The world-famous Apple today seeded the third betas of the upcoming iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 updates to developers for testing and they are developing, with the software arriving a week after Apple released the second beta with many improvements.
A lot of registered developers can download the betas easily from the Settings app on the iPhone or iPad by going to the General section and selecting Software Update. iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 add multiple new and powerful features to the iPhone and the iPad for better performance, but the first beta contained no sign of new Siri capabilities yet.
A Playlist Playground features many advanced things in Apple Music lets you generate songs for any idea, mood, emotion, or activity using a text-based prompt. They also have a Concerts Near You feature for finding local shows and a redesigned look for albums and playlists with full-page artwork in this new upgrade. Apple Podcasts is bringing native video podcasting capabilities that will make many things easier, including creating, distributing, and monetizing video podcast content through the Podcasts app. And Video episodes will also integrate with existing Apple Podcasts features, like personalized recommendations and editorial suggestions, which is a good thing.
Apple is now testing the end-to-end encryption for RCS that will mainly bring full encryption to text conversations between Android and iPhone users easily. Apple is testing RCS for making iPhone-to-iPhone conversations and iPhone-to-Android conversations without hassle.
Apple has not provided the first two betas’ new emojis, but we saw signs of them in the code so that we might get them in the third beta. The new update is also expected to include new emoji characters that we can use it easily, such as trombone, treasure chest, orca, landslide and Bigfoot.
Another powerful feature is Stolen Device Protection, which is enabled by default. It has a new ambient music widget inside, new average bedtime metrics in the sleep app and many more. Each of the features in iOS 26.4 can be found in our iOS 26.4 beta features guide.
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