{"id":459706,"date":"2026-03-05T23:49:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T23:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/459706\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T23:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T23:49:09","slug":"apple-seeds-revised-third-betas-of-ios-26-4-and-ipados-26-4-to-developers-new-public-betas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/459706\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Seeds Revised Third Betas of iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 to Developers, New Public Betas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple today seeded revised third betas of the upcoming iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 updates to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming three days after Apple provided the initial beta to developers. Apple has also released a new version of iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 for public beta testers. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ios-26-4-pastel.jpg\"   alt=\"ios 26 4 pastel\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1036850\"\/><br \/>Registered developers and public beta testers can download the betas from the Settings app on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/guide\/iphone\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPhone<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/ipad\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPad<\/a> by going to the General section and selecting Software Update.<\/p>\n<p>iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 add multiple new features to the \u200ciPhone\u200c and the \u200ciPad\u200c. A Playlist Playground feature in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/guide\/apple-music\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Music<\/a> lets you generate songs for any idea, mood, emotion, or activity using a text-based prompt. There&#8217;s also a Concerts Near You feature for finding local shows, and a redesigned look for albums and playlists with full-page artwork.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/guide\/apple-podcasts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> is getting native video podcasting capabilities that will make it easier to create, distribute, and monetize video podcast content through the Podcasts app. Video episodes will integrate with existing Apple podcasts features, like personalized recommendations and editorial suggestions.<\/p>\n<p>Apple is testing end-to-end encryption for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/guide\/rcs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RCS<\/a>, which will eventually bring full encryption to text conversations between Android and \u200ciPhone\u200c users. Apple is testing \u200cRCS\u200c with iPhone-to-iPhone conversations and iPhone-to-Android conversations. <\/p>\n<p>Stolen Device Protection is enabled by default, there&#8217;s a new ambient music widget, new average bedtime metrics in the sleep app, and plenty more. All of the features in iOS 26.4 can be found in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/guide\/ios-26-4-beta-features\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iOS 26.4 beta features guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Update: Apple also released a new third beta of watchOS 26.4. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple today seeded revised third betas of the upcoming iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 updates to developers for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454224,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[87,7083,2306,86,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-459706","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-featured","9":"tag-ios-26","10":"tag-mobile","11":"tag-technology","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}