Apple Seeds Launches First Beta Of iOS 14.3 And iPadOS 14.3 To Public Beta Testers

Apple today released the first beta versions of the upcoming iOS 14.3 and iPadOS 14.3 updates to public beta testers, a day after providing beta versions to developers.

Public beta testers who have signed up for Apple’s beta testing program can download iOS and iPadOS‌ 14.3 updates over the air after installing the appropriate certificate from the Public Beta website on an iOS device.

iOS 14.3 introduces the ProRAW feature that Apple announced when the iPhone 12 launched on the iPhone 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max. ProRAW allows those who prefer to shoot in RAW format to take advantage of Apple image pipeline data such as noise reduction and multi-frame exposure settings while using RAW format.

The ProRAW feature can be enabled in the Camera section of the Settings app for those who have the beta of iOS 14.3 installed on a new ‌‌iPhone 12 Pro‌‌ or Pro Max. When enabled, there is a RAW toggle in the upper right corner of the camera app that can be tapped to turn it on or off. Photos taken with ProRAW are 25MB in size.

Ecosia, the search engine that plants trees when people search, can now be set as the default search engine on iPhone and iPad instead of Google, DuckDuckGo, Yahoo, and Bing.

iOS 14.3 includes an icon that apparently reveals the design of the AirPods Studio, as well as code supporting third-party item trackers and Bluetooth devices in the Find My app. Apple mentioned this feature in June during the iOS 14 unveiling, and it looks like we may soon see third-party devices capable of being tracked via “ Find My ”.

iOS 14.3 also includes pregnancy data in the Health app, third-party app suggestions when setting up in some countries, support for scanning QR codes of app clips with the camera app, an option to update HomeKit products with the Home app, etc. Details available in our iOS 14.3 features guide.