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Apple releases iOS 9 beta 3 with Apple Music to developers for iPhone, iPad & iPod touch

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Two weeks after the release of the second beta of iOS 9 and a week after the launch day of Apple Music, Apple has released iOS 9 beta 3 to developers. The update is available to iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch users  via Apple’s developer portal on the web and via an OTA rollout. The beta carries the build number 13A4293g.

iOS 9 will be released in the fall, although a public beta will be available later this month. The update includes a variety of under-the-hood fixes, as well as new features like Proactive search, Transit in Apple Maps, and a new Notes application. The update also includes new features for the iPad that further hint at the launch of a larger-screened iPad Pro.

Eddy Cue announced on Twitter that iOS 9 users would need a new seed of the beta to access Apple Music and beta 3 does in fact activate the service for users. Two weeks ago, beta 2 brought about minor interface tweaks and refreshes, as well as minor feature enhancements. iOS 9 beta 2 carried some support for Apple Music, but it was partial and only accessible via Siri.

Last month, we broke down some of the features in iOS 9 and OS X 10.11 El Capitan and noted some improvements Apple could make to the functionality of the features before launch later this year.

– Apple Music is now available

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– Apple News is now included, hands-on gallery here

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 – New icons when swiping left or right on a message in Mail

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– Siri no longer makes her classic “ding” sound when activated

– New folders in Photos for selfies and screenshots

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– Folders on the iPad are 4×4 (Thanks Jeffery!)

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– New Calendar icon appears in search (Thanks, Parth!)

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Comments

  1. mariobros27772 - 9 years ago

    Any word on the Public Beta?

  2. Kitzng (@MaxKitzing) - 9 years ago

    No OTA-Update yet

  3. pshaw13 - 9 years ago

    No OTA yet

  4. Le Der - 9 years ago

    OTA is on!! from Mexico! if it does not work, turn off wifi, then via carrier force software update, it will appear, then turn on wifi, Download!! cheers!

  5. Tav (@exon1x) - 9 years ago

    No OTA update yet

  6. Mike Rios - 9 years ago

    Just got OTA-Update 12:38pm Central Time

  7. Gur Talmor - 9 years ago

    News app is now available.

  8. Manu Phennic - 9 years ago

    4×4 folder layout on the iPad HALELUHJA

  9. createoffshorecompany - 9 years ago

    Is nobody able to stop this spamming?

  10. Lucas (@ixloc) - 9 years ago

    OTA is up now

  11. Daniel Shaw (@Howhigh2) - 9 years ago

    4 row apps in folders on iPad thank god

  12. Zoheb Khoja - 9 years ago

    Public Beta might come tomorrow :P

  13. Damon Schmidt - 9 years ago

    New icons for read, unread, more, flag and trash in mail.

  14. djpositron (@djpositron) - 9 years ago

    I have been developing for apple since iOS 4 and I think the more the merrier. The more developers the better the software.

  15. how do I get the News app working?

  16. Matt Denton - 9 years ago

    i am currently installing ios 9 beta 3. but so for 1 and 2 have been glitched out for iPhone 4s
    but not so much on iphone 5 but all most ran perfect on the 6. cant wait to see how beta 3 is

  17. fernandofppinto - 9 years ago

    Visit CrazyUDiD.com! Register your device and get access to the iOS 9’s brand new features!
    We are also giving away 2 Apple Watches and other prizes, don’t miss this opportunity!

  18. Andrew Zoll - 9 years ago

    I’m not a developer, but I’m impatient. I’ve been using the dev betas for three years. Will I ever complain about issues brought on by my own impatience? No. Do I think the addition of features in iOS 9 are worth a few of my apps breaking. Yes. It’s a tradeoff. There’s always issues, but if you’re using a developer beta on your daily device, keep in mind that the issues you are experiencing are your fault, not Apple’s.

  19. matteosacco - 9 years ago

    Since the first ios 9 beta the Phone app crashed on my device (iphone 5s). So I cannot see lost calls, and I can only use contacs to call someone. In beta 2 siri suggestions showed the news, now on beta 3 cannot find the news app, and siri stopped showing the news. The Phone app crash was submitted as a bug, and they told it was a duplicate bug, but still haven’t fixet it in beta 3.

  20. Marie - 9 years ago

    Transit not working here in Philadelphia, PA. I am wondering if they only loaded certaon cities.

  21. Daryl Val - 9 years ago

    Crash and burn..Apple news crashing in the second day of the Beta. Unusable. Apple Music not recognizing any Wifi networks and freezing.

  22. JERSH (@socratitties) - 9 years ago

    can anyone with an iPhone 6 Plus confirm if two finger keyboard curser control has been removed from this beta? you could use this feature in beta 1 & 2 but for some reason it doesn’t seem possible in beta 3 and I haven’t heard anyone else really talking about it.

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