iOS 9.3

Beta 1's education program added institution-controlled identities designed for school deployment.

Recorded at Beta 1

1. [1] What's New in iOS 9.3: Night Shift, New Quick Actions, Improvements to Apple News, Notes, CarPlay and Health · Education; Apple ID management
2. [2] iOS 9.3 Education Preview · Managed Apple IDs; reset passwords; audit; create IDs in bulk

Apple's education preview presented user-specific classroom sessions under the Shared iPad name.

Recorded at Beta 1

1. [1] Apple Seeds First Beta of iOS 9.3 to Developers · Education; shared iPads
2. [2] iOS 9.3 Education Preview · Shared iPad; students; log in to any iPad

The first seed exposed multiple ordering choices for a user's notes.

Recorded at Beta 1

1. [1] iOS 9.3 Preview · Notes; sort notes
2. [2] Apple Seeds First Beta of iOS 9.3 to Developers · Notes; sorting by date created

The first seed and matching watchOS cycle expanded an iPhone beyond a single paired watch.

Recorded at Beta 1

1. [1] Apple Seeds First Beta of iOS 9.3 to Developers · Apple Watch; pair with more than one

Apple's preview introduced an automatic evening display-color schedule under the Night Shift name.

Recorded at Beta 1

1. [1] iOS 9.3 Preview · Night Shift; clock and geolocation
2. [2] Apple Seeds First Beta of iOS 9.3 to Developers · What's new; Night Shift

Beta 1 broadened 3D Touch shortcuts across Apple's bundled applications.

Recorded at Beta 1

1. [1] What's New in iOS 9.3: Night Shift, New Quick Actions, Improvements to Apple News, Notes, CarPlay and Health · 3D Touch Quick Actions; App Store; Peek and Pop

Apple grouped several discovery, presentation, and refresh improvements into the Beta 1 News experience.

Recorded at Beta 1

1. [1] iOS 9.3 Preview · News; For You; video; landscape
2. [2] Apple Seeds First Beta of iOS 9.3 to Developers · What's new; Apple News

Beta 1 added per-note access protection rather than locking the Notes application as a whole.

Recorded at Beta 1

1. [1] iOS 9.3 Preview · Notes; password or fingerprint
2. [2] Apple Seeds First Beta of iOS 9.3 to Developers · What's new; Notes; password protected

The education preview placed several district deployment tasks in one web administration service.

Recorded at Beta 1

1. [1] iOS 9.3 Education Preview · Apple School Manager; setup assistant; Student Information System
2. [2] Apple Seeds First Beta of iOS 9.3 to Developers · Education; Apple School Manager

Beta 1 introduced Apple's teacher-facing coordination application for managed classes.

Recorded at Beta 1

1. [1] iOS 9.3 Education Preview · Classroom App; launch everyone's apps; guide
2. [2] Apple Seeds First Beta of iOS 9.3 to Developers · Education; new Classroom app

Beta 1 surfaced Maps' nearby-place categories on the vehicle display.

Recorded at Beta 1

1. [1] iOS 9.3 Preview · CarPlay; Nearby feature in Maps
2. [2] Apple Seeds First Beta of iOS 9.3 to Developers · CarPlay; Nearby feature

The first 9.3 seed extended Apple Music discovery into the CarPlay interface.

Recorded at Beta 1

1. [1] iOS 9.3 Preview · CarPlay; New and For You
2. [2] Apple Seeds First Beta of iOS 9.3 to Developers · CarPlay; New and For You

Beta 2 pruned the wallpaper entry from Settings' 3D Touch shortcut list.

Recorded at Beta 2

1. [1] Apple Seeds Second iOS 9.3 Beta to Developers With Night Shift Toggle in Control Center · Quick Actions; Settings; no longer offers wallpaper

The second seed moved frequent Night Shift control into the system's quick-settings panel.

Recorded at Beta 2

1. [1] Apple Seeds Second iOS 9.3 Beta to Developers With Night Shift Toggle in Control Center · What's new; Control Center Night Shift Toggle

The second seed separated playlist membership from automatic library membership.

Recorded at Beta 2

1. [1] Apple Seeds Second iOS 9.3 Beta to Developers With Night Shift Toggle in Control Center · Apple Music Playlists; added to playlists; iCloud Music Library

Beta 2 consolidated Night Shift preferences instead of leaving them inline with other display controls.

Recorded at Beta 2

1. [1] Apple Seeds Second iOS 9.3 Beta to Developers With Night Shift Toggle in Control Center · Night Shift Settings; own submenu

Testing showed Beta 2 presenting an accessory-update flow for a connected keyboard case.

Recorded at Beta 2

1. [1] iOS 9.3 Beta 2 Allows iPad Pro's Smart Connector to Update Accessory Firmware · Smart Connector; update accessory firmware

Beta 3 enabled Apple's Wi-Fi Calling path for Verizon service.

Recorded at Beta 3

1. [1] Apple Seeds Third Beta of iOS 9.3 to Developers · What's new; Verizon Wi-Fi calling

The third seed paired with carrier settings that repaired the reported T-Mobile data path.

Recorded at Beta 3

1. [1] Apple Seeds Third Beta of iOS 9.3 to Developers · T-Mobile bug fix; apps; cellular

Testing of Beta 4 showed both a lower date bound and a usable restore path for devices already trapped by the issue.

Recorded at Beta 4

1. [1] Latest iOS 9.3 Beta Unbricks iPhones Affected by 'January 1, 1970' Date Bug · iOS 9.3 beta 4; date; restore; boot loops

Beta 4 stopped the two power-and-display features from remaining active together.

Recorded at Beta 4

1. [1] Night Shift Beta Tidbits: Disabled in Low Power Mode, Control Center Changes · betas 4 and 5; disabled; Low Power Mode
2. [2] Apple Seeds Second iOS 9.3.2 Beta to Developers With Night Shift and Low Power Mode Update · Early betas; removed in iOS 9.3 beta 4

Beta 4 revised the visual language of the Control Center button.

Recorded at Beta 4

1. [1] Apple Seeds Fourth Beta of iOS 9.3 to Developers · What's new; Night Shift; icon

Beta 5 converted the Night Shift quick control from a menu launcher into a direct toggle.

Recorded at Beta 5

1. [1] Night Shift Beta Tidbits: Disabled in Low Power Mode, Control Center Changes · no longer has a contextual menu; manually activates
2. [2] Apple Seeds Fifth Beta of iOS 9.3 to Developers and Public Beta Testers · What's new; Night Shift Control Center toggle

Beta 5 restored the broader Pencil interactions that earlier 9.3 seeds had withheld.

Recorded at Beta 5

1. [1] Apple Seeds Fifth Beta of iOS 9.3 to Developers and Public Beta Testers · restores full navigational functionality; Apple Pencil

Apple documented repairs across enterprise deployment, accessibility, device startup after extreme date changes, iCloud Backup and restore, iMessage and FaceTime activation, call presentation, restrictions, Watch settings, 3D Touch, voicemail, and low-storage Mail.

Recorded at Public

1. [1] About iOS 9 Updates · iOS 9.3 — Enterprise, Accessibility, and Other bug fixes

CarPlay added For You and New music areas, a Maps Nearby screen for driving essentials, more concise Siri messaging, and more consistent loudness between audio sources.

Recorded at Public

1. [1] About iOS 9 Updates · iOS 9.3 — CarPlay improvements

The new Night Shift setting used time and geolocation to shift supported displays toward warmer colors on an automatic sunset schedule.

Recorded at Public

1. [1] About iOS 9 Updates · iOS 9.3 — Night Shift

Health linked selected data types to compatible apps, incorporated Apple Watch goals, added 3D Touch access, and made Activity rings and summaries available to third-party apps through HealthKit.

Recorded at Public

1. [1] About iOS 9 Updates · iOS 9.3 — Health improvements

Users could lock sensitive notes and gained new organization, sketching, checklist, attachment, camera-media, and Evernote import workflows.

Recorded at Public

1. [1] About iOS 9 Updates · iOS 9.3 — Notes improvements

Maps clarified transit routes, Wallet linked passes to their apps, Apple Pay supported in-store rewards enrollment, Podcasts played full-screen video, and Activity added a filterable Workout history.

Recorded at Public

1. [1] About iOS 9 Updates · iOS 9.3 — Other improvements

The release let users extract a still image from a Live Photo, improved original-media downloads and Live Photo sharing, and broadened iBooks synchronization, purchase, reading, and annotation tools.

Recorded at Public

1. [1] About iOS 9 Updates · iOS 9.3 — Photos and iBooks improvements

Apple addressed CVE-2016-1788 by rejecting duplicate messages, correcting a cryptographic weakness in the narrowly described attack path against encrypted Messages attachments.

Recorded at Public

1. [1] About the Security Content of iOS 9.3 · Messages — CVE-2016-1788

The News app made prominent and curated stories easier to find, added direct feed actions and video playback, and improved article viewing on iPhone.

Recorded at Public

1. [1] About iOS 9 Updates · iOS 9.3 — News improvements

Schools could preview multi-student use of one iPad, sign in with managed identities, use the Classroom app, control Home Screen organization and visibility, and restrict selected iCloud and Music services.

Recorded at Public

1. [1] About iOS 9 Updates · iOS 9.3 — Education improvements

Subscribers could add catalog songs to playlists without first adding them to the library, use full-screen video on iPad, see live Beats 1 content, navigate to an album, and identify popular tracks.

Recorded at Public

1. [1] About iOS 9 Updates · iOS 9.3 — Apple Music improvements

Apple announced the discovery interface for the 9.3 cycle, but contemporary Beta 1 testing did not find it active; this record preserves preview scope rather than claiming seed availability.

Recorded at Beta 1

1. [1] What's New in iOS 9.3: Night Shift, New Quick Actions, Improvements to Apple News, Notes, CarPlay and Health · Health; app discovery; features may not be functional
2. [2] iOS 9.3 Preview · Health; slider menu; apps

Apple announced the watch-data view for the 9.3 cycle, but contemporary Beta 1 testing did not confirm its interface; this record preserves preview scope rather than claiming seed availability.

Recorded at Beta 1

1. [1] What's New in iOS 9.3: Night Shift, New Quick Actions, Improvements to Apple News, Notes, CarPlay and Health · Health; Activity interface; features may not be functional
2. [2] iOS 9.3 Preview · Health; move, exercise, and stand