Apple releases beta version of iOS 9 鈥� but should you really download it?
The downloading process is pretty straight forward but many experts are warning against testing the beta version.
The downloading process is pretty straight forward but many experts are warning against testing the beta version.
For the first time ever, Apple is releasing a beta version of its mobile operating system to the public.
Although previews and 鈥減re-beta鈥� models have occasionally been made available, never before has a public beta version been released for widespread consumption. Nevertheless,聽on Friday聽the beta of Apple鈥檚 iOS 9 for iPhones and iPads will be available.
The downloading process is pretty straight forward. Anyone with an iphone or ipad can got to聽beta.apple.com聽and install the public beta iOS9 through Apple鈥檚 sign up process.
According to聽Apple鈥檚 website, the new operating system will have plenty of fun new features, including a new and improved Siri and 鈥渘ew proactive suggestions鈥� to 鈥渉elp you get things done before you ask.鈥� There are also new built-in apps like the Apple News app.
For those who love maps, Apple will be providing city maps of Baltimore, Berlin, Chicago, London, Mexico City, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Toronto, and Washington, DC, among others. The maps will have a special feature to help users navigate public transit. Travelers will be able to view聽the whole underground layout for nearby stations with entrances marked on the map. Transit directions will reflect real time schedules for bus, ferry, subway, and train, and users will receive notifications about interruptions and delays.聽
But despite the excitement among some tech enthusiasts, always eager for a new update, many experts are warning against testing the beta version.
鈥淎s anyone who鈥檚 downloaded any beta software in the past knows, betas are often buggy. Unless you鈥檙e willing to risk genuine usability problems like poor battery life and crashing apps, you鈥檙e going to want to hold off until the final version of iOS 9聽is released this fall. (And even then, you鈥檙e going to want to wait at least a day before you do it.)鈥�,聽The Wall Street Journal聽noted.
While the chances that the new beta will completely destroy your iPhone are slim, even Apple has suggested that users test the new operating system on a secondary device,聽Wired reported.
After all, most new operating systems are pretty clunky, and you wouldn鈥檛 want to risk a mobile phone that keeps you connected to the world.