iOS 18 Beta 3 Released - What's New?

iOS 18 Beta 3 Released - What's New? (20+ Features) | iOS 18 Features, Changes, Performance & Battery Life
Apple just released iOS 18 Beta 3 to registered developers and it contains more than 21 new features and changes, including changes in the Control Center, keyboard, Home Screen changes, Fitness app changes, Flashlight changes, and more! So in this video, we cover those new features, and we also talk about the performance & battery life on iOS 18 Beta 3, along with when to expect iOS 18 Beta 4 (and iOS 18 Public Beta). Enjoy!
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Chapters:
0:00 Everything Released
0:17 Size, Build Number, Modem Update
1:16 What’s New?
2:23 Nice Keyboard change
3:13 New Wallpaper
3:39 New Flashlight change
4:34 Multiple changes here
5:39 My biggest issue with Photos = Fixed!
6:46 Control Center settings
7:05 New Control Center features
7:44 Podcasts
8:33 Shortcuts changes
9:11 It's fixed!
9:24 Release Notes
9:40 Performance & Battery Life
10:51 iOS 18 Beta 4 & Public Beta Release Date
12:15 Apple Intelligence?
12:39 Until next time
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why would i need apple intelligence when i have brandon butch

[@BrandonButch]

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[@ProbablyPeek]

Facts

[@JonathanMendez4820]

😂

[@KyTheGamer12]

Fr

[@TechJackPlus]

FR

[@BrandonButch]

Is it just me or does Beta 3 feel much smoother than Beta 2 right away?

[@kjs4705]

Yeah surely it does. Except for the control centre… that thing’s laggy af

[@Jgvlogs2024]

hey I have a question how is the battery life on ios18 beta

[@supersenpaizyt]

They did fix the blank app icons bug which it’s been a huge issue

[@kjs4705]

Battery life drops like Porsche from 0-100

[@MaddoxBean-co4ek]

definetly

[@KENZOSTAX]

i had to hide in the bathroom at work to watch this 😭

[@MrJordan1046]

😂

[@sansannemango7935]

Same gang 😊

[@DaddyLondon]

That’s weird

[@DaddyLondon]

@@sansannemango7935 that’s weird

[@KENZOSTAX]

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[@mrarticle622]

Was updating the channel every 10 minutes while waiting for this video

[@BrandonButch]

you're a real one 🫡

[@Aersifyy]

Same 😅

[@theunknown-yq1rv]

Same

[@munkyrocker]

For real. 😂

[@SanFranGiantsFan]

@@BrandonButchhello 😁

[@logantv2970]

They need to make a “favorite emoji” section

[@Jschwab96]

I’ve always hated the emoji picker and now it’s a lot better but I do agree that we need that. I’ve personally wanted a way to hide emojis from the emoji picker because there’s so many I don’t use.

[@mattrozum8422]

I was hoping that's what was coming with this beta based off the thumbnail for this video. Hopefully they add it soon.

[@odours]

does anyone have an issue with the raw max feature. everytime i click a picture with raw max it gives me a error message and the picture is pixelated.

[@IrachoD]

I mean why bother doing that aren't Ur favorite emojis the ones u use the most?

[@Jschwab96]

@@IrachoD most people use like 4 emojis and the rest of the frequently used emojis are filled with others you almost never use. That’s why I’ve never been a fan of it

[@MeNyuamDais04]

The way photos are displayed or viewed individually was a nice change in 18b2. Now reminds me of the old photo app.

[@ProbablyPeek]

Yeah B2 photos inspection was better imo

[@HesperianHorsePower]

@@ProbablyPeek Agreed 100%

[@paulstejskal]

Microsoft: Windows 11 now has rounded edges on windows. Apple: iOS 18 beta 3 no longer has rounded edges. 😂😂😂

[@BrandonButch]

💀

[@njphill0119]

“Windows 11 now no longer has rounded edges”

[@Kingcommaalex]

Just got it and I love it, especially the flashlight change and the app icons

[@YourTravelShorts]

Coming from Beta 2 and using Beta 3 for around 10h now I can say battery and smoothness of the OS feel much better.

[@hunterbsmith]

Great update! Screen Time, photos, the flashlight… lots of big fixes!

[@Sabatic_4]

Oh no, i’m not updating, I don’t want to get the screen time again 😢

[@Jschwab96]

Am I the only one who liked the rounded corners for the photo view in the Photos app? I’ve never liked seeing my photos right up to the edge of my phone.

[@ProbablyPeek]

I thought the expanded rounded image looked SO clean and I’m not even a camera/photo person

[@dmtr404]

same for me, the rounded corners was so amazing and looked fresh. want them back

[@Tactical_Taco]

I didn’t like it

[@Jschwab96]

@@Tactical_Taco What about the previous design did you not like? Just curious. I didn’t think it really made the photo much smaller and made it feel like you were actually looking through photographs. Similar to the changes made to the Settings page where they gave each section a rounded box for a simpler look. The rounded corners are all throughout iOS and make everything have a softer appearance and look more modern so I thought it was a nice change.

[@juliemeyer6344]

@@Jschwab96I also didn’t like it, I just like being able to see the whole thing

[@michaelchwin1193]

Nice man been waiting you broski

[@TashaD526]

I can’t wait for the public beta!

[@BrandonButch]

same! Just about a week away!

[@kenduejones]

Same

[@Human_6181]

Just use dev beta tho same thing pretty much

[@YOUNGJBR]

@@Human_6181it’s more buggy rn my messages app keeps crashing

[@bobeighteen]

@@Human_6181It costs money to sign up to the developer program I think

[@viewer9997]

it’s getting there with beta 3 more cool things to come

[@likhan.ghosh.]

Such detail.... Keep these coming!

[@Angel_1121]

12:01 lol the mouse emojis 😂

[@jumper233]

I enjoyed the rounded photos in beta 2.Something fresh.

[@philliplanos]

I liked the rounded edges

[@BarelyAverageDude]

Keep the updates coming

[@MrSkayOne]

Great song choice! 🔥

[@OmarThePotatoMan]

just subbed a week ago, your vids are fire! 🔥🔥

[@BrandonButch]

my man. Appreciate it! 🙌

[@ssray23]

I actually loved the rounded edges in Photos :)

[@CrispTvChannel]

The video we've been waiting for!

[@michaelhendricks3817]

Great video!

[@Maxify01]

Can' wait for the public beta

[@piemasta93]

They really need to bring back the rounded edges with next update. Looked so fresh and new

[@iSpike]

NICE edit,- Well done mate. Thanks

[@ExtremeRickman]

Ooh downloading now!

[@eyeDavid]

Small home control toggles back!!

[@TheLogicalHuman2024]

I kinda liked the rounded corner, wish it comes back. 6:36

[@Oleg__]

👎

[@appleholic1553]

Thank you for your video ✌🏼️

[@afashionistanyc]

Thank you! It’s smoother now

[@archie100]

I was actually enjoying the rounded corners on the photo app

[@colin-nekritz]

Damn you’re fast! I noticed Beta 3 only three minutes after it was released three hours ago and thought “how long until Brandon has a video out?” Not long.

[@faiithmahlangu]

Thank you Brandon❤️☺️

[@Peterstarzynskitech]

Well all betas get smoother as they go on.

[@JeffHallPhotography]

I have Xfinity and I am still waiting for RCS

[@jamesgiannoukakis4366]

Is it just me or is the whole layout in the messages app darker, making it look hella cool on oled screens?

[@yim999]

crazy, we are already on Beta 3

[@mallorymedia6440]

Tested out SMS via satellite last night in Glacier National Park and it worked great!

[@MrNotoriousNate]

Watching this while downloading beta 3 😅

[@YOUNGJBR]

Hopefully it doesn’t ruin your messages app, Mine keeps crashing .

[@MrNotoriousNate]

@@YOUNGJBR I’ve only had that problem 2 times, usually when I scroll up to past messages from long ago

[@nathanaelculver5308]

One you missed: in control center, add a control, scroll down and there are additional accessibility controls you can add.

[@thomastevis8655]

Awesome videos sorry I’m sooo late

[@jeffhale1189]

Thanks for sharing. Blessings on your day.

[@calebh101studios]

Brandon is it possible to control the focus of the flashlight without Dynamic Island, eg iPhone 12, 13, 14

[@theCraft1]

RCS works in Canada now with Beta 3

[@xdabarcodex]

I waiting for the public one 😊

[@InkedMama26]

I was having problems with my apps on my Home Screen not showing . Hope updating it fixes the issues

[@Metalmachine18]

Very happy to say I’ve had next to no bugs on beta 1 and have waited for 3 to update again as it’s been so stable. Good to see this seems like a solid update with general improvements

[@miles5600]

Then you haven’t tested enough of IOS 18’s new features. For example the new lock screen buttons that replace the static camera and flashlight buttons are buggy asf.

[@abatall]

@@miles5600except for the watch ping

[@kazi_19]

@@miles5600yeah but you can live with these bugs

[@DjangoGroen]

@@miles5600kinda buggy when I wanna change them. But when changed no bugs

[@miles5600]

@@DjangoGroen for me they disappear for some reason, can’t use the wallet button replacement.

[@OriginalBarGuy]

I liked the rounded edges to photos. hopefully it comes back

[@viewer9997]

the darkmode is awesome

[@ernestcjsmith6802]

Love your vids bro , appreciate everything you do man

[@Lukas_Wertelaers]

First damn, you are always notifying me of the updates haha

[@Bentheman24]

Nobody cares

[@BrandonButch]

that's the goal!

[@sylvanph]

7:33 I don’t like the lighter control center icons, hopefully they change that back

[@HighVanillaSky]

Control Center got destroyed in terms of looks in my opinion.

[@techwithtyler20]

The first thing I expected from a control center redesign was to make it follow light/dark mode. Hopefully they’re working on that.

[@linfordtyndall]

General Ambrose Burnside would be proud! 💚🍓

[@darrollgibson7008]

Yes it does and I can getting into my screen time.

[@rythtguy]

Damn, Im never this early

[@BrandonButch]

early gang 🫡

[@Bentheman24]

Nobody cares

[@KENZOSTAX]

@@Bentheman24he did though

[@rythtguy]

@@Bentheman24 clearly you did 🤣

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Claim your 30 minutes or less pass ➡️

[@NC-mf2fx]

Me

[@noah_will]

Me!

[@eitangellis]

I was waiting for this one (which will likely turn into Public Beta 1 soon enough) So I’m updating right now! Thanks Brandon!

[@daynerhoades]

I like the rounded corners better for the photos in the photos app.

[@valjdakosta]

bro has a degree in yapology

[@Human_6181]

Dude what. All he’s doing is explaining what all the things mean and do. You have a degree in yapolgy. 💀💀

[@Nobodyishom3]

It’s his job…

[@EVILBUNNY28]

No please 👎👎😡 I hope there’s a way to revert the bigger emoji keyboard change 🤬 I’ve requested for YEARS the smallest font size goes down from 80% to something a lot smaller, at least 50%. Apple seem to be going backwards making things larger and larger each year. Oh and another thing, want no app labels? Sorry, they HAVE to be bigger, it’s blindingly obnoxious and I really hope they change all of this

[@wilf7349]

I think it should definitely be an option too

[@countryland69]

You can downgrade iOS I think with iTunes, but it will factory reset if you do that, not sure if you will risk deleting all your data for emoji size

[@gjmcgee]

I really miss the rounded photos in the photos app. It looked great.

[@jojozx09]

For beta 1 and 2 all my apps kept on getting deleted like it was so annoying I hope beta 3 fixes this

[@0Mastamind0]

I hope they let us choose control center pages for specific focus modes like we already can for home screens, and lock screens

[@brettmacneil6905]

Always love your content. Where did you get that watch band?

[@RandySouthPark]

Lets Go

[@samueldzorgbenyuie601]

Great! Can we have an option to switch between SIMs in the control center? 😢

[@tobias_b7]

Cool

[@StickieRecords]

wassup with the heat on the iPhones tho

[@jeffersondaniel5883]

My App icons would specifically break every night. So will see what tomorrow morning brings us lol

[@darontehigh]

I definitely get all of my software update information from this channel!!

[@fi5hii]

Screen time has always worked fine for me on beta 2 never crashed my settings app at all 😅

[@jcosme6616]

I honestly really liked the rounded photos in the photo app made the photos look like it’s on film idk it’s just nice

[@user-hr8sp1xu4v]

I hate the waiting period lol😂

[@jacobcoley8054]

if iOS 18 public beta comes out next week, will it be the same software as dev beta 3? If so, any reason not to install dev beta 3 while waiting on public beta release?

[@TreyWaylifestyle]

❤❤❤❤let goo 😊

[@640A]

The flashlight animation perfectly captures Apple's obsession with design and attention to detail!

[@TripppsTV]

I wanna update so bad but I’m not sure if it’s too early- I’ve always updated early by about a month or so but I’m too excited about this.

[@tw9991]

I hope by the time the official updates come out we’re able to use our meomjis as regular emoji characters instead of stickers. Lol Ive always love the idea of meomoji and would use mine much more if I could use it anywhere

[@akhilpsuja9153]

I’ve followed you for 4 years now(before and after the face reveals), love the great content - can never skip your videos. Thanks Brandon, lots of love from India!

[@dtravyunmoore9705]

I think one of my favorite features of beta three has to be the keyboard icons sooo much easy to find emojis I used to get so annoyed when I couldn’t find a certain icon

[@erraticpaladin5]

Eyyy fellow Carrot Weather user

[@kristinaveirum]

• I don’t know if I missed it but do you still have that bug where screentime crash? I haven’t had that bug even in beta 2. • I just love that third party app icons also have the same dark look as Apple’s native app icons, it looks amazing 👌🏽 • I loved that AirTag story and she’s so lucky that it was you who found it 🙌🏼 You’re a great person 😊 Thanks for another awesome video 🙏🏼

[@ay8ss]

Neat to see the Alpenglow icon in your App Library 🤩 Got some new Dark Mode ones ready for the iOS 18 launch.

[@sattautsho9505]

when they will be releasing ios 18 public beta?

[@vyper3472]

when will public beta come out??

[@miirez2309]

hopefully with this update my phone will be faster

[@47crazed]

I had so many issues with the beta 2. - carplay only pays music on my phone speaker - no audio on a lot of 3rd party apps 😅

[@cg_xiii]

I had no idea about the flashlight being able to change between narrow and wide beam. Really cool!

[@CLSGL]

I wish they’d stop fucking around and give us the new Siri UI already. It’s such a small addition but a massive quality of life improvement.

[@HUDMusic]

I was upgrading to iOS 18 beta 2, and suddenly it started upgrading to beta 3. What a coincidence! 😂

[@LoveRachaelNicole]

Finally can make stickers into emojis wonder if social media platforms will eventually let us use this feature too 😅

[@OfficiallyKrave]

Beta 3 made all my app icons change to dark mode, so that’s nice

[@lestagez]

Please bring back the old photos app, 😊

[@jessicablack-ys8nu]

nooo i loved the maps icon😢😢

[@issipro]

I just fell asleep with my phone open just to listen to some calm sounds while I’m sleeping and I woke up to this

[@karlashborn]

Is the random volume going all the way down/up fixed in iOS 18?

[@ImMr.A]

can you please make a video on the apps that you use

[@coreyyong374]

i hope i can access my online banking again with this update