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Apple Releases First Public Betas of iOS 17 and iPadOS 17

Looking forward to seeing if HomePodOS 17 makes my home behave better. Kinda tired of her snickety responses when I ask her to tun off a light.
 
dontwalkhand said:
I’m going to update the iPad and AW for sure. Phone I’ll have to wait, I just can’t risk it, use this thing for everything from getting on the bus, to unlocking my door, to starting my car, to taking payments from clients.
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No, you will not for sure. You're not able to update your Watch to WatchOS 10 without updating your iPhone to iOS 17 before.
 
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So several betas in, does this idiocy still exist?

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scorpio vega said:
If you download the public beta, is it easy to update to the official release in September?
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The final RC PB seed is usually the same build as the official release, so there is no need to update then. At that point in time you have a choice to leave it set to pubic betas or not. If you leave it on public betas you will then see the iOS/IPadOS 17.1 beta be available to install next.
 
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Installed on phone and iPad easily enough, so far so good. Standby is awesome, safari has the tabs at the bottom which is good. iPad screen customisation I really like. Although the customisation options are limited at the moment.

Only issue I have so far is the activity widget goes back to blank when I lock phone
 
I just remembered a good reason to wait - last year I lost access to my HSBC UK banking app until about a week before the launch date. Very frustrating. Not sure I have the emotional strength to go through that again.

I could maybe leave my phone on 16 I guess.
 
This year I am holding off my temptations for beta upgrade because I had problems with a bank, HSBC, which does not support any major beta (point version betas are ok) so anyone needing HSBC hold your horses. I only updated my ipad.
 
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Don't do it unless you are ok with your iPhone having less than 85% of it's original battery capacity. Betas kill battery health.
 
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I can't get the beta to show up on my Software Update... So I went looking for answers... D'oh! Seems my iPad Pro (1st generation) is not supported. 😢

Looks like it's time to buy a new iPad... I guess a 7 year run isn't so bad?
 
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obviouslogic said:
I can't get the beta to show up on my Software Update... So I went looking for answers... D'oh! Seems my iPad Pro (1st generation) is not supported.

Looks like it's time to buy a new iPad... I guess a 7 year run isn't so bad?
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That’s more than not so bad. That’s excellent. Are iPads usually supported that long?
 
Am I correct that if I update to public beta on my main phone (been running the Developer betas on an older 11), that I will also have to put my Apple Watch on the beta as well to be functional?
 
Levo317 said:
This year I am holding off my temptations for beta upgrade because I had problems with a bank, HSBC, which does not support any major beta (point version betas are ok) so anyone needing HSBC hold your horses. I only updated my ipad.
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