Apple Seeds Release Candidate Versions of iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3

Apple today seeded the release candidate versions of upcoming iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3 updates to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming a week after Apple released the third betas.

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iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3 can be downloaded from the Settings app on a compatible device by going to General > Software Update.

With the update, Apple made several changes to Apple Intelligence Notification Summaries, such as removing news-related summaries temporarily.

Additional ‌Apple Intelligence‌ Siri updates are coming later in iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4 updates that will follow iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3. We're expecting to see the new software launch toward the end of January.

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frumpywumpy Avatar
14 months ago

That was a short beta.
Interesting historical data https://www.thinkybits.com/blog/iOS-versions/


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ps3zocker Avatar
14 months ago
That's going to be a beefy, long 18.4 beta phase if that's suppose to launch in April.
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Dephibio Avatar
14 months ago
Here’s the changelog.

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Realityck Avatar
14 months ago
To devs/PB testers
iOS 18.3 RC (22D60) - January 21,2025
iPadOS 18.3 RC (22D60) - January 21, 2025
iPadOS 17.7.4 RC (21H414) - January 21, 2025
macOS 15.3 RC (24D60) - January 21, 2025
tvOS 18.3 RC (22K557) - January 21, 2025
visionOS 2.3 RC (22N896) - January 21, 2025
watchOS 11.3 RC (22S553) - January 21, 2025
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Radeon85 Avatar
14 months ago
That was a short beta.
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KurtWilde Avatar
14 months ago
Give me that 18.4 beta baby!
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