Apple's TestFlight increases cellular data limit to 150MB, support for Smart Invert Colors

Apple on Monday updated its TestFlight beta testing app with a few new features including the ability to download app versions up 150MB in size over cellular connections.

TestFlight version 2.0.1 delivers a handful of enhancements for iOS 11, the most important among them being a new 150MB cap to cellular data downloads, up from 100MB. The new limit brings Apple's beta testing platform up to speed with other App Store apps.

In addition to expanded over the air data limits, TestFlight now includes support for Smart Invert Colors, a feature introduced with iPhone X to help preserve battery life. Unlike iPhones that use transmissive LCD technology, iPhone X uses an emissive OLED screen, meaning darker onscreen images utilize less energy.

TestFlight also incorporates a revised 3D Touch peek view that includes a new "What to Test" option. Users can access the feature by performing a force touch gesture on an app within TestFlight.

Finally, Apple notes the inclusion of unnamed bug fixes and user interface improvements.

Apple last updated TestFlight in 2017 with UI changes and home screen Quick Actions.

TestFlight is a free download from the App Store.

7 Comments

tokyojimu 17 Years · 531 comments

About 6 years ago

Why should Apple care how much cellular data anyone uses? I have friends with no home Internet, only their unlimited cell data, and it’s not fair to people like them to restrict what they can do over their wireless connection.

[Deleted User] 11 Years · 0 comments

It's about time they cut ALL limits on cellular data usage. Mobile data is more often than not, faster than any free WiFi when out and about and if you have decent 4G at home, it's on par with slower fibre speeds - handy if your fibre is used up with streaming/gaming etc.

I turn my wifi off on my phone daily as soon as I leave the house and I live in the rural far north of Scotland where not that long ago landlines were still a luxury!

Soli 9 Years · 9981 comments

adm1 said:

It's about time they cut ALL limits on cellular data usage. Mobile data is more often than not, faster than any free WiFi when out and about and if you have decent 4G at home, it's on par with slower fibre speeds - handy if your fibre is used up with streaming/gaming etc.

I turn my wifi off on my phone daily as soon as I leave the house and I live in the rural far north of Scotland where not that long ago landlines were still a luxury!

1) That would get a lot of people into trouble and you'd see class actions out the wazoo. A more reasonable approach would be to offer a toggle switch hat would allow for unlimited or much increased maximum downloads over cellular with either a verbose warning as a modal popover before you agree, or even as a one-time basis. Perhaps more pressing is to allow for an increased cellular download in Software Update that matches what you can do in the App Store, especially if it's for a critical update.

2) WiFi is not even close to being slower than cellular connectivity. 802.11ac is already capable of nearly 7Gib/s in many consumer routers. What you're probably talking about is the broadband connection to which your WiFi router connects.

dewme 10 Years · 5775 comments

The Smart Invert Colors feature is soooo close to being a real kickass feature. There are just a few little kinks with picture rendering that need to be worked out.

mike1 10 Years · 3437 comments

Soli said:

adm1 said:

It's about time they cut ALL limits on cellular data usage. Mobile data is more often than not, faster than any free WiFi when out and about and if you have decent 4G at home, it's on par with slower fibre speeds - handy if your fibre is used up with streaming/gaming etc.

I turn my wifi off on my phone daily as soon as I leave the house and I live in the rural far north of Scotland where not that long ago landlines were still a luxury!

1) That would get a lot of people into trouble and you'd see class actions out the wazoo. A more reasonable approach would be to offer a toggle switch hat would allow for unlimited or much increased maximum downloads over cellular with either a verbose warning as a modal popover before you agree, or even as a one-time basis. Perhaps more pressing is to allow for an increased cellular download in Software Update that matches what you can do in the App Store, especially if it's for a critical update.

2) WiFi is not even close to being slower than cellular connectivity. 802.11ac is already capable of nearly 7Gib/s in many consumer routers. What you're probably talking about is the broadband connection to which your WiFi router connects.

Agree regarding #1, However, public WiFi is very often uselessly slow or weak. I routinely turn off WiFi when I'm out and about.