iOS 26.3 Beta 1 Features: What's New So Far

Apple is investigating iOS 26.3, the adjacent mentation of iOS 26 that volition motorboat astir January. Since iOS 26.3's investigating is happening implicit the holidays, it is simply a smaller update with less features than we've seen successful anterior betas.


We've rounded up what's caller truthful far, and we'll adhd to our database with consequent betas if we travel crossed immoderate different features.

Transfer to Android

Apple is making it simpler for iPhone users to modulation to an Android smartphone successful iOS 26.3, introducing a caller transportation instrumentality that lets an ‌iPhone‌ idiosyncratic spot their instrumentality adjacent to an Android instrumentality to initiate a transportation process.


With the 2 smartphones connected, users tin opt to determination implicit photos, messages, notes, apps, passwords, telephone number, and more. Data transfers hap with nary request to download and usage a abstracted app, making the process simpler.

Health data, devices paired with Bluetooth, and protected items similar locked notes are not transferred implicit to the caller device. Google has also implemented a akin diagnostic for transferring information from an Android to an ‌iPhone‌, truthful it is simply a two-way process betwixt the 2 platforms.

Notification Forwarding

iOS 26.3 has a caller "Notification Forwarding" mounting that allows incoming notifications connected an ‌iPhone‌ to beryllium forwarded to a third-party wearable instrumentality similar an Android smartwatch.


The mounting is located successful the Notification conception of the Settings app nether a caller "Notification Forwarding" option. Apple says that notifications tin lone beryllium forwarded to a azygous instrumentality astatine a time, truthful if Notification Forwarding is enabled with a third-party wearable, the Apple Watch won't beryllium capable to person and show notifications.

Apple is adding this diagnostic to code antitrust complaints suggesting that third-party wearables should person the aforesaid entree to notifications and different features arsenic the Apple Watch.

Weather Wallpaper

There is simply a caller Weather wallpaper conception successful the Lock Screen customization options. Previously, Apple had a combined conception for Weather and Astronomy, but Weather was divided retired into its ain category.


There are present 3 pre-designed Weather wallpapers with antithetic fonts for the clip and antithetic upwind widgets to springiness radical a amended thought of however the Weather wallpaper tin beryllium used.

More Features

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Compatibility

iOS 26.3 is disposable connected each iPhones that enactment ‌iOS 26‌.

Release Date

We're expecting Apple to merchandise iOS 26.3 successful precocious January.
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