Apple dropped the first developer beta for iOS 26.3 and its entire OS lineup just after pushing the 26.2 update live. The company warned regular people to wait for public betas instead of messing with dev builds, but code digging already revealed some interesting additions coming to iPhones.
The biggest feature lets users finally bail from iPhone to Android without losing their stuff. Google and Apple teamed up on this, and the transfer process handles photos, contacts, messages, WhatsApp history, voice memos, app layouts, and a bunch of other data through QR codes or pairing codes. Some things like Safari bookmarks, DRM music, and paid apps that don't exist on Google Play won't make the jump, though.
Another change opens up notification forwarding to third-party wearables, which chips away at Apple's walled garden approach. Users can pick which apps send alerts to non-Apple devices, but the feature only works with one wearable at a time, meaning your Apple Watch gets cut off if you switch to something else.
The biggest feature lets users finally bail from iPhone to Android without losing their stuff. Google and Apple teamed up on this, and the transfer process handles photos, contacts, messages, WhatsApp history, voice memos, app layouts, and a bunch of other data through QR codes or pairing codes. Some things like Safari bookmarks, DRM music, and paid apps that don't exist on Google Play won't make the jump, though.
Another change opens up notification forwarding to third-party wearables, which chips away at Apple's walled garden approach. Users can pick which apps send alerts to non-Apple devices, but the feature only works with one wearable at a time, meaning your Apple Watch gets cut off if you switch to something else.
