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watchOS 4.3 beta 3 for Apple Watch developers now available

Apple has released watchOS 4.3 beta 3 for registered developers to test on Apple Watch. We’ll dig in to the new version and detail changes below.

New in watchOS 4.3

  • ‘Apple Watch’ now ‘Speaker’ in Control Center AirPlay
  • iPhone Music control restored in Music app on Apple Watch, can AirPlay from iPhone to AirPlay speakers from Apple Watch control
  • New charging animation
  • Portrait orientation for Nightstand Mode (clearly for AirPower)

See our hands-on video with the original below:

New in Beta 3

  • New animation when launching apps that need to load (hard to capture on Series 3!)
  • New alert style when unlocking Macs with Apple Watch

Notes and Known Issues

General

• If watchOS 4.3 beta 1 or later doesn’t install on Apple Watch (1st Generation), remove any existing beta software profile, update to watchOS 4.2.2, re-install the beta software profile, and then update to watchOS beta 3.


For more information on finding the model of your Apple Watch, see https://

support.apple.com/en-us/HT204507

Clock

Resolved Issues

• The battery complication no longer reports remaining battery percentage in increments of 5. (36558500)

Weather

Resolved Issues

• Weather will now report information for greater China. (37331232)

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