Apple has hidden THIS feature in its new iOS update - but good luck trying to find it

Apple pushed-out the first beta for iOS 10.3 this week.

The beta release includes a number of new features, including a widget for the Podcasts app, Find My AirPods, redesigned Apple ID profile within the Settings app, and shortcuts to your most recently used apps in the CarPlay UI.

However there is also another new feature in the update that Apple won't let you use.

Developer Steve Troughton-Smith has discovered another hidden keyboard within the iOS 10.3 beta.

Mr Troughton-Smith unearthed a nifty keyboard designed for one-handed typing on the larger 5.5inch iPhone Plus last year.

The iOS developer said Apple had included the one-handed keyboard in every iPhone since the introduction of iOS 8 back in September 2014 – but had never made the feature available to the public.

iOS 8 launched alongside the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus – the first Apple smartphone with a 5.5inch display, so it would make sense for the US technology company to design a keyboard to help those with smaller hands.

What makes less sense, is why Apple never decided to make the keyboard available to iPhone owners.

Steve Troughton-Smith claims the only way to access the secret Apple keyboard is to jailbreak your iPhone.

However this will void your Apple warranty – so we really wouldn’t recommend attempting it.

And now Apple appears to be testing another hidden keyboard, first spotted in the new iOS 10.3 beta.

According to iOS developer Steve Troughton-Smith, the new keyboard hovers over your app windows – like the picture-in-picture windows.

The latest hidden keyboard also appears to be tailored for one-handed use, and can be moved anywhere on the screen – even when two apps are open in split-screen mode.

This is iPad's gestural keyboard (similar to Playgrounds' programmer one). You can swipe left/right on any key to backspace or space pic.twitter.com/jaskd0EEEh

— Steve T-S (@stroughtonsmith) January 25, 2017

Apple has also introduced a second hidden keyboard, which is designed to be used with gestures. Swiping left or right on the keys on the keyboard will perform either a backspace or a space. Why Apple has decided not to alert developers about the hidden keyboards included in iOS 10.3 is anyone's guess.