Apple has launched public beta for iOS 11. This means members of the public can enroll in the free program to install beta versions on their iOS devices, like developers.
It’s strongly suggested to not install these public betas on your main devices, due to bugs and other unknown issues that may occur with beta installs.
If you’re keen on signing up and helping Apple test iOS 11, click here to sign up when it becomes available. Users who test public betas can provide feedback to Apple use the Feedback Assistant app.
Update: iOS 11 public beta is **officially** not out yet we’re told, but will be coming soon. We’ve updated our article to reflect this change.
Update June 27: iOS 11 public beta is now available, officially.
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MacOS High Sierra is NOT a public Beta yet btw.
Odd I’m seeing the public beta in software update.
Oh booooo! First you give and now you take away! ????
When it was first announced earlier, some people were able to install it. But now, the “official” word is it’s not out yet, but will be coming soon. So we updated our story to reflect accuracy for y’all
I’ve just downloaded it. Public Beta contains the Apple News App for Canada.
Are all your news sources American? Mine are.
It had the Globe and Mail so it looks as though apple is readying it for a Canadian launch. All the other content was US based.
I have the News app on my Public Beta. My region is set to Canada. News sources are all American. Will probably revert back to iOS 10 until the next major beta is out – this one is still really buggy to have on my main device. Yes, I know they warn against using it on a main device – but I take the risk.
Update – News app seems to have disappeared.
Same with mine. Set it all up but it disappeared.
It is available. I had to go to the beta page and download a new profile but it shows ready to download. Going to do it after the kids go to sleep.
Siri hates Canadians
This might be the funniest Siri “error” yet.
Downloaded on my iPad Pro working amazingly! Gonna hold off on the iPhone download as it seems way too buggy! News app is working on the iPad!
Ran into problems switching back. Resolved by switching to an intermediary OS, like 10.3.3 beta or some other one, before switching back to 10.3.2… It’s got some really cool stuff in there though…. Betas have logging set to on so they are really slow.