Apple released the first iOS 26.3 beta this week for iPhone users. The update focues a lot on interoperability between iPhone and Android devices, as well as support for third-party smartwatches. Here are all of the new iOS 26.3 features so far.
iOS 26.3 new features
Android transfer
The big change in iOS 26.3 is a new “Transfer to Android” system, which makes it easier for an iPhone user to switch to an Android device. This new system was developed as part of a joint collaboration between Apple and Google.
The latest Android beta adds a similar system for switching from Android to iPhone. The goal is to improve interoperability between the two platforms.
“Place your Android device next to this iPhone to get connected and begin the transfer process,” Apple explains in the Settings app. Once the two devices are connected, the iPhone user can wirelessly transfer their photos, messages, notes, apps, and more to their new Android device.
The system also transfers the user’s phone number to the new device.
Apple notes, however, that sensitive information like Health data, Bluetooth devices, locked notes, and more is not transferred to the Android device as part of this process.
Apple and Google, however, say that new data types will be added as they continue to the beta testing process across both platforms.
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