Apple offered its first-ever beta testing program for iOS 8.3 in February, although participation was by invitation only to members of the company’s AppleSeed program. Simply follow the steps below. According to the report, “seemingly minor changes made by Apple have unintended consequences on other parts of the operating system”, and sometimes, it isn’t even an actual bug.
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It is recommended to backup the data on the iPhone or iPad before installing the new update.
If you’re planning to do so, remember- as with the previous OS X public betas – that you’re installing beta software on your device.
In addition to the software build itself, the beta release includes a built-in feedback assistant that sends details on crashes to Apple in hopes of sorting out bugs prior to the general release of the OS.
OS X 10.11 El Capitan is also available to download in beta form, having been released Thursday alongside the iOS 9 beta – this is the second time an OS X beta has been rolled out to the public.
For users with devices running older versions of iOS and OS X, there may not be a popup to enter verification codes when logging into a new app or service. The public will be able to test out the new features in compatible Apple devices, and it marks the first time Apple is releasing to the consumers, as opposed to app developers. This new system is now limited to select beta users, will be available to all when iOS 9 launches later this year.
So what’s new in iOS 9? However, the biggest changes of the iOS 9 are reserved only for the iPad. As The Verge notes, iOS 9 ditches Helevtica Neue for San Francisco font by Apple.
iOS 9 is set to be released in September, alongside the next iPhone, which is rumoured to have a front-facing flash to let people take selfies in the dark.
Siri will also be more “proactive” in terms of locations. It will take the place of spotlight search in iOS 9 and will give users the most relevant information based on the context they put in. Besides this, Apple also wants to bring Home Sharing back from the dead.
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Siri is also becoming smarter this fall. News delivers exactly what you’d expect: curated stories from sources you care about, including the fun little tidbit that the app actually learns what news you prefer to read.
