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Apple Seeds First Betas of iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6 to Developers

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Apple today seeded the first betas of upcoming iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6 updates to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming a few weeks after the launch of iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5.

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Registered developers are able to opt into the betas 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 Developer Beta. An Apple ID associated with a developer account is required to download and install the beta.

The features Apple promised for iOS 17 have all been implemented, so it is not clear what will be included in iOS 17.6. It is expected to be one of the final feature updates to iOS 17, as Apple will soon transition most of its focus to iOS 18.

Article Link: Apple Seeds First Betas of iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6 to Developers
 
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I knew it... A week after iOS 18 DB 1, we get iOS 17.6 DB 1...

iOS 17.6 non-beta and iOS 18 non-beta might get released around the same time as iPhone 16 series announcement...

Are there anyone still interested with iOS 17 now that we have a preview of iOS 18?

I might update to iOS 17.6 DB 1 instead of going with iOS 18 DB 1 on my iPhone 13 Pro to see if the battery issues reported by some here in MacRumors has been fixed...

iOS 17.6 beta (21G5052e)
iPadOS 17.6 beta (21G5052e)
macOS 14.6 beta (23G5052d)
tvOS 17.6 beta (21M5045c)
visionOS 1.3 beta (21O5747c)
watchOS 10.6 beta (21U5551b)

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winxmac said:
I knew it... A week after iOS 18 DB 1, we get iOS 17.6 DB 1...

Are there anyone still interested with iOS 17 now that we have a preview of iOS 18?

I might update to iOS 17.6 DB 1 instead of going with iOS 18 DB 1 on my iPhone 13 Pro to see if the battery issues reported by some here in MacRumors has been fixed...
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I’d be curious to know. They sure seem to be resolved in 18 from my own experience. Standby and usage time seem nearly the same as when I first got my 15 Pro.
 
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Jimmy Bubbles said:
I’d be curious to know. They sure seem to be resolved in 18 from my own experience. Standby and usage time seem nearly the same as when I first got my 15 Pro.
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How has iOS 18 been bug-wise? I know it's an early beta but I'm curious how solid it is this early on, especially given all the AI stuff Apple has littered across the system (but presumably not enabled yet.)
 
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Even after software restore, Messages app (iOS, iPadOS, macOS) can become either very unresponsive, often fail to send iMessage, and/or slow to synchronize. The issue appears to be fixed on iOS/iPadOS 18 and macOS Sequoia. Perhaps this beta brings the same fix to the current version.
 
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zorinlynx said:
How has iOS 18 been bug-wise? I know it's an early beta but I'm curious how solid it is this early on, especially given all the AI stuff Apple has littered across the system (but presumably not enabled yet.)
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It's very usable, it just that the way you do things that are common place is now shifted around. Take for instance received calls. Clicking on the text of the caller doesn't initiate a call, only if you click on the phone icon on the far right. Clicking on the text opens the contact form with the ability to block or unblock calls from that party. In that manner it's like a bit of relearning is required with some features you use all the time. It not like a lot of the features they showed off have arrived yet which is typical that early in its cycle. At some point in the future most will have to learn all about how to use this rather then its becomes too featured all at once in Sept. :D
 
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zorinlynx said:
How has iOS 18 been bug-wise? I know it's an early beta but I'm curious how solid it is this early on, especially given all the AI stuff Apple has littered across the system (but presumably not enabled yet.)
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Few issues on 14PM.
Had 1 re-spring so far, some animations can stutter, and had a volume bug a couple of times where the max volume is quieter than it should be.
Only come across 1 app so far that crashes (a UK bus app)

Control centre reorganisation sometimes goes funky and glitches.
Can’t manage HomePod mini alarms and timers, it just says I need to be on same network but I am!

Few other small things but not critical.
 
Jimmy Bubbles said:
Meanwhile, many here likely already have iOS 18…
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Haha those are some brave souls! Even though I can get the dev betas if I wanted to, I always wait for the public versions when they come out a month later. Much more likely to be stable. And even then I just start with my iPad and if all is well for a week or so then I’ll move to installing it on my iPhone. My Mac however, I always wait until the full release has been out a little while in the fall since that is vital to me as a work machine and I can’t risk anything I rely on being rendered useless as a result of Apple’s rushed testing process.
 
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Macrumors readers aren’t typical iOS users, they’re more informed and more focused on iOS 18. But typical iOS users won’t be installing iOS 18 until September, or even later. For these folks, iOS 17 still needs tweaks and bug fixes.

I’m not quite as informed or knowledgable as most of you, but I follow macrumors and learn from your forum posts and comments. I will be happy to try iOS 18 in August, maybe on DB6/PB4. For now, being a public beta tester on late iOS 17 versions is the most I’m comfortable with. I’m happy 17.6 b1 is finally here.

Thanks to those of you who are beta-testing iOS 18. You’re doing the rest of us – and Apple - a real service.
 
FineWoven said:
Haha those are some brave souls! Even though I can get the dev betas if I wanted to, I always wait for the public versions when they come out a month later. Much more likely to be stable. And even then I just start with my iPad and if all is well for a week or so then I’ll move to installing it on my iPhone. My Mac however, I always wait until the full release has been out a little while in the fall since that is vital to me as a work machine and I can’t risk anything I rely on being rendered useless as a result of Apple’s rushed testing process.
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Stable only refers to a release that is unchanging such as the public release. Unstable means that a prerelease seed is always subject to its being changed. Usually the beta 2 sees additional changes/features added that were not ready for the WWDC seed. Beta 3 might see additional changes/features added. Honestly beta 1 is usually more solid then beta 2 or beta 3, with either being whats chosen as the first PB seed. ;)
 
Does anyone think we’ll have a 17.7 release in September like we had with iOS 16? They aren’t dropping any iPhone support, but they are dropping iPad models.
 
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TigerNike23 said:
Does anyone think we’ll have a 17.7 release in September like we had with iOS 16? They aren’t dropping any iPhone support, but they are dropping iPad models.
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The latter updates will probably be for devices having support dropped (i.e. iPads and Watches) for them to be them as stable and as bug free as possible.

Given the build numbers for all of the updates released today it looks like it could be quite a short beta cycle, and we'll see a 17.7 or even 17.8 come September.
 
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zorinlynx said:
How has iOS 18 been bug-wise? I know it's an early beta but I'm curious how solid it is this early on, especially given all the AI stuff Apple has littered across the system (but presumably not enabled yet.)
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It’s been surprisingly fairly smooth. I’ve not run into any apps not working as expected yet. I took the precaution of backing up my iPhone locally and archiving it so if things get awry. I have a 15 Pro though, so I wanted a preview of the new features.
 
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winxmac said:
iOS 17.6 non-beta and iOS 18 non-beta might get released around the same time as iPhone 16 series announcement...

Are there anyone still interested with iOS 17 now that we have a preview of iOS 18?
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No I think iOS 17.6 will get released in about a month (point updates usually don’t get more than 4-5 weeks of beta testing) and iOS 18 in september with the new iphones.

And yes, there are still people that don’t do the betas, least of all dev betas, on their daily driver devices. Don’t forget that iOS 18 is still in dev beta, but because people rush to download the dev beta -even people who aren’t really devs- they make it seem as though the release of iOS 18 was actually in june and not in september.
 
PsykX said:
I hope not, there isn't even a Public Beta.
Or are we all devs?
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You only have to sign up for the developer portal to get offered dev builds. You don't need to be an actual paying developer anymore.

I know this because my test iPhone is ONLY signed into my personal iCloud account, which has a dev portal account but not a paid account, and it gets offered dev betas.
 
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