Version RecordIndependent release archive
Menu

Release appearance

iOS 8.3 Public

Source-linked record
Public release

Recorded context

About this appearance

The public iOS 8.3 release delivered broad performance and reliability work, a redesigned emoji keyboard, expanded cloud and language features, and a substantial set of security corrections.

Date
Apr 8, 2015
Availability
available
Revision
No

Chronology evidence

Appearance sources

These sources support the recorded date, channel, or availability. A researched release-notes article has not been added.

  1. About the security content of iOS 8.3

    Apple Support · Apple · 2024-06-20T00:00:00.000Z · AppleKeyStore — CVE-2015-1085

  2. About iOS 8 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2023-11-08T00:00:00.000Z · iOS 8.3 — emoji keyboard

  3. About iOS 8 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2023-11-08T00:00:00.000Z · iOS 8.3 — enterprise and accessibility fixes

  4. About iOS 8 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2023-11-08T00:00:00.000Z · iOS 8.3 — Family Sharing and CarPlay fixes

  5. About iOS 8 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2023-11-08T00:00:00.000Z · iOS 8.3 — iCloud Photo Library, Siri, and Dictation

  6. About iOS 8 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2023-11-08T00:00:00.000Z · iOS 8.3 — improved performance

  7. About iOS 8 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2023-11-08T00:00:00.000Z · iOS 8.3 — Messages fixes

  8. About iOS 8 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2023-11-08T00:00:00.000Z · iOS 8.3 — orientation and rotation fixes

  9. About iOS 8 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2023-11-08T00:00:00.000Z · iOS 8.3 — Wi-Fi and Bluetooth fixes

  10. About the security content of iOS 8.3

    Apple Support · Apple · 2024-06-20T00:00:00.000Z · iOS 8.3 security content

  11. About iOS 8 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2023-11-08T00:00:00.000Z · iOS 8.3

  12. About the security content of iOS 8.3

    Apple Support · Apple · 2024-06-20T00:00:00.000Z · UIKit View — CVE-2015-1116

Release changes

Changed in this release

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

enhancement · changed

Messages reliability and sender filtering

documentedconfirmed

Apple addressed split group threads, forwarding and deletion controls, and photo previews, and added direct junk reporting plus a filter for iMessages from outside Contacts.

  1. [1] About iOS 8 Updates · iOS 8.3 — Messages fixes

enhancement · changed

Broad system performance improvements

documentedconfirmed

Apple reported performance improvements across launching and interacting with apps, Messages, Wi-Fi, Control Center, Safari tabs, third-party keyboards, shortcuts, and Simplified Chinese input.

  1. [1] About iOS 8 Updates · iOS 8.3 — improved performance

enhancement · changed

Redesigned emoji keyboard

documentedconfirmed

iOS 8.3 replaced the emoji picker with a redesigned keyboard and expanded the available set by more than 300 characters.

  1. [1] About iOS 8 Updates · iOS 8.3 — emoji keyboard

bugFix · fixed

Enterprise and accessibility reliability

documentedconfirmed

Apple documented enterprise installation, calendar, web clip, proxy, Exchange, VPN, Wi-Fi login, and meeting-note fixes alongside VoiceOver, Braille, Home Screen, and Speak Screen repairs.

  1. [1] About iOS 8 Updates · iOS 8.3 — enterprise and accessibility fixes

bugFix · fixed

Wi-Fi and Bluetooth reliability

documentedconfirmed

Apple addressed continuous login prompts, intermittent Wi-Fi disconnections, hands-free calls that disconnected, and audio that stopped with some Bluetooth speakers.

  1. [1] About iOS 8 Updates · iOS 8.3 — Wi-Fi and Bluetooth fixes

security · fixed

Task Switcher snapshot redaction

documentedconfirmed

Apple addressed CVE-2015-1116 by correcting UIKit’s handling of snapshots that could expose sensitive app content in the Task Switcher.

  1. [1] About the security content of iOS 8.3 · UIKit View — CVE-2015-1116

security · fixed

Passcode-guessing interface restriction

documentedconfirmed

Apple addressed CVE-2015-1085 by limiting access to an interface that could otherwise let a malicious application test guesses against the user’s passcode.

  1. [1] About the security content of iOS 8.3 · AppleKeyStore — CVE-2015-1085

enhancement · changed

iCloud Photo Library and language expansion

documentedconfirmed

Apple optimized iCloud Photo Library for the OS X 10.10.3 Photos app and removed its beta label, while adding the listed Siri regions and new Arabic and Hebrew Dictation options.

  1. [1] About iOS 8 Updates · iOS 8.3 — iCloud Photo Library, Siri, and Dictation

bugFix · fixed

Family Sharing and CarPlay fixes

documentedconfirmed

The update repaired family-member app launch, update, and free-download problems, improved Ask to Buy notifications, and fixed black Maps screens, rotated interfaces, and misplaced keyboards in CarPlay.

  1. [1] About iOS 8 Updates · iOS 8.3 — Family Sharing and CarPlay fixes

bugFix · fixed

Orientation and rotation reliability

documentedconfirmed

The release repaired failures to return to portrait, instability while rotating, upside-down iPhone 6 Plus orientation, and apps that retained the wrong orientation after multitasking.

  1. [1] About iOS 8 Updates · iOS 8.3 — orientation and rotation fixes