Yesterday the so-called Release Candidate (RC) of iOS 14.3 was released. This version that was previously known as GM by the acronym of Golden Master has all the earmarks of being the same version that will reach end users soon. Accompanying this was also the respective final beta of iPadOS 14.3. All this was on a day marked by the official announcement of the AirPods Max and precisely these could be marking the release date of the software. We analyze it below.
With hardly any changes compared to previous betas
It should be noted that in intermediate versions like these there are usually no major changes in the operating system of the iPhone and iPad. However, there are very important news such as ProRAW support for the iPhone 12 or news in the Health app related to pregnancy. In what is this final version as such we do not see hardly any changes with respect to the previous versions, although it is mentioned that it will have support for AirPods Max, something that obviously was not mentioned in previous ones because the headphones had not been announced until the yesterday.
When will iOS 14.3 and iPadOS 14.3 arrive?
On rare occasions Apple gives official information about when it will launch a version of its operating systems, except for larger versions such as ’14’ was at the time. This time we did not find information either, but if we look at the customs of the company we could guess that the final version of both iOS 14.3 and iPadOS 14.3 will arrive next Monday . This is because on Tuesday the first units of AirPods Max will already be on sale officially and the first units of AirPods Max will have begun to reach users, so it would be absurd that by then they could not use them on their respective iPhone and iPad.
There is also the possibility that the final version could be released this week, as we have seen other occasions in which the final and official user betas have been released within hours of each other. However, it does not seem that it will happen this time, although in any case we will be attentive to bring you updated information when this happens.
Remember that iOS 14.3 will be compatible with iPhone 6s and later models, as well as previous iOS 14. Apple never leaves out-of-date devices in intermediate versions, so these older devices will be able to receive software support until next summer at least, Although it is already rumored that these will be its latest versions and the compatibility of iOS 15 will be with the iPhone 7 as a base. In any case there are still a few months to confirm all this, while the most immediate future is this version ’14 .3 ‘.