out by then if you've found anything else though I'd love to hear from you in the
comments below and if you'd like to get your hands on this wallpaper I'll link it in the description
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