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What is surprising is that most people don’t know apple’s internal builds are always a few versions ahead of public release or beta. For example, the iOS 14 b5 released this week was probably compiled 2 weeks ago. That’s why the bugs reported to apple from b5 can mostly get fixed in b7 at the earliest because b6 is already done, waiting for release
There are likely different branches in play and things can still be adjusted in something that is beta 6 if really needed, while most of the newer work is going into a development branch that would be used for later betas.
I doubt that internal builds are THAT far ahead. Look at the Kernel of beta 5, that has been build on Aug 12th. That’s less than a week ahead of beta 5 release!
That’s just an example to make people get the idea. And of course, the 2-week interval between betas couldn’t always be the case . At least according to Rambo @_inside , during last summer’s iOS 13 beta cycle, some beta was compiled almost 2 weeks before public release. This year they may be on a tighter schedule because of the time
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Strong possibility, judging by how well iOS 14 has been running so far.
Another beta release next week. 😊🤗📱
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Wishful thinking.
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I only see iOS getting beta 7-8
The last time they made a very stable and good OS , iOS 12 , there were 12 betas so since IOS 14 aims to be as stable and good , I would say at least 10 betas before release
Strong possibility, judging by how well iOS 14 has been running so far.
Another beta release next week.
No.
A thousand times no.
How “well” iOS 14 is “working” has nothing to do with it. Apple has a schedule for the betas and sticks to it unless there is a serious problem. They don’t just decide midway through that “Hey it’s good enough. Let’s release.”
Why do you people keep spreading this nonsense?
Last time I checked, thread is called iOS 14 speculation, what is wrong with speculating about the release date?
It’s fine to speculate. But as has been evidenced by at least the last 5 years of iOS releases (and probably longer), the release date of the GM is in no way determined by what people outside Apple deem the relative quality of the betas they are running on their devices. To insinuate otherwise is to ignore the facts.
Since rumors are all pointing to a September release for the Apple Watch Series 6 and an October release for the new iPhones, when do you think the public version of iOS 14 will drop? Do you think they'll release iOS 14/watchOS 7 alongside the Series 6 and 14.1 with the new iPhones? Or release the Series 6 with *gasp* iOS 13/watchOS 6?
They ship iOS 14/watchOS 7 with the first hardware that requires it at the latest.
They usually ship it a few days before
though. I expect a September event with the GMs hitting a few days later.
These are uncertain times! iOS 14 could come out well before the new phones.
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iOS 14 Beta 5 Release Date ― August 18, 2020 Build Number ― 18A5351d Darwin Kernel Version ― 20.0.0: Wed Aug 12 22:56:40 PDT 2020; root:xnu-7195.0.33~64 iOS 14 Beta 5 Release Notes New Features & Changes Exposure notifications Availability Alerts setting available New Issues Stocks app...
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I would honestly guess at 99% have!
And I would honestly guess that 95% of people who bitch about issues don’t report them!
Edit: ooops sorry wrong thread
It will be weekly now but not exact 7 days for some, when my source gives me some info I’ll let you all know
Most likely yes. The wildcard is that unlike most years when we have a fair degree of certainty as to when iOS will be publicly released, this year we don’t. If it is delayed by 2-3 weeks there is a possibility we will see one more 2 week turnaround. But I consider that less likely.