Apple Seeds First Public Betas of iOS 15 and iPadOS 15

[MacRumors]

Apple today seeded the first betas of iOS and iPadOS 15 to public beta testers, allowing non-developers to download and test the new updates for the first time since WWDC.

Public beta testers who have signed up for Apple's beta testing program can download the iOS and iPadOS 15 updates over the air after installing the proper certificate from the Public Beta website.

iOS 15 adds new features for FaceTime, tools for reducing distractions, updated notifications, and privacy enhancements. FaceTime supports SharePlay for watching TV, listening to music, or screen sharing with friends, while a Shared with You feature keeps track of the songs, website links, pictures, and more that friends send you.

Focus is designed to help keep you on task by cutting out notifications you don't want while you're busy, and there's a new notifications summary feature that prevents you from being inundated with unimportant notifications throughout the day.

Safari has a redesigned look with a compact tab bar that's located at the bottom of the screen, plus Tab Groups let users save open tabs for later. Maps has a new zoomed out globe view and a new 3D view in select cities, plus there's more road detail and an AR-based walking direction feature.

The Wallet app will support IDs and more kinds of keys in iOS 15, and Photos gains updates to Memories and a new Live Text feature that uses on-device intelligence to recognize the text in an image, making it searchable and copyable. Spotlight is better than ever, and processing for Siri requests is now done directly on device.

Mail Privacy Protection in the Mail app stops senders from seeing your IP address and knowing if you've opened up an email, and an App Privacy Report gives you details on how often apps use permissions like camera and location access.

There are a ton of other new features available in iOS and iPadOS 15, with full details available in our roundup.

Article Link: Apple Seeds First Public Betas of iOS 15 and iPadOS 15

 

[Canyda]

Will likely put this on my iPad Mini but not putting it on my primary iPhone 11.

 

[VespiYT]

I dont think this is stable enough for a public beta but thats just my opinion 👍

 

[macsareveryinteresting]

I dont think this is stable enough for a public beta but thats just my opinion 👍

It’s stable, don’t worry.

 

[dz5b609]

Can't seem to install/download the profile yet.

edit: works now.

 

[anthogag]

Yeah baby

On the beta web page change it to “request mobile website” if the download profile button is greyed-out.

 

[alexandr]

now i'm wondering if ios 15 is worth the whole beta route...

 

[jav6454]

This is the first time I am thinking of installing beta on my iPhone. Mainly due to the allure of the iCloud Relay. Anyone with experience in Public Betas and their stability care to elaborate?

 

[GIZBUG]

Will likely put this on my iPad Mini but not putting it on my primary iPhone 11.

Ok…will definitely take this to account when/if I install this ?

 

[dantracht]

Says iOS 15 PB is coming soon, still showing PB for iOS 14.

 

[WigWag Workshop]

I am guessing some of the features are not available on a iPad Air 2

 

[Dionte]

Cool, now I can switch the profiles to the public one. I hope the original HomePods work better now.

 

[dz5b609]

This is the first time I am thinking of installing beta on my iPhone. Mainly due to the allure of the iCloud Relay. Anyone with experience in Public Betas and their stability care to elaborate?

General advice is always to never do it on your main device (at least not for the first couple of PB's), just not worth the hassle.

Also, please make a backup of whatever device you decide to enroll on your mac/pc before installing the beta.

 

[Marshall73]

Website just melted. Working now. My iPad is downloading Public beta 2. Interesting.

 

[pcd213]

Do I make the same mistake I make every year, or have I gained some self control?

 

[dantracht]

UPDATE: It's live now, but will do this later after it calms down. PB 14.7 going on now. 15/8 tomorrow!

 

[GIZBUG]

This is the first time I am thinking of installing beta on my iPhone. Mainly due to the allure of the iCloud Relay. Anyone with experience in Public Betas and their stability care to elaborate?

Stay away from first betas…. If concerned about stability

 

[midkay]

Oh heck yeah! I figured they’d wait until beta 3. Can’t wait to try this on my iPad.

 

[Marshall73]

Stay away from first betas…. If concerned about stability

This would normally be true but these have been solid so far.

 

[CMoore515]

Ok…will definitely take this to account when/if I install this ?

I've installed every public beta on my personal iPhone since iOS 10. They've all been fine, FWIW.

 

[nutmac]

now i'm wondering if ios 15 is worth the whole beta route...

For what it's worth, iOS 15 beta 2 is pretty stable. Beta 1 required a reboot almost every day, but beta 2 is significantly more stable.

As far as iOS 15 being worth the trouble, Maps and Weather are significantly nicer, both in terms of capability and how beautiful they look. And I am very fond of Focus feature, which allows me to create custom home pages depending on the mode.

 

[Nosmo King]

Says iOS 15 PB is coming soon, still showing PB for iOS 14.

Downloading now.., try again!

 

[boss.king]

I'm probably going to put this on my iPad today, but I'll wait for a few more betas before my phone gets it.

 

[HopefulHumanist]

Cool, now I can switch the profiles to the public one. I hope the original HomePods work better now.

Any reason for one to do this? Genuine question, no disrespect intended.

 

[alexandr]

For what it's worth, iOS 15 beta 2 is pretty stable. Beta 1 required a reboot almost every day, but beta 2 is significantly more stable.

As far as iOS 15 being worth the trouble, Maps and Weather are significantly nicer, both in terms of capability and how beautiful they look. And I am very fond of Focus feature, which allows me to create custom home pages depending on the mode.

oooh, so if you switch to, for instance — travel mode — your home screen can be different? that's pretty awesome, i think i missed that. i could be all over that! maps and weather updates, while appreciated, definitely won't make me go into beta mode. but this...