all the changes and improvements of the latest update for iPhone and iPad

Let’s tell you what’s new in iOS 26.3the new update with additional features for iOS 26. This is a very minor update with hardly any changes, but it prepares the ground for the great revolution that will come with iOS 26.4.

In fact, what the main new features of this new version have in common is that They arrive thanks to the demands of the European Commissionwhich have pushed Apple to be less closed and favor more interactions with devices from other brands.

What’s new in iOS 26.3

These are the new features and corrections that Apple has announced for this new update. They are official changes with all the new things that you will find on your iPhone after updating.

• RCS encryption: RCS is the technology that converts the SMS sending application of any Android and iPhone mobile into a WhatsApp, being able to send rich messages with multimedia totally free between devices of all brands. Now, Apple has added end-to-end encryption.
• Transfer data to Android: Apple makes it much easier to transfer your data to an Android mobile. This does not come from the goodness of his heart, but from European demands. The configuration to do so will be within Settings > General > Transfer or reset iPhone. Here you will have a new option Transfer to Androidand by clicking on it you can scan the QR of the other mobile to proceed to move photos, videos, contacts, calendars, notes and other files.
• Notifications on third-party watches: Another change that comes thanks to European demands. Your iPhone will now allow you to better manage notifications on watches from other brands beyond the Apple Watch. For that you will have to go to the option Notification forwarding within the notification settings.
• Better third-party headphone pairing: Thanks to European requirements, you will now be able to pair headphones from other brands to your iPhone just by bringing the case close to it. Come on, the same as with the AirPods.
• Automatic switching on third-party headphones: Apple has also had to open up the flagship feature of the AirPods. With this update, the possibility of automatic switching between devices with headphones from other brands is added. Come on, if they are connected to the iPhone and Mac, you will go from one device to another depending on which of them you are using.
• Better location privacy: In iOS 26.3 you can limit the location to a general area, reducing the precision with which the mobile network can know where we are. All this without affecting the quality of the calls. At the moment this is not available in Spain, and it affects only very few operators and few devices, only iPads and iPhones with Apple’s own 5G modem, and in some operators in Germany, the United Kingdom, Thailand and the United States.
• New wallpaper organization– Native Weather and Astronomy wallpapers are separated into different categories in the wallpaper setup settings.

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