Apple Releases New iOS 11.3 with New Animoji & Battery Management

Apple has released the twelfth official update to the iOS 11 operating system, iOS 11.3 for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. New iOS 11.3 has arrived right after a one and half month the launch of iOS 11.2.6.

The new version includes new Animoji characters for iPhone X, improved ARKit for more advanced augmented reality, and the ability to increase the battery life as well as boost the performance of processor.

iOS 11.3 with New Animoji & Battery Management

The new iOS 11.3 update is available on all eligible devices that include the iPhone 5s and later, the iPad mini 2 and later, the iPad Air and later, and the 6th-generation iPod touch. To access the update, go to Settings –> General –> Software Update.

The most important and useful thing about iOS 11.3 is that the update introduces a new “Battery Health” feature which provides iOS users with more information about their batteries. Following are four new Animoji (dragon, bear, skull, and lion) on the iPhone X in iOS 11.3.

Battery Health gives details on maximum battery capacity and peak performance capability. It also provides a way for those customers who have a device with a degraded battery to turn off performance management. iOS 11.3 also includes a number of bug fixes.

Messages in iCloud and AirPlay 2 that appeared in earlier betas have been removed from the final version of iOS 11.3.  In addition to the new battery checking tool, iOS 11.3 introduces a new privacy icon to help users.

iOS 11.3 introduces a new version of ARKit, a ARKit 1.5, that will offer developers to do even more with augmented reality apps. There are also several other smaller features in iOS 11.3.

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