Release appearance
iOS 9.3 Beta 4
Recorded context
About this appearance
iOS 9.3 Beta 4 is an editorially reviewed historical archive page with 3 bounded, source-backed records.
- Date
- Feb 22, 2016
- Availability
- available
- Revision
- No
Release notes
What changed
Original editorial synthesis. Linked references appear with the claims they support and in the source ledger.
Milestone identity
Contemporary coverage identifies iOS 9.3 Beta 4 as distributed to registered developers on 2016-02-22. Public-test participation is mentioned only when it joined the same numbered milestone; it is not split into a duplicate route.[1]
What changed here
This page indexes 3 milestone-specific records. It excludes features merely repeated from an earlier seed and avoids treating a final cumulative list as a fresh beta delta. Any explicitly cumulative record preserves bounded release-scope context rather than claiming that a feature was active in this seed.[2][3][4][5]
Evidence boundary
The retained sequence proceeds from numbered betas to the iOS 9.3 public release. No separately distributed GM or RC is modeled. That is a bounded archival conclusion about externally named routes, not a statement about Apple's internal candidates.[6]
Source ledger
References
Sources are linked to the claims they support. Publication and access dates are shown when available.
- Apple Seeds Fourth Beta of iOS 9.3 to Developers
MacRumors · Juli Clover · 2016-02-22T09:49:10-08:00 · Beta 4 identity and timing
Contemporary milestone identity and timing.
- Night Shift Beta Tidbits: Disabled in Low Power Mode, Control Center Changes
MacRumors · Joe Rossignol · 2016-03-02T08:02:17-08:00 · betas 4 and 5; disabled; Low Power Mode
Contemporary observation or report; publisher wording is not reused.
- Apple Seeds Second iOS 9.3.2 Beta to Developers With Night Shift and Low Power Mode Update
MacRumors · Juli Clover · 2016-04-20T09:57:49-07:00 · Early betas; removed in iOS 9.3 beta 4
Contemporary observation or report; publisher wording is not reused.
- Latest iOS 9.3 Beta Unbricks iPhones Affected by 'January 1, 1970' Date Bug
MacRumors · Juli Clover · 2016-02-24T14:32:33-08:00 · iOS 9.3 beta 4; date; restore; boot loops
Contemporary observation or report; publisher wording is not reused.
- Apple Seeds Fourth Beta of iOS 9.3 to Developers
MacRumors · Juli Clover · 2016-02-22T09:49:10-08:00 · What's new; Night Shift; icon
Contemporary observation or report; publisher wording is not reused.
- Apple Releases iOS 9.3 With Night Shift, New Quick Actions, App Improvements, '1970' Bug Fix and More
MacRumors · Juli Clover · 2016-03-21T11:54:45-07:00 · iOS 9.3 public-release boundary
Contemporary public boundary; no separate candidate route is inferred.
Release changes
Changed in this release
Features, fixes, removals, and regressions first observed in this release record.
bugFix · fixed
Recovery from the 1970 date boot loop
Testing of Beta 4 showed both a lower date bound and a usable restore path for devices already trapped by the issue.
- [1] Latest iOS 9.3 Beta Unbricks iPhones Affected by 'January 1, 1970' Date Bug · iOS 9.3 beta 4; date; restore; boot loops
behavior · removed
Night Shift with Low Power Mode
Beta 4 stopped the two power-and-display features from remaining active together.
- [1] Night Shift Beta Tidbits: Disabled in Low Power Mode, Control Center Changes · betas 4 and 5; disabled; Low Power Mode
- [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
enhancement · changed
Revised Night Shift icon
Beta 4 revised the visual language of the Control Center button.
- [1] Apple Seeds Fourth Beta of iOS 9.3 to Developers · What's new; Night Shift; icon