Apple Releases First Betas of iOS 14.7, iPadOS 14.7, tvOS 14.7, watchOS 7.6 and macOS Big Sur 11.5 to Developers

[DarthDon]

No betas on my phone! There are enough bugs on some publics. We anyway have enough .x versions.

 

[Ansath]

Ok. Anyone have feedback on what they’ve found in 14.7 b1??

iOS 14.7 Beta 1 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

 

[moobatticus]

Ok. Anyone have feedback on what they’ve found in 14.7 b1??

Yeah. Although as anyone with a dev license knows, divulging this stuff breaches the terms and conditions of having a developer license…

 

[Ansath]

Yeah. Although as anyone with a dev license knows, divulging this stuff breaches the terms and conditions of having a developer license…

It’s a good thing Apple doesn’t read the thread in the forum dedicated to talking about it then….. 🙄🙄🙄

 

[Amazing Iceman]

It seems that we expect the public release of 14.6 today, unless a last minute bug is discovered.
If not, tomorrow. But I would hate to have to wait until Monday.
Let's see...

 

[zackkitzmiller]

Thanks for writing 1 article about the beta drops today instead of 4-5 separate articles for each platform.

I sometimes miss other important articles because of the 4-5 posts about a beta release

Important? Are we reading the same forum? lol. Nothing about MacRumors is -ever- important.

 

[Eorlas]

Honestly, I think I'd prefer that Apple and others stop with the GIANT FLAGSHIP SOFTWARE RELEASES ONCE A YEAR NO MATTER WHAT and instead just iteratively roll things out in 0.X updates throughout the year.

My wife HATES the September iOS update because she feels like she has to learn everything all over again. "Why can't they just leave it alone instead of changing how I need to do things?"

ah yes the classic “dont change things because i cant handle learning. society should not progress, it’s inconvenient.”

kinda wondering what changes so monumentally that this is such a big issue

 

[Rocko99991]

75,000 betas to fix the Podcast app they broke.

 

[Realityck]

The public beta is out now, seeing macOS Big Sur 11.5 beta update notification.

tvOS 14.7 beta PB update is there now.

checked for IPadOS PB update is there, so iOS PB should be available now.

 

[Jay Bly]

All right. Is it just me. Or does 14.7 seem a bit snappier?

 

[Realityck]

Installed MacOS 11.5 beta its Safari is Version 14.1.1 (16611.3.2.1.1)

 

[RandomDSdevel]

I appreciate the feedback on the beta posts. This combined format works for early betas when we're unaware of feature sets, but it's harder to maintain when there are separate features for each beta that people want to discuss.

Another issue is that beta posts are prepared ahead of time so we can let MR readers know right away when a beta comes out without delaying, and betas don't always come out all together.

I'll combo when I can, but for the most part beta articles will continue to be separate. When there are no new features in a beta as is often the case with tvOS, we do have a feature for making sure it doesn't take up much space on the front page, which we always use. I've also been comboing tvOS and iOS when possible.

-----Ah, good; I can live with that middle ground. Personally, I've only been paying attention to macOS betas lately; it'd be…more than a bit cumbersome to have to sort through a combined thread when you're only looking for information and discussion on one OS's preview releases.

 

[whirldy]

Yeah. Although as anyone with a dev license knows, divulging this stuff breaches the terms and conditions of having a developer license…

🎣 absolutely!

 

[Realityck]

I was using MacOS 11.15 beta with the Maps application and it was showing look around. I think that is new because previous that was only seen in iOS/iPadOS maps app.

Certainly looks better on a larger display than a iPad.