iOS 9.3 public beta 2 brings Night Shift toggle to the people

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Toggle Night Shift right from Control Center.
Toggle Night Shift right from Control Center.
Photo: Rob LeFebvre/Cult of Mac

Following up Monday’s release of iOS 9.3 beta 2 to developers, Apple’s continued its plan to get its latest mobile operating system into the hands of public beta testers as well.

This morning sees the provision of iOS 9.3 public beta 2, which brings with it a new Control Center button to toggle Night Shift — the feature that decreases sleep-disturbing blue light on your iPhone.

Night Shift is a new feature to iOS 9.3, and until now has been relegated to the Displays and Brightness panel in Settings. It will change the “color temperature” on your iOS device’s screen, much like f.lux does on your Mac.

Now you’ll be able to turn the feature on and off directly in Control Center, just like you do with the brightness, volume, and Do Not Disturb features.

The release notes aren’t out, as of yet, so it’s hard to say what else is changed in the new public beta. iOS 9.3 itself has new 3D Touch menus in various apps, and has added a way to lock down your private Notes with a password or Touch ID.

You can get your own public beta 2 over the air if you’re part of Apple’s Public Beta program. Just head into your Settings app, tap on General and then Software Update.

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