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Apple will release a public beta version of iOS for the first time
Apple will release a public beta version of the iOS operating system for the first time. The latest version of iOS 8.3 will be available to 100,000 people on March 9. Apple intends to resort to a similar practice in the future - the public beta version of iOS 9 will be released in the summer.
This should help avoid various bugs like the one that caused iPhones with iOS 8 to temporarily disconnect from cellular networks.
The company acknowledged the successful experience of testing beta versions of operating systems on a limited circle of people. The latest OS X Yosemite was first tested by one million users, and only then did the official release take place.
Following the successful launch of the OS X Yosemite testing program last year, Apple decided to release the iOS 8.3 public beta through its AppleSeed program, the sources said. (English.)
- The iOS operating system is installed on iPhones, iPads and iPod Touch. iOS was released in 2007. As of June 2014, 800 million iOS devices have been sold worldwide.