As if it were a Swiss watch with the punctuality of Apple released the first developer beta of iOS 16.6. After 24 hours with iOS 16.5 officially with us, the Big Apple got to work to start testing what might be the last major iOS 16 update before iOS 17 arrives. this new version should not bring good news, but a new stage of betas begins where developers will have to debug, test and report errors to achieve the maximum possible stability.
iOS 16.6 reaches developers with its first beta
Barely two days ago, Apple officially launched iOS 16.5 with few visible innovations but very important security patches. At the functional level, only a tab dedicated to sports has been added in Apple News and all the novelties related to the spheres and wallpapers of the Pride 2023 edition have been included. fix security vulnerabilities actively exploited by hackers around the world and iOS 16.4.1(a) didn’t fix it.
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It’s now the turn of iOS 16.6, the next major release from Apple. A few hours ago it was published the first beta for developers available in Settings > General > Software Updates from developers who have your Apple ID associated with the Developer Program. Remember that now profiles cannot be transferred and only certified developers can download such builds as they are tied to each Apple ID.
At the moment, no changes have been revealed, but weeks ago there were speculations about the arrival of user verification in iMessage via authentication keys, a feature that was announced at WWDC22 and was pending release. It should also be remembered that iOS 16.6 will most likely arrive after WWDC23 since it will begin in a few days, on June 5th.