Apple Seeds Fifth Public Betas of iOS 16 and iPadOS 16

[MacRumors]

Apple today seeded the fifth betas of iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 to public beta testers, opening up the iOS 16 beta testing process to the general public. Today's beta comes one week after the fourth public beta, and it corresponds with the seventh developer beta.

Public beta testers who have signed up for Apple's free beta testing program can download the second iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 betas over the air after installing the proper certificate from the Public Beta website.

iOS 16 brings an overhauled Lock Screen with customizable wallpapers, time, and widgets, plus notifications have been updated to roll in from the bottom of the display. Multiple Lock Screens are supported and can be linked with Focus modes.

The Messages app supports editing and deleting messages as well as marking messages unread. SharePlay is no longer limited to FaceTime, so Messages can be used for communication between people sharing content with one another. FaceTime calls can be handed off from one device to another, and the Health app gains a new Medications feature for tracking the vitamins and medicine that you take.

Apple is replacing passwords with Passkeys, and Safari now supports Shared Tab Groups for collaborating. In the Mail app, you can schedule emails, cancel sending, and receive follow-up reminders, and the Maps app supports multi-stop routing.

iCloud Shared Photo Library offers a convenient way to share a photos with family members, and Apple Pay Later will let users pay for Apple Pay purchases in fee-free installments. For the iPad, iPadOS 16 brings a Weather app and a new multi-tasking system called Stage Manager, but it's only for iPads with Apple silicon chips.

There are tons more features in iOS 16 and iPadOS 16, with a full rundown available in our dedicated roundups.

Article Link: Apple Seeds Fifth Public Betas of iOS 16 and iPadOS 16

 

[Realityck]

I expect after you install iPadOS 16 beta 7 (aka PB 5th install) you'll see it shows that you installed iPadOS 16.1 when checking settings -> general -> automatics updates. Safari will be 16.1 also.

 

[Rexogamer]

Public beta testers who have signed up for Apple's free beta testing program can download the second iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 betas over the air after installing the proper certificate from the Public Beta website.

Minor mistake - isn't this meant to be "fifth"?

 

[tRYSIS3]

did Apple forget about macOS?

 

[Spaceboi Scaphandre]

Where's the macOS public beta seed? This previous seed has been absolutely terrible and broken and I need a new one.

 

[Ansath]

No WatchOS PB though.

 

[Realityck]

Where's the macOS public beta seed? This previous seed has been absolutely terrible and broken and I need a new one.

I was kinda hoping it would drop today. Yes between powerd and mds_stores occasionally hogging CPU beta 6 needs to appear after going to devs Aug 8th, PB on the 9th.

 

[Ansath]

did Apple forget about macOS?

Well, MacOS Ventura release is October or so, also, it doesn’t always follow the iOS beta releases anyway.

Could come tomorrow but I’m expecting it next week.

 

[q64ceo]

did Apple forget about macOS?

The day's still young, my friend.

 

[falkon-engine]

Why iPadOS 16 beta 5 instead of iPadOS16.1 beta 1?

 

[Applɘ Aꙅylum]

Only 473mb of iPadOS 5th beta going into my fav toy iPad mini 5th 256gb.

 

[DJM1740]

When did OTAs start coming via cellular? I thought updates had to be done over Wi-Fi. Mines coming over cellular as I write this.

 

[Ansath]

When did OTAs start coming via cellular? I thought updates had to be done over Wi-Fi. Mines coming over cellular as I write this.

iOS 15, at least.

 

[jaredwsmith]

Well, MacOS Ventura release is October or so, also, it doesn’t always follow the iOS beta releases anyway.

Could come tomorrow but I’m expecting it next week.

Yep. There was a three-week gap between Monterey beta 5 and 6, too.

 

[Applɘ Aꙅylum]

Why iPadOS 16 beta 5 instead of iPadOS16.1 beta 1?

Downloaded a iPadOS 5th public beta and installed as iPadOS 16.1 beta 1 (20B5027f) !!

How awesome!

 

[nortonandreev]

Yep. There was a three-week gap between Monterey beta 5 and 6, too.

I guess the macOS team is off in august, cuz last year, at least, they didn’t deliver anything for these 3 weeks.

 

[falkon-engine]

Downloaded a iPadOS 5th public beta and installed as iPadOS 16.1 beta 1 (20B5027f) !!

How awesome!

That's what I expected! So the Article needs to be updated to say iOS 16.1 public beta1. (Just like the developer beta).

 

[csalm87]

did Apple forget about macOS?

It's typical of Apple to stop seeds of macOS while they finish up iOS and resume macOS seeds after the iPhone launch event and iOS 16 is released.

 

[caliguy]

No WatchOS PB though.

It's out now.

 

[Ansath]

I guess the macOS team is off in august, cuz last year, at least, they didn’t deliver anything for these 3 weeks.

Or, due to iOS’s final beta/RC, and to allow more time to focus on the build, they just don’t roll out to public for the extra week. There’s a similar thing where I work, whereby if we have one of our bits of software having a major release, the other systems have an amnesty period for releases.

 

[Realityck]

Downloaded a iPadOS 5th public beta and installed as iPadOS 16.1 beta 1 (20B5027f) !!

How awesome!

It's what I said would be earlier.

 

[Ansath]

It's what I said would be earlier.

Seeing as it’s the same build as yesterday’s DB & was covered all over the place, I’m surprised anyone is surprised it’s 16.1 B1.

 

[AdamNC]

Do not use Cellular ..... Thats going to chew into your "Unlimited" Data plans.

 

[Jerry Fritschle]

The day's still young, my friend.

Apple dropped a new Xcode 14 beta yesterday. This would imply that a new Ventura build is imminent. Still, remember that they themselves are probably working with daily builds, so if they want to iron things out before letting us have it, fine.

 

[That70sGAdawg]

I hate the dictation typing on OS16, hard to knpw when "on" and picks up every voice around you. Lots of deleteing stuff before sending. They are moving to "passkeys" from passwords so you are stuck with Apple and makes it more difficult to move to Android/Windows...