Malcolm Owen
As the launch of its milestone operating systems grows nearer, Apple provides an eighth generation of developers betas for iOS 13, iPadOS 13, and watchOS 6
The latest iterations of the operating system betas can be downloaded via the Apple Developer Center by those taking part in the test program, or for devices enrolled into the scheme, as an over-the-air update. Public beta versions of the same developer betas usually surface within a few days, but typically have less of a delay the further along the beta process the software gets.
August is also usually a time when the periods between builds shortens, ready for the anticipated release in the fall along with new iPhone models. The seventh builds were released on August 15, eight days after the sixth builds on August 7.
An eighth beta of tvOS 13 have not yet been released at the time of publication.
AppleInsider, and Apple itself, highly recommend users don't install the betas on primary devices or "mission critical" hardware, as there is the remote possibility of issues, like data loss. Testers should install betas onto secondary or non-essential devices, and to always ensure there are sufficient backups of important data before updating.
Find any changes in the new betas? Reach out to us on Twitter at @AppleInsider or @Andrew_OSU, or send Andrew an email at andrew@AppleInsider.com.
Update: Apple has also released public beta versions of iOS 13 and iPadOS.
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13 Comments
Not getting new phones this year, as it’s an in between year for us. But I am looking forwards to a new Watch and iPad. Hopefully with, as they sometimes have, features that we don’t see in the present iOS 13 betas.
dang it, just upgraded to iPadOS b7 this morning.
Anyone know how recent iOS versions are faring? thus far iPadOS has been hot garbage, no way it can release in three weeks. Hoping that this just means they're focusing on iOS and punting iPadOS for October.
Anyone know if these betas re-patch the vulnerability that was un-patched? Be interesting to see how quickly Apple responds to their goofs.
The last beta had a huge bug that caused Blackberry Work to crash on startup. Millions of people use that every day (hour) to get things done... I am installing this update hoping it fixes the problem. Otherwise I'll probably have to wipe and restore to the non-dev version. (I know, I know, they say don't put it on your main phone, but, ...)