Roger Fingas
Fulfilling a promise it made at WWDC in June, Apple has released the first public betas of iOS 10 and macOS Sierra on Thursday, giving an early glimpse at software that won't be finished until sometime this fall. [Updated]
Access to the both downloads is restricted to members of the Apple Beta Software Program. Unlike Apple's developer program, however, the Beta Software Program is free, and should offer more stable code than some developer seeds.
Users should nevertheless be cautious about installing beta code on a primary device, since it can still potentially cause issues like crashes, battery drain, or slow performance.
The public betas are based on the second developer seeds, which were released on Tuesday. The Sierra beta added support for the planned Auto Unlock feature, while the iOS 10 update included numerous cosmetic and feature changes, such as organ donation registration in Health.
Charles Martin
Malcolm Owen
Mike Wuerthele
Amber Neely
Andrew Orr
Andrew O'Hara
26 Comments
Been chomping at the bit for this one
Do we really need another iOS so soon?
I only installed iOS9 a few months ago, simply because it was needed for an App I wanted.
I'm just getting used to iOS9, which includes Apple's latest under handed games to get me on iCloud which I don't need.
iOS9 took half of my notes to iCloud, without my permission. Took some time to extract myself from that privacy attack.
Perhaps lack of support for my 1 year old 5c will save me ! B)