Test it on your iPhone now – this is how it works

Apple keeps its promise and is now inviting every interested iPhone user to convince themselves in advance of the new functions of iOS 15 – the public beta is available. But if you want to test iOS 15, you have to pay attention to a few things. GIGA explains.

At the beginning of June, Apple presented the future of the iPhone operating system with iOS 15. Since then, however, only registered and paying developers have been able to try out the new system, the general public had to stay outside and could only watch from the sidelines. This is changing from now on.

iOS 15 Public Beta invites you to test: Every iPhone user can use it

As announced in June, Apple is now opening the preliminary version for every interested user – the IOS 15 public beta is available for download. If you want to take part, you have to go to the Beta Software Program Page Register from Apple, if not done in the previous years.

Once you have logged on to the site, the desired iPhone has to be registered with Apple for the public beta. The required beta profile from Apple can then be stored on the device and, as usual, the beta updates provided can be installed afterwards using the update function of the iPhone. The updated Public Beta will always be available for download in the future. These updates usually appear one day after the beta version for paid developers.

FaceTime in particular is gaining tremendous amount of new functions with iOS 15 and Co. In the video we can convince ourselves:

Important to know: If you download the Public Beta, you will first automatically send diagnostic and usage data anonymously to Apple. After all, Apple is interested in the data of any system crashes, system stops, kernel panics and more. It’s a system version that is still being developed and optimized, not a final update. So you are helping the manufacturer. However, if you do not want this, you can also deactivate the function. To do this, we navigate to the settings, then “Security”, further to “Diagnosis and Use” and at the end select “Do not send”.

You absolutely should create a backup of all data on the iPhone beforehand, because possible data losses through the beta are of course not excluded. As I said, it is an unfinished test version. If possible, you don’t necessarily use the iPhone, which you actually need every day. If you have, you should perhaps use a second device – better safe than sorry.

Not only could we see new iPhones in the fall just in time for the release of iOS 15, this iPad mini is also ready:

Release of iOS 15: when can we expect it?

Those who can be patient, on the other hand, do without the public beta and wait until the release of iOS 15 for the iPhone. As expected, we can with it shortly before the new iPhone 13 goes on sale around the middle or end of September calculate. Incidentally, all iPhones that already ran iOS 14 are compatible, i.e. from the iPhone 6s upwards. And what about the iPads? As of today, they can also access the first public beta of iPadOS 15. Even “old hams” like an iPad Air 2 are still supported. The public beta of macOS 12 alias Monterey and watchOS 8 for the Apple Watch has also been published.