Apple issues first developer betas of iOS 11.1, macOS 10.13.1, watchOS 4.1 and tvOS 11.1

Apple on Wednesday provided developers with early versions of its next significant software releases for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple TV, all of which are set to get point-one updates in the near future.

The new software and accompanying build numbers are as follows:

macOS High Sierra 10.13.1 beta (17B25c)
watchOS 4.1 beta (15R5823c)
iOS 11.1 beta (15B5066f)
tvOS 11.1 beta (15J5559d)

In addition, Apple has also issued a beta of Xcode 9.1, build 9B37, which includes Swift 4 and SDKs used to build apps with the latest changes in the four platforms.

It is not known what the updates include, but a number of features were absent from last week's public release of iOS 11, including AirPlay 2 and Apple Pay Cash. It's likely that a point-one update would bring those anticipated features.

A timeframe for the release of iOS 11.1 is not known, but it would make sense for it to arrive alongside or before the iPhone X, which is set to arrive on Nov. 3.

iOS 11 launched to the public last Tuesday and was quickly followed up with an iOS 11.0.1 update that addressed glaring bugs. Point-zero-one updates are generally minor bug and security fixes, while point-one updates often have new features and capabilities.

tvOS 11 and watchOS 4 also debuted for Apple TV and Apple Watch, respectively, last week. Separately, macOS 10.13 High Sierra had a later launch, having arrived this Monday.

10 Comments

ihatescreennames 1971 comments · 19 Years

About 7 years ago

Do we know what glaring bugs iOS 11.0.1 addressed? The release notes were fairly bare and the article this article links to doesn’t have any detail about it either.

My biggest disappointment is not having Apple Pay Cash yet. I can wait on AirPlay 2 as I have no devices that require it at this point. All my current AirPlay stuff is working fine so...

canukstorm 2740 comments · 11 Years

ihatescreennames said:

Do we know what glaring bugs iOS 11.0.1 addressed? The release notes were fairly bare and the article this article links to doesn’t have any detail about it either.

My biggest disappointment is not having Apple Pay Cash yet. I can wait on AirPlay 2 as I have no devices that require it at this point. All my current AirPlay stuff is working fine so...

The major bug addressed with 11.01 was fixing MS Exchange syncing.

lkrupp 10521 comments · 19 Years

ihatescreennames said:

Do we know what glaring bugs iOS 11.0.1 addressed? The release notes were fairly bare and the article this article links to doesn’t have any detail about it either.

My biggest disappointment is not having Apple Pay Cash yet. I can wait on AirPlay 2 as I have no devices that require it at this point. All my current AirPlay stuff is working fine so...

i don’t think there ARE any glaring bugs. At least I’m not seeing anything real but the usual “My phone is bricked, thanks Apple!” blathering on the Apple Discussion Forums. There will always be bugs to squash but it’s been a long time since a real show stopper cropped up.

xbit 399 comments · 9 Years

As a developer, I’ve found more bugs in iOS 11 than any release since iOS 7. Really basic things with scroll bars, refresh controls and search controllers are totally broken. I really hope that these are addressed in iOS 11.1.

Scot1 126 comments · 7 Years

My phone has slowed down after OS 11 and many apps are slow to launch and also the battery drains considerably more in fact I can watch the percentage drop every couple of minutes while doing nothing. And yes I’ve checked all my settings to minimize usage in the background with mail etc.