iOS 16.2 to Launch in December, iOS 16.3 May Arrive by March 2023: Gurman

iOS 16.2, iPadOS 16.2, and macOS Ventura 13.1 have been issued to beta testers by Apple final week as a part of the Cupertino-based iPhone maker’s subsequent spherical of software program updates. The corporate is claimed to be concentrating on a mid-December launch date for these software program updates. As per Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, whereas Apple won’t have any extra {hardware} releases for the 12 months, it nonetheless might have extra software program updates on the way in which. In the meantime, macOS Ventura 13.3 and iOS 16.3 could possibly be anticipated between February and March subsequent 12 months, he says.

In his weekly Energy On e-newsletter, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman states that the iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2 updates, which started rolling out to beta testers final week, “must be launched round mid-December.” Gurman additionally says that the corporate is aiming to introduce upgraded M2-based variations of its 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Professional fashions, that are anticipated to run on macOS Ventura 13.3 and iOS 16.3, within the first quarter of 2023.

“These software program updates (macOS Ventura 13.3 and iOS 16.3) are anticipated to debut between early February and the start of March,” Gurman mentioned.

Gurman had beforehand predicted that Apple would skip internet hosting its October Occasion for the 12 months, as the corporate reportedly solely has routine incremental bulletins which don’t justify a full-fledged digital or bodily occasion. Apple sometimes launches new iPad and MacBook fashions throughout its October occasion.

Final month, Apple released the iOS 16.1 replace to customers, alongside updates to iPadOS 16.1, macOS Ventura, tvOS 16.1, and watchOS 9.1. The Cupertino firm revealed that this model features a patch to handle a beforehand reported zero-day vulnerability within the working system, which the corporate admitted may have been actively exploited.

Zero-day vulnerabilities are exploits which are recognized by exterior sources, reminiscent of safety researchers, earlier than the unique improvement workforce detects these points.

At the moment, iOS 16.2 is obtainable to builders and public beta testers, and the replace is predicted to roll out to customers within the coming weeks. Nonetheless, iOS 16.3 has not been introduced or launched to builders and beta testers, and Apple is but to share official particulars of plans to launch the cell working system to customers early subsequent 12 months.