Apple today released the first beta version of macOS Ventura 13.3 to its public beta testing group, allowing the general public to test out features before the software is released. The public beta comes a day after Apple released the beta to developers.


Public beta testers can download the macOS 13.3 Ventura update from the Software Update section of the System Preferences app after installing the appropriate profile from Apple’s beta software website.

Like iOS 16.4, ‌macOS Ventura‌ 13.3 adds support for new emoji characters which include shaking head, pink heart, blue heart, gray heart, donkey, moose, black bird, goose , wing, jellyfish, hyacinth, pea pod, ginger, fan, comb, flute, maracas, left hand and right hand.

It also supports updating to the new HomeKit architecture that Apple reintroduced after the update was removed from iOS 16.2.

The Messages app now supports content previews for shared Mastodon links, and there are new options in Shortcuts to create workflows that include Siri notification announcements.

Apple says ‌macOS Ventura‌ 13.3 will be released in the spring, a schedule that runs from March 20 to June 20.

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