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iOS 13.3

Full article
Public release
Recorded milestones
5
Beta cycle
35d
Average interval
9d
Public release
Dec 10, 2019

Release notes

Overview

Editorial synthesis with inline references and a source ledger when citations are available.

Release overview

iOS 13.3 was publicly released on December 10, 2019. iOS 13.3 expanded Screen Time parental controls and refined News, Stocks, Safari security-key support, Photos, Mail, and other system behavior.[1][2]

Communication Limits was the headline consumer feature, accompanied by updated News presentation and support for FIDO2-compliant external security keys in Safari.[1][2]

Source ledger

References

Sources are linked to the claims they support. Publication and access dates are shown when available.

  1. About the security content of iOS 13.3 and iPadOS 13.3

    Apple Support · Apple · 2023-11-03T00:00:00.000Z · iOS 13.3 and iPadOS 13.3 — Released December 10, 2019

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  2. About iOS 13 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2024-02-26T00:00:00.000Z · iOS 13.3

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Documented & observed

Changes in this version

Source-linked features, fixes, known issues, removals, and community-observed behavior recorded across this version’s appearances and verified builds.

Release changes

Changed in this release

Features, fixes, removals, and regressions first observed in this release record.

enhancement · changed

News and Stocks refinements

documentedconfirmed

The update revised News layouts and added related-story and status-label features.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About iOS 13 Updates · iOS 13.3 — Apple News and Stocks

enhancement · changed

Safari security keys and maintenance fixes

documentedconfirmed

The release expanded external authentication options and corrected documented issues across system apps.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About iOS 13 Updates · iOS 13.3 — bug fixes and security-key support

feature · introduced

Screen Time Communication Limits

documentedconfirmed

The release added communication-focused parental controls and managed child contact lists.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About iOS 13 Updates · iOS 13.3 — Screen Time

Milestones

Release history

Every recorded channel appearance in chronological order. Open an appearance for any available build, scope, notes, and sources.

  2. +7 days
  3. +8 days
  4. +15 days
  5. +5 days

    Public release

    Public

    Full articleEditorially verified

    iOS 13.3 reached the public release channel on December 10, 2019. iOS 13.3 expanded Screen Time parental controls and refined News, Stocks, Safari security-key support, Photos, Mail, and other system behavior. This article records that public appearance only and does not assign cumulative notes to an earlier beta.

    Availability
    available
    Sources
    6 linked
    Open this appearance

Historical context

Cycle comparison

Pace, intervals, and duration compared with earlier releases on the same platform.

Historical avg for .3 releases

48 days, 5.1 milestones

Based on 15 previous iOS .3 releases

Cycle vs. platform average

35d (avg: 58d)

23 days shorter than the iOS average

Duration ranking

#76 of 92

Middle of the pack iOS beta cycles

Longest gap in this cycle

15 days

Between Beta 3 and Beta 4

Previous .3 releases (iOS)

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Official release notes