Apple Seeds Fifth Beta of iOS 10.1 for iPhone 7 to Developers and Public Beta Testers

[MacRumors]

Apple today seeded the fifth beta of an upcoming iOS 10 update to developers and public beta testers for testing purposes, two days after seeding the fourth iOS 10.1 beta and more than a month after releasing iOS 10 to the public.

Today's beta appears to be available only for the iPhone 7 and the iPhone 7 Plus, suggesting it perhaps has the LTE bug fix that was bundled into iOS 10.0.3, released on Monday.

Registered developers can download the iOS 10.1 beta 5 from the Apple Developer Center or over-the-air once the proper configuration profile is installed. Public beta testers can download the update over-the-air after installing the configuration profile from Apple's beta testing website.

iOS 10.1 introduces a new "Portrait" mode for the iPhone 7 Plus that allows it to use the two built-in cameras to create shallow depth of field portrait photos with blurred backgrounds.

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To achieve the blurred look, the image signal processor in the iPhone 7 Plus uses the wide-angle camera to create a depth map, dissecting the different layers of the photo to decide what to blur. It works on people, pets, and objects, but does require good lighting to achieve the proper effect.

The update also likely includes bug fixes and other under-the-hood improvements to address issues that have been uncovered since iOS 10 was released, such as an ongoing CallKit bug that has caused CallKit to function unreliably.

Transit directions have been added in Japan in the iOS 10.1 beta, as was promised by Apple earlier this year. Transit directions will officially launch in the country when iOS 10.1 is released to the public and are available in major cities like Osaka and Tokyo.

iOS 10 has been described by Apple as the "biggest release ever" for iOS users, with features that include a redesigned Lock screen, a Siri SDK to allow third-party apps to integrate with Siri, and a completely overhauled Messages app, a dedicated "Home" app for HomeKit users, new facial and object recognition capabilities in Photos, and more. For more details on iOS 10, make sure to check out our iOS 10 roundup.

Article Link: Apple Seeds Fifth Beta of iOS 10.1 for iPhone 7 to Developers and Public Beta Testers

 

[d5aqoëp]

interesting!!

More betas are welcome.

 

[angle]

Public has been released as well.

 

[zahuh]

8 days and counting... We're ready for new Macs and updates everywhere! This stuff never gets old!

 

[dillacom]

1.97GB on 7+ wow

 

[C DM]

Potentially some important last minute fix/change that they wanted to get out as soon as possible. Perhaps because the final release is not far off.

 

[dsampley]

Almost 2gb for the iPhone 7 plus

 

[Delorean2006]

1.95gb update, strange how the beta 4 was only 30+mb on my 7+. Oh well, I always love more updates!

 

[AndyK]

Would appreicate some battery reports in a day or two. I can't install for a few days.

 

[jambon]

Does the large download size suggest this is the GM?

 

[SMIDG3T]

1.97GB on 7+ wow

Yeah. Strange.

 

[frankc92]

hmmmm strange. nothing showing up on mine... i6s in Canada

 

[Ron21]

not showing up OTA for me

 

[6836838]

Does the large download size suggest this is the GM?

No

 

[nfl46]

Not showing up on my device yet.

 

[TMRJIJ]

hmmmm strange. nothing showing up on mine... i6s in Canada

Only for the 7 series

 

[6836838]

Nothing on 6S. Probably just Camera stuff.

 

[itsray]

Public has been released as well.

i read it says "appears" to be for the 7 and 7+. i have a 6s and just looked for the update and nothing, even restarted the phone just in case. and nothing.

 

[ka-spot]

according to the title this iOS 10.1 is only for iPhone 7... cool

 

[mnni]

1.95gb update, strange how the beta 4 was only 30+mb on my 7+. Oh well, I always love more updates!

The last beta is usually pretty big. Maybe it removes some kind of debug information? So the differential update is somewhat a complete update.

 

[TyG8]

Nothing available for my 7+ yet.

 

[44267547]

Looking forward to this feature on 7 Plus. Likely released soon.

 

[duffman9000]

Hmmm. I don't think this fixes the LTE issue unless 10.1 already had the 10.0.3 fix and there is an additional issue not fixed yet.

I saw the "could not activate" error on 10.0.3 yesterday. I'm also seeing less bars than my wife on a 6. I know bars don't mean everything but I'm always on 1 or 2 bars in places where I used to have good coverage.

 

[C DM]

i read it says "appears" to be for the 7 and 7+. i have a 6s and just looked for the update and nothing, even restarted the phone just in case. and nothing.

Starting to sound like this is just to include the changes that were released in 10.0.3 for the iPhone 7 line of phones. A bit surprised that wasn't already included in beta 4 though.

 

[dillacom]

10.1 (14B72c) on 7+