iOS 8 beta 3 Available to Developers

by iPhoneHeat on Jul 8, 2014

Apple has released iOS 8 beta 3 for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch to the developers. The 3rd beta of Apple’s upcoming major software update: iOS 8 comes three weeks after the availability of beta 2. iOS 8 beta 3 has a build number 12a4318c, and can be downloaded from the iOS Dev Center if you’re a registered developer and have a compatible iOS device. Hit the jump to learn more about iOS 8 beta 3 and the links to download it from iOS Dev Center with a registered account.

The second beta brought number of UI tweaks and changes in Camera, iBooks, Messages and other apps. It also added a new iCloud Photos splash page, and some new options to Notifications, Privacy, and Settings.

Here’s what’s new in iOS 8 beta 3:

New Handoff toggle in Settings app
Access to iCloud Drive
New wallpapers for iPhone and iPad
New UI for clearing notifications
Camera App now shows how many days until a photo is deleted
Handoff toggle in Settings app
iCloud Drive setup screen
new UI for clearing notifications
New wallpaper

iOS 8 beta 3 is compatible with the following iOS devices:

iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5, iPhone 4S
iPad Air, Retina iPad mini, iPad 4, iPad mini, iPad 3, iPad 2
iPod Touch 5G

iOS 8 was unveiled during WWDC 2014 keynote. it includes number of new changes and improvements including interactive notifications, widgets, support for third-party keyboards and lots more. Here’s our iOS 8 features.

If your device is already running iOS 8 beta, you can install iOS 8 beta 3 as an OTA update from under Settings > General > Software Update, or you can download iOS beta 3 full sized firmware file from these direct download links (which require a registered iOS developer account to begin the download):