iOS 16.3 beta 2 available to developers with Security Keys support

A thirty day period after releasing the first beta of iOS 16.3, Apple is now seeding the second testing variation of this upcoming Iphone working procedure for developers. Besides, developers can download iPadOS 16.3 beta 2, watchOS 9.3 beta 2, tvOS 16.3 beta 2, and macOS Ventura 13.2 beta 2.

As of now, there are not many new features readily available with these versions, but iOS 16.3 beta now provides these features:

• Handoff manual: iOS 16.3 teaches HomePod users how to use the Handoff function from the Iphone to the clever speaker. It is just a little tweak for a feature that has existed for a whilst.

• Security Keys: Apple is testing with iOS 16.3 the capacity to add a bodily protection essential to an Apple ID. This element provides an additional layer of safety for these who dread currently being hacked, these types of as journalists, diplomats, governments, and so forth.

For macOS Ventura 13.2 beta 2, Apple has also additional Swift Protection Response updates. This characteristic offers rapid protection patches devoid of the require to install a full version of the working technique. Apple states it “provides important safety fixes and is suggested for all consumers.”

In a the latest report by Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman, he believes Apple will launch iOS 16.3 in the initial quarter of 2023 together with new Macs. He was ideal about iOS 16.2 becoming introduced in mid-December:

I’m instructed that Apple is aiming to introduce the upgraded models—including M2-dependent variations of the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros—in the 1st quarter of calendar 2023 and has tied the launches to the upcoming macOS Ventura 13.3 and iOS 16.3. Those people software program updates are envisioned to debut in between early February and the beginning of March. 

BGR will update this story when we study what new capabilities the iOS 16.3 beta is bringing to people.