Apple Releases Third Public Beta of iOS 17.6

[MacRumors]

Apple today seeded the third betas of upcoming iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6 updates to public beta testers, with the betas coming a week after the second iOS and iPadOS 17.6 public betas. Apple seeded the third betas of iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6 to developers earlier this week.

Public beta testers can get the beta by opening up the Settings app, going to the Software Update section, tapping on the "Beta Updates" option, and toggling on the iOS 17 or iPadOS 17 Public Beta. Signing up on Apple's beta testing website is required.

The new features that Apple announced for iOS 17 have all been implemented at this point, so it is not clear what will be included in iOS 17.6, and no features have been discovered in the developer betas so far.

With Apple now shifting its focus to iOS 18, it is likely that iOS 17.6 will include bug fixes and other under-the-hood improvements rather than outward-facing features.

Apple has also seeded the second public betas of upcoming watchOS 10.6 and tvOS 17.6 updates.

Article Link: Apple Releases Third Public Beta of iOS 17.6

 

[dadiy]

I so hope this will fix the Applet Wallet bug that keeps removing my store cards for no apparent reason.

 

[macdaddy43]

Installing now. Been having awful battery drain on 17.5.1 on my 12Pro, hopefully this will fix it.

 

[jer04]

Installing now. Been having awful battery drain on 17.5.1 on my 12Pro, hopefully this will fix it.

Keep us posted please. Same issue on iPhone 15 pro. I have never had a iPhone with battery life this bad.

 

[macdaddy43]

Keep us posted please. Same issue on iPhone 15 pro. I have never had a iPhone with battery life this bad.

Been a few days now and I am seeing no improvement. My phone is losing 30% or more on any given night while sleeping (I don't charge it overnight). I was really hoping they had a fix for this since this has never happened before.

 

[Reeneman]

Been a few days now and I am seeing no improvement. My phone is losing 30% or more on any given night while sleeping (I don't charge it overnight). I was really hoping they had a fix for this since this has never happened before.

Check your apps - is there any app causing this huge battery drain? This can’t be normal that the phone is losing that much over night while in standby only.

 

[hallmarkt]

Under-the-hood improvements may include Matter device support expansion, although it's unclear whether they would be useful only for Matter device developers or visible to end users with support in Home.app.

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Matter (formerly Project CHIP) creates more connections between more objects, simplifying development for manufacturers and increasing compatibility for consumers, guided by the Connectivity Standa...

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- release: "FB974A56-BCF5-46CB-91EF-B5D096E84375"
  versions:
      iOS: "17.6"
      macOS: "14.6"
      watchOS: "10.6"
      tvOS: "17.6"
  introduced:
      clusters:
          - ActivatedCarbonFilterMonitoring
          - AirQuality
          - BooleanStateConfiguration
          - ElectricalEnergyMeasurement
          - ElectricalPowerMeasurement
          - HEPAFilterMonitoring
          - SmokeCOAlarm
          # Concentration Measurement clusters
          - CarbonDioxideConcentrationMeasurement
          - CarbonMonoxideConcentrationMeasurement
          - FormaldehydeConcentrationMeasurement
          - NitrogenDioxideConcentrationMeasurement
          - OzoneConcentrationMeasurement
          - PM10ConcentrationMeasurement
          - PM1ConcentrationMeasurement
          - PM25ConcentrationMeasurement
          - RadonConcentrationMeasurement
          - TotalVolatileOrganicCompoundsConcentrationMeasurement
          - ValveConfigurationAndControl

 

[bkaus]

I updated 2 days ago. Yesterday I used a timer. Now my Dynamic Island is showing the timer 0:00 is now stuck on the screen and won’t go away.

 

[Reeneman]

I updated 2 days ago. Yesterday I used a timer. Now my Dynamic Island is showing the timer 0:00 is now stuck on the screen and won’t go away.

Do a restart

 

[bkaus]

Do a restart

The magic cure fixed it.