In an effort to eliminate bugs from upcoming iOS versions ahead of their general releases, Apple plans to launch the first-ever public beta program for the iOS operating system, according to multiple people briefed on the plans. Following the successful launch of the OS X Public Beta program with OS X Yosemite last year, Apple intends to release the upcoming iOS 8.3 as a public beta via the company’s existing AppleSeed program in mid-March, according to the sources. This release will match the third iOS 8.3 beta for developers, which is planned for release the same week. Apple then expects to debut iOS 9 at its June Worldwide Developer Conference, with a public beta release during the summer, and final release in the fall.
Hopefully this will help address the many iOS bugs people are currently complaining about endlessly.
I’ve got an iPad perfect for testing. I had a generally positive experience with the Yosemite beta program, and in fact a good number of things I reported did get corrected. Might as well do the same for iOS.
Sure! After all, Yosemite had a public beta and it’s so stable and bug-free…
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It’s not as bad as it could have, and would have, been without the public beta. It’s not exactly a shining example of quality, but it’s merely a quagmire instead of quicksand.
“Following the successful launch of the OS X Public Beta program with OS X Yosemite last year”…
The OS X Public Beta coincided with OS X 10.0! Once again, something already done in a previous version of OS X gets attributed to a newer one. And I say that as a user of OS X, albeit one who regards their earlier versions as more stable/useable, etc.