Apple Seeds First iOS 8.3 Beta to Developers With Wireless CarPlay, New Emoji Picker, - اخبار التقنية

ahlam1399 · #1 02-10-2015, 12:31 AM

Apple Seeds First iOS 8.3 Beta to Developers With Wireless CarPlay, New Emoji Picker,

Apple today seeded the First Beta of iOS 8.3 to registered Developers for testing purposes, just a week after seeding the fifth beta of iOS 8.2, which is also currently in testing.

Apple Seeds First Beta Developers

The beta, build number 12F5027d, also includes Xcode 6.3 Beta With Swift 1.2. It is **t clear at this time what the iOS 8.3 Beta introduces, but it likely includes several bug fixes. As a .1 update, it may also introduce new features.

Xcode 6.3, included With the beta, introduces a new version of the Swift language. According to Apple's release **tes, Swift 1.2 includes "a number of **teworthy changes" to the language. Xcode 6.3 also includes enhancements to ease interoperability between Swift and Objective-C code.

New Features in iOS 8.3:

Based on our testing, iOS 8.3 appears to remove the "beta" label from iCloud Photo Library and it offers new CarPlay features, in the form of Wireless connectivity. The CarPlay setting in the image below is located in the General section of the Settings app, below Siri, Spotlight Search, and Handoff & Suggested Apps. Currently, iPhones are only able to connect to CarPlay via the Lightning port.

Apple Seeds First Beta Developers

iOS 8.3 introduces a new Emoji Picker, much like OS X 10.10.3, released to Developers last week. The new Emoji picker organizes Emoji into categories in a scrollable list, but it does **t appear to include placeholders for new Emoji or an option for selecting new skin tones.

Apple Seeds First Beta Developers

There's also support for Google two-step verification when logging into and adding Google accounts on iOS, removing some of the need for app specific passwords.

Apple Seeds First Beta Developers

According to the iOS 8.3 release **tes, Apple Pay may be available in China in the near future. iOS 8.3 introduces support for the China UnionPay network as previously rumored.